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16002

"I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you have known no god except for me, because except for me there is no savior.

16003

We pay to drink our own water, and our own wood is sold to us at high price.

16004

A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.

16005

What is this coming up from the desert like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?

16006

Meanwhile, there was a man named Naboth from Jezreel who owned a vineyard that was located contiguous to King Ahab's palace in Samaria.

16007

Then you are to affirm and declare in the presence of the LORD your God:

16008

She has sent out her young women, while calling out from the heights of the city,

16009

When a man has sexual relations with a woman and the man releases semen, both are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening."

16010

David hid in the field. When the New Moon arrived, the king sat down to eat.

16012

Then Agrippa told Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

16014

At this point, Joseph could not control his emotions any longer, so he cried out to everyone who was standing nearby, "Everybody! Leave me!" As a result, none of his staff was anywhere near him when he revealed himself to his brothers.

16015

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me,

16016

"But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

16017

When they had crossed over, they came ashore at Gennesaret and anchored the boat.

16018

Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the place where he slaughtered the sin and burnt offerings that is, at a place in the sanctuary. Just as the sin offering is for the priest, so also is the guilt offering. It's a most holy thing.

16019

Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

16021

You are not to make a covenant with them or with their gods.

16023

Afraid of Solomon, Adonijah also jumped up and headed straight for the horns of the altar.

16025

After two days, he will restore us to life, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence.

16026

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together and became like chaff from a summer threshing floor that the breeze carries away without leaving a trace. Then the rock that struck the statue grew into a huge mountain and filled the entire earth.

16027

Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.

16028

Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,

16029

Responding to the women, the angel said, "Stop being frightened! I know you're looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

16030

They will not live in the LORD's land Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

16031

"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed.

16032

Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.

16033

If I'm guilty and have done something that deserves death, I'm willing to die. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to the emperor!"

16034

He was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Zechariah's daughter Abi.

16035

From there the Israelis went up and wept in the LORD's presence until evening. Then they asked the LORD, "Should we attack the descendants of Benjamin again?" The LORD replied, "Attack them."

16036

Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

16037

Moses and Aaron entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

16038

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered together as a group because of the sin committed by those who had been led astray. As for me, I remained seated, in shock, until the evening sacrifice.

16039

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war against them, conquer them, and kill them.

16040

It takes eleven days to travel from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea via Mount Seir.

16041

The LORD replied to him, "Go! Return to Damascus, and when you get there, anoint Hazael as king over Aram,

16042

Then Pilate called the high priests, the other leaders, and the people together

16043

The wicked will turn back to where the dead are all the nations that have forgotten God.

16044

"He said, "No! If you pull out the weeds, you might pull out the wheat with them.

16045

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness," declares the Lord GOD.

16046

Whether for two days, a month, or for longer periods, whenever the cloud would remain above the tent, the Israelis would remain in camp, not traveling. But whenever it ascended, then they would travel.

16047

Brothers, I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what the Scriptures say. Then you will stop boasting about one person at the expense of another.

16048

They began to call Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

16049

they took the initiative by preparing their provisions shrewdly: they took tattered sacks for their donkeys, worn-out, torn, and mended wineskins,

16050

I declare what I've seen in my Father's presence, and you're doing what you've heard from your father."

16051

When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus opened the prosecution by saying:

16053

"I will stand at my guard post and station myself on a tower. I will wait and see what the LORD will say about me and what I will answer when he reprimands me."

16054

"As I continued to watch, that same horn waged war against the saints, and was prevailing against them

16055

Whenever the tent is ready for travel, the descendants of Levi are to take it down. When it's time to encamp, the descendants of Levi are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be executed.

16056

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind me, Satan, because you're not thinking God's thoughts, but human thoughts!"

16057

They divide my clothing among themselves; they cast lots for my clothing!

16058

"Your brothers will praise you, Judah. Your hand will be at the throat of your enemies, and your father's children will bow down to you.

16059

But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

16060

As to all its fat that is, the fat on the tail and the fat covering the internal organs the one presenting the sacrifice is to offer it.

16062

since Hammedatha's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, had plotted against the Jewish people to destroy them, and he had cast the (that is, the lot) to determine when to confuse and destroy them.

16063

They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

16064

"Every male must appear in the presence of the LORD your God three times a year at the place where he will choose: for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Seven Weeks, and the Festival of Tents. He must not appear in the LORD's presence empty-handed,

16066

I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won't be destroyed, but I found no one,

16067

But Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

16068

When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today."

16069

When the high priests and the officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate told them, "You take him and crucify him. I find no basis for a charge against him."

16070

He granted us deliverance from our enemies' grip so that we could serve him without fear

16071

A sharp sword comes out of his mouth to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod and tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

16072

"Joseph's brothers became jealous of him and sold Joseph as a slave in Egypt. However, God was with him

16074

"As you were watching, a rock was quarried but not with human hands and it struck the iron and clay feet of the statue, breaking them to pieces.

16075

But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

16076

So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language:

16077

And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continuously be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people. Otherwise, you may fall from your secure position.

16078

Now the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and told himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who is touching him and what kind of woman she is. She's a sinner!"

16079

If only authority over this people were given to me. Then I would remove Abimelech!" Then he challenged Abimelech: "Build up your army and then come out and fight!"

16080

John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.

16082

as his offering a silver dish weighing 130 shekels and a silver bowl weighing 70 shekels (calculated according to the shekel of the sanctuary), both filled with choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

16083

they placed the fat on the breast and burned the fat on the altar.

16085

"For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Once more, in a little while, I will make the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land to shake.

16086

but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil filled with deadly poison.

16087

If you continue to point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of the Messiah Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the healthy teaching that you have followed closely.

16090

There is a road that seems right for a man to travel, but in the end it's the road to death.

