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So says the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that faces eastward shall be shut the six working days. But on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.


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And the ruler shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate outside, and shall stand by the gatepost. And the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. And he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.


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And the people of the land shall worship [at] the door of that gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and in the new moons.


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And the burnt offering that the ruler shall offer to the LORD in the sabbath day [shall be] six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.


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And the food offering [shall be] an ephah for a ram, and the food offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.


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And in the day of the new moon [it shall be] a bull without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram. They shall be without blemish.


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And he shall prepare a food offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as his hand shall be able to get, and a hin of oil to an ephah.


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And when the ruler shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and by its way he shall go out.


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But when the people of the land come before the LORD in the appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate. And he who enters by the way of the south gate shall go out by the way of the north gate. He shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall leave opposite it.


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And in the feasts and in the appointed feasts the food offering shall be an ephah to a bull, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.


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And when the ruler shall prepare a free-will burnt offering or peace offerings willingly to the LORD, [one] shall then open to him the gate that faces eastward, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the Sabbath day. And he shall go out. And after his going out, one shall shut the gate.


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You shall daily prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, a lamb without blemish, a son of a year. You shall prepare it every morning.


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And you shall prepare a food offering for it every morning, the sixth of an ephah, and the third of a hin of oil, to make the fine flour moist; a food offering every day by an ordinance forever to the LORD.


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So they shall prepare the lamb, and the food offering, and the oil, every morning for a burnt offering continually.


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So says the Lord Jehovah: If the ruler gives a gift to any of his sons, the inheritance of it shall be his sons'; it [shall be] their possession by inheritance.


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But if he gives a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty. Afterwards. it shall return to the ruler, but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.


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And the ruler shall not take of the people's inheritance, oppressing them out of their possession. But he shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own possession; so that My people may not be scattered, each man from his possession.


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And he brought me through the entry which [was] at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, facing north. And behold, there [was] a place on the two sides westward.


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And he said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the food offering, so that they may not bear [them] out into the outer court to sanctify the people.


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And he led me out into the outer court and he made me pass by the four corners of the court. And behold, in every corner of the court there [was] a court.


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In the four corners of the court [were] enclosed courts, forty [cubits] long and thirty wide, one measure to the four of them, being made in corners.


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And a row [was] all around in them, all around the four of them. And boiling water [was] made under the rows all around.


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And he said to me, These [are] the places of those who boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.


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And he led me again to the door of the house. And behold, water came out from under the threshold of the house eastward. For the front of the house [is] east, and the water came down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.


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And he led me out by the way of the north gate, and led me around the way outside to the outer gate, by the way facing the east. And behold, water [was] trickling out of the right side.


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When the man went out eastward, and a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits. And he passed me through the water. The water [was to] the ankles.


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And he measured a thousand cubits, and passed me through the water, water [to] the knees. And he measured a thousand, and passed me through water [to] the loins.


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And he measured a thousand; and there was a torrent which I [was] not able to pass; for the water had risen, water to swim [in], a torrent that could not be passed.


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And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen? And he led me, and caused me to return to the bank of the torrent.


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When I returned, then behold, on the edge of the torrent [were] very many trees, from here and from there.


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And he said to me, These waters go out toward the eastern circuit, and go down into the Arabah, and go into the sea. They are brought out into the sea, and the waters shall be healed.


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And it shall be that every living soul which swarms in every [place], there where the two torrents go, [that soul] shall live. And there shall be very many fish, because these waters shall come there. And they shall be healed. And all shall live where the torrent goes.


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And it will be, the fishermen shall stand on it from En-gedi even to En-eglaim, a spreading place for nets shall be there. Their fish shall be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many.


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And all trees [for] food shall go up by the torrent, on its bank on this [side], and on that [side]. Its leaf shall not fade, nor its fruit fail. It will bear by its months, because its waters come out from the sanctuary. And its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.


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So says the Lord Jehovah: This [shall be] the border by which you shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph [shall have two] parts.


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And you shall inherit it, each man like his brother, that I lifted up My hand to give to your fathers; even this land shall fall to you for an inheritance.


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And this [is] the border of the land to the north side, from the Great Sea, the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;


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Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which [is] between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which [is] by the border of Hauran.


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And the border shall be from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus and the north northward, even the border of Hamath. And [this is] the north side.


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And you shall measure the east side from between Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and the land of Israel, [shall be] the Jordan, from the border to the Eastern Sea. And [this is] the east side.


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And the south side, southward from Tamar, to the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, the torrent to the Great Sea. And [this is] the south side southward.


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And the west side [is] the Great Sea from the border until one is beside the entrance of Hamath. [This is] the west side.


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And it will be, you shall make it fall by lot for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the strangers who live among you, who shall father sons among you. And they shall be to you as native-born among the sons of Israel. They shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.


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And it shall be, in the tribe in which the stranger resides, there you shall give his inheritance, says the Lord Jehovah.


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And these [are] the names of the tribes. From the north end, at the hand of the way of Hethlon [to] the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, at the hand of Hamath. And there shall be to it an east side and a west: one [part] for Dan.


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And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the heave offering which you shall offer: twenty-five thousand [cubits] wide and long, as one of the [parts], from the east side to the west side. And the sanctuary shall be in its middle.


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The heave offering that you shall offer to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits long, and ten thousand cubits wide.


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And for these shall be the holy heave offering for the priests; northward, twenty-five thousand; and westward ten thousand wide; and eastward ten thousand wide, and southward twenty-five thousand long. And the sanctuary of the LORD [shall be] in the middle of it,


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for the priests who are sanctified, of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.


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And the heave offering shall be theirs, from the heave offering of the land, the holiest of the holy places, by the border of the Levites.


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And the Levites [shall have] alongside the border of the priests twenty-five thousand [cubits] long, and ten thousand wide. All the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.


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And they shall not sell any of it, nor trade it, nor cause the first-fruits of the land to pass away. For [it is] holy to the LORD.


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And the five thousand that are left in the width in front of the twenty-five thousand [shall be] common for the city, for dwelling and for open land. And the city shall be in her midst.


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And these shall be its measures: the north side, four thousand and five hundred; and the south side, four thousand and five hundred; and on the east side, four thousand and five hundred; and the west side, four thousand and five hundred.


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And the open land of the city shall be northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty; and eastward, two hundred and fifty; and westward, two hundred and fifty.


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And the rest in length alongside the heave offering of the holy [parts shall be] ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward. And it shall be alongside the heave offering of the holy part]. And its produce shall be for bread to those who serve the city.


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All the heave offering [shall be] twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand, four-square. You shall offer the holy heave offering to the possession of the city.


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And the rest [shall be] for the ruler, on this [side], and on that [side] of the holy heave offering, and of the possession of the city, in the front of the twenty-five thousand of the heave offering to the east border, and westward in the front of the twenty-five thousand to the west border, alongside the [lots] for the ruler. And it shall be the holy heave offering. And the sanctuary of the house [shall be] in her midst.


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And to the ruler shall be from the possessions of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, amidst [that] for the ruler; between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the ruler.


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And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, and to the torrent toward the Great Sea.


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This [is] the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these [are] their parts, says the Lord Jehovah.


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And the gates of the city [shall be] by the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward, one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.


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And at the east side four thousand and five hundred, and three gates: and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.


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And the south side, four thousand and five hundred measures, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.


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The west side, four thousand and five hundred, their gates three: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.


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All around [it shall be] eighteen thousand [cubits]. And the name of the city from [that] day [is] JEHOVAH IS THERE.


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In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.


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And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. And he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.


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And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs that he should bring [some] of the sons of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the rulers;


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sons [in] whom was no blemish, but who were handsome and skillful in all wisdom; and who had knowledge and understanding, even those who were able to stand in the king's palace, and to whom they might teach the writing and the language of the Chaldeans.


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And the king gave them the portion of a day in its day from the king's food, and the wine which he drank, even to rear them three years, so that at their end they might stand before the king.


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to whom the ruler of the eunuchs gave names. For he called Daniel, Belteshazzar; and Hananiah, Shadrach; and Mishael, Meshach; and Azariah, Abednego.


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But Daniel laid on his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. So he asked permission of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.


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And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has chosen your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the boys who [are] of your kind? Then you would forfeit my head to the king.


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And Daniel said to Melzar, whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,


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Then let our look be seen before you, and the look of the boys who eat of the king's food. And as you see, deal with your servants.


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And at the end of ten days their faces looked fairer and fatter in flesh than all the boys who had eaten the king's food.


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So Melzar took away their part of the food, and the wine that they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.


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As for these four boys, God gave them knowledge and skill in all writing and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.


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And at the end of the days that the king had said he would bring them in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.


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And the king talked with them. And among them all were found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they stood before the king.


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And [in] any matters of wisdom [and] understanding that the king asked them, he found them ten times better than all the horoscopists [and] conjurers who were in all his kingdom.


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And in the second year of the reign of king Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, with which his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.


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And the king commanded to call to the horoscopists, and to the conjurers, and to the sorcerers, and to the Chaldeans, to tell to the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.


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And the Chaldeans spoke to the king [in] Aramaic, O king, live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the meaning.


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The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing has gone from me. If you will not make known to me the dream, with its meaning, you will be made into [mere] members, and your houses shall be made an outhouse.


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But if you make known the dream and its meaning, you shall receive gifts and a present and great honor from me. Therefore reveal to me the dream and its meaning.


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They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will reveal its meaning.


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The king answered and said, For I know that you surely want to gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.


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But if you will not make the dream known to me, [there is] only one judgment for you. For you have prepared lying and deceiving words to speak before me, until the time has changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can reveal to me its meaning.


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The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man on the earth who can reveal the king's matter, because not any king, lord, nor ruler has asked such a thing from any horoscopist or conjurer or Chaldean.


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And [it is] a rare thing that the king asks, and there is no other who can reveal it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.


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For this cause the king was enraged and angered, and commanded all the wise men of Babylon to be destroyed.


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And the law went out that the wise men should be killed. And they sought Daniel and his fellows to be killed.


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Then Daniel answered [with] counsel and insight to Arioch the chief of the king's executioners, who had gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.


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He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.


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Then Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would give him time, and that he would make known the meaning to the king.


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Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,


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that they might pray for the mercies of God in Heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.


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Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His.


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And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.


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He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.


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I thank You, and praise You, O God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and have made known to me now what we asked of You. For You have now made known to us the king's matter.


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Then Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had chosen to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him; Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will declare the meaning to the king.


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Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel in before the king, and said this to him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah who will make the meaning known to the king.


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The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its meaning?


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Daniel answered before the king and said, The secret which the king has demanded cannot be shown to the king by the wise men, the conjurers, the horoscopists, or the fortune-tellers.


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But there is a God in Heaven who reveals secrets and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed [are] these.


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As for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen after this. And He who reveals secrets makes known to you what shall happen.


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But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for [any] wisdom that I have more than any living man, but so that the meaning might be known to the king, and that you might know the thoughts of your heart.


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You, O king, were seeing. And, behold! A great image! That great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you. And its form [was] dreadful.


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This image's head [was] of fine gold; his breast and his arms [were] of silver; his belly and his thighs [were] of bronze;


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You watched until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image upon its feet [which were] of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.


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Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken to pieces together. And they became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.


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You, O king, [are] a king of kings. For the God of Heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.


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And wherever the sons of men, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens live, He has given [them] into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold.


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And after you shall arise another kingdom lower than you, and another third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.


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And the fourth kingdom shall be [as] strong as iron. Since iron crushes and smashes all things; and as the iron that shatters all these, it will crush and shatter.


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And as to that which you saw: the feet and toes, part of potters' clay and part of iron; [the] kingdom shall be divided. But there shall be in it the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.


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And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron and part of clay, [so] the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.


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And as you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mix themselves with the seed of men. But they shall not cling to one another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.


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And in the days of these kings, the God of Heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be left to other peoples, but it shall crush and destroy all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.


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Because you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it crushes the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall occur after this. And the dream is] certain, and its meaning is sure.


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Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshiped Daniel, and he commanded to offer an offering and incense to him.


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The king answered Daniel and said, It is true that your God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.


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Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over all the province of Babylon, and chief of the prefects over all the wise men of Babylon.


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And Daniel asked the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel [sat] in the gate of the king.


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Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height [was] sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.


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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the justices, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.


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Then were gathered the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the justices, and all the officials of the provinces, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.


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at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.


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And whoever does not fall down and worship, at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.


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Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.


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You, O king, have made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image.


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And whoever does not fall down and worship, he should be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.


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There are men, Jews, whom you have set over the business of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, do not heed you. They do not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up.


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Then Nebuchadnezzar in anger and wrath commanded them to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.


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Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, [Is it] true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? Do you not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?


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Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and worship the image which I have made. But if you do not worship, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand?


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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [have] no need to return a word to you on this matter.


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If it is [so that] our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, then He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.


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But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up.


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Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.


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And he commanded mighty men in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to throw [them] into the burning fiery furnace.


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Then these men were tied up in their slippers, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] clothes, and were thrown into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.


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Then because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.


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And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.


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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was amazed. And he rose up in haste and spoke and said to his advisers, Did we not throw three men bound into the middle of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king.


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He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm among them. And the form of the fourth is like a son of [the] gods.


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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning fiery furnace. He answered and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come forth and come [here]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth from the middle of the fire.


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And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's advisers gathered and saw these men [on whose] bodies the fire had no power (and the hair of their head was not scorched, nor were their slippers changed, nor had the smell of fire clung on them).


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Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His Angel and has delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and have changed the king's words and has given their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God.


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And a decree is given by me, that every people, nation, and language, who speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into mere members, and his house shall be made an outhouse. Because there is no other God who can deliver in this way.


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Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.


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How great [are] His signs! And how mighty [are] His wonders! His kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and His rule [is] from generation to generation.


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I saw a dream and it terrified me, and [the] thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.


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So I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the meaning of the dream.


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Then the horoscopists, the conjurers, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers came in. And I told the dream before them, but they did not make its meaning known to me.


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But at last Daniel came in before me, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods. And I told the dream before him, [saying],


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O Belteshazzar, master of the horoscopists, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods [is] in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its meaning.


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As to the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height [was] great.


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The tree grew and was strong, and its height reached to the heavens; and the sight of it reached to the end of all the earth.


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Its leaves [were] beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and in it [was] food for all. The animals of the field sought shade under it, and the birds of the heavens lived in its boughs, and all flesh was fed by it.


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I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from Heaven.


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He cried aloud and said this, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.


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But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. And let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion [be] with the animals in the grass of the earth.


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Let his heart be changed from man's, and let the heart of an animal be given to him. And let seven times pass over him.


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This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.


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I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen this dream. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its meaning, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make the meaning known to me. But you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods [is] in you.


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Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stunned for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its meaning trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream is] to those who hate you, and its meaning to your foes.


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The tree that you saw, which became great and strong, whose height reached to the heaven, and the sight of it to all the earth;


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whose leaves were fair, and its fruit plentiful, and in it [was] food for all, under which the animals of the field dwelt, and on whose branches the birds of the heavens had their home;


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it [is] you, O king, for you have become great and strong, for your greatness has grown and reached to the heaven, and your rule to the end of the earth.


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And as the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from Heaven, and saying, Cut the tree down and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots of it in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and [let] his portion [be] with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;


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this [is] the meaning, O king, and this the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king.


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They shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. And they shall wet you [with] the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.


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And in that they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; your kingdom [shall be] sure to you after you have known that Heaven rules.


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Therefore, O king, let my advice be pleasing to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, whether there will be duration to your prosperity.


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The king spoke and said, [Is] this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?


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While the word [was] in the king's mouth, a voice fell from Heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken. The kingdom has departed from you.


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And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.


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The same hour the thing was fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar. And he was driven from men, and ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers], and his nails like birds' [claws].


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And at the end of days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to Heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose kingdom is] an everlasting kingdom, and His rule is from generation to generation.


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And all the people of the earth are counted as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven, and [among] the people of the earth. And none can strike His hand, or say to Him, What are You doing?


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At that time my reason returned to me. And the glory of my kingdom, my honor and brightness returned to me. And my advisers and my lords came for me, and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added to me.


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Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth and His ways judgment. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.


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Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.


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When tasting the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his rulers, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.


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Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God in Jerusalem. And the king, and his rulers, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.


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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.


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At that moment fingers of a man's hand came out and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace across from the lampstand. And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.


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Then the king's face was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosened, and his knees knocked against one another.


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The king cried aloud to bring in the conjurers, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its meaning, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have a chain of gold around his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.


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Then all the king's wise men came in. But they could not read the writing, nor make the meaning known to the king.


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Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changing in him, and his lords were perplexed.


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The queen came into the banquet house because of the king's words, and his nobles. And the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever. Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.


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There [is] a man in your kingdom, in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods. And in the days of your father there was found in him light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, your father the king, appointed him master of the horoscopists, conjurers, Chaldeans, [and] fortune-tellers,


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because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, explaining of dreams, and revealing of hard sentences, and the unraveling of knots, were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will reveal the meaning.


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Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel who [is] of the exiled sons of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?


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I have even heard of you, that the spirit of the gods [is] in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.


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And now the wise men and the conjurers have been brought in before me, that they might read this writing and make the meaning known to me. But they could not declare the meaning of the thing.


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And I have heard of you that you can interpret meanings and unravel knots. Now if you can read the writing, and reveal its meaning to me, you shall be clothed with scarlet and [have] a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.


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Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Yet I will read the writing to the king, and make the meaning known to him.


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O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.


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And for the majesty that He gave him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he would, and whom he would he kept alive. And whom he would, he set up; and whom he would, he put down.


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But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was put down from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him.


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And he was driven from the sons of men. And his heart was made like the animals, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He will.


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But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you; and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, or bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand [is] your breath and all your ways.


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Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet and a golden chain around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.


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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, that they might be over the whole kingdom.


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And over them [were] three presidents (Daniel was one of them), so that these satraps might give account to them, and the king should have no loss.


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Then this Daniel was made overseer of the presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit [was] in him. And the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom.


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Then the presidents and rulers sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. But they could find no occasion or fault, because he [was] faithful. Neither [was] there any error or fault found in him.


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Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.


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Then these presidents and rulers assembled to the king, and said this to him: King Darius, live forever.


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All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, and the officials and governors, have planned together to establish a royal law, and to make a strong ban that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except from you, O king, he shall be thrown into the den of lions.


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Now, O king, establish the ban and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians which cannot be changed.


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And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And his windows were open in his roof room toward Jerusalem; and he kneeled on his knees three times a day and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.


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Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's ban. Have you not signed a ban that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the lion's den? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.


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Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel, who [is] of the exiled sons of Judah, has not respected you, O king, nor the ban that you have signed, but makes his prayer three times a day.


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Then the king, when he heard the word, was very much displeased with himself. And he set [his] heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored until sundown to deliver him.


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Then these men met before the king and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians [is] that no ban nor law which the king establishes may be changed.


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Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king answered and said to Daniel, Your God, whom you always serve, will deliver you.


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And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.


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Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And diversions were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.


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And when he came to the den, he cried with a grieved voice to Daniel. The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God whom you always serve able to deliver you from the lions?


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My God has sent His Angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before Him purity was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.


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Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found on him, because he trusted in his God.


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And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they threw [them] into the lions' den; them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.


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Then king Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth. Peace be multiplied to you.


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I make a decree that in all the domain of my kingdom, [there] shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel. For He [is] the living God, and endures forever, and His kingdom is that which shall not be destroyed, and His rule [shall be] to the end.


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He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth, He who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.


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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and gave the sum of the matters.


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Daniel spoke and said, In my vision by night I was looking: and behold, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the Great Sea.


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The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on its feet like a man. And a man's heart was given to it.


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And behold another beast, a second, like a bear. And it raised itself up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said this to it: Arise, eat up much flesh.


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After this I saw, and lo, another, like a leopard, which [had] four wings of a bird on its back. The beast also [had] four heads; and rulership was given to it.


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After this I looked in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, frightening and terrifying, and very strong. And it [had] great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet. And it [was] different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.


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I was thinking about the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom three of the first horns were uprooted. And behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.


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I watched until the thrones were thrown up, and the Ancient of Days sat, whose robe [was] white as snow, and the hair of His head like the pure wool. His throne [was] like flames of fire, and His wheels [like] burning fire.


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A stream of fire went out and came out from before Him. A thousand thousands served Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The judgment was set, and the books were opened.


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Then I was looking because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke. I watched until the beast was slain, and his body was destroyed and given to the burning flame.


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And the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away. Yet their lives were made longer for a season and time.


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I saw in the night visions, and behold, [One] like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him.


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And dominion and glory was given Him, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations and languages, should serve Him. His dominion [is] an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.


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And I came near one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the meaning of the things.


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But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.


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Then I wanted to know the truth of the fourth beast, which [was] different from all the others, very frightening, whose teeth [were of] iron, and his nails of bronze; [who] devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with his feet;


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and of the ten horns that were in his head, and [of] the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even [of] that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking very great things, whose look [was] greater than his fellows.


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until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High. And the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.


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And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth, and shall trample it and crush it.


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And the ten horns out of this kingdom [are] ten kings that shall arise. And another shall arise after them. And he shall be different from the first, and he shall humble three kings.


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And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and plot to change times and laws. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one-half time.


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But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his rulership, to cut off and to destroy until the end.


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And the kingdom and rulership, and the greatness of the kingdom under all the heavens, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom. And all kingdoms shall serve and obey Him.


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Here [is] the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts troubled me much, and my face changed on me. But I kept the matter in my heart.


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In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, [to] me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.


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And in a vision I looked. And it happened when I looked, I [was] at Shushan the palace, which [is] in the province of Elam. And in a vision I looked, and I was by the Ulai Canal.


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Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And behold, a ram with [two] horns stood before the Canal [having] two horns, and the [two] horns were high, but one [was] higher than the other, and the higher came up last.


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I saw the ram pushing westward and northward and southward; so that no beasts could stand before him, nor any that could deliver out of his hand. But he did according to his will, and became great.


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And as I was watching, behold, a he-goat came from the west, over the face of the all earth, and did not touch the ground. And the he goat [had] an outstanding horn between his eyes.


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And he came to the ram that [had two] horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power.


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And I saw him come close beside the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram and shattered his two horns. And there was no power in the ram to stand before him. But he threw him down to the ground and stamped on him. And none could deliver the ram out of his hand.


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Then the he-goat became very great. And when he was strong, the great horn was broken. And in its place came up four outstanding [ones] towards the four winds of the heavens.


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And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became very great, toward the south and toward the east and toward the bountiful [land].


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And it became great, [even] to the host of heaven. And it made fall some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled them.


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Yea, he magnified himself, even to the ruler of the host, and the daily [sacrifice] was taken away by him, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.


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And an army was given [to him] against the daily [sacrifice] because of transgression, and it cast the truth to the ground. And it worked and succeeded.


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Then I heard a certain holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that one who spoke, Until when shall the vision last, concerning the daily [sacrifice] and the transgression that astounds, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled?


