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            <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Absalom Returns to Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the king&#8217;s heart longed for Absalom. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there. He said to her, &#8220;Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don&#8217;t use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then go to the king and speak these words to him.&#8221; And Joab put the words in her mouth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When the woman from Tekoa went</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:4 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">spoke</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, &#8220;Help me, Your Majesty!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The king asked her, &#8220;What is troubling you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.14.5"><span class="content">She said, &#8220;I am a widow; my husband is dead. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, &#8216;Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.&#8217; They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The king said to the woman, &#8220;Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But the woman from Tekoa said to him, &#8220;Let my lord the king pardon me and my family, and let the king and his throne be without guilt.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The king replied, &#8220;If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">She said, &#8220;Then let the king invoke the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God to prevent the avenger of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.14.11"><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives,&#8221; he said, &#8220;not one hair of your son&#8217;s head will fall to the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the woman said, &#8220;Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.14.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Speak,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The woman said, &#8220;Why then have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, &#8216;I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant&#8217;s request. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God&#8217;s inheritance.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now your servant says, &#8216;May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God be with you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the king said to the woman, &#8220;Don&#8217;t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.14.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Let my lord the king speak,&#8221; the woman said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The king asked, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t the hand of Joab with you in all this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.14.19"><span class="content">The woman answered, &#8220;As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God&#8212;he knows everything that happens in the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The king said to Joab, &#8220;Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king. Joab said, &#8220;Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant&#8217;s request.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But the king said, &#8220;He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.&#8221; So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whenever he cut the hair of his head&#8212;he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him&#8212;he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:26 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> by the royal standard.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter&#8217;s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king&#8217;s face. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then he said to his servants, &#8220;Look, Joab&#8217;s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.&#8221; So Absalom&#8217;s servants set the field on fire.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Joab did go to Absalom&#8217;s house, and he said to him, &#8220;Why have your servants set my field on fire?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Absalom said to Joab, &#8220;Look, I sent word to you and said, &#8216;Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, &#8220;Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there!&#8221;&#8198;&#8217; Now then, I want to see the king&#8217;s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.14.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="2SA.15.1+2SA.15.2+2SA.15.3+2SA.15.4+2SA.15.5+2SA.15.6+2SA.15.7+2SA.15.8+2SA.15.9+2SA.15.10+2SA.15.11+2SA.15.12+2SA.15.13+2SA.15.14+2SA.15.15+2SA.15.16+2SA.15.17+2SA.15.18+2SA.15.19+2SA.15.20+2SA.15.21+2SA.15.22">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, &#8220;What town are you from?&#8221; He would answer, &#8220;Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Absalom would say to him, &#8220;Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And Absalom would add, &#8220;If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">At the end of four</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:7 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">forty</span></span></span><span class="content"> years, Absalom said to the king, &#8220;Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: &#8216;If the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Hebron.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq">in Hebron.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The king said to him, &#8220;Go in peace.&#8221; So he went to Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, &#8220;As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, &#8216;Absalom is king in Hebron.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David&#8217;s counselor, to come from Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom&#8217;s following kept on increasing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Flees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A messenger came and told David, &#8220;The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, &#8220;Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The king&#8217;s officials answered him, &#8220;Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines to take care of the palace. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at the edge of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The king said to Ittai the Gittite, &#8220;Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> show you kindness and faithfulness.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:20 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">May kindness and faithfulness be with you</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But Ittai replied to the king, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">David said to Ittai, &#8220;Go ahead, march on.&#8221; So Ittai the Gittite marched on with all his men and the families that were with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is it you want?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.18.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am he,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am he,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> they drew back and fell to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Again he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is it you want?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.18.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, then let these men go.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have not lost one of those you gave me.