16093

"Then they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of the people who rebelled against me. For their worm will not die, nor will their fire be extinguished, and they will remain an object of revulsion to all humanity."

16094

But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."

16095

Nevertheless, I've reserved 7,000 in Israel who have neither bowed their knees to Baal nor kissed him."

16096

Explain and present a case! Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and Savior; and there is none besides me.

16098

The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.

16099

I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?

16100

because I've given to the descendants of Levi the tithes that the Israelis bring to the LORD as raised offering. Therefore I told them that, unlike the Israelis, they won't receive an inheritance."

16101

on the fourteenth day of this month. You are to observe it at this appointed time between the evenings. You are to observe it according to all its decrees and laws."

16102

People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken.

16103

but God told Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the youth and your slave girl. Pay attention to Sarah in everything she tells you, because your offspring are to be named through Isaac.

16105

They answered him, "Jesus from Nazareth." Jesus told them, "I AM." Judas, the man who betrayed him, was standing with them.

16106

Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

16107

Zedekiah then rebelled against the king of Babylon, so on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army approached Jerusalem, attacked it, encamped against it, and built a siege wall that surrounded the city.

16108

He'll recognize neither the gods of his ancestors nor those desired by women he won't recognize any god, because he'll exalt himself above everything.

16109

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

16111

On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year of the exile to Babylon, while I was among the captives on the bank of the Chebar River, heaven opened up and I saw visions from God.

16114

A message came from the LORD for me, and it had this to say:

16116

You will certainly never enter the land about which I made an oath with my uplifted hand to settle you in it, except for Jephunneh's son Caleb and Nun's son Joshua.

16119

Back in those days, Israel didn't yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.

16120

Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep.

16121

It uses all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and those living on it worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

16122

I'll ascend above the tops of the clouds; I'll make myself like the Most High.'

16123

Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people.

16124

"There are to be no cultic prostitutes among the daughters or the sons of Israel.

16125

Eighteen years after King Josiah had begun to reign, the king sent Azaliah's son Shaphan, grandson of Meshullam the scribe, to the LORD's Temple. He told him,

16126

You are to kill every male child and every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

16127

Whoever is not against us is for us.

16128

Another angel came with a gold censer and stood at the altar. He was given a large quantity of incense to offer on the gold altar before the throne, along with the prayers of all the saints.

16129

The priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

16131

"If your relative becomes so poor that he is indebted to you, then you are to support him. You are to let him live with you just like the resident alien and the traveler.

16132

Or do you think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that God caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?

16133

Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord, "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

16134

Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.

16135

Now if you are without any discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate and not God's sons.

16136

Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand should be carried out.

16138

I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea,

16139

"Stop being afraid, land! Rejoice and be glad, because the LORD will do great things.

16140

She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.

16141

Instead, one brother goes to court against another brother, and before unbelieving judges, at that!

16142

You are to execute old men, young men, young women, little children, and women. But don't touch anyone who has been marked. Begin at my Holy Place!" And so they started with the elders who were in standing in front of the Temple.

16143

They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"

16144

with the boundary including Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh. The boundary terminated at the Jordan River, for a total of sixteen towns and villages.

16145

and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.

16146

Later, King Rezin of Aram and Remaliah's son Pekah, king of Israel, approached Jerusalem to attack it. They besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.

16147

The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

16148

This is what the LORD says: "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified of them.

16150

Then Moses came and reported all the words of the LORD and all the statutes to the people, and they all answered with one voice, "We will do everything that the LORD has decreed."

16151

Pass it on to your children, and from your children to their children, and from their children to the following generation.

16152

because every tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush.

16153

So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.

16154

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!

16155

"So now, you dishonored and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come in this time of final punishment,

16156

and the one who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, for the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to God's will.

16157

However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD's altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues to this day.

16158

and the pig (because it has divided hooves and is therefore cloven-footed, but it doesn't ruminate its cud, it is to be unclean for you).

16160

Your corpses will fall in this wilderness every single one of you who has been counted among you, according to your number from 20 years and above, who complained against me.

16161

They tried to find out what era or specific time the Spirit of the Messiah in them kept referring to when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.

16162

Jeroboam's son Nadab became king over Israel during the second year of the reign of King Asa over Judah. He reigned over Israel for two years,

16163

Then the LORD told Moses, "Go up to me on the mountain and stay there. I'll give you stone tablets with the instruction and law that I've written to teach the people."

16164

Indeed, I'll bring you healing, and I'll heal you of your wounds,' declares the LORD, "because they have called you an outcast and have said, "It is Zion, no one cares for her!"'"

16165

But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.

16166

The tribe of Issachar supplied 200 leaders, along with all of their relatives under their command. They kept up-to-date in their understanding of the times and knew what Israel should do.

16167

"You are to make the tent with ten curtains of fine woven linen and with blue, purple, and scarlet material. You are to make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

16168

When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, they all became terrified, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

16169

since Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

16170

Hiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference.

16172

He came to us, took Paul's belt, and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, "The Holy Spirit says, "This is how the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the gentiles.'"

16173

Then the glory that is Israel's God arose from the cherubim on which he had been seated and settled on the threshold of the Temple. He called out to the man dressed in linen who wore the writing case at his side.

16174

"I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, that I can defend myself today against all the accusations of the Jewish leaders,

16177

At this, they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the Temple.

16178

They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.

16179

They kept saying, "This is Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn't it, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, "I have come down from heaven'?"

16180

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation!

16181

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the flock in his care. If only you would listen to his voice today,

16182

"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

16184

They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."

16185

It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

16186

Then his wife told him, "Do you remain firm in your integrity? Curse God and die!"