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And he said to me, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be vindicated.


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And it happened when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me the form of a man.


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And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] Ulai, which called and said, Gabriel, make this one understand the vision.


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So he came near beside my place. And when he came, I was afraid and fell on my face. But he said to me, Understand, O son of man, for the vision [is] for the time of the end.


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And as he was speaking with me, I was stunned, on my face toward the ground. But he touched me and set me upright.


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And he said, Behold, I will make you know what shall happen in the last end of the indignation. For [it is] for the time appointed for the end.


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And as for that being broken, and four stood up in its place; four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in its power.


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And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king, fierce of face, and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.


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And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power. And he shall destroy marvelously, and shall prosper and work, and destroy the mighty and the holy people.


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And also through his understanding, he shall cause deceit to succeed in his hand. And he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. He also shall stand up against the Ruler of rulers. But he shall be broken without a hand.


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And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told [is] true. But you shall shut up the vision; for it [shall be] for many days.


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And I Daniel fainted, and was sick [for] days. Afterward I rose up, and did the king's business. And I was amazed at the vision, but there was no understanding.


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In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,


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in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood the number of the years by books, which came of the Word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.


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And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and holy desires, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.


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And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and awesome God, keeping the covenant and mercy to those who love Him, and to those who keep His commandments,


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we have sinned and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your commandments and from Your judgments.


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Neither have we listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.


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O Lord, righteousness [belongs] to You, but to us the shame of [our] faces, as [it is] today to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, and to all Israel who are near and who are afar off, through all the countries where You have driven them because of their sin which they have sinned against You.


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O Lord, shame of face [belongs] to us, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.


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We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws which He set before us by His servants the prophets.


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Yea, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and turned aside, that they might not obey Your voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.


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And He has confirmed His words which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil. For under all the heavens [it] has not been done as [it] has been done to Jerusalem.


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As [it is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we did not make our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand Your truth.


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Therefore the LORD has watched over the evil, and has brought it on us. For the LORD our God [is] righteous in all His works which He does; for we did not obey His voice.


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And now, O Lord our God, who have brought Your people out from the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have brought fame to Yourself, as it is today, we have sinned, we have done wrong.


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O Lord, I pray You, according to all Your righteousness let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people [have become] a curse to all those who are around us.


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And now, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his holy desires, and cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary that [is] desolate, for the Lord's sake.


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O my God, bow down Your ear and hear. Open Your eyes and behold our ruins, and the city which is called by Your name. For we do not present our prayers before You on account of our righteousnesses, but because of Your great mercies.


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O LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; O LORD, listen and do. Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God; for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.


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And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my cry before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;


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yes, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, touched me in [my] severe exhaustion, about the time of the evening sacrifice.


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And he enlightened me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I have now come out to give you skill and understanding.


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At the beginning of your prayers the commandment came out, and I have come to explain. For you are greatly beloved; therefore understand the matter, and attend to the vision:


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Seventy weeks are decreed as to your people and as to your holy city, to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.


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Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going out of the command to restore and to build Jerusalem, to Messiah [the] Prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in times of affliction.


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And after sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not [for] Himself. And the people of the ruler who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. And the end of it [shall be with the flood, and ruins are determined, until [the] end [shall be] war.


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And he shall confirm a covenant with many [for] one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and on a corner [of the altar] desolating abominations, even until [the] end. And that which was decreed shall be poured on the desolator.


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In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. And the thing was true, and a great conflict. And he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.


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I ate no food for delight, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.


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And in the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which [is] Tigris,


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then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man was clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz.


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His body also [was] like the beryl, and his face looked like lightning. And his eyes [were] like lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet in color were like polished bronze, and the voice of his words like the sound of a multitude.


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And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision. For the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, so that they fled to hide themselves.


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Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me. For my beauty was turned within me to corruption, and I kept no strength.


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Yet I heard the voice of his words. And when I heard the voice of his words, then I was in a deep sleep on my face, and my face [was] toward the ground.


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And he said to me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright. For to you I am now sent. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.


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Then he said to me, Do not fear, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to chasten yourself before your God, your words were heard. And I have come for your words.


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But the ruler of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days. But lo, Michael, one of the chief rulers, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.


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Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days. For the vision is yet for [many] days.


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And behold, one looking like the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who stood before me, O lord, my sorrows are turned on me by the vision, and I have kept no strength.


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For how can the servant of my lord talk with my lord? For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, nor is there breath left in me.


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and said, O man greatly beloved, do not fear. Peace to you; be strong; yes, be strong. And when he had spoken to me, I was made stronger, and [I] said, Speak my lord, for you have made me stronger.


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Then he said, Do you know why I come to you? And now I will return to fight with the ruler of Persia. And when I have gone out, lo, the ruler of Greece shall come.


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But I will show you that which is written in the Scripture of Truth. And there is none who holds strongly with me in these things, but Michael your ruler.


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And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I was standing for a supporter and for a fortress for him.


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And now I will declare to you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia. And the fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.


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And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided toward the four winds of the heavens. And it shall not be given to his sons, nor according to his power with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be pulled up, even for others besides these.


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And the king of the south shall be strong. And [one] of his rulers, even he shall overcome him and have power. His kingdom [shall be] a great kingdom.


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And in the end of years they shall join together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make a treaty. But she shall not keep the power of the arm. Nor shall he stand, nor his arm. But she [shall be given up, and those who brought her in, and her begetter, and he who made her strong in [these] times.


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But out of a branch of her roots, one shall stand up [in] his place, who shall come with an army and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north. And he shall act against them, and show himself strong.


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And he shall also carry their gods captives with their molten images into Egypt, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold. And he shall stand [for] years away from the king of the north.


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But his sons shall be stirred up and shall gather a multitude of great forces. And [one] shall certainly come and overflow, and pass through. Then he shall return and be stirred up, even to his fortress.


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And the king of the south shall be bitter, and shall come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north. And he shall send out a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.


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And when he has taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up. And he shall cast down many ten thousands, but he shall not be made stronger.


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For the king of the north shall return, and shall send out a multitude greater than the former, and at the end of times, years, shall come with a great army and with much equipment.


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And in those times there shall stand up many against the king of the south. Also the robbers of your people shall rise up to establish [the] vision, but they shall fall.


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So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a siege mound, and take a fortified city. And the arms of the south shall not hold out, nor his chosen people, nor [will be] any strength to hold out.


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But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in the glorious land, which [shall be] destroyed by his hand.


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He also shall set his face to enter with the strength of all his kingdom, and upright ones with him. So he shall do. And [he] shall give the daughter of women to him, to destroy it; but she shall not stand, nor be for him.


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And he shall turn his face to the coastlands, and shall capture many. But a ruler shall make cease his reproach for him, but his reproach will return to him.


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And he shall turn his face to the fortresses of his land. But he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.


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And one who sends an exacter shall stand in his place, [for] the glory of [the] kingdom. But within few days he shall be broken, not in anger nor in battle.


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And a despised one shall stand up in his place, and they shall not give to him the honor of the king; but he will enter while at ease and seize [the] kingdom by intrigues.


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And the forces of the overflow will be swept from before him, and they will be broken, and also the ruler of a covenant.


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He shall enter safely, even into the rich places of [the] province. And he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers. He shall plunder, and spoil, and scatter goods among them. And he shall devise his plots against the strongholds, even for a time.


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And he shall stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army, but he shall not stand. For they shall devise plots against him.


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Yea, those who eat his food shall break him, and his army shall overflow. And many shall fall down slain.


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And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table. But it shall not succeed. For still [the] end [comes] at the time appointed.


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And he shall return to his land with great riches. And his heart [shall be] against [the] holy covenant. And he will act, and he shall return to his land.


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At the time appointed he shall return and come against the south. But it shall not be as the former or as the latter.


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For the ships of Kittim shall come against him. And he shall be grieved and return, and have fury against the holy covenant. So he shall do; he shall even return and give heed to those who forsake the holy covenant.


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And forces will stand from him, and they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and shall remove the daily [sacrifice], and they shall place the desolating abomination.


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And he will ruin by flattery those who do evil against [the] covenant. But the people who know their God will be strong and will work.


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And those who understand among [the] people shall teach many; yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by exile, and spoil, for days.


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And when they stumble, they shall be helped with a little help, but many will join them, with hypocrisy.


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And [many] of those who understand shall stumble, to refine and purge them, and [to] make white, to the time of [the] end. Because [it is] still for the appointed time.


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And the king shall do according to his will. And he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper until the fury is fulfilled. For that which is decreed shall be done.


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He will not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god. For he shall magnify himself above all.


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But in his place he shall honor the god of forces; and a god whom his fathers did not know, he shall honor with gold and silver, and with precious stones and desirable things.


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So he shall act in the fortresses of [the] strongholds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge. He shall multiply in glory, and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.


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And at the end-time, the king of the south shall butt at him. And the king of the north shall come against him like a tempest, with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships.


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And he shall enter into the countries and shall overflow and pass over. He shall also enter into the glorious land, and many shall be stumbled. But these shall escape out of his hand: Edom and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.


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But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. And the Libyans and the Ethiopians [shall be] at his steps.


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But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him. Then he will go out with great fury to destroy, and to devote many to destruction.


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And he shall plant his palace tents between [the] seas in the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.


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And at that time Michael shall stand up, the great ruler who stands for the sons of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation; until that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.


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And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.


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And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever.


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But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.


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Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood another two, the one on this [side], and the one on that [side] of the bank of the river.


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And [one] said to the man clothed in linen on the waters of the river: Until when [shall be] the end of these wonders?


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And I heard the man clothed in linen, who [was] on the waters of the river, when he held up his right and his left [hand] to Heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it [shall be] for a time, times, and a half. And when they have made an end of scattering the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.


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And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what [shall be] the end of these things?


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Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried. But the wicked shall do wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.


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And from the time that the daily [sacrifice] shall be taken away, and the desolating abomination set up, a thousand two hundred and ninety days [shall occur].


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The Word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.


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The beginning of the LORD speaking by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take to yourself a wife of adultery and children of adultery. For the land has utterly gone lusting away from the LORD.


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And the LORD said to him, Call his name God Will Sow. For still [in] a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.


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And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And [God] said to him, Call her name No-mercy, for I will no more have mercy [on] the house of Israel. But I will utterly take them away.


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But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.


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Yet the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, You [are] not My people, there it shall be said to them, [You are the sons of the living God.


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Then the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel shall be gathered together, and shall set over themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land. For great [shall be] the day of Jezreel.


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Contend! Contend with your mother, for she [is] not my wife, nor am I her husband. Let her therefore put away her fornications out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts,


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lest I strip her naked and set her out as in the day that she was born; and lest I make her as the wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.


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For their mother has prostituted [herself]. She who conceived them has done shamefully. For she said, I will go after my lovers who give my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.


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Therefore behold, I will hedge your way with thorns, and wall up her wall, that she shall not find her paths.


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And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them. She shall seek them, but shall not find [them]. Then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then [it was] better with me than now.


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For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.


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So I will return and take away My grain in its time, and my wine in its season, and will recover my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness.


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And now I will uncover her shamefulness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.


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I will also cause all her joy to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her appointed feasts.


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And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said, They [are] my rewards that my lovers have given me. And I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.


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And I will visit on her the days of the Baals, in which she burned incense to them, and she adorned herself with her nose-rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers and forgot Me, says the LORD.


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And I will give her vineyards to her from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope. And she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.


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And it shall be at that day, says the LORD, you shall call Me, My Husband, and shall no more call Me, My Baal.


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For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no more be remembered by their name.


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And in that day I will cut a covenant for them, with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and [with] the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.


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And I will betroth you to Me forever. Yea, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies.


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And it will be, in that day I will answer, says the LORD. I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth,


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And I will sow her to Me in the earth. And I will have mercy on No-mercy. And I will say to Not-my-people, You are My people. And they shall say, My God.


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And the LORD said to me, Go again. Love a woman beloved by a friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the sons of Israel, who turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes of grapes.


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So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces of] silver, and [for] a homer of barley and a half homer of barley.


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And I said to her, You shall abide for me many days. You shall not be a harlot, nor be for a man. And I also [will be] for you.


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For the sons of Israel shall live many days [with] no king, and no ruler, and with no sacrifice, and no pillars, and no ephod, or teraphim.


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Afterward the sons of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. And they shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the ends of the days.


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Hear the Word of the LORD, sons of Israel. For the LORD [has] a quarrel with the people of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.


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There is lying, and swearing, and killing, and stealing, and the committing of adultery; and blood touches blood.


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Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone who dwells in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heavens. Yes, the fish of the sea shall also be taken away.


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Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another. For your people [are] as those who strive with the priest.


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And you shall stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with you [in the] night, and I will cut off your mother.


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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons, even I.


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And it has become, Like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their doings.


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For they shall eat and not have enough. They shall fornicate and not increase, because they have stopped taking heed to the LORD.


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My people seek advice from their wooden [idols], and their rod declares to them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to go astray, and they have gone lusting away from under their God.


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They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because its shade is good. So your daughters shall be harlots, and your brides shall commit adultery.


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I will not punish your daughters when they fornicate, nor your wives when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. The people [who] do not understand are thrown down.


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Though you, Israel, fornicate, yet do not let Judah become guilty. And do not come [to] Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, nor swear, [As] the LORD lives.


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For Israel slides back like a backsliding heifer. Now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.


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Hear this, O priests, and listen, house of Israel. And give ear, house of the king. For judgment [is] toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.


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I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me. For now, O Ephraim, you have fornicated; Israel is defiled.


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Their doings will not allow [them] to turn to their God; for the spirit of fornication [is] in their midst, and they have not known the LORD.


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And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. So Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.


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They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find Him. He has withdrawn Himself from them.


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They have acted treacherously against the LORD, for they have brought out strange sons. Now a new moon shall devour them with their portions.


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Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I have made known that which is confirmed.


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When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian and sent to king Jareb. Yet he could not heal you nor cure you of your wound.


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For I [will be] to Ephraim as a lion, and as a strong lion to the house of Judah. I, [even] I, will tear and go away. I will take away, and none shall rescue him.


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I will go; I will return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me diligently.


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Come and let us return to the LORD. For He has torn, and He will heal us; He has stricken, and He will bind us up.


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After two days He will bring us to life; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.


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Then we shall know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD. His going out is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain to the earth.


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O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your goodness [is] like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.


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So I have cut [them] down by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth. And your judgments [were as] the light that goes out.


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And as troops of robbers wait for a man, the company of priests murder [in] the way of Shechem; for they committed wickedness.


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I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel; the harlotry of Ephraim [is] there; Israel is defiled.


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When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they have worked falsehood. And the thief comes in, the troop of robbers plunders outside.


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And they do not say within their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their own doings have hemmed them in; they are before My face.


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They [are] all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker; he stops stirring, from kneading the dough, while it is leavened.


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[In] the day of our king, the rulers have sickened themselves [with] the heat of wine. He stretches out his hand with scorners.


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For they have brought their heart near like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps at night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.


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They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen; there is none among them who calls to Me.


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Strangers have eaten up his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows it not.


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And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. And they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek Him in all this.


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When they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as a report to their congregation.


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Woe to them! For they have fled from Me. Ruin to them! Because they have sinned against Me. Though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against Me.


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And they have not cried to Me with their heart, when they howled on their beds; they gather themselves for grain and wine, and they rebel against Me.


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They return, but not to the [Most] High. They are like a deceitful bow; their rulers shall fall by the sword from the rage of their tongue. This [shall be] their scorn in the land of Egypt.


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Put a trumpet to your mouth. [He comes] like an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have broken My covenant and have sinned against My law.


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They have set up kings, but not by Me; they have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols [with] their silver and their gold, so that they may be cut off.


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Your calf, O Samaria, has cast [you] off. My anger is kindled against them. Until when will they not attain purity?


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For from Israel it [came] also. The craftsman made it, but [it is] not God. For the calf of Samaria shall be splinters.


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For they sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.


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Israel is swallowed up; now they shall be among the nations as a vessel in which there is no pleasure.


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Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now I will gather them. And they began to be few, from the burden of the king of rulers.


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They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of My offerings, and eat it; but the LORD does not receive them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return [to] Egypt.


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For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples. And Judah has multiplied cities. But I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall burn up her palaces.


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O Israel, rejoice not for joy, like the peoples. For you have gone lusting away from your God; you have loved a reward on every grain floor.


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They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.


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They shall not pour wine to the LORD, nor shall they be pleasing to Him. Their sacrifices [shall be] like the bread of sorrows to them; all who eat of them shall be defiled. For their bread is for their soul, it shall not come into the house of the LORD.


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For lo, they have left because of destruction. Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess the desirable things of their silver; thorns [shall be] in their tents.


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The days of her judgment have come; the days of vengeance have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man [is] insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and the great hatred.


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The watchman of Ephraim [was] with my God. The prophet [is] a snare of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.


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They have deeply corrupted, as [in] days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.


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I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first-fruit in the fig tree at her first time. But they went [to] Baal-peor and set themselves apart to a shameful thing; and they became abominable like that which they loved.


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Ephraim is like a bird; their glory shall fly away from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.


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Though they bring up their sons, yet I will make them childless, without a man. Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!


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Ephraim, when I looked toward Tyre, was planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim shall bring out his sons to the murderer.


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All their wickedness [is] in Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them out of My house for the wickedness of their doings. I will love them no more; all their rulers [are] revolters.


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Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Yea, though they bear, yet I will slay the beloved ones of their womb.


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My God shall cast them away because they did not listen to Him. And they shall be wanderers among the nations.


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Israel [is] an luxuriant vine; he brings out fruit to himself. According to the multitude of his fruit, he has increased the altars. They have made beautiful images according to the goodness of his land.


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Their heart is divided; now they shall be guilty. He shall break down their altars, and He shall spoil their images.


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For now they shall say, We have no king because we did not fear the LORD; what then should a king do to us?


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They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.


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Because of the calves of Beth-aven, the people of Samaria shall dread. For its people shall mourn over it, and its priest rejoiced on it for its glory, because it has departed from it.


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It shall also be carried to Assyria for a present to king Jareb. Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.


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Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.


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O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they stood; the battle against the sons of iniquity did not overtake them in Gibeah.


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When I desire, I shall bind them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves to their two perversities.


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And Ephraim [is] like a trained heifer, trying to tread out. But I passed over on the goodness of her neck. I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.


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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground. For [it is] time to seek the LORD, until He comes and rains righteousness on you.


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You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.


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And an uproar shall arise among your peoples, and all your fortresses shall be spoiled, as the ruin [of] Beth-arbel by Shalman in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces on [her] sons.


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So He does to you, Bethel, because of your great evil. In a morning the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.


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As they called them, so they went from them. They sacrifice to the Baals, and burn incense to graven images.


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I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as those who take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently give food to him.


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He shall not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian [shall be] his king, because they refused to return.


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And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.


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And My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt [Him].


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How shall I give you up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver you, Israel? How shall I make you like Admah? How shall I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassions are kindled together.


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I will not carry out the heat of My anger; I will not return to destroy Ephraim. For I [am] God and not man, the Holy One in your midst; and I will not enter into the city.


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They shall walk after the LORD; He shall roar like a lion. When He shall roar, then the sons shall tremble from the west.


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They shall tremble like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria. And I will place them in their houses, says the LORD.


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Ephraim [circles] around Me with lying, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still rules with God, and is faithful with the saints.


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Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.


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The LORD also has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings He will repay him.


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Yes, he wept and cried to Him, and he had power over the Angel and overcame. He found him [in] Bethel, and there He spoke with us,


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And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found much wealth for myself. [In] all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.


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And I the LORD, who have been your God from the land of Egypt, will yet make you to dwell in tents as in the days of the appointed feast.


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I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions and have used parables by the hand of the prophets.


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[Is there] iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are vanity; they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal. Yes, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.


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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.


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Ephraim provoked [Me] to anger most bitterly; therefore he shall leave his blood on him, and his Lord shall turn his reproach to him.


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And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves a molten image of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.


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Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff storm-driven out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.


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Yet I [am] the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but Me. For there is no Savior besides Me.


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According to their pasture, so were they filled. They were filled and their heart was lifted up. Therefore they have forgotten Me.


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I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and will tear the lining of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lion; the wild beast shall tear them.


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Where [is] your king now, that he may save you in all your cities; and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers?


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The pains of a woman in travail shall come to him. He [is] an unwise son; for he cannot stand still in the time of the breaking forth of sons.


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I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, where [are] your plagues; O Grave, where [is] your ruin! Repentance shall be hidden from My eyes.


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Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind shall come. The wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall be ashamed, and his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasure of all desirable vessels.


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Samaria shall become a waste, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword. Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped up.


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Take with you words, and turn to the LORD. Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously, that we may repay [with] the calves of our lips.


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Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses. Nor shall we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods, for in You the fatherless finds mercy.


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They who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive like the grain, and grow like the vine. Their scent [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.


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Ephraim [shall say], What [have] I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him] and watched him; I [am] like a green fir tree. Your fruit is found from Me.


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Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these things? Understanding, and he shall know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them; but sinners shall fall in them.


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Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all dwellers of the land. Has this been in your days or even in the days of your fathers?


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That which the creeping locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten. And that which the swarming locust has left, the locust larvae has eaten. And that which the locust larvae has left, the stripping locust has eaten.


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Awake, drunkards, and weep; and howl, all drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.


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For a nation has come up on My land, strong and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw teeth of a lioness.


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He has laid My vine waste and splintered My fig tree. He has stripped it and cast [it] away; its branches grow white.


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The food offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.


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The field is wasted; the land mourns, for the grain is wasted. The new wine is dried up; the oil tree droops.


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Be ashamed, husbandmen; howl, vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.


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The vine is dried up, and the fig tree droops, [the] pomegranate and the palm tree, and the apple tree; all the trees of the field are dried up, because joy has dried up from the sons of men.


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Gird up and lament, priests; howl, ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God. For the food offering and the drink offering are held back from the house of your God.


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Set apart a fast; call a solemn gathering; gather the elders and all the people of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the Lord,


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Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and it shall come as a ruin from the Almighty.


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The seed is rotten under their clods; the storage bins are laid waste; the barns are broken down, for the grain has dried up.


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How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are troubled because they [have] no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are destroyed.


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O LORD, to You will I cry; for the fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.


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The beasts of the field also cry to You; for the rivers of water are dried up, and the fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness.


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Blow a ram's horn in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble. For the day of the LORD comes, for [it is] near at hand;


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a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains; a great people and a strong people; there has not been ever the like, nor shall there ever be again, even to the years of many generations.


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A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land [is] as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. Yes, and nothing shall escape them.


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They shall leap like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people set in battle order.


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They shall run like mighty ones. They shall climb the wall like men of war, and they shall march each one on his way, and they shall not break their ranks.


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And each one shall not press his brother; they [each] go in his paths. And [if] they fall behind their weapons, they shall not be cut off.


