The Way of St James (Camino De Santiago)

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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Invitations of Wisdom and Folly</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wisdom has built her house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="content">she has set up</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:1 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">has hewn out</span></span></span><span class="content"> its seven pillars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="content">she has also set her table.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">She has sent out her servants, and she calls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="content">from the highest point of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let all who are simple come to my house!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="content">To those who have no sense she says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, eat my food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="content">and drink the wine I have mixed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Leave your simple ways and you will live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="content">walk in the way of insight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="content">whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="content">rebuke the wise and they will love you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="content">teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><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="PRO.9.10"><span class="content">and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For through wisdom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content"> your days will be many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="content">and years will be added to your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="content">if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Folly is an unruly woman;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="content">she is simple and knows nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She sits at the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="content">on a seat at the highest point of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">calling out to those who pass by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="content">who go straight on their way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let all who are simple come to my house!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="content">To those who have no sense she says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Stolen water is sweet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="content">food eaten in secret is delicious!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But little do they know that the dead are there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.9.18"><span class="content">that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">A wise son brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not let the righteous go hungry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="content">but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Lazy hands make for poverty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="content">but diligent hands bring wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="content">but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Blessings crown the head of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="content">but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The name of the righteous is used in blessings,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">See Gen. 48:20.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="content">but the name of the wicked will rot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wise in heart accept commands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="content">but a chattering fool comes to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="content">but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever winks maliciously causes grief,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="content">and a chattering fool comes to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hatred stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="content">but love covers over all wrongs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="content">but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The wise store up knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="content">but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="content">but poverty is the ruin of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The wages of the righteous is life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="content">but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="content">but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="content">and spreads slander is a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Sin is not ended by multiplying words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="content">but the prudent hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="content">but the heart of the wicked is of little value.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous nourish many,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="content">but fools die for lack of sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings wealth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="content">without painful toil for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="content">but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.10.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What the wicked dread will overtake them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="content">what the righteous desire will be granted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="content">but the righteous stand firm forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.10.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="content">so are sluggards to those who send them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> adds length to life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="content">but the years of the wicked are cut short.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.10.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The prospect of the righteous is joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="content">but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.10.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The way of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a refuge for the blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="content">but it is the ruin of those who do evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.10.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The righteous will never be uprooted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="content">but the wicked will not remain in the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="content">but a perverse tongue will be silenced.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.10.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.10.32"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 9</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Death of the Son.&#8221; A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will give thanks to you, </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.9.1"><span class="content">I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will be glad and rejoice in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My enemies turn back;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="content">they stumble and perish before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you have upheld my right and my cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="content">sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="content">you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">you have uprooted their cities;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">even the memory of them has perished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="content">he has established his throne for judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He rules the world in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="content">and judges the peoples with equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a refuge for the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="content">a stronghold in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Those who know your name trust in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="content">for you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have never forsaken those who seek you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Sing the praises of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, enthroned in Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="content">proclaim among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For he who avenges blood remembers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="content">he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, see how my enemies persecute me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="content">Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">that I may declare your praises</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">in the gates of Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">and there rejoice in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="content">their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is known by his acts of justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="content">the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:16 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Higgaion </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(words of uncertain meaning) here; </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">occurs also at the end of verse 20.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="content">all the nations that forget God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But God will never forget the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="content">the hope of the afflicted will never perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not let mortals triumph;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="content">let the nations be judged in your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Strike them with terror, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.9.20"><span class="content">let the nations know they are only mortal.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 10</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you stand far off?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">who are caught in the schemes he devises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He boasts about the cravings of his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">he blesses the greedy and reviles the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">in all his thoughts there is no room for God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">His ways are always prosperous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">your laws are rejected by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ they are haughty, and your laws are far from</span></span></span><span class="content"> him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">he sneers at all his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;Nothing will ever shake me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">He swears, &#8220;No one will ever do me harm.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">His mouth is full of lies and threats;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">trouble and evil are under his tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He lies in wait near the villages;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">from ambush he murders the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">His eyes watch in secret for his victims;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">like a lion in cover he lies in wait.