16187

Anah's descendant was Dishon. Dishon's descendants were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

16188

Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

16189

Now as to my servant Caleb, because a different spirit is within him and he has remained true to me, I'm going to bring him into the land that he explored, and his descendants are to inherit it.

16190

Whoever isolates himself pursues selfish ends; he resists all sound advice.

16192

"Next is to be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of Zebulun is to be Helon's son Eliab.

16193

"Count for yourselves seven years of Sabbaths seven times seven years. This set of seven weeks of years total 49 years for you.

16195

Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.

16196

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and will write them on their minds,

16197

Abraham had taken another wife whose name was Keturah.

16199

After this, Cain left the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

16200

But he told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

16201

A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was four cubits and a span tall,

16202

At that time, Israel will be in a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria; they will be a blessing in the midst of the earth.

16204

The two of them were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and came to the tomb first.

16206

Then Elisha prayed, asking the LORD, "Please make him able to really see!" And so when the LORD enabled the young man to see, he looked, and there was the mountain, filled with horses and fiery chariots surrounding Elisha!

16207

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch went on his way rejoicing and did not see Philip again.

16208

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

16209

and inquired, "What are you willing to give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They offered him 30 pieces of silver,

16210

Then Barnabas left for Tarsus to look for Saul.

16211

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not a waste of time.

16212

When they arrived at the shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish lying on it, and some bread.

16215

because surprise! you're going to conceive and give birth to a son! Don't put a razor to his head, because the young man will be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from inside the womb. He will begin to deliver Israel from domination by the Philistines."

16217

If you don't have the ability to pay, why should your very bed be taken from under you?

16218

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

16219

How terrible it will be for the world due to its temptations to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!

16220

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

16221

"Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Dedicate a fast and call for a solemn assembly!

16222

"When destruction comes, they'll seek peace, but there will be none to be found.

16223

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly, and that it may be honored the way it is among you.

16224

This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.

16225

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.

16226

Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back.

16227

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

16228

While Moses was there with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights, he did not eat or drink. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.

16229

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."

16230

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

16232

But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead.

16234

But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.

16235

I'll hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land where you were not born, and there you will die.

16237

The LORD told Moses,

16238

After she had said this, she turned around and noticed Jesus standing there, without realizing that it was Jesus.

16240

Now many of the Samaritans of that town believed in Jesus because the woman had testified, "He told me everything I've ever done."

16241

His judgments are true and just. He has condemned the notorious prostitute who corrupted the world with her immorality. He has taken revenge on her for the blood of his servants."

16242

But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.

16243

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its normal depth at daybreak. The Egyptians tried to retreat in front of the advancing water, but the LORD destroyed the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

16245

At Horeb you continually rebelled against the LORD, so that he was angry enough to destroy you.

16247

Draw near to me, and listen to this: "From the beginning I haven't spoken in secret; at the time it happened, I was there.' And now the LORD God, and his Spirit, has sent me.

16248

The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him!

16249

When he arrived, he rejoiced to see what the grace of God had done, and with hearty determination he kept encouraging all of them to remain faithful to the Lord,

16250

Look! They have gone away because of the destruction Egypt will gather them up, and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will overgrow their inheritance, and thorns will grow in their tents.

16255

When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to the festival as usual.

16256

"Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it?

16257

I want you to be free from concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord.

16258

What good is frankincense that comes from Sheba to me, or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings aren't acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me."

16260

Jezebel sent a messenger to tell Elijah, "May the gods do the same to me and even more if tomorrow about this time I haven't made you like one of those prophets you had killed."

16261

Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law, too! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you don't even lift a finger to ease those burdens.

16262

In this passage he says, "You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings," which are offered according to the Law.

16263

I will boast about this man, but as for myself I will boast only about my weaknesses.

16265

If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence

16266

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"

16267

Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

16268

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "These people keep saying, "No, the right time for rebuilding the LORD's Temple has not yet come."'"

16269

"Sing aloud, daughter of Zion! Shout out, Israel! Rejoice with all of your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!

16270

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his gracious love is everlasting.

16274

"Again, the kingdom from heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

16275

And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"

16276

Therefore he is precious to you who believe, but to those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,

16277

As the men were going out, a man who couldn't talk because he was demon-possessed was brought to him.

16278

Moses then told Aaron, "Approach the altar and bring your sin and whole burnt offerings. Make atonement for yourself and the people. Then bring the people's offering and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded."

16280

I'm telling you what I'm telling everyone: Be alert!"

16282

When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!

16283

and one male goat for a sin offering.

16285

Then the angel of the LORD went along a little further and stood in a much narrower space, where it was impossible to turn either right or left.

16286

who testified about this message from God and the testimony about Jesus the Messiah.

16291

Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

16292

Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the camp of Israel, moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front of them and stood behind them,

16293

So he said, "That's why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father."

16294

Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones; for the praise of the upright is beautiful.

16296

Our ancestors brought it here with Joshua when they replaced the nations that God drove out in front of our ancestors, and it was here until the time of David.

16297

I have given all green plants as food for every wild animal of the earth, every bird that flies, and to every living thing that crawls on the earth." And that is what happened.

16298

Then the LORD told Moses,

16299

It was the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors suspected that land was near.

16300

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

16301

But Hilkiah's son Eliakim, who managed the household, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph's son Joah the recorder came back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him what Rab-shakeh had said.

16302

But if it's not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house next to which is a wall is to belong in perpetuity to the one who bought it throughout his generations. It is not to be returned in the jubilee.

16303

"Ask the wild animals, and they'll teach you; the birds of the sky will tell you.

16304

"The afterlife below is all astir to meet you when you arrive; it rouses up the spirits of the dead to greet you everyone who used to be world leaders. It has raised up from their thrones all who used to be kings of the nations.

16305

"Who told you that you are naked?" Godasked. "Did you eat fruit from the tree that I commanded you not to eat?"