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They shall rush on the city; they shall run on the wall; they shall climb up on the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.


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The earth shall tremble before them; the heavens shall shake. The sun and the moon shall grow dark, and the stars shall gather in their light.


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And the LORD shall utter His voice before His army; for His camp [is] very great; for strong [is He] who does His Word. For the day of the LORD [is] great and very terrible; and who can stand it?


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Yet even now, says the LORD, turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.


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Yes, tear your heart and not your robes, and turn to the LORD your God: for He [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He pities because of the evil.


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Who knows [if] He will turn and have pity and leave a blessing behind Him, a food offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God?


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Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, gather the elders, gather the children and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth out of his chamber, and the bride out of her room.


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Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Have pity on Your people, O LORD, and give not Your inheritance to shame, for a proverb among those of the nations. Why should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?


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Yes, the LORD will answer and say to His people, Behold, I will send you grain, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied with it. And I will no more make you a curse among the nations.


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But I will remove the northern army far from you, and will drive him into a barren and deserted land, with his face toward the eastern sea and his rear toward the western sea. And his stench shall come up, and his ill odor shall come up, because he was doing great things.


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Do not be afraid, beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness grow green; for the tree bears its fruit, and the fig tree and the vine yield their strength.


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Be glad then, sons of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God. For He has given you the former rain according to righteousness, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain in the first [month].


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And I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the locust larvae, and the stripping locust, and the cutting locust, My great army which I sent among you.


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And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt with you wonderfully; and My people shall never be ashamed.


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And you shall know that I [am] in the midst of Israel, and that I [am] the LORD your God, and no one else; and My people shall never be ashamed.


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And it shall be afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; your old men shall dream dreams; your young men shall see visions.


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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.


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And it shall be, whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for salvation shall be in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as the LORD has said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.


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For, behold, in those days and in that time, [when] I will bring again the exiles of Judah and Jerusalem,


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I will also gather all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will fight with them there for My people and for My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land.


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And they have cast lots for My people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, so that they might drink.


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Yea, and what [have] you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the borders of Philistia? [Will you] give Me a reward? And if you reward Me, swiftly and speedily I will turn your reward on your own head,


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You have also sold the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you might remove them far from their border.


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Behold, I [am] rising them out of the place where you have sold them, and will turn your reward on your own head.


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And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off; for the LORD has spoken it.


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Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.


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Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I [am] strong.


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Gather yourselves and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together all around; cause Your mighty ones to come down there, O LORD.


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Let the nations be awakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations all around.


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Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, come down; for the press is full; the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.


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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision; for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision!


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The LORD shall also roar out of Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem. And the heavens and the earth shall shake. But the LORD [will be] the hope of His people and the strength of the sons of Israel.


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So you shall know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be a holy thing, and no aliens shall pass through her any more.


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And it shall be, in that day the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow [with] milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow [with] waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.


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Egypt shall be a ruin, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, from violence [done] to the sons of Judah, whose innocent blood they poured out in their land.


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The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; the word which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.


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And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall dry up.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.


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I will also break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the dweller from the Valley of Aven, and from him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden. And the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir, says the LORD.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it; because they deported [as] exiles to deliver up a complete [population] to Edom.


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And I will cut off the people from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn My hand against Ekron. And the rest of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord God.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of Tyre, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it. Because they delivered up [as] exiles a complete [population] to Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of Edom, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it. Because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pities, and his anger tore without end, and he kept his wrath forever.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it. Because they have ripped up the pregnant women of Gilead, to make their own border larger.


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But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour its palaces with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of Moab, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.


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But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth. And Moab shall die with great noise, with shouting, with the sound of a trumpet.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it; because they have despised the laws of the LORD, and have not kept His commandments. And their lies after which their fathers walked led them astray.


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So says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea for four, I will not turn away [from] it; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals;


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panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father will go [in] to the same woman, to defile My holy name.


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And they will stretch beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god.


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Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height [was] like the height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from below.


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Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years through the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite.


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And I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazarites from your young men. [Is it] not even so, O sons of Israel? says the LORD.


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And refuge shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his power, nor shall the mighty deliver his life;


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nor shall he who handles the bow stand. And the swift-footed shall not save; and the horse rider shall not save his life.


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Hear this Word that the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,


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You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you [for] all your iniquities.


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Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey for him? Will a young lion cry out of his den unless he has caught?


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Will a bird fall into a trap [on] the ground, and there is no bait for it? Will a trap spring up from the ground, and nothing at all be caught?


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If a ram's horn is blown in a city, will the people not also tremble? If there is a calamity in a city, has the LORD not also done it?


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Make [it] heard at the palaces of Ashdod, and the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Gather yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproars in its midst, and the oppressed in its midst.


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For they do not know to do right, says the LORD, those who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.


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So the Lord Jehovah says this: An enemy! And he [shall be] all around the land; and he shall bring you down from your strength, and your palaces shall be plundered.


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So says the LORD: As the shepherd takes two legs out of the mouth of the lion, or a piece of an ear; so shall the sons of Israel be taken out, those who dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus [on] a couch.


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for in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel. And the horns of the altar shall be cut off and shall fall to the ground.


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And I will strike the winter house together with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish. And the great houses shall be swept away, says the LORD.


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Hear this word, cows of Bashan who [are] in the mountain of Samaria; who press down the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring in, that we may drink.


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The Lord Jehovah has sworn by His holiness that the days shall come on you that He will lift you up with meat hooks, and your sons with fishhooks.


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And you shall go out at the breaches, each woman straight before her. And you shall cast down the high place, says the LORD.


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Come to Bethel and transgress; to Gilgal and multiply transgressing [at] Gilgal. And bring your sacrifices for the morning, your tithes for three years;


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and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving from that [which is] leavened, and cry out; call out the voluntary offerings! For so you love [to do], O sons of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah.


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And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, and you have not returned to Me, says the LORD.


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And I have also withheld the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest. And I caused rain to fall on one city and caused it not to rain on another city; one piece was rained on, and the piece on which it did not rain dried up.


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So two [or] three cities wandered to one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me, says the LORD.


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I have stricken you with blasting and mildew. When your gardens and your vineyards, and your fig trees. and your olive trees increased, the creeping locust devoured them; yet you have not returned to Me, says the LORD.


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I have sent the plague among you in the way of Egypt; I have slain your young men with the sword, and have taken away your horses. And I have made the stench of your camps to come up into your nostrils; yet you have not returned to Me, says the LORD.


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I have overthrown some among you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked out of the burning; yet you have not returned to Me, says the LORD.


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So I will do this to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.


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For lo, He forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what his thought [is]. He who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth; the LORD, the God of hosts, [is] His name.


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The virgin of Israel has fallen; she shall rise no more; she lies forsaken on her land. There is none to raise her up.


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For thus says the Lord Jehovah: The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went out [by] a hundred shall have ten left in the house of Israel.


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But do not seek Bethel nor enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing.


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Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest He break out like a fire [on] the house of Joseph and devour it, and there be none to put it out in Bethel.


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seek Him who created the Pleiades and Orion, and who turned the deep darkness into the morning and He darkened the day [into] night. Seek Him who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; the LORD is] His name;


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So, because of your trampling on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of carved stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.


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For I know your many transgressions and your many sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate.


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Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.


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Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord Jehovah of hosts will be gracious [to] the remnant of Joseph.


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So the LORD, the God of hosts, the Master, says this: Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the tiller to mourning, and those who are skillful in mourning to wailing.


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Woe to those desiring the day of the LORD! What [is] this for you? The day of the LORD [is] darkness and not light;


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as [if] a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.


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[Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?


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Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your food offerings, I will not be pleased. Nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.


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Take the noise of your songs away from Me; for I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.


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But you have carried the booth of your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.


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So I will cause you to go into exile beyond Damascus, says the LORD, the God of hosts [is] His name.


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Woe to those at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are noted [as] leader of the nations. And the house of Israel came to them.


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Pass to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. [Are they] better than these kingdoms, or their border greater than your border?


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who lie on beds of ivory, and those sprawling on their couches, and eat lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;


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who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best of oils; nor do they grieve for the breaking of Joseph!


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So now they shall go into exile with the first of the exiles. And the feast of those who stretch themselves shall cease.


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The Lord Jehovah has sworn by Himself, says the LORD, the God of hosts: I despise the glory of Jacob, and hate his palaces; and I will shut up the city and all its fullness.


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And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to [him] left in the recesses of the house, Are any still with you? And he shall say, No. Then he shall say, Hush! For not one shall mention the name of Jehovah.


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For, behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house [into] cracks.


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Shall horses run on the rock? Will one plow [there] with oxen? For you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock;


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But behold, I will raise a nation up against you, O house of Israel, says the Lord, the God of hosts. And they shall oppress you from the entrance to Hamath to the torrent of the Arabah.


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The Lord Jehovah made me see this: And behold, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the coming up of the late grass; even behold, the late grass after the king's mowings.


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And it happened when it had made an end of eating the tender plant of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray You. How can Jacob stand? For he [is] small.


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The Lord Jehovah made me see this: And behold, the Lord Jehovah was calling to contend by fire. And it consumed the great deep, and [it was] devouring part of it.


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He made me see this: And behold, the Lord was standing by the plumbline-wall, and a plumbline in His hand.


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And the LORD said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A plumbline. Then the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.


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And the high places of Isaac shall be wasted, and the holy places of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.


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Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has plotted against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.


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For so Amos says: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely go into exile out of his land.


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And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go, flee for yourself into the land of Judah; and eat bread there, and prophesy there.


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But do not prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's temple, and it [is] the king's royal house.


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Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah: I [was] no prophet, nor [was] I a prophet's son. But I [was] a herdsman and a gatherer [from] sycamore trees.


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And the LORD took me from behind the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.


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Now then hear the Word of the LORD. You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop [words] against the house of Isaac.


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So the LORD says this: Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line. And you shall die in a defiled land; and Israel shall surely go into exile out of his land.


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And He said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the LORD said to me, The end has come to My people Israel: I will never pass by them any more.


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And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, says the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies [shall be] many. In every place one shall throw [them] out, saying, Hush!


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saying, When will the new moon be gone so that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and perverting the balances by deceit;


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that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; and sell the chaff of the wheat?


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Shall not the land tremble for this, and all who dwell in it mourn? And all of it shall rise up like the light. And it shall overflow and sink like the Nile of Egypt.


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And it shall be in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the light of day.


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And I will turn your feast into mourning, and all your songs into weeping; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.


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Behold, the days come, says the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land; not [a famine] of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.


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And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the Word of the LORD, and shall not find [it].


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They who swear by the sin of Samaria and say, [As] your God lives, O Dan; and, [As] the way of Beer-sheba lives; even they shall fall and never rise up again.


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I saw the Lord standing by the altar. And He said, Strike the capital of the door, so that the thresholds shall shake; and break them on the head of all of them. And I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them fleeing will flee, and not a fugitive of them will escape.


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If they dig into hell, there My hand shall take them. And if they go up to the heavens, I will bring them down from there.


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And if they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there. And if they are hidden from My sight in the bottom of the sea, I will command the serpent there, and he shall bite them.


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And if they go into captivity before their enemies, I will command the sword there, and it shall kill them; and I will set My eyes on them for evil, and not for good.


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And the Lord Jehovah of hosts [is] He who touches the land, and it shall melt, and all who dwell in it shall mourn. And all of it shall rise up like the Nile, and sink down like the Nile of Egypt.


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[It is] He who builds His staircase in the heavens, and He has founded the [heavens] on the earth; He who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; the LORD [is] His name.


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Are you not like sons of the Ethiopians to Me, O sons of Israel, says the LORD? Have I not brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?


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Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah [are] on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth; except that I will not completely destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.


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For lo, I will command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations, as one shakes with a sieve, yet not a grain shall fall [to] the earth.


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All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not draw near, or come in front about us.


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In that day I will raise up the booth of David that has fallen, and close up its breaks; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;


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so that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations [on] whom My name is called, says the LORD who is doing this.


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Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the plowman and the reaper shall draw near, the treader of grapes, and he who draws along the seed. And the mountains will drip must, and all the hills will be dissolved.


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And I will turn back the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall build the cities which are desolate, and they shall live [in] them. And they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine. They shall also make gardens and eat their fruit.


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And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.


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The vision of Obadiah. So says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a message from the LORD, and a messenger is sent among the nations: Rise up, even let us rise up against her for battle.


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The pride of your heart has deceived you, dwelling in the clefts of the rock, his dwelling [is] lofty; saying in his heart, Who shall bring me down [to] the ground?


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Though you rise high like the eagle, and though [you] set your nest between the stars, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.


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If thieves came to you, if destroyers by night (how you have been cut off!), would they not have stolen until they had enough? If the grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?


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All the men of your covenant have dismissed you to the border; the men who were at peace with you have deceived you, [and] have overcome you. They are setting your bread as a snare under you; [there is] no understanding in them.


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Shall I not in that day even destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau, says the LORD?


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And your mighty ones, O] Teman, shall be afraid, so that each man from the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.


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Shame shall cover you from the violence against your brother Jacob, and you shall be cut off forever.


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On the day of your standing on the other [side], on the day that the strangers were capturing his force, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you [were] like one of them.


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But you should not have looked on the day of your brother on the day of his alienation; nor should you have rejoiced over the sons of Judah in the day of their ruin; nor should you have enlarged your mouth in the day of distress.


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You should not have entered into the gate of My people in the day of their calamity; also, you should not have looked on his evil in the day of their calamity. Nor should you have sent out against his force in the day of his calamity.


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Nor should you have stood on the crossways to cut off those of him who escaped; nor should you have shut up his survivors in the day of distress.


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For the day of the LORD [is] near on all the nations; as you have done, it shall be done to you. Your reward shall return upon your head.


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For as you have drunk upon My holy mountain, [so] all the nations shall drink forever. Yes, they shall drink, and they shall swallow, and they shall be as [though] they had not been.


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But upon Mount Zion shall be those who escaped; and it shall be holy. And the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.


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And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame. And the house of Esau [shall be] for stubble. And they shall kindle in them and burn them up. And no survivor shall be to the house of Esau; for the LORD has spoken it.


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And [those of] the south shall possess the mountain of Esau and the low country of the Philistines. And they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria; and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.


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And the exiles of this army [shall go] to the sons of Israel who shall possess [the land] of the Canaanites to Zarephath; even the exiles of Jerusalem who [are] in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the south.


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And deliverers shall go up into the mountain of Zion to judge the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom shall be to the LORD.


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But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah. And he went down to Joppa. And he found a ship going to Tarshish. And he gave its fare, and went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish, away from the sight of Jehovah.


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But Jehovah hurled a great wind into the sea, and there was a great storm in the sea, so that the ship [was] thought to be broken.


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Then the seamen were afraid, and each man cried to his god. And they threw out the [ship's] articles in the ship, into the sea in order to lighten [it]. But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship; and he lay there, and was fast asleep.


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And the chief of the seaman came to him and said to him, What [is it] to you, O sound sleeper? Arise, call upon your God! It may be that our god will notice us, and we will not perish.


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And they said, each one to his fellow, Come and let us cast lots, so that we may know who has caused this evil [to occur] to us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.


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Then they said to him, Please tell us, for what reason this evil [has come] on us. What is your business? And where do you come from? Where [is] your country? And of what people [are] you?


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And he said to them, I [am] a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.


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Then the men were afraid [with] a great fear. And they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from before the face of Jehovah, because he had told them.


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Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea was going on and being stormy.


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And he said to them, Take me up and throw me out into the sea. And the sea shall be calm to you; for I know that this great storm [has come] on you for my sake.


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But the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not, for the sea was going on and being stormy against them.


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And they cried to Jehovah and said, We beg You, O Jehovah, we beg You, let us not perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood. For You, O Jehovah, have done as it pleased You.


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And Jehovah had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.


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and he said, I cried to Jehovah from my distress. And He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help, [and] You heard my voice.


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For You cast me [into the] depths of the seas, and the current surrounded me. All Your breakers and Your waves passed over me.


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Waters encompassed me, [even] to the soul; the depth closed around me; the seaweed was bound to my head.


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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was around me forever; yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.


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When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; and my prayer came in to You, into Your holy temple.


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but I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will fulfill that which I have vowed. Salvation [belongs] to Jehovah!


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Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out to it the proclamation that I am declaring to you.


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And Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the Word of Jehovah. And Nineveh was a very great city of three days' journey.


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And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown!


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And the people of Nineveh believed God. And they called a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.


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For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne. And he laid his robe from him, and covered himself [with] sackcloth, and sat in ashes.


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And he cried out and said in Nineveh by the decree of the king and his great ones, saying, Do not let man or beast, herd or flock taste anything; do not let them feed, nor drink water.


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But let man and animal be covered [with] sackcloth, and cry mightily to God. And let them each one turn from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.


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Who knows? He may repent, and God may have pity and turn away from the glow of His anger, so that we do not perish.


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And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And God was compassionate over the evil that He had said to do to them, and He did not do [it].


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And he prayed to Jehovah and said, Please, O Jehovah, [was] this not my saying when I was still in my land? On account of this I fled before to Tarshish. For I knew that You [are] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and One who repents over calamity.


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And Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east of the city. And he made himself a booth there and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would happen in the city.


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And Jehovah God prepared a plant, and it came up over Jonah, to be shade over his head, in order to deliver him from his misery. And Jonah rejoiced [with] great joy over the plant.


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But God prepared a worm as the morning dawned the next day. And it struck the plant, and it withered.


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And it happened when the sun shone, God ordained a scorching east wind. And the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted. And he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better [is] my death than my life.


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And God said to Jonah, Is your anger rightly kindled over the plant? And he said, My anger is rightly kindled, [even] to death.


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And Jehovah said, You have had pity on the plant, for which you had not labored, nor made it grow, which was a son of a night, and perished the son of a night.


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And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand men who do not know between [their] right [and their] left hand, besides much cattle?


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The Word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.


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Hear, all you people; listen, O earth, and its fullness. And let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.


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For behold, the LORD [is] coming out of His place, and will come down and walk on the high places of the earth.


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And the mountains shall melt under Him, and the valleys shall tear themselves, as wax before the fire, and as waters poured down a steep place.


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All this [is] for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [Is it] not Samaria? And what [are] the high places of Judah? [Are they] not Jerusalem?


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And I will make Samaria into ruins of the field, planting places for a vineyard; and I will pour down her stones into the valley, and I will uncover her foundations.


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And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her gifts shall be burned with the fire, and I will destroy all its idols. For she gathered it from the reward of a harlot, and they shall return to the reward of a harlot.


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Therefore I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like jackals, mourn like the daughters of an ostrich.


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For her wounds [are] not curable; for it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of My people, to Jerusalem.


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Pass over to them, O dweller of Shaphir, in nakedness of shame. The dweller of Zaanan has not gone out; the mourning of Beth-ezel shall take from you his standing.


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For be grieved for good, the dweller of Maroth, for evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.


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O inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the stallion; she [is] the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for the sins of Israel were found in you.


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Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib [are] for a lying thing to the kings of Israel.


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Make yourself bald, and cut off [your hair] for the sons of your delight; make your baldness large like the eagle; for they go into exile from you.


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Woe to those who plot wickedness and prepare evil on their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.


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And they covet and seize fields; and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his household, even a man and his inheritance.


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So the LORD says this: Behold, against this family I [am] plotting an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; nor shall you go proudly, but it [is] an evil time.


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In that day one shall take up a parable against you and mourn a mourning of mournings, saying, We shall be completely laid waste. He has exchanged the share of my people. How He has removed [it] from me! To the apostate He has divided our fields.


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Do not drop [words] as they drop! They shall not drop [words] about these; they shall not draw back reproaches.


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House of Jacob, [it is] said, The Spirit of the LORD is limited, if these [are] His doings. Do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly?


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Even yesterday, My people has risen up like an enemy; you strip off a cloak along with an outer robe, from those who pass by trustingly, those returning [from] war.


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You have thrown the wives of My people out from the house of her delight; from their children you have taken away My majesty forever.


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Arise and depart! For this [is] not [your] rest, because of destroying uncleanness, even a grievous destruction.


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If a man walks with wind and lies falsely, saying, I will drop [words] to you for wine and for strong drink, he shall even be a dropper [of words] for this people.


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I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like the sheep of Bozrah, like the flock in the midst of their fold. They shall be in commotion because of men.


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The breaker has come up before them; they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and have gone out of it. And their king shall pass before them, and the LORD at the head of them.


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And I said, Please hear, O heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel. [Is it] not for you to know justice?


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You who hate the good and love the evil; who pull their skin off them, and their flesh from their bones;


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who also eat the flesh of My people, and strip their skin off them. And they break their bones and chop them in pieces, like that in the pot, like those in the middle of the kettle.


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Then they shall cry to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will even hide His face from them at that time, as they have done evil in their doings.


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So says the LORD concerning the prophets who make My people err, who bite with their teeth and cry, Peace! And whoever does not give for their mouth, they even sanctify a war against him.


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Therefore a night shall be to you [without] vision; and darkness [without] divining. And the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.


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And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners ashamed; yea, they shall all cover their mustache, for [there is] no answer [from] God.


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But I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and justice, and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.


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Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, who hate justice and pervert all equity.


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Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on the LORD and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? No evil can come on us!


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Therefore, on account of you, Zion shall be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house into high places of the forest.


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But it shall be in the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it.


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And many nations shall come and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths; for the law shall go forth out of Zion, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem.


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And He shall judge between many peoples, and will decide for strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, And they shall not still learn war.


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But they shall sit each one under his vine and under his fig tree; and there shall be no trembling; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken,


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For all peoples will walk, [each] one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.


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In that day, says the LORD, I will gather the lame, and I will gather the banished, and the one I have afflicted.


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And I will make the lame into a remnant, and her who was cast off a strong nation; and the LORD shall reign over them in Mount Zion from now on, even forever.


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And you, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it shall happen. And rulers, the chief ones, shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.


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Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have taken you like one giving birth.


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Be in pain and deliver, daughter of Zion, like one giving birth. For now you shall go out from the city, and you shall dwell in the field; and you shall go to Babylon. There you shall be snatched back; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.


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Now also many nations are gathered against you, who say, Let her be defiled, and let our eyes look on Zion.


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But they do not know the plans of the LORD, nor do they understand His counsel. For He has gathered them like the sheaf to the floor.


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Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; and you shall crush many peoples. And I will give their gain to the LORD, and their wealth to the Lord of the all the earth.


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Now gather yourself in troops, daughter of a troop; one sets a siege against us; they shall strike the Judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.


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And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from the days of eternity.


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Therefore He will give them over until the time the one giving birth has given birth; then the rest of His brothers shall return to the sons of Israel.


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And He shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah His God. And they shall sit, for now He shall be great to the ends of the earth.


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And this [One] shall be peace. When Assyria shall come into our land; and when he shall walk in our palaces, then we shall raise against him seven shepherds and eight anointed ones from men.


