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 <div class="q1">145I cried with my whole heart;</div><div class="q2">hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.</div><div class="q1"> 146I cried unto thee;</div><div class="q2">save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.</div><div class="q1"> 147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:</div><div class="q2">I hoped in thy word.</div><div class="q1"> 148Mine eyes prevent the night watches,</div><div class="q2">That I might meditate in thy word.</div><div class="q1"> 149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:</div><div class="q2">O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.</div><div class="q1"> 150They draw nigh that follow after mischief:</div><div class="q2">They are far from thy law.</div><div class="q1"> 151Thou art near, O LORD;</div><div class="q2">And all thy commandments are truth.</div><div class="q1"> 152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old</div><div class="q2">That thou hast founded them for ever.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="qa">&#1512; Resh</div><div class="q1"> 153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me:</div><div class="q2">For I do not forget thy law.</div><div class="q1"> 154Plead my cause, and deliver me:</div><div class="q2">Quicken me according to thy word.</div><div class="q1"> 155Salvation is far from the wicked:</div><div class="q2">For they seek not thy statutes.</div><div class="q1"> 156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD:</div><div class="q2">Quicken me according to thy judgments.</div><div class="q1"> 157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies;</div><div class="q2"> Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.</div><div class="q1"> 158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;</div><div class="q2">Because they kept not thy word.</div><div class="q1"> 159Consider how I love thy precepts:</div><div class="q2">Quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.</div><div class="q1"> 160Thy word is true from the beginning:</div><div class="q2">And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.</div>
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and the barren womb;</div><div class="q2">The earth that is not filled with water;</div><div class="q2">And the fire that saith not, It is enough.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 17The eye that mocketh at his father,</div><div class="q2">And despiseth to obey his mother,</div><div class="q1">The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,</div><div class="q2">And the young eagles shall eat it.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 18There be three things which are too wonderful for me,</div><div class="q2">Yea, four which I know not:</div><div class="q1"> 19The way of an eagle in the air;</div><div class="q2">The way of a serpent upon a rock;</div><div class="q1">The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;</div><div class="q2">And the way of a man with a maid.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 20Such is the way of an adulterous woman;</div><div class="q2">She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,</div><div class="q2">And saith, I have done no wickedness.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 21For three things the earth is disquieted,</div><div class="q2">And for four which it cannot bear:</div><div class="q1"> 22For a servant when he reigneth;</div><div class="q2">And a fool when he is filled with meat;</div><div class="q1"> 23For an odious woman when she is married;</div><div class="q2">And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 24There be four things which are little upon the earth,</div><div class="q2">But they are exceeding wise:</div><div class="q1"> 25The ants are a people not strong,</div><div class="q2">Yet they prepare their meat in the summer;</div><div class="q1"> 26The conies are but a feeble folk,</div><div class="q2">Yet make they their houses in the rocks;</div><div class="q1"> 27The locusts have no king,</div><div class="q2">Yet go they forth all of them by bands;</div><div class="q1"> 28The spider taketh hold with her hands,</div><div class="q2">And is in kings' palaces.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 29There be three things which go well,</div><div class="q2">Yea, four are comely in going:</div><div class="q1"> 30A lion which is strongest among beasts,</div><div class="q2">And turneth not away for any;</div><div class="q1"> 31An greyhound; an he goat also;</div><div class="q2">And a king, against whom there is no rising up.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,</div><div class="q2">Or if thou hast thought evil,</div><div class="q2"> Lay thine hand upon thy mouth.</div><div class="q1"> 33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,</div><div class="q2">And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:</div><div class="q2">So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">16</div><div class="s2">The Unjust Steward</div><div class="p"> 1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? 13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</div><div class="p"> 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. 15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.</div><div class="s2">The Rich Man and Lazarus</div><div class="p"> 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.</div>
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 <div class="p">1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.</div><div class="p"> </div>
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