16306

though these three men lived there, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they couldn't deliver their own sons and daughters. They would only save themselves.

16310

You see that the LORD has given you the Sabbath, and so on the sixth day he gives you food for two days. Let each person stay where he is; let no one leave his place on the seventh day."

16311

The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing.

16314

"The encampment of Judah is to settle east toward the sunrise under their standard. The leader of Judah is to be Amminadab's son Nahshon.

16316

""Then I'll install one shepherd for them my servant David and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd.

16317

Hear, heavens, and I will speak! Listen, earth, to the words of my mouth!

16319

Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Attend to that yourselves."

16321

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

16323

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

16325

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

16326

Instead, through those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year,

16328

When a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.

16330

Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.

16331

Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy.

16332

Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him.

16333

because it is the unbelievers who are eager for all those things. Surely your heavenly Father knows that you need all of them!

16335

Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning back their hearts again."

16338

"Look!" Pharaoh confirmed to Joseph, "I've put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt!"

16339

They observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelis did everything that the LORD had commanded through Moses.

16341

That statement is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith

16342

LORD, the earth overflows with your gracious love! Teach me your statutes. Teth

16343

In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

16344

Then the LORD will go out to battle against those nations, waging war as in a day of battle.

16346

A man whose body was swollen with fluid suddenly appeared in front of him.

16347

Offer them in addition to the regular burnt offering, accompanied by its grain offering and its corresponding drink offerings."

16348

After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

16349

John had clothing made of camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of grasshoppers and wild honey.

16350

After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

16351

All at once something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again.

16352

Some days later, Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him talk about faith in Jesus the Messiah.

16354

"Do not come any closer," God said. "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground."

16355

Take these commands to heart and keep them in mind, tying them as reminders on your arm and as bands on your forehead.

16358

He did not tell them anything without using a parable, though he explained everything to his disciples in private.

16359

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

16360

"When all these things happen to you both the blessings and the curses that I've presented to you and you take them seriously in all the nations where the LORD your God will deport you,

16361

"Tell the Israelis that starting the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the week-long Festival of Tents to the LORD.

16362

They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

16364

But the Israelis responded to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live in our midst. If this is so, how can we make a treaty with you?"

16365

But the olive tree asked them, "Should I stop producing my rich oils by which both God and men are honored and go take dominion over trees?'

16367

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

16368

They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, made some wine, and threw a party. Then they went into the temple of their god, ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

16369

This calls for a mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is sitting. They are also seven kings.

16371

So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth. A horrible, painful sore appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the image.

16372

I, John, heard and saw these things. When I had heard and seen them, I bowed down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing me these things.

16373

"If you carefully observe the commands that I'm giving you today, to love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and soul,

16374

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Jesus.

16375

He will again show us compassion; he will subdue our iniquities. You will hurl all their sins into the deepest sea.

16376

Judas (not Iscariot) asked him, "Lord, how is it that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"

16377

"You are to prophesy all these things against them, and you are to say to them, "The LORD roars from his high place, from his holy dwelling he lifts his voice. He roars loudly against his flock, and against all who live on the earth; he shouts like those treading grapes.

16378

"My servant Moses is dead. Now get ready to cross the Jordan River you and all the people to the land that I'm giving the Israelis.

16379

but when they went in, they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus.

16380

Joash executed 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley and captured Sela in battle, renaming it Joktheel, which remains its name to this day.

16381

Later, the LORD told Moses,

16382

Abraham answered, "God will provide himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son."

16383

but with righteousness he will judge the needy, and decide with equity for earth's poor. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and the wicked will be killed with the breath of his lips.

16384

He took them from them and, using a tool, fashioned them into a molten calf. The people said, "This, Israel, is your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt."

16385

Later, Aaron's son Eleazar also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which belonged to his son Phinehas, and which had been given to him in the mountainous region of Ephraim.

16386

and she loudly exclaimed, "How blessed are you among women, and how blessed is the infant in your womb!

16387

Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight

16388

He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

16389

He answered them, "Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things.

16390

Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"

16391

Then they approached Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and addressed him and the Israelis, "We've arrived from a distant country, so please make a treaty with us right now."

16392

His mouth is sweetness, and all of him is desirable. This is my beloved, this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem!

16393

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which overlooks the open wilderness.

16394

Later, they left Elim, and the whole congregation of the Israelis came to the desert of Sin, which lay between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

16395

so that the gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "That is why I will praise you among the gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."

16397

After this Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages.

16398

united together as one to fight against both Joshua and Israel.

16399

They were continually in the Temple, blessing God.

16400

Some time later, Berodach-baladan, the son of King Baladan of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.

16401

He will go out to deceive Gog and Magog, the nations at the four corners of the earth, and gather them for war. They are as numerous as the sands of the seashore.

16402

Then the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the gentiles, too,

16403

When the priest examines him and finds that the skin rash has indeed turned white, then the priest is to declare the one with the skin rash clean, and he will be clean."

16404

"Tell the Israelis that on the first day of the seventh month you are to have a Sabbath of rest for you a memorial announced by a loud blast of trumpets. It is to be a sacred assembly.

16406

A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees.

16407

Meanwhile, Rachel had taken the idols, placed them inside the saddle of her camel, and sat on them. Laban searched through the whole tent, but found nothing.

16408

They had set out from Rephidim and arrived at the desert of Sinai where they camped in the desert. Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

16409

"But after they had gained relief, they returned to doing evil before you. Therefore you abandoned them to the control of their enemies, who continued to oppress them. But when they came back and cried out to you, you listened from heaven and delivered them in your compassion on many occasions.

16410

Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his Temple. There were flashes of lightning, noises, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

16411

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

16414

Irritated, some who were there asked one another, "Why was the perfume wasted like this?