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And they shall mar the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at her own entrances. And He shall deliver us from Assyria when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our border.


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And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, as dew from the LORD, as showers on a blade of the grass, which does not wait for man, nor delay for the sons of men.


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And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goes through, both tramples and tears in pieces. And there is none to snatch back.


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And it shall be in that day, says the LORD, I will cut off your horses out of your midst, and I will destroy your chariots.


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I will also cut off your graven images, and your pillars out of the midst of you; and you shall never again worship the work of your hands.


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Mountains, hear the LORD's case, and the constant foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a quarrel with His people, and He will plead His case with Israel.


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For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of slaves; and I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.


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O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteousness acts of the LORD.


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With what shall I come before the LORD, [to] bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?


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Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?


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He has shown you, O man, what [is] good. And what does the LORD require of you but to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?


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The LORD's voice cries to the city, and in sound wisdom one will see Your name. Hear the rod and [Him] who has appointed it.


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Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful?


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[For] its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.


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You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your casting down [shall be] in your midst. And you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and that which you deliver I will give up to the sword.


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You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.


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For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, so that I should make you a ruin and its people a hissing; therefore you shall bear the shame of My people.


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Woe is me! For I am like the gatherings of summer fruits, like the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; my soul desires the first-ripe fruit.


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The pious has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. For they all lie in wait for blood; each one hunts his brother [with] a net.


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Both hands [are] on evil, to do [it] well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.


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The best of them [is] like a briar; the most upright [is sharper] than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen [and] your punishment comes; now their shame shall come.


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Put no trust in a friend; put no hope in a guide; keep the door of your mouth from her who lies [in] your bosom.


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For the son dishonors the father; the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own household.


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Rejoice not against me, my enemy; for [if] I fall, I shall arise; for [if] I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.


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I will bear the fury of the LORD, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and brings out judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.


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Then my enemy shall see it; and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD your God? My eyes shall behold her; now she shall be trampled like the mud of the streets.


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[In] that day he shall come even to you from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the siege even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain [to] mountain.


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Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in the woods, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed [in] Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.


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The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might; they shall lay their hand on [their] mouth; their ears shall be deaf.


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They shall lick the dust like a snake; they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth. They shall dread the LORD our God, and shall fear because of You.


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Who [is] a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights [in] mercy.


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He will turn again; He will have pity on us. He will trample our iniquities. Yea, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.


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You will give faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.


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God [is] jealous, and the LORD revenges; the LORD revenges and is a possessor of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance against His foes, and He keeps [wrath] against His enemies.


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The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power. And He does not by any means acquit the guilty. The LORD [has] His way in the tempest and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of His feet.


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He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon withers.


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The mountains quake from Him, and the hills melt, and the earth is lifted up from before Him; even the world and all who dwell in it.


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Who can stand before His fury? And who can stand up in the heat of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down because of Him.


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But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.


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What are you plotting against the LORD? He will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.


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For as thorns are woven together, and as their drunkards are drunken, they shall be devoured like stubble fully dry.


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So says the LORD: Though secure and likewise many, yet they shall be cut down, and he shall pass away. And though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.


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And the LORD has commanded concerning you, Not [one] of your name shall be sown any more; I will cut off the graven image and the molten image out of the house of your gods. I will make your grave; for you are despised.


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Behold upon the mountains the feet of Him who brings good news, making it heard, Peace! O Judah, keep your appointed feasts, fulfill your vows; for the wicked shall pass through you no more; he is completely cut off.


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The scattering one is coming up against your face. Guard the rampart. Watch the way, make your loins strong, firm up [your] power mightily.


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For the LORD has turned away the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel. For the plunderers have plundered them, and have destroyed their vine branches.


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The shield of his mighty ones has become red; the mighty men [are] in scarlet; the chariots flame like iron torches in the day of his preparation. And the cypresses are made to quiver.


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The chariots race madly in the streets; they shall run to and fro in the open squares. Their appearance [is] like torches; they dart about like lightnings.


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He shall remember his nobles; they shall stumble in their walking; they shall make haste to its wall, and the covering shall be prepared.


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And she who stood firm is uncovered and caused to go away. And her slave women are moaning like the sound of doves, beating their breast.


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But Nineveh [is] like a pool of water from her days; yet they are fleeing. Halt! Halt! they cry, but none looks back.


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Seize the silver; seize the gold; for [there is] no end to the treasures; riches from all precious vessels.


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[She is] empty and void and waste; and the heart melts, and the knees knock, and trembling [is] on all the loins; and all their faces collect heat.


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Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, [and] the lion's cub, and no one made [them] afraid?


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The lion tears in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangles for his lionesses, and filled his holes [with] prey, and his dens with torn prey.


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Behold, I [am] against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.


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The sound of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of a wheel, and of a galloping horse, and of a bounding chariot.


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The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the lightning of the spear. And many [are] slain, and [there are] a mass of dead bodies, and no end of corpses; they stumble on their dead bodies,


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because of the many harlotries of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of sorceries who sells nations by her harlotries, and families by her sorceries.


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Behold, I [am] against you, says the LORD of hosts; and I will uncover your skirts upon your face. And I will cause the nations to see your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.


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And it shall be that all those who look upon you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste; who will weep for her? From where shall I seek comforters for you?


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Are you better than No Amon, that dwelt among the Nile branches, waters all around her, whose rampart [was] the sea, the waters her wall?


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Yet she [went] into exile; she went into captivity, and her young children also were dashed to pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.


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All your strongholds shall be like fig trees with the first fruits; if they are shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.


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Behold, your people in your midst [are] women. The gates of your land shall surely be opened to your enemies; the fire shall devour your bars.


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Draw waters for the siege; fortify your strongholds; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make the brick mold strong.


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There fire shall devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the locust. Make yourself as many as the larvae, multiply yourself like the locusts.


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You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven; the locust larvae shall strip off and fly away.


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Your rulers [are] like the locusts, and your officials are a swarm of locusts that camp in the hedges in the cold day; the sun rises, and they flee, and the place where they [are] is not known.


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Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria. Your nobles are at rest; your people are scattered upon the mountains, and no one is gathering.


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There is no healing of your fracture; your wound is grievous; all who hear the news of you shall clap the hands over you; for upon whom has your wickedness not passed continually?


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O LORD, until when shall I cry and You will not hear? I cry out to You [of] violence, and You do not save!


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Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence [are] before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.


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Therefore the law has become helpless, and justice does not always go forth. For the wicked entraps the righteous; therefore justice goes forth, being perverted.


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Look among the nations, and behold and wonder marvelously; for [I] will work a work in your days [which] you will not believe, not even if it is declared to you.


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For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land to possess homes not their own.


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His horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. And their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar. They shall fly like the eagle hurrying to eat.


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All of him shall come for violence; the gathering of their faces [is] forward; and they gather captives like the sand.


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And they shall scoff at the kings, and the rulers [shall] be a scorn to them. They shall laugh at every stronghold, for he shall heap up dust and capture it.


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Then he sweeps on [like] a wind, and he transgresses and is guilty, [crediting] his power to his god.


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[Are] You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have ordained them for judgment; and, my Rock, You have established them for correction.


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[You are] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation. Why do You look upon those who deal deceitfully? Will you be silent when the wicked swallows [one] more righteous than he?


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He takes up all of them with the hook; he drags him with his net and gathers him with his seine; therefore he rejoices and exults.


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So he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; because by them his portion [is] fat and his food rich.


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I will stand on my watch and set myself on the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.


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And the LORD answered me and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain on the tablets, that he who reads it may run.


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For the vision [is] still for an appointed time, but it [speaks] to the end, and it does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry.


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And also wine indeed betrays a proud man, and [he is] not content. He widens his soul like Sheol, and he [is] like death, and is not satisfied, but gathers all nations to himself, and heaps to himself all the peoples.


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Shall not all these lift up a parable against him, and a mocking riddle to him, and say, Woe to him who increases [what is] not his! Until when, then, shall he load the pledges on himself?


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Shall not those who strike you rise up suddenly, and [those] who shake you awake, and you become a prize to them?


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Because you have stripped many nations, all the rest of the people shall strip you; because of men's blood, and the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell in it.


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Woe [to] him who robs evil booty for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the hand of evil!


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You have planned shame to your house, to make an end of many people, and are sinning [in] your soul.


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Behold, [is it] not for the LORD of hosts that the people labor only for fire; yea, the nations weary themselves only for vanity?


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For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.


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Woe [to] him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring out your wineskin, and also making [him] drunk, that you may look on their nakedness!


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You are filled with shame instead of glory; drink also, and [be] seen as one uncircumcised! The cup of the LORD's right hand shall turn on you, and disgrace [shall be] your glory.


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For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the ruin of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of man, and the violence of the land, the city, and all those dwelling in it.


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What does an image profit, for its maker has carved it; a molten image, and a teacher of lies? For does the maker trust in his work on it, to make dumb idols?


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Woe [to] him who says to the wood. Awake! To a dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] overlaid [with] gold and silver, and no breath is in its midst.


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O LORD, I have heard Your report; I am afraid. O LORD, give new life [to] Your work in the midst of years; in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.


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God comes from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covers the heavens, and His praise fills the earth.


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And [His] brightness is as the light; rays from His hand [are] His, and there [was] a hiding of His strength.


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He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook nations, and the everlasting mountains were shattered; the eternal hills bowed down. His ways [are] everlasting.


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Did the LORD burn against rivers? Or [was] Your anger against the rivers? Or Your wrath against the sea? [For] You ride on horses, Your chariots of salvation.


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You make Your bow naked, [according to] the oaths of the rods of [Your] word. Selah. You have cut through the earth [with] rivers.


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They saw You; mountains trembled. The storm of water passed over; the deep uttered its voice [and] lifted up its hands on high.


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The sun [and] moon stood still in their dwelling. At the light of Your arrows they go, and at the shining of Your gleaming spear.


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You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, to bare the foundation to the neck. Selah.


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You pierced the head of his warriors with his shafts; they storm out to scatter me; their rejoicing [is] to devour the meek in a secret place.


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I heard and my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself that I might rest in the day of trouble; to come up against the people; he cuts him off.


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Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food. The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd [is] in the stalls;


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Jehovah the Lord [is] my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds' [feet], and He will make me to walk on my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.


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The Word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.


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I will snatch away man and beast; I will snatch away the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks, [even] the wicked; and I will cut off man from the face of the earth, says the LORD.


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I will also stretch out My hand on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, the name of the idol-worshipers, with the priests,


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and those bowing to the host of heaven on the housetops, and those bowing, swearing to Jehovah, also swearing by Malcham;


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Be silent before the face of the Lord Jehovah, for the day of the LORD [is] at hand. For the LORD has appointed a sacrifice; He has consecrated His called ones.


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And it shall be in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, I will punish the rulers, and the king's sons, and all who are clothed [in] foreign clothing.


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And I will punish all those who leap on the threshold in that day, who fill their masters' houses [with] violence and deceit.


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And it shall be in that day, says the LORD, the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great crashing from the hills.


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Howl, people of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are cut down; all those who carry silver are cut off.


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And it shall be in that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees; who say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, nor will He do evil.


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And their goods shall become a prize and their houses a waste. They shall also build houses, but not live [in them], and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine.


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The great day of the LORD [is] near; [it is] near and rushing greatly, the voice of the day of the LORD. The mighty man shall cry bitterly there.


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That day [is] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of waste and ruin, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,


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And I will bring distress on men, so that they shall walk with the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. And their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.


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Their silver nor their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy. For He shall make even a full, yea, a speedy end of all the dwellers in the land.


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before the birth of the decree, the day shall pass like the chaff; yet not before the hot anger of the LORD comes on you, yet not before the day of the LORD's anger comes on you.


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Seek the LORD, all the meek of the earth who have done His justice; seek righteousness; seek meekness. It may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD's anger.


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For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a ruin. They shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.


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Woe [to] the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The Word of the LORD is against you: Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will destroy you, so that no inhabitant [survives].


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And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed on them. In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down in the evening, for the LORD their God shall visit them and turn away their captivity.


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I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the curses of the sons of Ammon, [with] which they have cursed My people and have magnified [themselves] on their border.


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Therefore, [as] I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah; a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a ruin forever. The remnant of My people shall plunder them, and the remnant of My people shall possess them.


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They shall have this for their pride, because they have cursed and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.


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The LORD [will be] frightening to them; for He will make all the gods of the earth lean; [each] man from his place and all the coastlands of the nations shall bow to Him.


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And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desert and dry like a desert.


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And flocks shall lie down in her midst, all the beasts of a nation; both the pelican and the bittern shall roost in the capitals of its pillars; a voice shall sing at the window, ruin [shall be] at the doorsill, for he will bare the cedar-work.


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This [is] the rejoicing city, dwelling confidently, who says in her heart, I [am], and no other still [is]. How she has become a ruin, a resting-place for animals! Everyone who passes by her shall hiss; he shall wag his hand.


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She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction. She trusted not in the LORD; she did not draw near to her God.


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Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves. They do not gnaw bones for the morning.


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Her prophets are proud, men of deceit; her priests have defiled the sanctuary; they have done violence [to] the law.


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The just LORD [is] in her midst; He will not act perversely. Every morning He gives His justice to the light; He fails not; but the perverse knows no shame.


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I have cut off the nations; their towers are ruined. I made their streets waste, so that none passes by; their cities are laid waste, without a man, there being no inhabitant.


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I said, Surely you will fear Me; you will receive instruction; then her dwelling shall not be cut off, all that I appointed for her. But they rose early, corrupting all their doings.


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Therefore wait for Me, says the LORD, for the day I rise up to the prey; for My judgment [is] to gather the nations, for Me to collect the kingdoms, to pour on them My fury, all My hot anger. For all the earth shall be burned up with the fire of My jealousy.


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For then I will [give] a clear lip to the people, to call all of them by the name of the LORD, to serve Him [with] one shoulder.


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From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, My worshipers, the daughter of My scattered ones, shall bring My food offering.


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In that day you shall not be ashamed for all your doings [in] which you have transgressed against Me; for then I will withdraw from your midst those who rejoice in your pride, and you shall never again be proud in My holy mountain.


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I will also leave in your midst a poor and weak people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.


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The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue shall not be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.


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Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.


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The LORD has turned off your judgments; He has cast out your enemy. The king of Israel, the LORD, [is] in your midst; you shall not fear evil any more.


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The LORD your God [is] mighty in your midst; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He is silent in His love; He rejoices over you with joyful shout.


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I will gather the afflicted ones from the appointed place; they were from you, a lifting up [of] reproach over her.


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Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you. And I will save her who is lame, and gather her who was driven out. And I will give them for a praise and for a name in all the land of their shame.


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In that time I will bring you, even in the time that I gather you; for I will give you for a name and for a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, says the LORD.


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In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high Priest, saying,


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So says the LORD of hosts, saying: This people says, The time has not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.


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you have sown much and bring in little; [you] eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you dress, but no one is warm; and he who hires out himself hires himself for a bag full of holes.


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Go up the mountain and bring wood, and build this House; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says the LORD.


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You looked for much, and behold, little! And when you brought [it] home, then I blew on it. Why, says the LORD of hosts? Because of My House that is waste, and you, [each] man runs to his own house.


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Therefore the heavens above you have held back the dew, and the earth is held back [from] her produce.


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And I called for a drought in the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.


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Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared before the LORD.


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Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, spoke the message of the LORD to the people, saying, I [am] with you, says the LORD.


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And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,


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In the seventh [month], in the twenty-first of the month, the Word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai, saying,


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Now speak to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,


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Who [is] left among you who saw this house in her first glory? And how do you see it now? When compared to it, [is it] not as nothing in your eyes?


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Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the LORD. And be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong all people of the land, says the LORD, and work; for I [am] with you, says the LORD of hosts


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[with the] Word who cut a covenant with you when you came out of Egypt, and My Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.


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For so says the LORD of hosts: Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.


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And I will shake all the nations; and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.


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The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, says the LORD of hosts.


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In the twenty-fourth of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying,


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If one carries holy flesh in the [skirt] of his garment, and touches his [skirt] to bread, or boiled food, or wine, or oil, or any food, will it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.


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Then Haggai said, If [one] unclean of body touches these, is it unclean? And the priests answered and said, It is unclean.


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And Haggai answered and said, So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before Me, says the LORD. And so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there [is] unclean.


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And now, I ask you, set your heart on it; from this day and onward, before the placing of a stone on a stone in the temple of the LORD;


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from then onward, [one] came to a heap of twenty [measures], and there were [but] ten; one came to the wine vat to draw off fifty from the winepress, and there were [but] twenty.


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I struck you with blight and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not [turn] to Me, says the LORD.


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Now set your heart from this day and forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth [month], from the day that the LORD's temple was founded. Set your heart:


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[Is] the seed still in the barn? Yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, have not brought forth. From this day I will bless [you].


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And I will overthrow the throne of the kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. And I will overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall come down, each one by the sword of his brother.


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In that day, says the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the LORD, and will make you like a signet; for I have chosen you, says the LORD of hosts.


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In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of the LORD came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,


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And you say to them, So says the LORD of hosts: Turn to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the LORD of hosts.


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Be not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have proclaimed to them, saying, So says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil doings. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD.


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But My words and My statutes which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they returned and said, As the LORD of hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so He has done with us.


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On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, it [is] the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,


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I watched by night. And behold! a Man riding on a red horse, and He stood among the myrtle trees in the ravine. And behind Him were red, sorrel and white horses.


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Then I said, O my lord, what [are] these? And the angel who talked with me said to me, I will show you what these [are].


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And the Man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are] those whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro through the earth.


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And they answered the Angel of the LORD who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sits still and is at peace.


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Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which You have cursed these seventy years?


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So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry out, saying, So says the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion [with] a great jealousy.


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And with great anger I am angry at the nations at ease; [in] that I was but a little angry, and they gave help for evil.


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Therefore so says the LORD: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts. And a line shall be stretched over Jerusalem.


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Cry out again, saying, So says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall yet be spread abroad through good, and the LORD shall again overflow with goodness, and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.


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And I said to the angel who talked with me, What [are] these? And he answered me, These [are] the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.


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And I said, What [are] these coming to do? And He spoke, saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head. But these have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations who lifted up [their] horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.


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Then I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what [is] its breadth and what is its length.


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And he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited, [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in her midst.


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Ho! Ho! Flee then from the land of the north, says the LORD. For I have scattered you as the four winds of the heavens, says the LORD.


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For so says the LORD of hosts: He has sent me after glory, to the nations who stripped you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.


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For behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall be a prize for their servants. And you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.


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Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion. For lo, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, says the LORD.


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And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be My people; and I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.


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And He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.


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And the LORD said to Satan, May the LORD rebuke you, Satan! May even the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! [Is] this not a brand plucked out of the fire?


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And He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy clothes from him. And to him He said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with ceremonial robes.


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And I said, Let them set a clean turban on his head. And they set a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.


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So says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in My ways, and if you will keep My charge, then you shall also judge My house, and shall also keep My courts, and I will give you places to walk among these who stand by.


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Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they [are] men of symbol.


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For behold! I will bring forth My Servant the Branch. For behold the stone that I have set before Joshua: On one stone [are] seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its engraving, says the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.


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In that day, says the LORD of hosts, you shall call, each man to his neighbor, to sit under the vine and under the fig tree.


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And the angel that talked with me came again and awakened me, as a man that is awakened out of his sleep.


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And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see, and behold, a lampstand, all of it gold, and a bowl on its top, and its seven lamps on it, and seven pipes to the seven lamps on its top;


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Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, Do you know what these [are]? And I said, No, my lord.


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Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This [is] the Word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.


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Who [are] you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel [you shall become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings, Grace! Grace to it!


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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish [it]; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.


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For who has despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of the LORD which run to and fro through the whole earth.


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And I answered and said to him, What [are] these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?


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And I answered again and said to him, What [are] the two olive clusters beside the two golden pipes, emptying the golden [oil] from themselves?


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And he said to me, What do you see? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; its length [is] twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.


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And he said to me, This [is] the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth; for from now on everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it; and everyone who swears from now on shall be cut off according to it.


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I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts; and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by My name. And it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall devour it, and its timber and its stones.


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Then the angel who talked with me went forth and said to me, Now lift up your eyes and see what this [is] that goes forth.


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And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] the ephah that goes forth. And he said, This [is] their form in all the earth.


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And he said, This [is] wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah. And he cast the lead stone over its opening.


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And I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, two women came out. And the wind [was] in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork. And they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.


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And he said to me, To build a house for it in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established and set there on its own base.


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And I turned and lifted up my eyes and looked. And behold! Four chariots were coming from between two mountains. And the mountains [were] mountains of bronze.


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and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot horses with dappled, strong [colors].


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And the angel answered and said to me, These [are] the four spirits of the heavens who go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.


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The black horses in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the dappled go forth to a south country.


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And the strong [colored ones] went forth and sought to go, so to walk to and fro through the earth. And he said, Go! Walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.


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And he cried to me and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these who go toward the north country have caused My Spirit to rest in the north country.


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Take from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, from the exiles who have come from Babylon; and in that day you go and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah.


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And take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.


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And speak to him, saying, So speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the Man whose name [is] The BRANCH! And He shall spring up out of His place, and He shall build the temple of the LORD.


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Even He shall build the temple of the LORD; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne. And He shall be a priest on His throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.


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And the crowns shall be for a memorial in the temple of the LORD to Helem and to Tobijah and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah.


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And the distant ones shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And [this] shall be, if you will carefully obey the voice of the LORD your God.


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And it happened in the fourth year of king Darius, the Word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chislev.


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And Sherezer and Regem-melech and his men had been sent [to] the house of God, to seek the favor of the LORD,


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to speak to the priests who [belong] to the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these many years?


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Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years, did you truly fast to Me, [even] to Me?


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Are not [these] the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited, and prosperous, and her cities all around her, and the Negev and the Shephelah were inhabited?


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So speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, [each] man to his brother.


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And do not crush the widow or the orphan, the alien or the poor. And do not devise evil in your heart, of a man [against] his brother.


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And they made their hearts adamant from hearing the law and the words which the LORD of hosts has sent through His Spirit, by the former prophets. And great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.


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And it will be, as He called, and they did not listen, so they called, and I did not listen, says the LORD of hosts.


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But I stormed them away on all the nations whom they did not know. And the land has been wasted behind them, from passing and from returning; for they made the land of desire a waste.


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So says the LORD of hosts: I was jealous for Zion [with] great jealousy, and I was jealous for her [with] great fury.


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So says the LORD: I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.


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So says the LORD of hosts: There shall yet be old men and old women living in the streets of Jerusalem, and [each] man [with] his staff in his hand because of their many days.


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So says the LORD of hosts: If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be marvelous in My eyes, says the LORD of hosts?


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So says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will save My people from the east country, and from the land of the setting sun.