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">He lies in wait to catch the helpless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His victims are crushed, they collapse;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">they fall under his strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He says to himself, &#8220;God will never notice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">he covers his face and never sees.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! Lift up your hand, O God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">Do not forget the helpless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why does the wicked man revile God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">Why does he say to himself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">&#8220;He won&#8217;t call me to account&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you consider their grief and take it in hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">The victims commit themselves to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">you are the helper of the fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Break the arm of the wicked man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">call the evildoer to account for his wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">that would not otherwise be found out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is King for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">the nations will perish from his land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear the desire of the afflicted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">defending the fatherless and the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">so that mere earthly mortals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.10.18"><span class="content">will never again strike terror.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="MAT.17">
         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Transfiguration</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Peter said to Jesus, &#8220;Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters&#8212;one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But Jesus came and touched them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get up,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The disciples asked him, &#8220;Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, have mercy on my son,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You unbelieving and perverse generation,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, &#8220;Why couldn&#8217;t we drive it out?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, &#8216;Move from here to there,&#8217; and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.17.21"><span class="label">[21]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:21 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 9:29.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And the disciples were filled with grief.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Temple Tax</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t your teacher pay the temple tax?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, he does,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.17.25"><span class="content">When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you think, Simon?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes&#8212;from their own children or from others?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;From others,&#8221; Peter answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.17.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the children are exempt,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to him. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, &#8220;Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And he said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Causing to Stumble</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone causes one of these little ones&#8212;those who believe in me&#8212;to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Wandering Sheep</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.18.11"><span class="label">[11]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:11 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Dealing With Sin in the Church</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If your brother or sister</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">18:15 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">brother or sister </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">sins,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:15 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">sins against you</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that &#8216;every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:16 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 19:15</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">18:18 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">will have been</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will have been</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">loosed in heaven.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, &#8220;Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seventy times seven</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:24 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">ten thousand talents</span><span class="ft">; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer&#8217;s wages.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">was brought to him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.18.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.18.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.18.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;At this the servant fell on his knees before him. &#8216;Be patient with me,&#8217; he begged, &#8216;and I will pay back everything.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.18.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The servant&#8217;s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.18.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.18.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">18:28 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">a hundred denarii</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">; a denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see 20:2).</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He grabbed him and began to choke him. &#8216;Pay back what you owe me!&#8217; he demanded.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.18.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.18.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, &#8216;Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.18.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.18.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the master called the servant in. &#8216;You wicked servant,&#8217; he said, &#8216;I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.18.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Shouldn&#8217;t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.18.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.18.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.18.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Divorce</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, &#8220;Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Haven&#8217;t you read,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;that at the beginning the Creator &#8216;made them male and female,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:4 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 1:27</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and said, &#8216;For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:5 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 2:24</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why then,&#8221; they asked, &#8220;did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The disciples said to him, &#8220;If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others&#8212;and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Little Children and Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rich and the Kingdom of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, &#8220;Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you ask me about what is good?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Which ones?&#8221; he inquired.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.19.18"><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">honor your father and mother,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:19 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and &#8216;love your neighbor as yourself.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:19 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;All these I have kept,&#8221; the young man said. &#8220;What do I still lack?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his disciples, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, &#8220;Who then can be saved?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Jesus looked at them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Peter answered him, &#8220;We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:29 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">or wife.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He agreed to pay them a denarius</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for the day and sent them into his vineyard.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He told them, &#8216;You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they went.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.20.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, &#8216;Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because no one has hired us,&#8217; they answered.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He said to them, &#8216;You also go and work in my vineyard.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, &#8216;Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;These who were hired last worked only one hour,&#8217; they said, &#8216;and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he answered one of them, &#8216;I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn&#8217;t you agree to work for a denarius?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Don&#8217;t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So the last will be first, and the first will be last.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Mother&#8217;s Request</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the mother of Zebedee&#8217;s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is it you want?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="content">She said, &#8220;Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You don&#8217;t know what you are asking,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="content">&#8220;We can,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus called them together and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and whoever wants to be first must be your slave&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Blind Men Receive Sight</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.20.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.20.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Jesus stopped and called them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want me to do for you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.20.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord,&#8221; they answered, &#8220;we want our sight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.20.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.</span></span></div>
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