16416

When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.

16417

It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Bedouin will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.

16419

"My God, I am too ashamed and hurt to turn to you, because we're in our iniquities over our heads. Furthermore, my God, our sins have grown as high as the heavens. We have lived in great sin from the days of our ancestors even until today, and because of those iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered over to foreign kings, for execution, for captivity, for plunder, and for humiliation, as is the case today.

16420

A river of fire flowed out from before him. Thousands upon thousands were serving him, with millions upon millions waiting before him. The court sat in judgment, and record books were unsealed.

16422

and every day you are to offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Offer the sin offering on the altar when you make atonement for it and anoint the altar to consecrate it.

16426

He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,

16427

"A people whom you don't know will devour what your land and labor produces. You'll be only oppressed and discouraged continuously

16428

God told Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are not to call her Sarai any longer, because her name is to be Sarah.

16429

Of course not! How can we who died as far as sin is concerned go on living in it?

16430

"Don't harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads."

16431

With this in mind, we always pray for you, asking that our God might make you worthy of his calling and that through his power he might help you accomplish every good desire and faithful action.

16432

Do not suppose that I will be the one to accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope,

16435

"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"

16436

He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age, but also in the one to come.

16437

When you have completed this, you are to sleep on your right side, symbolically bearing the iniquity of Judah for 40 days. Each day that I've assigned to you represents one year.

16438

So the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

16439

The people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all through the next day, gathering quails. The one who gathered least gathered enough to fill ten omers, as they spread out all around the camp.

16440

To you, LORD, belongs the greatness, and the valor, and the splendor, and the endurance, and the majesty because all that is in heaven and on earth is yours. To you belongs the kingdom, LORD, and you are exalted as head over all.

16441

Therefore, tell the Israelis, "I am the LORD. I'll bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I'll deliver you from their bondage. I'll redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

16442

if his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to bring a male without any defect. He is to present it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. At the appointed time, it is to be presented in the presence of the LORD so that he may be accepted.

16444

The person who is clean is to wash his clothes, shave all his hair, and bathe in water, after which he is to be declared clean. Then he can be brought back to the camp, but he is to remain outside his tent for seven days.

16445

Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

16446

"The LORD was also furious with me because of you. He said: "You will not enter the land.

16447

He will discuss with you how you and your entire household will be saved.'

16449

As surely as the truth of the Messiah is in me, my boasting will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

16450

Furthermore, we decree that with respect to any of the priests, descendants of Levi, singers, gatekeepers, Temple Servants, or other servants of this Temple of God, it is not to be lawful to impose any tribute, tax, or toll on them.

16451

Sometime later, the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, accompanied with a large army.

16452

Moses told the LORD, "Look, you have told me, "Bring up this people,' but you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, "I know you by name,' and also, "You have found favor in my sight.'

16453

""Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me,' declares the Lord, "or what place is there in which I can rest?

16455

When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and told them as they were walking along,

16456

I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.

16457

Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings.

16459

"You are not to be unjust in deciding a case. You are not to show partiality to the poor or honor the great. Instead, decide the case of your neighbor with righteousness."

16460

Moses told them, "It's the food that the LORD has given you to eat. This is what the LORD has commanded: "You are to gather from it what each person is to eat, about one omer per person according to the number of your people, and one person is to gather for everyone in his tent.'"

16461

The Israelis were mustered, equipped with provisions, and sent out to fight. The Israeli encampment looked like two little flocks of goats compared to how the Aramean encampments filled the countryside!

16462

He was speaking about this matter quite openly.

16463

On the seventh day of the fifth month, which was during the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar's reign as king of Babylon, captain of the guard Nebuzaradan, a servant of the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem

16464

"I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Redeemer And I've given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and the people of Seba in exchange for you.

16465

You yourself live in the midst of deception, and because they are deceived they do not know me," declares the LORD.

16467

One day the Guild of Prophets told Elisha, "Notice how the place where we are living is too small for us.

16468

Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you.

16469

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

16470

I'll give to you and to your descendants the land to which you have traveled all the land of Canaan as an eternal possession. I will be their God."

16471

Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed 30 men, took their belongings, and gave the garments to those who had told him the solution to the riddle. He remained furious, left for his father's house,

16473

has scoliosis, is a dwarf, or has an eye defect, an itching disease, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

16474

But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people with what he teaches all over Judea, from where he started in Galilee to this place."

16475

He said: "The LORD came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, he shone forth from Mount Paran, accompanied by a myriad of his holy ones, with flaming fire from his right hand for them.

16477

The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.

16478

The Jewish people assembled in their towns throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who intended to harm them, and no one could oppose them because all the people had come to fear the Jews.

16480

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

16481

Chenaniah, music leader for the descendants of Levi, served as music director, because he was expert at it.

16482

For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.

16483

They are not to live in your land. Otherwise they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will become a snare for you."

16484

Then he left that place and went to the home of a man named Titius Justus, who worshipped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.

16485

In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

16486

You may ask me, "Then why does God still find fault with anybody? For who can resist his will?"

16487

So he sent messengers on ahead of him. On their way they went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

16488

Then replace the army that you lost, horse-for-horse and chariot-for-chariot. We'll fight them on the plains, and we're certain to be the stronger army." Ben-hadad listened to what they had to say and carried out their advice.

16493

I will set a garrison around my Temple, to hinder those who might come and go, and to guard against oppressors who intend to invade; for I have taken note of this with my eyes."

16494

Then they no longer dared to ask him another question.

16495

Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

16496

But they all shouted out together, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas for us!"

16497

Then one of them said, "I will certainly return to you in about a year's time. By then, your wife Sarah will have borne a son."