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And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.


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So says the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, that in the day the house of the LORD of hosts is laid, the temple is to be built.


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For before these days there was no payment for man, nor was there payment for animal; and there was no peace to him from the adversary who went out or came in. For I sent every man, a man against his neighbor.


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But now I [will] not [be] to the remnant of this people as in the former days, says the LORD of hosts.


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For the seed [shall be] blessed; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.


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And it will be, as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear, but let your hands be strong.


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For so says the LORD of hosts: As I thought to punish you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath, says the LORD of hosts, and I did not repent;


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These [are] the things that you shall do. [Each] man speak the truth to his neighbor. Judge [with] truth and justice for peace in your gates.


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And let each devise no evil in your heart [against] his neighbor; and love no false oath. For all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.


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So says the LORD of hosts: The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah for joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.


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and the residents of one shall go to another, saying, Let us go at once to seek favor of the face of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will go also.


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And many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to seek the favor of the face of the LORD.


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So says the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men, out of all languages of the nations, shall take hold, and will seize the skirt of a man, a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.


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The burden of the Word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach, and its resting-place, Damascus (when the eye of man, and all the tribes of Israel, [shall be] toward the LORD);


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And Tyre shall build herself a stronghold, and shall heap up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets;


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behold, the Lord will cast her out, and He will strike her wealth in the sea, and she shall be burned up with fire.


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Ashkelon shall see and fear; Gaza also shall writhe in great pain; and Ekron shall be ashamed for her hope. And the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.


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And I will take away his bloods out of his mouth, and his idolatries from between his teeth. But the remnant, even he, [shall be] for our God. And he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron like a Jebusite.


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And I will camp around My house because of an army, because of him who passed by, and because of him who returns. And no tyrant shall pass through them any more. For now I have seen with My eyes.


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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King comes to you. He is righteous and victorious, meek and riding on an ass, even on a colt, the son of an ass.


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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem. And the battle bow shall be cut off, and He shall speak peace to the nations; and His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.


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You also, by the blood of Your covenant I have freed Your prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.


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For I have bent Judah for me [as] a bow; I filled it with Ephraim, and I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and make you as the sword of a mighty man.


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And the LORD shall be seen over them, and His arrow shall go forth like the lightning; and the Lord GOD shall blow the ram's horn, and shall go out with the windstorms of the south.


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The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour and trample the slingstones. And they shall drink and be boisterous, as through wine. And they shall be filled like a bowl, and like the corners of the altar.


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And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of His people; for [they are as] stones of a crown, lifted up as a banner over His land.


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For how great [is] its goodness and how great its beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.


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Ask rain from the LORD in the time of the latter rain. The LORD shall make storm clouds, and He gives them showers of rain, grass to everyone in the field.


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For the family idols speak iniquity, and the diviners have seen a lie and have told false dreams. They comfort in vain; therefore they wandered like a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd.


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My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for the LORD of hosts has visited His flock the house of Judah, and has made them as His beautiful horse in battle.


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Out of Him came the cornerstone; out of Him the nail; out of Him the battle bow; out of Him every oppressor together.


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And they shall be like mighty ones who trample the mud of the streets in the battle. And they shall fight because the LORD [is] with them, and they shall make the riders on horses ashamed.


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And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will return to save them; for I have pity on them. And they shall be as though I had not cast them off; for I [ am] the LORD their God, and I will answer them.


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And Ephraim shall be like a mighty one, and their heart shall rejoice as [by] wine. And their sons shall see and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.


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I will hiss for them and gather them; for I have redeemed them. And they shall be many as they were many.


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And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember Me in the distances; and they shall live with their sons and return.


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I will return them out of the land of Egypt, and I will gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; for [room] shall not be found for them.


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And he shall pass through the sea of distress, and shall strike the waves in the sea; and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up. And the pride of Assyria shall be humbled, and the scepter of Egypt shall move away.


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Howl, juniper; for the cedar has fallen; because the majestic [trees] are devastated. Howl, O oaks of Bashan; for the inaccessible forest has come down.


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There [is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is destroyed. There [is] a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is destroyed.


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those buying them kill them, and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD, for I am rich; and their shepherds do not pity them.


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For I will never again pity the people of the land, says the LORD; but lo, I will make the men come out, each one into his neighbor's hand and into his king's hand. And they shall strike the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.


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And I fed the flock of slaughter, even the poor of the flock. And I took two staffs for myself; the one I called Kindness, and the other I called Union. And I fed the flock.


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I also cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also despised me.


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And I said, I will not feed you; that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off. And those left, let them eat, each woman her neighbor's flesh.


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And I took my staff Kindness, and broke it apart, to break My covenant which I had made with all the peoples.


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And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock who were watching Me knew that it [was] the Word of the LORD.


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And I said to them, If [it is] good, give My price; and if not, let it go. So they weighed My price thirty [pieces] of silver.


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And the LORD said to me, Throw it to the potter, the magnificent price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.


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Then I broke My other staff Union apart, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.


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For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those going to ruin, nor will he seek the young, nor will heal that which is broken, nor will he feed that which stands. But he shall eat the flesh of the fat and tear off their hoofs.


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Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! The sword [shall be] on his arm and on his right eye; his arm shall be completely dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.


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The burden of the Word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.


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Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the peoples all around, and it shall also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.


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And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples. All who lift it shall be slashed, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.


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In that day, says the LORD, I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness. And I will open My eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.


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And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The people of Jerusalem [shall be] my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.


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In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire among cut grain. And they shall devour all the peoples all around, on the right hand and on the left hand. And Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her place, in Jerusalem.


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The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be magnified above Judah.


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In that day the LORD shall defend around the people of Jerusalem. And it will be, he who is feeble among them at that day [shall be] like David; and the house of David [shall be] like God, like the Angel of the LORD before them.


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And I will pour on the house of David, and on the people of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they shall look on Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for his only [son], and shall be bitter over Him, as the bitterness over the first-born.


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In that day shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.


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And the land shall mourn, each family apart; the family of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart


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the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;


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In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.


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And it shall be in that day, says the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall be remembered no more. And also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.


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And it shall be when any shall yet prophesy, his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall say to him then, You shall not live; for you speak lies in the name of the LORD. And his father and his mother who gave him birth shall thrust him through when he prophesies.


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And it shall be in that day, the prophets shall be ashamed, each one of his vision, when he prophesies. And they shall not wear a hairy garment to deceive.


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But he shall say, I [am] no prophet; I [am] a man, a tiller of the ground; for a man taught me to buy from my youth.


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And [one] shall say to him, What [are] these wounds in your hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded [in] the house of those who love Me.


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Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man who is My companion, says the LORD of hosts; strike the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. And I will turn My hand on the little ones.


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And it shall be in all the land, says the LORD, two parts in it shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left in it.


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And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It [ is] My people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.


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For I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women raped. And half of the city shall go into exile, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.


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And the LORD shall go out and fight against those nations, like the day He fought in the day of battle.


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And His feet shall stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall divide from its middle, from the east and to the west, a very great valley. And half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.


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And you shall flee to the valley of My mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with you.


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And it will be one day which shall be known to the LORD, neither day nor night; but it will happen that at evening time it shall be light.


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And it shall be in that day, living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them shall go toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. In summer and in winter it shall be.


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And the LORD shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be one LORD, and His name shall be one.


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All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. And it shall rise and dwell in its place, from Benjamin's Gate to the place of the First Gate; to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananeel to the king's winepresses.


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And they shall dwell in it, and there shall never again be a shutting in, but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.


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And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem. Their flesh shall rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes shall rot in their sockets. And their tongue shall rot in their mouth.


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And it shall be in that day a great panic of the LORD shall be among them And they shall each one lay hold of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.


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And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations all around shall be gathered, gold, and silver, and clothing in great abundance.


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And so shall be the plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass, and of all the beasts which shall be in these tents, like this plague.


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And it shall be, everyone who is left of all the nations which came up against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.


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And it shall be, whoever will not come up from all the families of the earth to Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, even on them shall be no rain.


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And if the family of Egypt does not go up, nor come in, they shall have no rain, but the plague with which the LORD shall strike the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.


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This shall be Egypt's offense, and the offense of all the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.


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In that day there shall be on the bells of the horses, HOLY TO THE LORD. And the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.


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Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts. And all those who sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil in them. And in that day there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts.


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I have loved you, says the LORD. But you say, In what have You loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD; yet I loved Jacob,


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and I hated Esau and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance [to be] for the jackals of the wilderness.


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If Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places. So says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them the region of wickedness, and the people [with] whom the LORD [is] indignant forever.


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A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I [am] a father, where is My honor? And if I [am] a master, where is My fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. And you say, In what way have we despised Your name?


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You offer defiled bread upon My altar; and you say, In what way have we defiled You? In your saying, The table of the LORD, it [is] a thing to be despised.


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And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, [is it] not evil? And if you offer the lame and the sick, [is it] not evil? Bring it now to your governor. Will he accept you, or lift up your face, says the LORD of hosts?


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And now entreat the face of God, that He favor us. This has been by your hands, will He lift up your faces, says the LORD of hosts?


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Who [is] even among you who will shut the doors, and you not kindle [fire on] My altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts. I will not be pleased with an offering from you.


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For from the rising of the sun even to its going in, My name shall be great among the nations; and everywhere incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure food offering. For My name [shall be] great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.


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But you are profaning it when you say, The table of the LORD, it [is] polluted; and its fruit, His food, [is] to be despised.


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You also said, Behold, what a weariness [it is]! And you have puffed at it, says the LORD of hosts. And you bring plunder, and the lame, and the sick, and you bring the food offering. Should I accept it from your hand, says the LORD?


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But cursed [be] a deceiver; and there is in his flock a male, yet he vows it, but sacrifices to the LORD a blemished [one]. For I [am] a great king, says the LORD of hosts, and My name [is] feared among the nations.


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If you will not hear, and if you will not set [it] on your heart to give glory to My name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. And indeed I have cursed it, because you do not set [it] on [your] heart.


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Behold, I [am] rebuking your seed; and I will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your appointed feasts. And one shall lift you up to it.


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And you shall know that I have sent this command to you, to be My covenant with Levi, says the LORD of hosts.


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My covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him [for] fear; and he feared Me, and he is awed before My name.


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The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and turned away many from iniquity.


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For the priest's lips should guard knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.


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But you have turned out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.


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Therefore I have also made you despised and low before all the people, just as you have not kept My ways but [are] lifting up faces in the law.


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Is there not one Father to us all? Has not one God created us? Why do we act deceitfully, each man with his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers.


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Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy [place] of the LORD, which He loves, and [has] married the daughter of a foreign god.


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The LORD will cut off from the tents of Jacob the man who does it; stirring and answering; or offering a food offering to the LORD of hosts.


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And this [is] a second [thing] you have done, covering the altar of the LORD [with] tears, weeping, and groaning, yet not facing toward the food offering, and taking it [with] delight from your hand.


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Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she [is] your companion and your covenant wife.


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And did He not make [you] one? Yet the vestige of the Spirit [is in] him. And what [of] the one? He was seeking a godly seed. Then guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously with the wife of your youth.


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The LORD, the God of Israel, says He hates sending away; and to cover [with] violence on his garment, says the LORD of hosts. Then guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously.


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You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, In what have we wearied Him? When you say, Every evildoer [is] good in the eyes of the LORD, and He delights in them; or, Where [is] the God of justice?


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Behold, I will send My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me. And the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says the LORD of hosts.


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But who can endure the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He [is] like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.


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And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to the LORD.


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Then the food offering of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the LORD, as in the days of old and as in former years.


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And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says the LORD of hosts.


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From the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept [them]. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say. In what way shall we return?


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Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!


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Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. And test Me now with this, says the LORD of hosts, to see if I will not open the windows of Heaven for you, and pour out a blessing for you, until there is] not enough room.


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And I will rebuke your devourer, and he shall not decay the fruit of your ground against you; nor shall your vine miscarry against you in the field, says the LORD of hosts.


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Your words have been strong against Me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken against You?


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You have said, It [is] vain to serve God; and, What profit [is it] that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked as mourners before the LORD of hosts?


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And now we [are] calling the arrogant blessed. Not only are the doers of wickedness built up, they also test God, and escape.


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Then those fearing the LORD spoke together, [each] man to his neighbor. And the LORD listened and heard. And a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared the LORD, and for those esteeming His name.


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And they shall be Mine, says the LORD of hosts, for the day that I will make up [My] treasure. And I will pity them as a man has pity on his son who serves him.


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Then you shall again see the [difference] between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God, and him who does not serve Him.


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For behold, the day is coming, burning like a fire pot; and all the proud, and every doer of wickedness, shall be chaff. And the coming day will set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, which will not leave root or branches to them.


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But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise, and healing will be on His wings. And you shall go out and frisk like calves of the stall.


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And you shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day which I [am] preparing, says the LORD of hosts.


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Remember the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and judgments.


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Behold, I [am] sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.


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And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, that I not come and strike the earth [with] utter destruction.


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and Jesse fathered David the king. And David the king fathered Solomon of [her who had been] wife of Uriah.


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And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jehoiachin fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.


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And Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband [to be] of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.


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So all the generations from Abraham to David [are] fourteen generations. And from David until the carrying away into Babylon, fourteen generations. And from the carrying away into Babylon until Christ, fourteen generations.


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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way (for His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph) before they came together, she was found to be with child by [the] Holy Spirit.


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But Joseph, her husband [to be], being just, and not willing to make her a public example, he purposed to put her away secretly.


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And as he thought upon these things, behold, the angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take to you Mary [as] your wife. For that in her is fathered of [the] Holy Spirit.


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And she shall bear a son, and you shall call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins.


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Now all this happened so that might be fulfilled that which was] spoken of the LORD by the prophet, saying,


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Behold, the virgin shall conceive in [her] womb, and will bear a son. And they will call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.


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And Joseph, being roused from sleep, did as the angel of [the] Lord commanded him and took his wife,


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Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in [the] days of Herod the king, behold, wise men came from [the] east to Jerusalem,


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saying, Where is He [who is] born king of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east and have come to worship Him.


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And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.


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And you, Bethlehem, [in] the land of Judah, are not the least among the governors of Judah. For out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule My people Israel.


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Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, inquired of them exactly what time the star appeared.


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And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child. And when you have found [him], bring me word again so that I may come and worship him also.


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When they had heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them until it came and stood over where the child was.


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And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother. And they fell down and worshiped Him. And opening their treasures, they presented gifts to Him, gold and frankincense and myrrh.


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And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.


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And when they had departed, behold, the angel of [the] Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and His mother and flee into Egypt. And be there until I bring you word, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy Him.


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And he was there until the death of Herod; so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the LORD through the prophet, Out of Egypt I have called My Son.


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Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was greatly enraged. And he sent and killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully inquired of the wise men.


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A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are [not].


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saying, Arise, and take the child and His mother. And go into [the] land of Israel. For the ones who sought the child's life are dead.


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But when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea in his father Herod's place, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee.


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And he came and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.


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For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of [one] crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of [the] Lord, make His paths straight.


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And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins. And his food was locusts and wild honey.


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But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?


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and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as [our] father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.


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And now also, the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.


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I indeed baptize you with water to repentance. But He who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and [with] fire;


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whose fan [is] in His hand, and He will cleanse His floor and gather His wheat into the storehouse; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.


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And answering Jesus said to him, Allow [it] now, for it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed Him.


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And Jesus, when He had been baptized, went up immediately out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon Him.


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And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If You are [the] Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.


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But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of [the] mouth of God.


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And [he] said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning You, and in [their] hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone.


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Again, the Devil took Him up into a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.


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Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship [the] Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.


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And leaving Nazareth, He came and lived in Capernaum, which is on the seacoast, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,


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The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, [by] way of [the] sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the nations!


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The people who sat in darkness saw a great Light; and Light has sprung up to those who sat in [the] region and shadow of death.


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And walking by the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea. For they were fishermen.


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And going on from there, he saw another two brothers, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them;


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And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.


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And His fame went throughout all Syria. And they brought to Him all those being badly ill] suffering various diseases and torments, and [those] who had been possessed with demons, and those who had been moonstruck, and paralytics. And He healed them.


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And great multitudes of people followed Him, from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond Jordan.


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And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain. And when He had sat down, His disciples came to Him.


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Blessed [are] they who have been persecuted for righteousness sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.


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Blessed are you when [men] shall revile you and persecute [you], and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for My sake.


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Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward in Heaven [is] great. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.


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You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its savor, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and to be trodden underfoot by men.


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Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the grain-measure, but on a lampstand. And it gives light to all who are in the house.


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Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.


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Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy but to fulfill.


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For truly I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the law until all is fulfilled.


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Therefore whoever shall break one of these commandments, the least, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.


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For I say to you that unless your righteousness shall exceed [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of Heaven.


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You have heard that it was said to the ancients, You shall not kill --and, Whoever shall kill shall be liable to the judgment.


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But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be liable to the judgment. And whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the sanhedrin; but whoever shall say, Fool! shall be liable [to be thrown] into the fire of hell.


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Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,


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leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.


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Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; that the opponent not deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.


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Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the last kodrantes.


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But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.


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And if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and throw [it] from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not [that] your whole body should be thrown into hell.


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And if your right hand offends you, cut it off and throw [it] from you. For it is profitable for you [that] one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.


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But I say to you that whoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever shall marry her who is put away commits adultery.


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Again, you have heard that it has been said to the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord.


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not by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; not by Jerusalem, because it is [the] city of the great King;


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But I say to you, Do not resist evil. But whoever shall strike you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.


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But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,


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so that you may become sons of your Father in Heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on [the] evil and on [the] good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.


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For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same?


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And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax-collectors do so?


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Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.


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Therefore when you do [your] merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.


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so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly.


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And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.


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But you, when you pray, enter into your room. And shutting your door, pray to your Father in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.


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But when you pray, do not babble vain words, as the nations. For they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard.


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Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask Him.


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And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.


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And when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, of a sad face. For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.


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so that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.


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Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.


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But lay up treasures in Heaven for yourselves, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.


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The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.


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But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light [that is] in you is darkness, how great [is] that darkness!


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No one 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. You cannot serve God and mammon.


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Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?


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Behold the birds of the air; for they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them; are you not much better than they are?


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And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not toil, nor do they spin,


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Therefore if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, [will He] not much rather [clothe] you, little-faiths?


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Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?


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For the nations seek after all these things. For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.


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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.


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Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow shall be anxious for its own things. Sufficient to the day [is] the evil of it.


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For with whatever judgment you judge, you shall be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, it shall be measured to you again.


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And why do you look on the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?


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Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull the splinter out of your eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in your own eye?


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Hypocrite! First cast the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to cast the splinter out of your brother's eye.


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Do not give that which [is] holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and tear you.


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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him?


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Therefore all things, whatever you desire that men should do to you, do even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.


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Go in through the narrow gate, for wide [is] the gate and broad [is] the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in through it.


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Because narrow [is] the gate and constricted [is] the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.


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Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.


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Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.


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Many will say to Me in that day, Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works?


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Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.


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And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded on a rock.


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And everyone who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them shall be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.


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And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the wind blew and beat on that house. And it fell, and great was its fall.


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And it happened, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His doctrine.


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And Jesus put [out] His hand and touched him, saying, I will; be clean! And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.


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And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest. And offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.


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The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my boy will be healed.


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For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, Go! And he goes; and to another, Come! And he comes; and to my servant, Do this! And he does [it].


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When Jesus heard, He marvelled and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found such [great] faith, no, not in Israel.


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And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven.


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But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


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And Jesus said to the centurion, Go. And as you have believed, [so] let it be to you. And his boy was healed in that hour.


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And evening coming on, they brought to Him many who had been possessed with demons. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick


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so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He took [on Himself] our weaknesses and bore [our] sicknesses.


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And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay [His] head.


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And behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so much so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep.


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And He said to them, Why are you afraid, little-faiths? Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.


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And when He had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed ones met Him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one might pass by that way.


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And behold, they cried out, saying, What [have] we to do with You, Jesus, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?


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And He said to them, Go! And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.


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And those who fed [them] fled. And going into the city, [they] told everything, and what had happened to the ones who had been possessed of demons.


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And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged that He would depart out of their borders.


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And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Child, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven you.


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But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins, then He said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your bed and go to your house.


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And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax-office. And He said to him, Follow Me! And he arose and followed Him.


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And it happened as Jesus reclined in the house, behold, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Him and His disciples.


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And when the Pharisees saw, they said to His disciples, Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and sinners?


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But when Jesus heard, He said to them, The ones who are whole do not need a physician, but the ones who are sick.


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But go and learn what [this is], I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.


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Then the disciples of John came to Him saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?


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And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.


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No one puts a piece of new cloth onto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and the tear is made worse.


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Nor do men put new wine into old wineskins; else the wineskins burst, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved together.


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While He spoke these things to them, behold, a certain ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, My daughter has just now died. But come and lay Your hand on her and she will live.


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And behold, a woman, who had a flow of blood for twelve years, came up behind [Him] and touched the hem of His garment.


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But turning and seeing her, Jesus said, Daughter, be comforted; your faith has saved you. And the woman was saved from that hour.


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He said to them, Go back, for the little girl is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed Him to scorn.


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And when Jesus passed on from there, two blind ones followed Him, crying and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us.


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And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord.


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And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb one spoke. And multitudes marveled, saying, Never was it seen like this in Israel!


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And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.


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But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.


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And when He had called to [Him] His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.


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And the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee and John his brother;


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Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-collector; James [the son] of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;


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Jesus sent out these twelve, commanding them, saying, Do not go into the way of the nations, and do not enter into [any] city of [the] Samaritans.


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Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. You have received freely, freely give.


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nor a bag for [the] journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staves. For the workman is worthy of his food.


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And into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who within it is worthy. And there abide until you go away from there.


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And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.


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And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.


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Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.


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Behold, I send you out as sheep in [the] midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.


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But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.


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And you shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the nations.


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But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak.


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And brother will deliver up brother to death, and [the] father [his] child. And the children shall rise up against [their] parents and cause them to be put to death.


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And you will be hated of all [men] for My name's sake, but the [one] who endures to [the] end shall be kept safe.


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But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another; for truly I say to you, In no way shall you have finished the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.


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It is enough for the disciple that he is like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?


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Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and nothing hidden which shall not be known.


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And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.


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Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.


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Then everyone who shall confess Me before men, I will confess him before My Father who is in Heaven.


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For I have come to set a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.


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He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.


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He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receives a just [one] in the name of a just one will receive a just [one's] reward.


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And whoever shall give to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] to drink, only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, He shall in no way lose his reward.


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And it happened, when Jesus had finished commanding His twelve disciples, He left there to teach and to proclaim in their cities.


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the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel proclaimed to them.


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And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?


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But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft [clothing]? Behold, they who wear soft [clothing] are in kings' houses.


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But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and [one] more excellent than a prophet.