&#8221;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:9 </span><span class="ft">John 6:39</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest&#8217;s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant&#8217;s name was Malchus.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus commanded Peter, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Peter&#8217;s First Denial</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest&#8217;s courtyard, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;You aren&#8217;t one of this man&#8217;s disciples too, are you?&#8221; she asked Peter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.18.17"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I am not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The High Priest Questions Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I have spoken openly to the world,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.18.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. &#8220;Is this the way you answer the high priest?&#8221; he demanded.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.18.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If I said something wrong,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v97" data-usfm="PSA.119.97"><span class="label">97</span><span class="content">Oh, how I love your law!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v97" data-usfm="PSA.119.97"><span class="content">I meditate on it all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v97" data-usfm="PSA.119.97"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v98" data-usfm="PSA.119.98"><span class="label">98</span><span class="content">Your commands are always with me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v98" data-usfm="PSA.119.98"><span class="content">and make me wiser than my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v98" data-usfm="PSA.119.98"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v99" data-usfm="PSA.119.99"><span class="label">99</span><span class="content">I have more insight than all my teachers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v99" data-usfm="PSA.119.99"><span class="content">for I meditate on your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v99" data-usfm="PSA.119.99"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v100" data-usfm="PSA.119.100"><span class="label">100</span><span class="content">I have more understanding than the elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v100" data-usfm="PSA.119.100"><span class="content">for I obey your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v100" data-usfm="PSA.119.100"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v101" data-usfm="PSA.119.101"><span class="label">101</span><span class="content">I have kept my feet from every evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v101" data-usfm="PSA.119.101"><span class="content">so that I might obey your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v101" data-usfm="PSA.119.101"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v102" data-usfm="PSA.119.102"><span class="label">102</span><span class="content">I have not departed from your laws,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v102" data-usfm="PSA.119.102"><span class="content">for you yourself have taught me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v102" data-usfm="PSA.119.102"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v103" data-usfm="PSA.119.103"><span class="label">103</span><span class="content">How sweet are your words to my taste,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v103" data-usfm="PSA.119.103"><span class="content">sweeter than honey to my mouth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v103" data-usfm="PSA.119.103"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v104" data-usfm="PSA.119.104"><span class="label">104</span><span class="content">I gain understanding from your precepts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v104" data-usfm="PSA.119.104"><span class="content">therefore I hate every wrong path.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1504; Nun</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v104" data-usfm="PSA.119.104"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v105" data-usfm="PSA.119.105"><span class="label">105</span><span class="content">Your word is a lamp for my feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v105" data-usfm="PSA.119.105"><span class="content">a light on my path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v105" data-usfm="PSA.119.105"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v106" data-usfm="PSA.119.106"><span class="label">106</span><span class="content">I have taken an oath and confirmed it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v106" data-usfm="PSA.119.106"><span class="content">that I will follow your righteous laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v106" data-usfm="PSA.119.106"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v107" data-usfm="PSA.119.107"><span class="label">107</span><span class="content">I have suffered much;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v107" data-usfm="PSA.119.107"><span class="content">preserve my life, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, according to your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v107" data-usfm="PSA.119.107"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v108" data-usfm="PSA.119.108"><span class="label">108</span><span class="content">Accept, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the willing praise of my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v108" data-usfm="PSA.119.108"><span class="content">and teach me your laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v108" data-usfm="PSA.119.108"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v109" data-usfm="PSA.119.109"><span class="label">109</span><span class="content">Though I constantly take my life in my hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v109" data-usfm="PSA.119.109"><span class="content">I will not forget your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v109" data-usfm="PSA.119.109"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v110" data-usfm="PSA.119.110"><span class="label">110</span><span class="content">The wicked have set a snare for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v110" data-usfm="PSA.119.110"><span class="content">but I have not strayed from your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v110" data-usfm="PSA.119.110"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v111" data-usfm="PSA.119.111"><span class="label">111</span><span class="content">Your statutes are my heritage forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v111" data-usfm="PSA.119.111"><span class="content">they are the joy of my heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v111" data-usfm="PSA.119.111"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v112" data-usfm="PSA.119.112"><span class="label">112</span><span class="content">My heart is set on keeping your decrees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v112" data-usfm="PSA.119.112"><span class="content">to the very end.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">119:112 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">decrees / for their enduring reward</span></span></span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Better a little with righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">than much gain with injustice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In their hearts humans plan their course,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> establishes their steps.</span></span></div>
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