16499

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

16501

Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

16502

"The house of Israel and Judah is guilty and theirs is a stubborn guilt, at that!" he replied to me. "The land is filled with blood, and the city overflows with injustice, because they keep saying, "The LORD has abandoned the land,' and "The LORD isn't watching.'

16504

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

16505

But the Israelis walked through the middle of the sea on dry land, and the water stood like a wall for them on their right and on their left.

16506

"You took note of the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and listened to their cry at the Red Sea.

16507

This was David's last composition: The oracle of David, son of Jesse, an oracle by the valiant one who was exalted anointed by the God of Jacob, the contented psalm writer of Israel.

16508

Then he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he remained there.

16509

It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.

16510

He also told the Israelis, "Bring a male goat for a sin offering, a calf, a year old lamb without defect for a whole burnt offering,

16511

Then Moses led Israel from the Reed Sea and they went to the desert of Shur. They traveled into the desert for three days and did not find water.

16512

Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his Holy Place?

16513

"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?

16515

envy, murder, drunkenness, wild partying, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

16516

"You are to make an altar for burning incense. You are to make it of acacia wood.

16518

Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

16519

When Esau realized what his father Isaac was saying, he began to wail out loud bitterly. "Bless me," he cried, "even me, too, my father!"

16520

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab asked him, "Is it really you, you destroyer of Israel?"

16521

You established the earth long ago; the heavens are the work of your hands.

16523

I tell all of you with certainty, all these things will happen to those living today."

16525

Furthermore, you are not to erect for yourselves a sacred stone pillar, because the LORD your God detests these things.

16527

I will remove the blood from its mouth, along with its abominations from between its teeth. Its survivors will be dedicated to our God; It will be like a clan of Judah, and Ekron will be as a Jebusite.

16528

As the Sabbath approached and it began to get dark at the gates of Jerusalem, I gave word to shut the gates, charging that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my men at the gates to ensure that no loads would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

16529

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelis looked up, and there were the Egyptians bearing down on them! Extremely frightened, the Israelis cried out to the LORD.

16530

because to anyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who doesn't have anything, even what he has will be taken away from him.

16531

"Should I hide from Abraham what I'm about to do," the LORD asked,

16532

The words of Hilkiah's son Jeremiah, who was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

16533

"You are to bring the best of the first fruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "You are not to boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

16534

You are to look for capable men among the people, men who fear God, men of integrity who hate dishonest gain. You are to set these men over them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

16536

After this, all of the tribes of Israel assembled with David at Hebron and declared, "Look, we're your own flesh and blood!

16537

David mustered his forces and appointed officers in charge of regiments and companies.

16538

Indeed, then I will return my people to a pure language so that they all may call upon the name of the LORD, serving him with a united will.

16539

"A somewhat insignificant horn emerged from one of them. It moved rapidly against the south, against the east, and against the Glory.

16540

then the man who raped her must give 50 shekels of silver to the girl's father. Furthermore, he must marry her. Because he had violated her, he is to not divorce her as long as he lives.

16542

Jesus allowed no one to go further with him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

16543

"Look, I've made a covenant with you. You will be the father of many nations.

16544

"No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may participate in the assembly of the LORD.

16545

Then, turning to the woman, he told Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

16546

Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD earlier.

16547

They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them."

16548

But when you are invited, go and sit down at the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, "Friend, move up higher,' and you will be honored in the presence of everyone who eats with you.

16549

Someone told David, "Look, the Philistines are fighting at Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."

16550

Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

16551

They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

16552

because the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

16553

God also said, "Here's the symbol that represents the covenant that I'm making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations:

16554

Later on, after Adam had sexual relations with his wife, she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because "God granted me another offspring to replace Abel, since Cain murdered him."

16555

Then Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man told him, "Rabbouni, I want to see again."

16556

Abraham traveled from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar as an outsider,

16558

They have abandoned the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place, and so they destroy the faith of others.

16559

While Ephraim stands watch with my God, the prophet has snares set that will trap his ways, and hostility lodges in the Temple of his God.

16560

She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne.

16563

He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you,' and, "With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

16564

You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace.

16565

Then I looked, and there was a white cloud! On the cloud sat someone who was like the Son of Man, with a gold victor's crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

16566

After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.

16567

"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,

16568

However, if it's from God, you won't be able to stop them, and you may even discover that you are fighting against God!"

16569

Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name be given glory on account of your gracious love and faithfulness.

16570

Then she conceived yet again, bore a son, and said, "This time I'll praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing children.

16573

for "God has put everything under his feet." Now when he says, "Everything has been put under him," this clearly excludes the one who put everything under him.

16575

When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

16576

so those living today will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that was shed since the foundation of the world,

16577

So this is what Joshua did for them: he saved them from the Israelis, and they did not kill them.

16578

The person who speaks in a foreign language builds himself up, but the person who prophesies builds up the church.

16580

I have seen this and have testified that this is the Son of God."

16582

Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, received promises, shut the mouths of lions,

16583

Later, the LORD instructed Moses,

16584

I tell you, two will be seated on the same couch that night. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind.

16586

"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.

16587

Since he found her in the country, the engaged girl may have cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.

16588

The LORD told Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and tell them that no priest is to defile himself on account of the dead among his people,

16590

""The end is coming! ""The end is here! ""And it's looking in your direction! ""Look out! It's arrived!

16591

"For when they're humbled, you may respond; "It's their pride!' but he delivers the humble.

16593

"When a woman has a discharge, and the blood is her monthly menstrual discharge from her body, then for seven days she is to remain in her menstrual uncleanness. Whoever touches her will remain unclean until evening.

16594

When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.

16595

Since, according to David's final instructions, the list above contains the total number of descendants of Levi from the age of 20 years and upward,

16597

I will shatter the gate bars of Damascus, and I will cut off the residents of the Aven Valley, along with the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir," says the LORD.