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For this is [the one] of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.


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Truly I say to you, Among [those] who have been born of women there has not risen a greater one than John the Baptist. But the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.


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And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of Heaven is taken by violence, and the violent take it by force.


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But to what shall I compare to this generation? It is like little children sitting in [the] markets and calling to their playmates,


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The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man who is a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners. But wisdom was justified by her children.


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Then He began to upbraid the cities in which most of His mighty works were done, because they did not repent.


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Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the powerful acts which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes!


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But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.


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And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to the heaven, shall be brought down to hell. For if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.


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But I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.


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At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from [the] sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.


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All things are delivered to Me by My Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son will reveal Him.


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Take My yoke on you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls.


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At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath day. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads [of grain] and to eat.


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But when the Pharisees saw, they said to Him, Behold, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day.


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But He said to them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him,


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how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?


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Or have you not read in the Law that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are blameless?


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But if you had known what [this] is, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.


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And behold, a man having [a] withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths? This so that they might accuse Him.


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And He said to them, What man among you will be, who will have one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the sabbaths, will he not lay hold on it and lift [it] out?


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Then He said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched [it] out, and it was restored whole like the other.


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But when Jesus knew [it], He withdrew Himself from there. And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them all.


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Behold My Child whom I have chosen; My Beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He shall declare judgment to the nations.


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He will not break a bruised reed, and He will not quench a smoking wick, until He sends out judgment to victory.


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Then one who had been demon-possessed was brought to Him, blind and dumb. And He healed him, so much so that the blind and dumb one both spoke and saw.


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But when the Pharisees heard, they said, This [one] does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.


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And Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.


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But if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast [them] out? Therefore they shall be your judges.


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Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods, unless first he binds the strong one, and then he will plunder his house.


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Therefore I say to you, All kinds of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy [against] the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.


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And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this world or in the [world] to come.


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Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by [its] fruit.


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Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.


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A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings out good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings out evil things.


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But I say to you that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.


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Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we want to see a sign from you.


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But He answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And there shall be no sign given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.


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For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.


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The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah, and behold, [One] greater than Jonah [is] here.


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The queen of the south shall rise up in the Judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, [One] greater than Solomon [is] here.


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When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places seeking rest, and finds none.


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Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when he has come, he finds [it] empty, swept, and decorated.


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Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and live there. And the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so it also shall be to this evil generation.


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But while He yet talked with the people, behold, [His] mother and His brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with Him.


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Then one said to Him, Behold, Your mother and Your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with You.


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And great crowds were gathered to Him, so that He went into a boat and sat. And all the crowd stood on the shore.


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Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth. And they sprang up immediately, because they [had] no deepness of earth.


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And some fell on the good ground and yielded fruit, indeed one a hundredfold, and one sixty, and one thirty.


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He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.


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For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance. But whoever does not have, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.


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Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not; nor do they understand.


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And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which said, By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive;


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for this people's heart has become gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with [their ears and should understand with [their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.


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For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear what you hear, and have not heard them.


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When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand [it,] then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown by the wayside.


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But that which was sown on the stony places is this: he who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy.


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But he has no root in himself, and is temporary. For when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately stumbles.


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And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.


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But that sown on the good ground is this: he who hears the Word and understands; who also bears fruit and produces one truly a hundredfold; and one sixty; and one thirty.


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He put out another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.


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So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where have the darnel come from?


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He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and gather them up?


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Let both grow together until the harvest. And in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather together the darnel and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my granary.


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He put out another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;


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which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.


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He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.


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Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable,


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so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.


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Then sending the crowds away, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.


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the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one].


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The enemy who sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.


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Therefore as the darnel are gathered and burned in the fire, so it shall be in the end of this world.


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The Son of man shall send out His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity,


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Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


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Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which when a man has found it, he hides it, and for the joy of it goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.


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Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered some of every kind;


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which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.


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So it shall be at the end of the world. The angels shall come out and separate the wicked from among the just,


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Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe [who is] instructed to the kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out [things] new and old out of his treasure.


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And when He had come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so much so that they were astonished and said, From where does this [man have] this wisdom and these mighty works?


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Is not this the carpenter's son? [Is] not his mother called Mary? And his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas,


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And they were offended in Him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.


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and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and therefore the powerful works [are] working in him.


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For Herod had laid hold on John, and had bound him, and had put [him] in prison because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife.


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And when he desired to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.


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And she, being instructed before by her mother, said, Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter.


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And the king was sorry. But for the oath's sake, and those reclining with [him], he commanded [it] to be given.


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When Jesus heard, He departed from there by boat into a deserted place apart. And hearing, the crowds followed Him on foot out of the cities.


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And Jesus went out and saw a great crowd, and He was moved with compassion toward them. And He healed their sick.


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And evening coming on, His disciples came to Him, saying, The place is deserted and the time has already gone by. Send the crowd away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.


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And He commanded the crowd to recline on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed and broke, and gave the loaves to [His] disciples. And the disciples [gave] to the crowd.


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And they all ate and were filled. And they took up twelve hand baskets full from the fragments that remained.


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And immediately Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a boat and to go before Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.


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And when He had sent the crowds away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray. And when evening had come, He was there alone.


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And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a phantom! And they cried out for fear.


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And He said, Come. And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.


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But seeing that the wind was strong, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me!


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And immediately Jesus stretched out [His] hand and caught him; and said to him, Little-faith! Why did you doubt?


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And recognizing Him, the men of that place sent to all that neighborhood, and brought to Him all who were diseased.


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And [they] begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His robe. And as many as touched were made perfectly whole.


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Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.


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But He answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?


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For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother; and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death.


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But you say, Whoever says to [his] father or mother, Whatever you would gain from me, [It is] a gift to God;


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and in no way he honors his father or his mother. And you voided the commandment of God by your tradition.


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This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from Me.


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Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.


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Then His disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?


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Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.


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Do you not yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into [the] waste-bowl?


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For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies;


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And behold, a woman of Canaan coming out of these borders cried to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.


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But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and begged Him, saying, Send her away, for she cries after us.


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And she said, True, O Lord; but even the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' tables.


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Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great [is] your faith! So be it to you even as you wish. And her daughter was healed from that very hour.


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And moving from there Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee. And He went up into a mountain and sat there.


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And great crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others. And they cast them down at Jesus' feet. And He healed them,


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so much so that the crowd wondered when they saw the dumb speak, the maimed sound, the lame walk, and the blind see. And they glorified the God of Israel.


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Then Jesus called His disciples and said, I have compassion on the crowd because they continue with Me for three days now and have nothing to eat. And I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.


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And His disciples said to Him, From where should we [get] so many loaves in the wilderness, so as to fill so great a crowd?


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And He took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to His disciples. And the disciples gave to the crowd.


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And they all ate, and were filled; and they took up seven lunch baskets full of the pieces that was left.


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The Pharisees and the Sadducees came to Him, tempting Him. And they asked Him that He would show them a sign from Heaven.


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And in the morning, Foul weather today; for the sky is red and gloomy. Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky, but you cannot [see] the signs of the times!


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A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And there shall no sign be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and went away.


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And knowing Jesus said to them, Why do you reason among yourselves because you took no loaves, little-faiths?


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Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand baskets you took up;


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How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about loaves, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?


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Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


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And coming into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples, saying, Who do men say Me to be, the Son of man?


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And they said, Some [say], John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.


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Jesus answered and said to him, You are blessed, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal [it] to you, but My Father in Heaven.


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And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and [the] gates of hell shall not prevail against it.


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And I will give the keys of the kingdom of Heaven to you. And whatever you may bind on earth shall occur, having been bound in Heaven, and whatever you may loose on earth shall occur, having been loosed in Heaven.


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From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.


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Then Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him, saying, [God be] gracious to You, Lord! This shall never be to You.


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But He turned and said to Peter, Go, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you do not savor the things that are of God, but those that are of men.


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Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.


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For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever desires to lose his life for My sake shall find it.


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For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?


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For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He shall reward each one according to his works.


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Truly I say to you, There are some standing here who shall not taste of death until they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.


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And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain apart.


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And He was transfigured before them. And His face shone as the sun, and His clothing was white as the light.


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And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.


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While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold a voice out of the cloud which said, This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear Him.


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And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of man has risen from the dead.


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But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but have done to him whatever they desired. Likewise also the Son of man shall suffer from them.


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Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and grievously vexed; for oftentimes he falls into the fire, and often into the water.


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Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to Me.


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And Jesus rebuked the demon, and he departed out of him. And the child was cured from that very hour.


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And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you.


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And while they stayed in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.


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And when they had come to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your master not pay the didrachmas?


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He said, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?


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But lest we should offend them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. And when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a stater; take that, and give it to them for Me and you.


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and said, Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven.


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Therefore whoever shall humble himself like this little child, this one is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven.


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But whoever shall offend one of these little [ones] who believes in Me, it would be better for him that an ass's millstone were hung around his neck, and he be sunk in the depth of the sea.


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Woe to the world because of offenses! For it is necessary that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!


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And if your hand or your foot causes you to offend, cut them off and throw [them] from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.


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And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and throw [it] from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.


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Take heed [that] you do not despise one of these little [ones]. For I say to you that in Heaven their angels always behold the face of My Father in Heaven.


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What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, does he not leave the ninety and nine [and] go into the mountains and seek the straying one?


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And if it happens that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety and nine which did not stray.


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Even so it is not [the] will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little [ones] should perish.


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But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.


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But if he will not hear [you], take one or two more with you, so that in [the] mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.


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And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] to the church. But if he neglects to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax-collector.


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Truly I say to you, Whatever you shall bind on earth shall occur, having been bound in Heaven; and whatever you shall loose on earth shall occur, having been loosed in Heaven.


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Again I say to you that if two of you shall agree on earth as regarding anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by My Father in Heaven.


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Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Until seven times?


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Therefore the kingdom of Heaven has been compared to a certain king who desired to make an accounting with his servants.


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But as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had, be sold, and payment be made.


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Then the servant fell down and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay you all.


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But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hands on him and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.


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And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you all.


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So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry. And they came and told their lord all that was done.


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Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.


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And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.


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So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also to you, unless each one of you from your hearts forgive his brother their trespasses.


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And it happened, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond Jordan.


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And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?


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And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,


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and said, For this cause a man shall leave father and mother and shall cling to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh?


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Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.


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He said to them, Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.


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And I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her [who is] put away commits adultery.


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For there are some eunuchs who were born so from [their] mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive [it], let him receive it.


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Then little children were brought to Him, that He should put [His] hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.


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But Jesus said, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.


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And behold, one came and said to Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?


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And He said to him, Why do you call Me good? [There is] none good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.


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He said to Him, Which? Jesus said, You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,


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Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to [the] poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.


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Then Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you that a rich man will with great difficulty enter into the kingdom of Heaven.


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And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.


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But Jesus looked on [them] and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.


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Then answering Peter said to Him, Behold, we have forsaken all and have followed You. Therefore what shall we have?


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And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of His glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


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And everyone who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.


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For the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a housemaster, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.


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And he said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.


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And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?


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They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and you shall receive whatever is right.


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So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them [their] wage, beginning from the last to the first.


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But when the first came, they supposed that they would received more; and they also each one received a denarius.


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saying, These last have worked [only] one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.


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But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?


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Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. And the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death.


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And they shall deliver Him to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He shall rise again.


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Then the mother of Zebedee's children came to Him with her sons, worshiping and desiring a certain thing from Him.


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And He said to her, What do you desire? She said to Him, Grant that these my two sons may sit in Your kingdom, the one on Your right hand and the other on the left.


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But Jesus answered and said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They said to Him, We are able.


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And He said to them, You shall indeed drink of My cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but [to those] for whom it has been prepared by My Father.


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But Jesus called them and said, You know that the rulers of the nations exercise dominion over them, and they who are great exercise authority over them.


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However, it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.


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even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.


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And behold, two blind men were sitting by the wayside. When they heard that Jesus passed by, they cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!


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And the crowd rebuked them, saying that they should be silent. But they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!


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So Jesus had compassion [on them] and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.


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And when they drew near Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,


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saying to them, Go into the village across from you. And immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie [them] and bring [them] to Me.


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And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them, and immediately He will send them.


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Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt the foal of an ass.


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And a very great crowd spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees and spread [them] in the way.


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And the crowds who went before, and those who followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed [is] He who comes in [the] name of [the] Lord! Hosanna in the highest!


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And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.


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And He said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.


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And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things which He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were angry.


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And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes, have you never read, Out of [the] mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?


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And seeing a fig tree in the way, He came [to] it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, let no fruit grow on you forever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.


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Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do [this miracle] of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done.


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And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him [as He was] teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?


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And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.


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The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?


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And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And He said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.


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But what do you think? A man had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son, go work in my vineyard today.


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Which of the two did the will of [his] father? They said to Him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.


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For John came to you in [the] way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him. And when you had seen [it], you did not repent afterwards so that you might believe him.


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Hear another parable. There was a certain housemaster who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers, and went into a far country.


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And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to receive its fruits.


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But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and get hold of his inheritance.


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They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them and will rent out [his] vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.


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Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, this One has become the head of [the] corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?


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Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing out its fruits.


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And he who falls on this Stone shall be broken, but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.


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And he sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come.


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Again he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready. Come to the marriage.


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But when the king heard, he was angry. And he sent out his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.


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Therefore go into the exits of the highways, and as many as you shall find, invite them to the marriage.


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So the servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with reclining guests.


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And the king coming in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.


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And he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here without having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.


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Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


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And they sent their disciples out to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth. Nor do you care for anyone, for you do not regard [the] person of men.


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They said to Him, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.


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saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed to his brother.


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Now there were with us seven brothers. And the first, when he had married a wife, died. And, having no issue, he left his wife to his brother.


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For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven.


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But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,


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I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.


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Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.


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And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question Him any more.


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Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do. But do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.


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For they bind heavy and hard-to-carry burdens and lay [them] on men's shoulders. But they will not move them with one of their finger.


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But they do all their works in order to be seen of men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.


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But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of Heaven against men. For you neither go in, nor do you allow those entering to go in.


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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and pray at length as a pretense. Therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation.


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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.


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Woe to you, blind guides, saying, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.


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And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, [he is] a debtor!


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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and you have left undone the weightier [matters] of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith. You ought to have done these and not to leave the other undone.


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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.


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Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.


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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.


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Even so you also appear righteous to men outwardly, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.


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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,


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and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.


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Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify [some] of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;


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so that on you may come all [the] righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.


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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [one] killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under [her] wings, and you would not!


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For I say to you, You shall not see Me from now on until you say, Blessed [is] He who comes in [the] name of the Lord.


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And Jesus went out and departed from the temple. And His disciples came to [Him] to show Him the buildings of the temple.


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And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone on another that shall not be thrown down.


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And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what [shall be] the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the world?


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And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all [these things] must occur; but the end is not yet.


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For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places.


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Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted and will kill you. And you will be hated of all nations for My name's sake.


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And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all nations. And then the end shall come.


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Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand).


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for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since [the] beginning of [the] world to this time; no, nor ever shall be.


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And unless those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened.


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For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders; so much so that, if [it were] possible, they would deceive even the elect.


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Therefore if they shall say to you, Behold, [He is] in the desert! Do not go out. Behold, [He is] in the secret rooms! Do not believe it.


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For as the lightning comes out of [the] east and shines even to [the] west, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.


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And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.


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And then the sign of the Son of man shall appear in the heavens. And then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.


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And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of [the] heavens to the other.


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Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When its branch is still tender and puts out leaves, you know that summer [is] near.


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For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until [the] day Noah entered into the ark.


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And they did not know until the flood came and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of man.


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But know this, that if the steward of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.


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Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord has made ruler over His household, to give them food in due season?


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the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not look for [Him], and in an hour which he does not know.


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And He shall cut him apart and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


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Then shall the kingdom of Heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.


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But the wise answered, saying, [No], lest there be not enough for us and you. But rather go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.


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And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they who were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.


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And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his ability. And he went abroad at once.


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And so he who had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered five talents to me. Behold, I have gained five talents above them.


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His lord said to him, Well [done], good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things; I will [make] you [ruler] over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.


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He also who had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered two talents to me. Behold, I have gained two other talents above them.


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His lord said to him, Well [done], good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things, I will [make] you [ruler] over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.


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And he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew that you were a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.


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His lord answered and said to him, Evil and slothful servant! You knew that I reaped where I did not sow, and gathered where I did not scatter,


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then you should have put my money to the exchangers, and coming I would have received my own with interest.


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For to everyone who has, [more] shall be given, and he will abound. But from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.


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And throw the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


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But when the Son of man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He shall sit on the throne of His glory.


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And all nations shall be gathered before Him. And He shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.


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Then the King shall say to those on His right [hand], Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [the] foundation of [the] world.


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For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me in;


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I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.


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Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed [You]? Or thirsty, and gave [You] drink?


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And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did [it] to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done [it] to Me.


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Then He also shall say to those on [the] left [hand], Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels.


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I was a stranger and you did not take Me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe Me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.


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Then they will also answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?


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Then He shall answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did not do [it] to one of the least of these, you did not do [it] to Me.


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Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.


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a woman came to Him, having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured [it] on His head as He reclined.


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When Jesus understood [it], He said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work on Me.


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Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be proclaimed in the whole world, that which this woman has done shall be spoken of also, for a memorial of her.


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And he said [to them], What will you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.


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And on the first [day] of the [Feast of] Unleavened [Bread], the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, Where do You desire that we prepare for You to eat the Passover?


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And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.


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The Son of man goes, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.


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And answering, the [one] betraying Him, Judas, said, Master, Not am I [the one]? He said to him, You said [it].


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And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed [it], and broke [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is My body.


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But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.


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Then Jesus said to them, All of you will be offended because of Me this night. For it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.


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Peter answered and said to Him, though all shall be offended because of You, I will never be offended.


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Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny Me three times.


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Peter said to Him, though I should die with You, yet I will not deny You. All the disciples also said the same.


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Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, Sit here while I go and pray there.


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And He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, and He began to be sorrowful and very heavy.


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And He went a little further and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You [will].


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And He came to the disciples and found them asleep. And [He] said to Peter, What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?


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Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.


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He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.


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Then He came to His disciples and said to them, Sleep on now and take [your] rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into [the] hands of sinners.


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And as He was yet speaking, behold, Judas came, one of the Twelve. And with him came a great crowd with swords and clubs, being sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.


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And he who betrayed Him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, He is the one, lay hold on Him.


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And Jesus said to him, Friend, why are you here? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.


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And, behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out [his] hand and drew his sword, and he struck a servant of the high priest and [cut] off his ear.


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Then Jesus said to him, Put up your sword again into its place; for all who take [the] sword shall perish with a sword.


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Do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He shall presently give Me more than twelve legions of angels?


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In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Have you come out in order to take Me with swords and clubs, as against a thief? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not lay hands on Me.


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But all this happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples fled, forsaking Him.


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And they who had seized Jesus led [Him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.


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But Peter followed Him afar off to the high priest's court, and he went in and sat with the servants to see the end.


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And the chief priests and the elders and all the sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.


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But they found none; yea, though many false witnesses came, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came up


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And standing up, the high priest said to Him, Do you answer nothing? What [is it that] these witness against you?


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But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.


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Jesus said to him, You said [it]. I tell you more. From this time you shall see the Son of man sitting on [the] right [hand] of power, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.


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Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.


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Then they spat in His face and beat Him with the fist. And others struck [Him] with the palms of their hands,


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And Peter sat outside in the court. And a girl came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee.


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And when he had gone out into the porch, another saw him and said to those there, This one was also with Jesus of Nazareth.


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And after a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, Surely you also are [one] of them, for your speech betrays you.


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And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, Who said to him, Before the cock crows, you shall deny Me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly.


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And [it] becoming early morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.


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Then he who had betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, sorrowing, Judas returned the thirty pieces of silver again to the chief priests and elders,


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saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? You see [to that].


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And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is [the] price of blood.


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Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him who had been priced, whom they of the children of Israel valued,


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And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say [it].


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Now at [that] feast the governor was accustomed to release to the people a prisoner, whomever they desired.


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Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you desire that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus [who is] called Christ?


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But as he was sitting down on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man, for today because of Him I have suffered many things in a dream.


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But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd that they should ask [for] Barabbas and destroy Jesus.


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The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two do you desire that I release [to] you? They said, Barabbas.


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Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? [They] all said to him, Let Him be crucified.


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And the governor said, Why? What evil has He done? But they cried out the more, saying, let Him be crucified!


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But when Pilate saw that it gained nothing, but rather [that] a tumult was made, he took water and washed [his] hands before the crowd, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. You see to it.


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Then he released Barabbas to them. And when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [Him] to be crucified.


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Then taking Jesus into the praetorium, the soldiers of the governor gathered the cohort against Him.


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And plaiting a crown of thorns, they put [it] on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!


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And after they had mocked Him, they took the robe off of Him and put His own clothing on Him and led Him away to crucify [Him].


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And they crucified Him, dividing His garments, casting a lot; so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and they cast a lot for My clothing.


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and saying, [You] destroying the temple and building [it] in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.


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He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.


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He trusted in God, let Him deliver him now, if He will have him. (For He said, I am [the] Son of God.)


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And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?


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And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar, and he put [it] on a reed and gave it to Him to drink.


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And, behold! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And the earth quaked, and the rocks were sheared,


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and coming out of the tomb after His resurrection [they] went into the holy city and appeared to many.


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But the centurion and those guarding Jesus, seeing the earthquake, and the things that took place, [they] feared greatly, saying, Truly this One was Son of God.


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And many of the women were there, watching from a distance, [those] who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, watching from a distance;


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among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.


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When the evening had come, a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, came, who also himself was Jesus' disciple.


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and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.


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And on the next day, which was after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered to Pilate,


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saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was living, After three days I will rise again.


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Then command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say to the people, He has risen from the dead. So the last error will be worse than the first.


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But late in the week, at the dawning into the first [day] of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.


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And behold, a great earthquake occurred! For coming down from Heaven, and coming up, an angel of [the] Lord rolled back the stone from the door and [was] sitting on it.


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And the angel answered and said to the women, Do not fear, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.


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And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead. And, behold, He goes before you into Galilee. There you shall see Him. Lo, I have told you.


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And they quickly departed from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.


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But as they were going to report to His disciples, behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail! And they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.


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Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid; go tell My brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see Me.


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And as they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and declared all the things that were done to the chief priests.


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And taking the silver, they did as they were taught. And this saying was spread among the Jews until today.


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Therefore go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,


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teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the world. Amen.


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as it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.


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John came baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.


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And all the land of Judea, and those of Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.


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And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather girdle about his loin. And he ate locusts and wild honey.


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And he proclaimed, saying, There is One coming after me who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down to loosen.


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And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.


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And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him.


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And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan. And He was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to Him.


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And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom of God,


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and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God draws near. Repent, and believe the gospel.


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And walking along beside the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.


