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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">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">but whoever hates correction is stupid.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Good people obtain favor from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one can be established through wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">but the righteous cannot be uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wife of noble character is her husband&#8217;s crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the righteous are just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">but the speech of the upright rescues them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The wicked are overthrown and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">but the house of the righteous stands firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person is praised according to their prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">and one with a warped mind is despised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">than pretend to be somebody and have no food.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous care for the needs of their animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies have no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">but the root of the righteous endures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">and so the innocent escape trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">and the work of their hands brings them reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of fools seems right to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">but the wise listen to advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Fools show their annoyance at once,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">but the prudent overlook an insult.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">An honest witness tells the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">but a false witness tells lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The words of the reckless pierce like swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truthful lips endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">but those who promote peace have joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">No harm overtakes the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">but the wicked have their fill of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">but he delights in people who are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s heart blurts out folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Diligent hands will rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">but laziness ends in forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Anxiety weighs down the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">but a kind word cheers it up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous choose their friends carefully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The lazy do not roast</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:27 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> any game,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness there is life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">along that path is immortality.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 11</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">How then can you say to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Flee like a bird to your mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For look, the wicked bend their bows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">they set their arrows against the strings</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">to shoot from the shadows</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">at the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the foundations are being destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">what can the righteous do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on his heavenly throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">He observes everyone on earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">his eyes examine them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> examines the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked, those who love violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">he hates with a passion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On the wicked he will rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">fiery coals and burning sulfur;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">a scorching wind will be their lot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">he loves justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">the upright will see his face.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 12</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Help, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for no one is faithful anymore;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Everyone lies to their neighbor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">they flatter with their lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">but harbor deception in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> silence all flattering lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">and every boastful tongue&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">&#8220;By our tongues we will prevail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">our own lips will defend us&#8212;who is lord over us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">I will now arise,&#8221; says the </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.12.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will protect them from those who malign them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are flawless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like silver purified in a crucible,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like gold</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> refined seven times.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will keep the needy safe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">and will protect us forever from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who freely strut about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="content">when what is vile is honored by the human race.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Wedding Banquet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he sent some more servants and said, &#8216;Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But they paid no attention and went off&#8212;one to his field, another to his business.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he said to his servants, &#8216;The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He asked, &#8216;How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?&#8217; The man was speechless.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the king told the attendants, &#8216;Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For many are invited, but few are chosen.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. &#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren&#8217;t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:17 </span><span class="ft">A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens</span></span></span><span class="content"> to Caesar or not?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Show me the coin used for paying the tax.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> They brought him a denarius, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whose image is this? And whose inscription?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Caesar&#8217;s,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.22.21"><span class="content">Then he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So give back to Caesar what is Caesar&#8217;s, and to God what is God&#8217;s.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Marriage at the Resurrection</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they said, &#8220;Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Finally, the woman died. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But about the resurrection of the dead&#8212;have you not read what God said to you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.22.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:32 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 3:6</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.22.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.22.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Greatest Commandment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.22.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.22.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.22.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.22.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.22.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.22.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Jesus replied: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:37 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 6:5</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.22.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is the first and greatest commandment.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.22.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And the second is like it: &#8216;Love your neighbor as yourself.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:39 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 19:18</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.22.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Whose Son Is the Messiah?</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.22.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.22.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.22.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.22.42"><span class="content">&#8220;The son of David,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.22.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.22.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him &#8216;Lord&#8217;? For he says,</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.22.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.22.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The Lord said to my Lord:</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.22.44"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.22.44"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">until I put your enemies</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.22.44"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">under your feet.&#8221;&#8198;&#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">22:44 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Psalm 110:1
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.22.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.22.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If then David calls him &#8216;Lord,&#8217; how can he be his son?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.22.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Warning Against Hypocrisy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses&#8217; seat.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people&#8217;s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">23:5 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">wide and the tassels on their garments long;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called &#8216;Rabbi&#8217; by others.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But you are not to be called &#8216;Rabbi,&#8217; for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And do not call anyone on earth &#8216;father,&#8217; for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The greatest among you will be your servant.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people&#8217;s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.23.14"><span class="label">[14]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:14 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, blind guides! You say, &#8216;If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You also say, &#8216;If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God&#8217;s throne and by the one who sits on it.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices&#8212;mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law&#8212;justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.23.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.23.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And you say, &#8216;If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.23.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.23.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.23.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.23.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.23.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Look, your house is left to you desolate.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.23.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, &#8216;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:39 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 118:26</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you see all these things?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. &#8220;Tell us,&#8221; they said, &#8220;when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus answered: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Watch out that no one deceives you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For many will come in my name, claiming, &#8216;I am the Messiah,&#8217; and will deceive many.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All these are the beginning of birth pains.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So when you see standing in the holy place &#8216;the abomination that causes desolation,&#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">24:15 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11  </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">spoken of through the prophet Daniel&#8212;let the reader understand&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now&#8212;and never to be equaled again.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At that time if anyone says to you, &#8216;Look, here is the Messiah!&#8217; or, &#8216;There he is!&#8217; do not believe it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">See, I have told you ahead of time.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So if anyone tells you, &#8216;There he is, out in the wilderness,&#8217; do not go out; or, &#8216;Here he is, in the inner rooms,&#8217; do not believe it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.24.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Immediately after the distress of those days</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.24.29"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;the sun will be darkened,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.24.29"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the moon will not give its light;</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.24.29"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the stars will fall from the sky,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.24.29"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.&#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">24:29 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 13:10; 34:4  </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">24:30 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">the tribes of the land</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:30 </span><span class="ft">See Daniel 7:13-14.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.24.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">is near, right at the door.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.24.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day and Hour Unknown</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.24.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.24.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">24:36 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fqa">nor the Son.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but only the Father.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.24.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.24.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.24.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.24.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.24.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.24.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.24.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.24.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.24.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.24.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.24.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.24.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.24.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MAT.24.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, &#8216;My master is staying away a long time,&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.24.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.24.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.24.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></span></span></div>
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