16598

I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth."

16600

Indeed, even the hairs on your head have all been counted!

16602

So he replied, "You know that the kingdom should have come to me, and that everyone in Israel intended to place me as the next king. However, the kingdom has turned around and now belongs to my brother, because it went to him from the LORD.

16603

prepared some delicious food, brought it to his father, and told him, "Can you get up now, father, so you may eat some of your son's game and then bless me?"

16604

how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, "You're blaspheming,' because I said, "I'm the Son of God'?

16605

At this, the anger of the LORD flared up against Balaam, because he was leaving. So the angel of the LORD stood in the way to oppose him. As Balaam was riding his donkey, accompanied by two of his servants,

16606

Right then the LORD's fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, the dust, and even the water that was in the trench!

16607

Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you do the actions of the Law or because you believe what you heard?

16608

So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the heavenly bodies. As it is written in the book of the Prophets: "O house of Israel, you didn't offer me slaughtered animals and sacrifices those 40 years in the wilderness, did you?

16609

One of them, an expert in the Law, tested him by asking,

16610

Simon the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed Jesus.

16611

"You are to make a lamp stand of pure gold: the lamp stand and its base and stem shall be of hammered work, and its cups, calyxes, and flowers are to be of one piece with it.

16613

Halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began teaching.

16614

Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.

16617

Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, "We see,' your sin still exists."

16618

When Jesus told them, "I AM," they backed away and fell to the ground.

16619

Neither threshing floor nor winepress will sustain them, and the new wine will disappoint her.

16620

Peter, along with John, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look at us!"

16621

Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the Temple, where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.

16622

"I'm headed down the road that everyone who lives on earth travels, so be strong and demonstrate that you're a grown man

16624

Adoram supervised conscripted labor, Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was the recorder,

16626

They got up right away, went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven disciples and their companions all together.

16627

The Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah, so he swept through Gilead and the territory of Manasseh, then swept through Mizpah in Gilead, and from Mizpah in Gilead he proceeded toward where the Ammonites were encamped.

16628

The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those living on earth became drunk with the wine of her immorality."

16629

Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"

16630

By faith Rahab the prostitute did not die with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies with a greeting of peace.

16631

So Isaac named the well Shebah, which is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.

16632

and sent Eliakim the household supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests all of them covered in sackcloth to Amoz's son, the prophet Isaiah.

16633

"If the contagion returns and spreads throughout the house after the stones have been removed, after the house has been scraped out, and after it has been re-coated,

16634

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit down at the place of honor in case someone more important than you was invited by the host.

16635

When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

16637

Did he not make them one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don't be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

16638

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

16639

They were utterly amazed at what he taught, because his message was spoken with authority.

16640

"When a fellow Hebrew male or female slave is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you are to set them free.

16643

because he has looked favorably on his humble servant. From now on, all generations will call me blessed,

16644

For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.

16645

Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

16648

So the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah both attacked Ramoth-gilead.

16649

So he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

16650

He trusts in God. Let God rescue him, if he wants to do so now. After all, he said, "I am the Son of God.'"

16653

He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"

16654

worn-out, patched sandals for their feet, and worn-out clothes. All of their food was dried out and covered in mold.

16655

"Wait while I hear what the LORD has to say about you," Moses replied.

16656

She lusted after her paramours, whose genitals are like those of donkeys, and whose emissions are like those of horses.

16657

By myself I have sworn from my mouth has gone out integrity, a promise that won't be revoked: "To me every knee will bow, and every tongue will swear.'

16659

and asked, "Why can't we bring an offering to the LORD at the appointed time among the Israelis, even though we are unclean because we came in contact with a corpse?"

16660

Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so we could humble ourselves before our God and seek from him an appropriate way for us and our little ones to live, and how we should guard our personal wealth,

16661

The king defiled the high places which faced Jerusalem on the south side of Corruption Mountain, which King Solomon of Israel had constructed for Ashtoreth, the Sidonian abomination, for Chemosh, the Moabite abomination, and for Milcom, the Ammonite abomination.

16662

"The Lord answered, "I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and stand on your feet, because I've appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you to be my servant and witness of what you've seen and of what I'll show you.

16663

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

16664

While they were out carrying out the executions, I was left alone. So I fell on my face and cried out, "O Lord GOD, are you going to destroy all of the survivors of Israel when you pour out your anger on Jerusalem?"

16665

The LORD spoke to Moses,

16666

"Didn't you hear? I determined it years ago! I planned this from ancient times, and now I've brought it to pass, to turn fortified cities into piles of ruins

16667

"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'

16668

Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

16670

When the Israelis cried out to him about Midian,

16671

Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

16672

Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house.

16673

That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.

16675

So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness.

16676

Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord.

16677

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

16679

Lining each side of the river banks, all sorts of species of fruit trees will be growing. Their leaves will never wither and their fruit will never fail. They will bear fruit every month, because the water that nourishes them will be flowing from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves will contain substances that promote healing."

16680

Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?

16682

He told Aaron, "Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram without defect for a whole burnt offering and bring them into the LORD's presence."

16683

He will raise a banner for the nations and will assemble the dispersed of Israel; he will gather the scattered people of Judah from the corners of the earth.

16684

He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me."

16685

I'll be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock and water will come out of it, so the people can drink." Moses did this in front of the elders of Israel.

16686

And so at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.

16687

Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

16688

Lord, you've been our refuge from generation to generation.

16690

They won't present wine offerings to the LORD, nor will they please him. Their sacrifices will seem like food for mourners everyone who eats them will become unclean; none of them will enter the Temple of the LORD.

16691

Are they the Messiah's servants? I am insane to talk like this, but I am a far better one! I have been involved in far greater efforts, far more imprisonments, countless beatings, and have faced death more than once.