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And when He going farther from there a little, He saw James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.


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And immediately He called them. And they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and went after Him.


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And they went into Capernaum. And immediately on the sabbath day He entered into the synagogue and taught.


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And they were astonished at His doctrine. For He taught them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes.


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saying, What [is] to us and to You, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know You, who You are, the Holy One of God.


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They all were amazed, so as to question among themselves, saying, What is this? What new doctrine [is] this? For He even commands the unclean spirits with authority, and they obey Him.


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And immediately after they had come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.


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And He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. And instantly the fever left her, and she served them.


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And at evening, when the sun set, they brought all those who were diseased to Him, and those who had been demon-possessed.


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And He healed many who were sick of different diseases, and cast out many demons. And He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.


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And rising up quite early in [the] night, He went out and went away into a deserted place, and [He] was praying there.


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And He said to them, Let us go into the next towns so that I may proclaim there also. For that reason I came forth.


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And a leper came to Him, begging Him and kneeling down to Him, and saying to Him, If You will, You can make me clean.


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And Jesus, moved with compassion, put out [His] hand and touched him, and said to him, I will; be clean!


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and He said to him, See that you say nothing to anyone. But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer those things which Moses commanded for your cleansing, for a testimony to them.


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But going out, he began to proclaim [it] very much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was outside in deserted places. And they came to Him from every quarter.


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And immediately many were gathered, so that none any longer had room, even to the door. And He proclaimed the Word to them.


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When they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was. And digging through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.


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And instantly knowing in His spirit that they reasoned so within themselves, He said to them, Why do you reason these things in your heart?


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Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Your] sins are forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and take up your cot and walk?


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But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority upon earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralytic,


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And immediately he arose and took up his cot and went out before all. So that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw [it] this way.


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And as He passed on, He saw Levi [the son] of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office. And [He] said to him, Follow Me. And he arose and followed Him.


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And it happened as Jesus reclined in his house, many tax-collectors and sinners also reclined with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many, and they followed Him.


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And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eat with tax-collectors and sinners, [they] said to His disciples, How [is it] that He eats and drinks with tax-collectors and sinners?


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When Jesus heard, He said to them, They who are strong have no need of a physician, but the ones who have illness. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.


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The disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to Him, Why do John's disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?


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And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.


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But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.


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And no one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment, else [it] takes away from its fullness, the new [from] the old, and a worse tear occurs.


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No one puts new wine into old wineskins, else the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine spills, and the wineskins will be ruined. The new wine must be put into new wineskins.


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And it happened that He went through the grainfields on the sabbath day. And as they walked His disciples began to pluck the heads [of grain].


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And He said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he, and those with him?


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How he went into the house of God in [the days of] Abiathar the high priest and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave to those with him?


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And He said to them, The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.


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And He said to them, [Is it] lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they were silent.


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And looking around on them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he stretched [it] out. And his hand was restored whole, like the other.


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The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.


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And Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples. And a great crowd from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,


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and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and [from] beyond Jordan, and those around Tyre and Sidon, a great throng came to him, having heard how much He was doing.


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And He spoke to His disciples, so that a small boat should stay near to Him, because of the crowd, lest they should press on Him.


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And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, [they] fell down before Him and cried, saying, You are the Son of God!


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And He put on James [the son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, [the] names Boanerges, which is, the Sons of Thunder.


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And [He appointed] Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James [the son] of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,


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And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.


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No one can enter into a strong one's house and plunder his goods, except he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.


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Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and blasphemies with which they shall blaspheme.


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But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never shall have forgiveness, but is liable to eternal condemnation.


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And the crowd sat about Him, and they said to Him, Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking for You.


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And He began again to teach by the seaside. And there was a great crowd gathered to Him, so that He entered into a boat and sat in the sea. And the whole crowd was on the land by the seaside.


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And as he sowed, it happened that indeed some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and ate it up.


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And another fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth. And it sprang up at once, due to not having deepness of earth.


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And another fell on good ground and yielded fruit, going up and increasing. And one bore thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundredfold.


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And He said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside, all [these] things are [given] in parables


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so that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them.


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And these are those by the wayside, where the Word is sown. And when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that was sown in their hearts.


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And these are those likewise being sown on stony places; who, when they hear the Word, immediately receive it with gladness.


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But they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Afterward when affliction or persecution arises for the Word's sake, they are immediately offended.


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and the cares of this world, and the deceit of riches, and the lust about other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.


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And these are those sown on good ground, who hear the Word and welcome [it], and bear fruit, one thirty, one sixty, and one a hundredfold.


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And He said to them, Does a lamp come to be put under a grain-measure, or under a bed? and not to be set on a lampstand?


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For there is nothing hidden which shall not be revealed; nor became covered, but that it might come to the light.


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And He said to them, Take heed what you hear. With that measure which you measure, it shall be measured to you. And to you who hear, more shall be given.


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For he who has, [more] shall be given to him; and he who has not, from him shall be taken even that which he has.


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For the earth brings out fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.


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But when the fruit has been brought out, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.


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[It is] like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.


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But when it has been sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches, so as to enable the birds of the air to roost under its shade.


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But he did not speak to them without a parable. And when [they were] alone, He explained all things to His disciples.


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And when they had sent away the crowd, they took Him with them as He was in the boat. And there were also other little boats with Him.


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And He was in the stern of the boat, asleep on a headrest. And they awakened Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we perish?


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And He awakened and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace! Be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.


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And they feared exceedingly and said to one another, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?


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And when He had come out of the boat, immediately a man with unclean spirits met Him out of the tombs,


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because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nor could anyone subdue him.


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And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying and cutting himself with stones.


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and cried with a loud voice, and said, What [is] to me and to You, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God not to torment me.


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And He asked him, What [is] your name? And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion, for we are many.


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And immediately Jesus allowed them. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the pigs. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea (they were about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.


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And the ones who fed the pigs fled and told [it] in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.


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And they came to Jesus and saw him who had been demon-possessed, and had the legion, sitting and clothed and right-minded, the one who had the legion. And they were afraid.


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And those who had seen told them how it happened to the one who had been demon-possessed, and about the pigs.


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However Jesus did not allow him, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and has had mercy on you.


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And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all marvelled.


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And Jesus having crossed again by boat to the other side, a large crowd collected on Him. And He was near the sea.


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And, behold, one of the synagogue rulers came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, [he] fell at His feet.


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And he begged Him greatly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come, lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and she shall live.


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and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and had not been bettered any, but rather came to worse,


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And instantly the fountain of her blood dried up. And she felt in [her] body that she was healed of that plague.


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And knowing instantly within Himself that power had gone out of Him, Jesus turned Himself around in the press and said, Who touched My clothes?


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But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before Him and told Him all the truth.


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And He said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be whole from your plague.


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While He still spoke, they came from the synagogue ruler's house, saying, Your daughter is dead; why do you still trouble the Teacher?


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And they laughed at Him. But when He had put [them] all out, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those with Him, and went in where the child was lying.


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And He took the child's hand and said to her, Talitha koumi; (which interpreted is, Little girl, I say to you, arise!)


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And instantly the little girl arose and walked (for she was twelve years [old] ). And they were astonished with a great astonishment.


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And when the sabbath day had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing [Him], were astonished, saying, Where does this one get these things? And what wisdom [is] this which is given to him, that even such mighty works are done by his hands?


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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.


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But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his native-place, and among his own kin, and in his own house.


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And He could do no work of power there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick ones, He healed [them].


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And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went around the villages, in [a] circuit, teaching.


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And He called the Twelve and began to send them out by two and two. And He gave them authority over unclean spirits,


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and commanded them that they take nothing in [the] way, except only a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in the belt,


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And He said to them, Wherever you enter into a house, abide there until you depart from [that place].


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And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.


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And king Herod heard [of Him] (for His name had become well-known,) and he said that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead, and therefore mighty works operate in him.


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For Herod himself had sent out and laid hold on John and had bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For he had married her,


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For Herod feared John, knowing that [he was] a just and holy man. And he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he did many things and heard him gladly.


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And a convenient day came, when Herod made a supper to great men on his birthday, and to the chiliarchs, and to the first ones of Galilee.


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And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced and pleased Herod, and those who reclined with [him], the king said to the girl, Ask me whatever you desire from me, and I will give [it] to you.


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And he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask from me, I will give [it] to you, to the half of my kingdom.


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And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.


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And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I desire that you give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.


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And becoming deeply grieved, the king, because of his oath, and those reclining together, he did not wish to reject her.


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And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,


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And the apostles gathered themselves to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.


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And He said to them, Come aside into a deserted place and rest a little. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat.


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And the crowds saw them leaving, and many knew Him. And [they] ran together on foot there, out of the cities. And they went before them and came together to Him.


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And going out Jesus saw a large crowd. And He was moved with compassion toward them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.


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And [it] now becoming a late hour, His disciples came to Him and said, This is a deserted place and [it is] now a late hour.


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Send them away so that they may go to the surrounding fields and villages and buy loaves for themselves. For they have nothing to eat.


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He answered and said to them, You give them [food] to eat. And they said to Him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii of loaves and give them to eat?


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He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fish.


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And taking the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to Heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves, and gave [them] to His disciples to set before them. And He divided the two fish to all.


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And immediately He constrained His disciples to get into the boat and to go before to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent away the crowd.


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And He saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them. And about the fourth watch of the night He came toward them walking on the sea, and would have passed by them.


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For they all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and said, Be of good cheer. I AM! Do not be afraid.


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And He went up into the boat to them. And the wind was cut off. And they were very much amazed within themselves beyond measure, and marveled.


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they ran all around that neighborhood, and began to carry on cots those who were sick, wherever they heard He was.


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And wherever He entered, into villages or cities or country, they laid the sick in the streets and begged Him if only they might touch but the fringe of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made whole.


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And when they saw some of His disciples eating loaves with unclean hands, that is with unwashed hands, they found fault.


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For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they immerse [their] hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders.


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And coming from the market, they do not eat without immersing, and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the dippings of cups and pots, and of copper vessels, and of tables.


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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat loaves with unwashed hands?


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But He answered and said to them, Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors Me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from Me.


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For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the dippings of pots and cups. And many other such things you do.


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And He said to them, Do you do well to set aside the commandment of God, so that you may keep your own tradition?


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For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother. And, Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death.


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But you say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban! (that is, A gift [to God], whatever you may profit by me)


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making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have delivered. And you do many such things.


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There is nothing from outside a man which entering into him can defile [him]. But the things which come out of him, those are the ones that defile the man.


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And when He had entered into the house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.


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And He said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters into the man from outside cannot defile him,


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because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the waste-bowl, purifying all food?


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thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:


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And He arose from there and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered into a house and desired no one to know [it]. But He could not be hidden.


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For a woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him and came and fell at His feet.


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The woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by race. And she begged Him that He would cast the demon out of her daughter.


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But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled. For it is not right to take the children's loaves and to throw [it] to the dogs.


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And she answered and said to Him, Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.


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And when she had come to her house, she found the demon had gone out, and her daughter lay on the couch.


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And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of the borders of the Decapolis.


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And He took him aside from the crowd and put His fingers into his ears. And He spat and touched his tongue.


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And He commanded them, that they should tell no one. But the more He commanded them, so much the more they proclaimed [it].


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And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.


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In those days, the crowd being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and said to them,


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I have compassion on the crowd because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.


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And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint in the way. For many of them come from afar.


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And His disciples answered Him, From where can a man satisfy these [with] loaves here in the wilderness?


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And He commanded the people to recline on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, and He broke and gave to His disciples to set before them. And they set [them before] the people.


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And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking a sign from Heaven from Him, tempting Him.


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And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, [There shall no] sign be given to this generation.


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And [the disciples] had forgotten to take loaves, and they did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.


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And He charged them, saying, Take heed! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and [of] the leaven of Herod.


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And knowing [it], Jesus said to them, Why do you reason [that it is] because you have no loaves? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Have you still hardened your heart?


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When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many hand baskets full of fragments did you take up? They said to Him, Twelve.


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And when the seven among four thousand, how many lunch baskets full of fragments did you take up? And they said, Seven.


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And He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spat on his eyes and had put [His] hands on him, He asked Him if he saw anything.


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And after that He put [His] hands again on his eyes and made him look up. And he was restored and saw all clearly.


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And He sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell [it] to any in the town.


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And Jesus and His disciples went out into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And in the way He asked His disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am?


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And He said to them, But who do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said to Him, You are the Christ.


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And He began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.


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But when He had turned around and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, Go behind Me, Satan! For you do not mind the things of God, but of the things of men.


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And calling near the crowd with His disciples, He said to them, Whoever will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.


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For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for My sake and the gospel's, he shall save it.


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Therefore whoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man shall also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.


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And He said to them, Truly I say to you that there are some of those who stand here who shall not taste of death until they see the kingdom of God come with power.


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And after six days Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up into a high mountain, apart by themselves. And He was transfigured before them.


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And His clothing became shining, exceedingly white as snow such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.


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And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good [for] us to be here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.


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And there was a cloud that overshadowed them. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son. Hear Him.


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And as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things that they had seen until the Son of man had risen from [the] dead.


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And they kept that saying within themselves, debating with one another what the rising from [the] dead [is].


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And He answered and told them, Elijah truly does come first and restores all things. And how has it been written of the Son of man that He should suffer many things and be despised?


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But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they desired, as it is written of him.


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And immediately all the crowd, seeing Him, were greatly amazed, and they were running to [Him] to greet Him.


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And one of the crowd answered and said, Teacher, I have brought my son who has a dumb spirit to You.


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And wherever he seizes him, he dashes him. And he foams and gnashes his teeth and pines away. And I spoke to Your disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not.


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He answered him and said, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me!


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And they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, the spirit immediately convulsed him. And he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming.


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And He asked his father, How long ago has it been since this came to him? And he said, From childhood.


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And oftentimes it has cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.


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And immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.


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And seeing that a crowd is running together, Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter no more into him!


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And [the spirit] cried out, throwing him into convulsions, and came out of him. And he was like one dead, so that many said, He is dead.


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For He taught His disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into [the] hands of men, and they shall kill him. And after He is killed, He shall rise the third day.


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And He came to Capernaum. And being in the house, He asked them, What was it that you disputed among yourselves in the way?


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And He sat down and called the Twelve and said to them, If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.


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Whoever receives one of such children on My name receives Me. And whoever receives Me does not [only] receives Me, but Him who sent Me.


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And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in Your name, and he does not follow us. And we forbade him, because he does not follow us.


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But Jesus said, Do not forbid him. For there is no one who shall do a work of power in My name who can lightly speak evil of Me.


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For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you [belong] to Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.


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And whoever shall offend one of [these] little ones who believe in Me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged around his neck and he were cast into the sea.


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And if your hand offends you, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched


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And if your foot offends you, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame than to have two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched


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And if your eye offends you, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes to be cast into hell fire


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Salt [is] good; but if the salt becomes saltless, with what will you season? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.


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And He arose from there. And He came into the borders of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And again a crowd came together to Him. And as was His custom, He taught them again.


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And tempting Him, the Pharisees came to Him and asked Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife?


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And Jesus answered and said to them, He wrote you this precept because of the hardness of your hearts.


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And He said to them, Whoever shall put away his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.


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And they brought children to Him, so that He should touch them. And [His] disciples rebuked those bringing [them].


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But when Jesus saw, He was much displeased and said to them, Allow the little children to come to Me and do not hinder [them]. For of such is the kingdom of God.


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Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter into it.


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And when He had gone out into the way, one came running up and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?


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You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and your mother.


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Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him and said to him, One [thing] you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, take up the cross and follow Me.


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And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, How hardly those having riches will enter into the kingdom of God!


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And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answering again said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!


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It is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than [for] a rich one to enter into the kingdom of God.


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And Jesus looking on them said, With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.


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And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the gospel's sake,


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but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternal life.


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And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus went before them. And they were amazed, and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took the Twelve again and began to tell them what would happen to Him,


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[saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. And the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes. And they will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him to the nations.


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And they will mock Him, and will scourge Him, and will spit on Him, and will kill Him. And the third day He shall rise again.


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And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to Him, saying, Master, we desire that You should do for us whatever we shall ask.


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They said to Him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left hand, in Your glory.


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But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you ask. Can you drink of the cup that I drink of, and be baptized [with] the baptism that I am baptized [with] ?


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And they said to Him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of, and [with] the baptism that I am baptized [with] you shall be baptized.


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But to sit on My right [hand] and on My left is not Mine to give, but [to those] for whom it is prepared.


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But Jesus called them and said to them, You know that they who are accounted rulers over the nations exercise lordship over them. And their great ones exercise authority on them.


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But it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.


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For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.


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And they came to Jericho. And as He with His disciples and a large crowd went out of Jericho, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, was sitting by the side of the highway, begging.


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And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!


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And many warned him that he should be quiet, but he cried a great deal more, Son of David, have mercy on me!


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And Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind [man], saying to him, Be of good comfort; rise up, He is calling you.


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And answering Jesus said to him, What do you desire that I should do to you? The blind [man] said to Him, My Lord, that I may see again.


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And Jesus said to him, Go, your faith has healed you. And instantly he saw again, and he followed Jesus in the way.


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And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples.


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And He said to them, Go into the village over across from you. And as soon as you have entered into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has ever sat. Untie it and bring [it].


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And if anyone says to you, Why do you do this? Say that the Lord has need of him, and immediately he will send him here.


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And they went, and they found the colt tied by the door outside, in a place where two ways met. And they untied him.


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And many spread their garments in the way, and others cut down branches off the trees and scattered [them] in the way.


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And those going before, and those following, cried out, saying, Hosanna! Blessed [is] He who comes in [the] name of [the] Lord!


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Blessed [is] the kingdom of our father David, who comes in [the] name of [the] Lord! Hosanna in the highest!


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And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked around on all things, the hour already being late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.


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And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went [to it], if perhaps He might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not [the] season of figs.


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And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, Jesus began to cast out those who bought and sold in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.


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And [He] taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves.


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And the scribes and the chief priests heard. And they sought how they might destroy Him. For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.


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And Peter, remembering, said to Him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which You cursed has withered away.


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For truly I say to you that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he said shall occur, he shall have whatever he said.


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Therefore I say to you, All things, whatever you ask, praying, believe that you shall receive [them], and it will be to you.


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And when you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive [it] so that also your Father in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses.


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And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him


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and said to Him, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority to do these things?


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And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask of you one thing, and answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.


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And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say, Why then did you not believe him?


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And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And answering Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.


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And He began to speak to them by parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence about [it], and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and [he] let it out to vinedressers, and went away.


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And at the season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that he might receive from the vinedressers the fruit of the vineyard.


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And again he sent to them another servant. And stoning that one, they struck [him] in the head, and sent [him] away, insulting him.


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Therefore, still having one son, his own beloved, he also sent him to them last of all, saying, They will respect my son.


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But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.


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Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others.


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And have you not read this scripture The] Stone which the builders rejected has become the Head of [the] corner:


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And they sought to seize him, but feared the crowd. For they knew that He spoke the parable against them. And leaving Him, they went away.


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And coming, they said to Him, Teacher, we know that you are true and you care about no one. For you do not look to [the] face of men, but teach the way of God [in] truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?


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Shall we give, or shall we not give? But knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them, Why do you tempt Me? Bring me a denarius so that I may see.


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And they brought [it]. And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? And they said to Him, Caesar's.


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And answering Jesus said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at Him.


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Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother die and leaves [his] wife, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.


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In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.


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And answering Jesus said to them, Do you not err because of this, not knowing Scriptures, nor the power of God?


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For when they shall rise from [the] dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are as the angels in Heaven.


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And as regards the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses how God spoke to him in the Bush, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?


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And coming up one of the scribes heard them reasoning, knowing that He had answered them well, he asked Him, Which is [the] first commandment of all?


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And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel, [the] Lord our God is one Lord;


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and you shall love [the] Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This [is] the first commandment.


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And [the] second [is] like this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.


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And the scribe said to Him, Right, Teacher, according to truth You have spoken, that God is one, and there is no other besides Him.


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And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as himself, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.


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And seeing that he had answered intelligently, Jesus said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared to question Him any more.


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And answering, teaching in the temple, Jesus said, How do the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David?


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For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.


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David therefore himself calls Him Lord, and why [then] is He his son? And the great crowd heard Him gladly.


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And He said to them in His teaching, Beware of the scribes, who love to walk about in robes, and [love] greetings in the markets,


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who devour widows' houses, and as a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.


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And sitting down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the people threw copper coins into the treasury. And many rich ones threw in much.


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And He called His disciples and said to them, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast [in] more than all those who have cast into the treasury.


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For all cast in from their abundance. But she, out of her poverty, has cast [in] all that she had, all her livelihood.


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And as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, Master, see! What stones and what buildings!


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And answering Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be one stone left on another that shall not be thrown down.


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And [as] He sat on the Mount of Olives, across from the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately,


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Tell us, When shall all these things be? And what [shall be] the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?


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And when you shall hear [of] wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For it must happen, but the end [shall] not [be] yet.


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For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be earthquakes in different places, and there shall be famines and troubles. These things [are] the beginnings of sorrows.


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But take heed to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.


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But whenever they lead [you] away and deliver [you] up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit.


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And a brother will betray a brother to death, and a father his son. And children will rise up against [their] parents and will cause them to be put to death.


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And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he enduring to the end, that [one] will be kept safe.


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But when you see the abomination of desolation, that spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.


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And let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.


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For [in] those days shall be affliction, such as has not been from [the] beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never [shall] be.


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And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days.


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For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give miraculous] signs and wonders in order to seduce, if possible, even the elect.


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But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,


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And then He shall send His angels and shall gather His elect from the four winds, from [the] end of [the] earth to [the] end of heaven.


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And learn the parable of the fig-tree: when her branch is still tender and puts out leaves, you know that summer is near.


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As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving authority to his servants, and each man's work to him, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.


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Then you watch, for you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, [at] evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or early;


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And after two days it was the Passover and [the Feast of] Unleavened [Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft and kill [Him.


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And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He reclined, a woman came with an alabaster vial of pure, costly ointment of spikenard. And she broke the vial and poured [it] on His head.


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For it might have been sold [for] more than three hundred denarii, and be given to the poor. And they were incensed with her.


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For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you desire you may do them good. But you do not have Me always.


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Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, [this] also that she has done will be spoken of for a memorial of her.


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And when they heard, they were glad and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.


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And the first day of Unleavened [Bread], when they killed the passover, His disciples said to Him, Where do You desire that we go and prepare that You may eat the passover?


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And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, Go into the city, and there you shall meet a man bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him.


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And wherever he may go in, you say to the housemaster, The Teacher says, Where is the guest room where I shall eat the passover with My disciples?


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And His disciples went out and came into the city and found [it] as He had said to them. And they made the passover ready.


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And as they reclined and ate, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will betray Me, the [one] eating with Me.


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And they began to be grieved, and to say to Him one by one, Not at all I, [is it]? And another said, Not at all I, [is it] ?


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The Son of man indeed goes, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for that man if he had never been born.


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And [as] they ate, Jesus took a loaf and blessed and broke [it], and He gave to them and said, Take, eat; this is My body.


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Truly I say to you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.


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And Jesus said to them, All of you will be offended because of Me this night. For it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.


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And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that today, in this night, before the cock crows twice, you shall deny Me three times.


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But he spoke the more fervently, If I should die with You, I will not deny You in any way. Also they all said likewise.


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And He took with Him Peter and James and John. And He began to be greatly amazed, and to be very heavy.


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And He went forward a little and fell on the ground. And He prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.


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And He said, Abba, Father, all things [are] possible to You. Take away this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You [will].


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And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, do you sleep? Could you not watch one hour?


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Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Truly the spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.


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And when He returned, He found them asleep again (for their eyes were heavy), neither did they know what to answer Him.


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And He came the third time and said to them, Sleep on now and take [your] rest. It is enough, the hour has come. Behold, the Son of man has been betrayed into the hands of sinners.


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And immediately, while He still spoke, Judas, being one of the Twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.


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And he who betrayed Him had given them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, [it] is He. Take Him and lead [Him] away safely.


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And one of those standing by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.


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And answering Jesus said to them, Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to take Me?


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I was with you daily in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.


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And one, a certain young man, followed Him, having thrown a linen cloth around [his] naked [body]. And the young men caught him.


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And they led Jesus away to the high priest. And with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.


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And Peter followed Him from a distance to the inside of the court of the high priest. And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.


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And the chief priests and all the sanhedrin sought for witness against Jesus, to put Him to death. And [they] found none.


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We heard Him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.


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And standing up in the middle, the high priest questioned Jesus, saying, Do you answer nothing? What [do] these witness against you?


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But He was silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed?


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And Jesus said, I AM! And you will see the Son of man sitting on the right [hand] of power and coming in the clouds of the heaven.


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And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face and to beat Him, and to say to Him, Prophesy! And the under-officers struck Him with slaps.


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And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked on him and said, And you also were with Jesus the Nazarene.


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But he denied, saying, I do not know nor even understand what you are saying. And he went out into the forecourt. And a cock crowed.


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And he denied it again. And a little after, those who stood by said again to Peter, Surely you are [one] of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech agrees.


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And the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus said to him, Before a cock crows twice, you will deny Me three times. And thinking on [it], he wept.


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And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led [Him] away and delivered [Him] to Pilate.


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And Pilate asked Him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? Behold how many things they witness against you!


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And there was [one] named Barabbas, bound with the insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.


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And Pilate answered and said again to them, What then do you desire that I should do [to him] whom you call the King of the Jews?


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And deciding to do the easiest [to] the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them, and having scourged [Him], delivered up Jesus to be crucified.


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And the soldiers led Him away inside the court, which is [the] praetorium. And they called together all the cohort.


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And they struck Him on the head with a reed, and spat on Him, and placing the knees, [they] bowed to Him.


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And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him and put His own clothes on Him and led Him out to crucify Him.


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And they made one who was passing by, Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His cross.


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And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots on them, as, to what [each] should take.


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And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You [razing] the temple and building [it] in three days,


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And also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes, said to one another, He saved others but he cannot save himself.


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Let Christ the King of Israel now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe. And they who were crucified with Him insulted Him.


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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (which being translated is, My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?)


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And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar and put [it] on a reed and gave [it] to him to drink. [But they said], Let alone, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.


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And when the centurion, who stood across from him, saw that He cried out so, [and] expired, he said, Truly this man was Son of God.


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And also women were watching from a distance, among whom also was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,


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(who also, when He was in Galilee, followed Him and ministered to Him), and many [other] women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.


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And it, becoming evening already, since it was [the] Preparation, that is, [the] day before sabbath,


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Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.


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And Pilate wondered if He were already dead. And calling the centurion, he asked him whether He had died already.


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And he bought a linen cloth, and took Him down, and wrapped [Him] in the linen, and laid Him in a tomb which was cut out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.


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And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, [the mother] of James and Salome, had bought sweet spices so that they might come and anoint Him.


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And very early in the morning, the first [day] of the week, they came upon the tomb, the sun having risen.


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And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed [in] a long white garment. And they were frightened.


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And he said to them, Do not be frightened. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen, He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him.


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But go tell His disciples and Peter that He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see Him, as He said to you.


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And they went out quickly and fled from the tomb. For they trembled and were amazed. Neither did they say anything to anyone, for they were afraid.


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And when [Jesus] had risen early the first [day] of the Sabbath, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.


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Afterward He appeared to the Eleven as they reclined. And [He] reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.


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And miraculous] signs will follow to those believing these things: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak new tongues;


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they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on [the] sick, and they will be well.


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Then indeed, after speaking to them, the Lord was taken up into Heaven, and sat on [the] right hand of God.


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And going out, they proclaimed everywhere, the Lord working with [them] and confirming the word by miraculous] signs following. Amen.


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Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us,


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even as those who from [the] beginning delivered to us, becoming eye-witnesses and ministers of the word,


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it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,


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In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of [the] course of Abijah. And his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elizabeth.


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And they were both righteous before God, walking blameless in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.


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according to the custom of the priests, it was his lot to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.


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And an angel [of the] Lord appeared to him as he was standing on [the] right of the altar of incense.


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But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.


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For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with [the] Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.


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And he shall go before Him in [the] spirit and power of Elijah, to turn [the] hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to [the] wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for [the] Lord.


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And Zacharias said to the angel, By what shall I know this? For I am old, and my wife is advanced in her days.


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And answering, the angel said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands before God. And I am sent to speak to you and to show you these glad tidings.


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And behold, you shall be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed, because you did not believe my words which shall be fulfilled in their time.


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And when he came out, he could not speak to them. And they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and remained speechless.


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So the Lord has dealt with me in the days in which He looked on [me], to take away my reproach among men.


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to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of [the] house of David. And the virgin's name [was] Mary.


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And the angel came in to her and said, Hail, [one] receiving grace, the Lord [is] with you. Blessed [are] you among women.


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And when she saw [him], she was troubled at his saying, and considered what kind of greeting this might be.


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He shall be great and shall be called the Son of [the] Highest. And the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David.


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And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come on you, and [the] power of [the] Highest shall overshadow you. Therefore also that Holy [One] which will be born of you shall be called Son of God.


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And behold, your cousin Elizabeth also conceived a son in her old age. And this [is] the sixth month with her who [was] called barren.


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And Mary said, Behold the servant of [the] Lord. Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.


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And it happened as Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,


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and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed [are] you among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of your womb.


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And blessed [is] she who believes, for there shall be a perfecting of those things which were told her from [the] Lord.


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For He looked on the humiliation of His slave woman. For, behold, from now on all generations shall count me blessed.


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And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard how [the] Lord had magnified His mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.


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And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it Zacharias, after his father's name.


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And fear came on all who lived all around them. And all these things were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.


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And all those who heard laid [them] up in their hearts, saying, What kind of child shall this be! And the hand of [the] Lord was with him.


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that He would grant to us, [that we], being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear


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And you, child, will be called the prophet of [the] Highest, for you shall go before [the] face of [the] Lord to prepare His ways,


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to give light to those who sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace.


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And the child grew and became strong in spirit and was in the deserts until [the] day of his showing to Israel.


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And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.


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And Joseph also went up from Galilee to be taxed (out of [the] city of Nazareth, into Judea, to [the] city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of [the] house and family line of David).


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And she brought forth her son, the First-born, and wrapped Him, and laid Him in a manger-- because there was no room for them in the inn.


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And in the same country there were shepherds living in the field, keeping watch over their flock [by] night.


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And lo, the angel of [the] Lord came on them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them. And they were grievously afraid.


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And the angel said to them, Do not fear. For behold, I give to you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.


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And it happened as the angels departed from them into Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, Indeed, let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing which has happened, which the Lord made known to us.


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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as was spoken to them.


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And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, His name was called JESUS, [the name] called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.


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And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him to Jerusalem, to present [Him] to the Lord


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(as it is written in [the] Law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord)


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and to offer a sacrifice according to that said in the Law of [the] Lord, A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.


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And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name [was] Simeon. And this man [was] just and devout, waiting for [the] Consolation of Israel. And [the] Holy Spirit was on him.


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And it happened to him, being instructed by the Holy Spirit, he was not to see death before he would see [the] Christ of [the] Lord.


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And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And [as] the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do according to the custom of the law concerning Him,


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And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this One is set for [the] fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against


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(yea, a sword shall pierce through your own soul also), so that [the] thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.


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And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of [the] tribe of Asher. She was advanced in many days, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity.


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And she [was] a widow [of] eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.


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And she coming in at that instant gave thanks to the Lord and spoke of Him to all those in Jerusalem eagerly expecting redemption.


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And when they had finished all things according to [the] Law of [the] Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.


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And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was on Him.


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And fulfilling the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know.


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But they, supposing Him to have been in the company, went a day's journey. And they looked for Him among the kinsfolk and acquaintances.


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And it happened that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them.


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And seeing Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him, Child, why have you done so to us? Behold, your father and I have looked for you, greatly distressed.


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And He said to them, Why did you look for Me? Do you not know that I must be about My Father's [business] ?


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And He went with them and came to Nazareth, and He was subject to them. But His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.


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And in [the] fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the] Trachonitus country, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene--


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Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests-- the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.


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And he came into all the country around Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,


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as it is written in [the] book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The] voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of [the] Lord, make His paths straight.


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Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be straight, and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth.


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Then he said to the crowd that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?


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Therefore bring forth fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.


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And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.


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He answered and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. And he who has food, let him do likewise.


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And the soldiers also asked of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do not forcibly extort anyone, nor accuse [any] falsely. And be content with your wages.


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And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts concerning John, lest perhaps he was the Christ,


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John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but He who is mightier than I comes, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,


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whose fan [is] in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor and will gather the wheat into His storehouse. But He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.


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But Herod the tetrarch (being reproved by him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all [the] evils which Herod had done)


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And it happened in the baptizing of all the people, Jesus also being baptized, and praying, and the heaven was opened.


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And the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily shape, like a dove on Him. And a voice came from Heaven, which said, You are My Son, the Beloved; I am delighted in You.


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And Jesus Himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) son of Joseph, [son of] of Heli,


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[son of] of Joanna, [son of] of Rhesa, [son of] of Zerubbabel, [son of] of Shealtiel, [son of] of Neri,


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[son of] of Methuselah, [son of] of Enoch, [son of] of Jared, [son of] of Mahalaleel, [son of] of Cainan,


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And Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness


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forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And in those days He ate nothing. And they being ended, He afterward was hungry.


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And the Devil said to Him, If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it might become bread.


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And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.


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And the Devil, leading Him up into a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.


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And the Devil said to Him, All this power I will give you, and the glory of them; for it has been delivered to me. And I give it to whomever I will.


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And Jesus answered and said to him, Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship [the] Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.


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And he brought Him to Jerusalem and sat Him on a pinnacle of the temple and said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here.


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And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee. And a report went out throughout all the neighborhood concerning Him.


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And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And, as His custom was, He went in to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.


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And [the] book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And unrolling the book, He found the place where it was written,


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The Spirit of [the] Lord [is] on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to [the] poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to [the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed,


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And rolling up the book, returning [it] to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him.


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And all bore witness to Him and wondered at the gracious words which came out of His mouth. And they said, Is this not Joseph's son?


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And He said to them, You will surely say this proverb to Me, Physician, heal yourself. Whatever [we] have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your native-place.


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But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land.


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But Elijah was not sent to any of them, except to Zarephath, [a city] of Sidon, to a woman, a widow.


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And many lepers were in Israel in the [time] of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.


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And they rose up and thrust Him outside the city, and led Him up to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down.


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And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon and cried out with a loud voice,


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saying, Let [us] alone! What is to us and to You, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know You, who You are, the Holy One of God.


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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be quiet and come out of him! And when the demon had thrown him into the midst, he came out of him, not harming him.


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And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What a word [is] this! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.


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And rising up from the synagogue, He entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was being seized with a great fever. And they asked Him for her.


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And standing over her, He rebuked the fever. And it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.


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And the sun sinking, all, as many as had sick ones with different kinds of diseases brought them to Him. And laying hands on each of them, He healed them.


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And also demons came out of many, crying out and saying, You are the Christ, the Son of God! And rebuking [them], He did not allow them to speak; for they knew Him to be the Christ.


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And day coming on, going out, He went into a deserted place. And the crowds looked for Him and came to Him, and held Him fast, not to pass away from them.


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And He said to them, I must proclaim the gospel, the kingdom of God, to other cities, because I was sent on this [mission],


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And it happened that the crowd pressed on Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret.


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And He saw two boats standing by the lake. But the fishermen had left them and were washing [their] nets.


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And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people out of the boat.


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And as He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul.


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And answering, Simon said to Him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing. Yet at Your word I will let down the net.


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And they signaled the partners, those in the other boat, to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.


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And seeing, Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.


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and so also [were] James and John, [the] sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not fear, from now on you will be taking men alive.


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And it happened, as He was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy! And seeing Jesus, he fell on [his] face and begged Him, saying, Lord, if You will, You can cleanse me.


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And stretching out the hand, He touched him, saying, I will! Be clean! And immediately the leprosy departed from him.


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And He commanded him, Tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.


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But the word about Him spread even more. And great crowds were coming to hear, and to be healed from their infirmities by Him.


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And it happened on one of the days, even He was teaching. And Pharisees and teachers of [the] Law were sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the] power of [the] Lord was there, for the curing [of] them.


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And behold, men carrying, on a cot, a man who was paralyzed. And they sought to bring him in and to lay [him] before Him.


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And not finding a way by [which] they might bring him in through the crowd, going up on the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst, before Jesus.


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And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God alone?


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But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralytic, I say to you, Arise, and take up your cot [and] go to your house.


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And immediately he rose up before them and took up [that] on which he lay. And he departed to his own house, glorifying God.


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And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled [with] fear, saying, We saw wonderful things today.


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And after these things He went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi, sitting at the tax-office. And [He] said to him, Follow Me.


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And Levi made a great feast in his own house for Him. And there was a great company of tax-collectors and of others who were reclining with them.


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But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against His disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and sinners?


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And Jesus answered and said to them, Those who are sound do not need a physician, but those who are sick.


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And they said to Him, Why do John's disciples fast often and make prayers, and also [the disciples] of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?


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But He said to them, Can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?


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And He also spoke a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment on an old garment. Otherwise, both the new will tear, and [the old] does not match [the] piece from the new.


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And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskin will perish.


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And it happened on the second chief sabbath, He went through the grain fields. And His disciples plucked the heads [of grain] and ate, rubbing [them] in their hands.


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And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?


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And answering, Jesus said to them, Have you not read this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him;


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how he went into the house of God and took the showbread, and ate (and also gave to those who were with him) which it is not lawful to eat, except for the priests alone?


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And it happened, also on another sabbath, that He entered into the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was withered.


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And the scribes and Pharisees watched him [to see] if He would heal on the sabbath day, so that they might find an accusation against Him.


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But He knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up and stand in the middle. And he arose and stood.


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Then Jesus said to them, I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil, to save life, or to destroy [it] ?


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And looking around on them all, He said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he did so. And his hand was restored whole like the other.


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And they were filled [with] madness, and talked with one another [as to] what they might do to Jesus.


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And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.


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And when it was day, He called His disciples. And He chose twelve of them, whom He also named apostles:


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And coming down with them, He stood on a level place. And a crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon (who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases) were there;


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And lifting up His eyes to His disciples, He said, Blessed [are] the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.


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Blessed [are] you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed [are you] who weep now, for you shall laugh.


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Blessed [are] you when men shall hate you, and when they shall cut you off, and when they shall reproach [you] and shall cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.


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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward [is] great in Heaven. For so their fathers did according to these things to the prophets.


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Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.


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And to him who strikes you on the [one] cheek, also offer the other. And to him who takes away your garment, do not forbid your tunic also.


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For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also love those who love them.


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And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also do the same.


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And if you lend [to those] of whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.


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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing [in return]. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and [to] the evil.


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Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.


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Give, and it shall be given to you, good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over, they shall give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured to you again.


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And He spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?


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And why do you look at the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but do not see the beam that is in [your] own eye?


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Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the splinter in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.


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For a good tree does not bring forth corrupt fruit, neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.


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For every tree is known by [its] own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.


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A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth the evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.


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He is like a man who built a house and dug deep and laid the foundation on a rock; and a flood occurring, the stream burst against that house and could not shake it; for it was founded on a rock.


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But he who hears and does not perform, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, on which the stream burst, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.


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And when he heard of Jesus, he sent the elders of the Jews to Him, begging Him that He would come and heal his servant.


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And coming to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying that he was worthy, he for whom You give this;


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Then Jesus went with them. But He being yet not far off from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, Lord, do not trouble Yourself. For I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof.


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Therefore neither did I think myself worthy to come to You; but say a word, and my servant will be healed.


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For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers. And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does [it].


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And hearing these things, Jesus marveled at him. And turning to the crowd following Him, He said, I say to you, I have not found such faith, no, not in Israel.


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And it happened on the next day, He went into a city called Nain. And many of His disciples and a great crowd went with Him.


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And drawing near the gate of the city, even behold, one having died was being carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable crowd of the city was with her.


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And He came and touched the bier. And the ones who bore [him] stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, Arise!


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And fear came on all. And they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has risen up among us; and, God has visited His people.


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And John, calling near a certain two of his disciples, sent [them] to Jesus, saying, Are You He that should come, or do we look for another?


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And coming to Him, the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, Are You He who should come, or do we look for another?


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And in the same hour He cured many of infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits. And He gave sight to many who were blind.


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And answering, Jesus said to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the gospel is proclaimed to the poor.


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And when the messengers of John had departed, He began to speak to the people concerning John. What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?


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But what did you go out to see? A man clothed with soft clothing? Behold, those in splendid clothing and being in luxury are in kings' palaces.


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This is [he] of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.


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For I say to you, Among [those] who are born of woman there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.


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And all the people and the tax-collectors who heard [Him] justified God, being baptized [with] the baptism of John.


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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, not being baptized by him.


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And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? And to what are they like?


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They are like children sitting in a market and calling to one another, and saying, We have played the flute to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you did not weep.


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The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!


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And one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And going into the Pharisee's house, He reclined.


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And behold, a woman, a sinner in the city, knowing that He reclined in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster vial of ointment.


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And she stood behind [Him], weeping at His feet, and she began to wash His feet with tears and wipe them with the hair of her head. And [she] ardently kissed His feet and anointed [them] with the ointment.


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But seeing this, the Pharisee who had invited Him, spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what kind of woman [this is] who touches him, for she is a sinner.


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And answering, Jesus said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Teacher, speak.


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There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and [the] other fifty.


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And they having nothing to pay, he freely forgave both. Then which of them do [you] say will love him most?


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And answering, Simon said, I suppose that one to whom he forgave most. And He said to him, You have judged rightly.


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And He turned to the woman and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, yet you gave Me no water for My feet. But she has washed My feet with tears, and has wiped [them] with the hair of her head.


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Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.


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And it happened afterwards, He traveled in every city and village, proclaiming and announcing the gospel of the kingdom of God. And the Twelve [were] with Him,


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and also certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities; Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven demons,


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and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to Him of their possessions.


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A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, the one fell by the roadside and was trampled; and the birds of the air devoured it.


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And other fell on good ground and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And when He had said these things, He cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


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And He said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God. But to others I speak in parables, so that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand.


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Those by the roadside are the ones who hear; then the Devil comes and takes the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.


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Those on the rock [are] the ones who, when they hear, receive the Word with joy. And these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.


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And those which fell among thorns are the ones who, when they have heard, go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of life, and do not bear to maturity.


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But those on the good ground are the ones who, in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep [it] and bring forth fruit with patience.


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And no one lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts [it] under a couch; but he sets [it] on a lampstand so that those who enter in may see the light.


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For nothing is secret that shall not be revealed; nor secret which shall not be known and come to be revealed.


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Therefore be careful how you hear. For whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.


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And His mother and [His] brothers came to Him. And they could not come near Him because of the crowd.


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And it was told to Him [by some], who said, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside desiring to see You.


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And He answered and said to them, My mother and My brothers are those who hear the Word of God and do it.


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And it happened on a certain day that He went into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they put out to sea.


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But as they sailed, He fell asleep. And a storm of wind came onto the lake. And they were being filled [with water] and were in jeopardy.


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And they came to Him and awakened Him, saying, Master, Master, we are perishing! Then being aroused, He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm.


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And He said to them, Where is your faith? And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this One? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!


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And He going out onto land, He met a certain man out of the city, who had had demons a long time, and put on no clothes, nor stayed in a house, but among the tombs.


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And seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him and said with a loud voice, What is to me and to You, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I beseech You, Do not torment me!


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(For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had seized him. And he had been kept bound in chains and in fetters, and he broke the bands and was driven into the deserted [places] by the demons.)


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And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.


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And there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain. And they begged Him that He would allow them to enter into them. And He allowed them.


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And coming out of the man, the demons entered into the pigs. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were choked.


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And those feeding [the pigs], and seeing the thing, fled. And leaving, [they] reported to the city and to the farms.


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And they went out to see what had been done. And they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had departed sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.


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And all the multitude of the neighborhood of the Gadarenes were seized with a great fear, and asked Him to depart from them. And entering into the boat, He returned.


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And the man out of whom the demons had gone out begged Him, [desiring] to be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,


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Return to your own house and declare what God has done to you. And he went his way and proclaimed throughout all the city what [great] things Jesus had done to him.


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And it happened when Jesus had returned, the people received Him. For they were all waiting for Him.


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And behold, a man named Jairus came, and he was a synagogue-ruler. And he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged Him that He would come into his house.


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For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. But as He went, the people thronged Him.


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And a woman who had a flow of blood twelve years (who had spent all her living on physicians, [and] could not be healed by any)


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came behind [Him] and touched the border of His garment. And instantly her flow of blood was staunched.


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And Jesus said, Who touched Me? And all having denied, Peter and those with Him said, Master, the crowd presses and jostles You, and You say, Who touched Me?


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And seeing that she was not hidden, the woman came trembling. And falling down before Him, she declared to Him before all the people why she had touched Him, and how she was instantly healed.


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He was still speaking when someone came from the synagogue-ruler, saying to him, Your daughter is dead, do not trouble the Teacher.


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And coming into the house, He allowed no one to go in, except Peter and James and John, and the father and the mother of the girl.


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And her spirit came again, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that [food] be given her to eat.


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And He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.


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And He said to them, Take nothing for [your] journey, neither staffs, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money, nor each to have two tunics.


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And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.


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And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things happening by Him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from [the] dead;


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And Herod said, John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see Him.