16692

Consider, then, the kindness and severity of God: his severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness toward you if you continue receiving his kindness. Otherwise, you too will be cut off.

16693

"If a man meets a young virgin lady in the city who is engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her,

16694

The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.

16695

You returned and cried out in the LORD's presence, but the LORD didn't hear your voice or listen to you.

16696

But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

16697

I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

16698

"Two nations are in your womb," the LORD responded, "and two separate people will emerge. One people will be the stronger, and the older one will serve the younger."

16699

"Have you noticed that Ahab has humbled himself in my presence? Because he has humbled himself in my presence, I will not bring his evil to harvest during his lifetime, but I will bring evil to his household during his son's lifetime."

16700

But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."

16701

Then the angel of the LORD asked him, "Why did you beat your donkey in the space of only three footsteps? I've come to oppose you, because I say that what you're doing is perverted.

16702

"And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

16703

When all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they beat their chests and left.

16704

The twelve gates were twelve pearls, and each gate was made of a single pearl. The street of the city was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.

16705

"Look out at the nations and pay attention! Be astounded! Be really astounded! Because something is happening in your lifetime that you won't believe, even if it were described down to the smallest detail.

16706

So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

16707

All of the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the LORD God of Heaven, and he specifically charged me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Therefore, who among the LORD's people trusts in his God? Whoever among this group wishes to do so may travel to Jerusalem of Judah to rebuild the Temple of the LORD God of Israel, the God of Jerusalem.

16709

In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar). The message was trustworthy and concerned a great conflict. He understood it and had insight concerning the vision.

16710

"Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions

16711

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

16712

But as he was traveling along, a Samaritan came across the man. When the Samaritan saw him, he was moved with compassion.

16713

When Jesus' parents saw him, they were shocked. His mother asked him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been worried sick looking for you!"

16716

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were seated. He also distributed as much fish as they wanted.

16717

"He told me, "I'm Jesus from Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.' The men who were with me saw the light but didn't understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

16720

Jesus answered, "If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, "He is our God.'

16721

Elijah instructed Elisha, "Remain here on this side, please, because the LORD is sending me as far as Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives, I'm not going to leave you while you're still alive!" So they both went on to Bethel.

16722

God blessed them by saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!"

16723

"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,

16724

"Go and gather all the Jewish people who are in Susa and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. Both I and my young women will also fast in the same way, and then I'll go in to the king, even though it's against the law. And if I perish, I perish."

16725

Then Remaliah's son Pekah, Pekahiah's officer, conspired against him with Argob and Arieh. Accompanied by 50 Gileadite men, Pekah attacked Pekahiah inside the palace of the king's compound in Samaria, executed him, and reigned as king in his place.

16726

The LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

16727

After this incident, he loved a woman in Sorek Valley whose name was Delilah.

16730

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching,

16732

Now about the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire."

16733

There was a great deal of shouting until some of the scribes who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and argued forcefully, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

16736

Since the groom was late, all of them became sleepy and lay down.

16737

The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."

16740

because we have had the good news told to us as well as to them. But the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it.

16741

It will come about in all of the land," declares the LORD, "that two thirds of the people living there will die, but a third will survive who live there.

16742

What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

16743

"but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, "You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.'"

16744

Later, the LORD told Moses,

16745

The next day the firstborn told the younger one, "Look! I had sex with my father last night. Let's make him drink wine tonight again as well. Then you have sex with him, too. That way we'll preserve our father's lineage."

16746

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

16748

Just then she came forward and began to thank God and to speak about Jesus to everyone who was waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

16750

Really, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!

16751

"This will be the plague with which the LORD inflicts all of the people who have attacked Jerusalem: he will cause their flesh to rot away, even while they're standing on their feet. He will cause their eyes to rot away in their sockets, and their tongues to rot away in their mouths.

16754

"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

16755

When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Mister, your sins are forgiven."

16756

But to which of the angels did he ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

16759

Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD commanded you to do so that the glory of the LORD may be revealed to you."

16760

Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army.

16761

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

16762

and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.

16763

because these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "None of his bones will be broken."

16764

"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.

16767

Here's a list of cities allotted for the tribe of the descendants of Judah according to their families:

16768

Later, the Israelis broke their promise regarding the things that had been turned over to destruction. Carmi's son Achan, grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah from the tribe of Judah, appropriated some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. As a result, the LORD became angry with the Israelis.

16769

Then they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Should I crucify your king?"

16771

Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?"

16772

Since the harbor was not a good place to spend the winter, most of the men favored putting out to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. It is a Cretian harbor that faces southwest and northwest.

16775

This is how the priest is to present the sin offering to make atonement for the person being cleansed of his impurity. After this, he is to slaughter the whole burnt offering.

16776

"Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength, you arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of long ago. Was it not you who split apart Rehob, who pierced that sea monster through?

16777

Then he went on to say to them, "Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

16778

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had come down in fire on it. Smoke went up from it like smoke from a kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.

16779

"Son of Man, turn your attention toward Gog, from the land of Magog, leader of the head of Meshech, and of Tubal. Prophesy this against him:

16780

Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus told him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." Then he broke down and cried.

16781

It is a sign forever between me and the Israelis, because the LORD made the heavens and the earth in six days, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"

16782

and she is never rude; she never thinks just of herself or ever gets annoyed. She never is resentful;

16783

Then the LORD told Moses, "Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua: "I'll certainly wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven.'"

16784

A generous person will prosper, and anyone who gives water will receive a flood in return.

16785

Aaron waved the breast and the right thigh as a raised offering in the LORD's presence, just as Moses had commanded.

16787

Every third year, bring all the tithes of your produce of that year and store it in your cities

16788

The queen of the south will stand up and condemn the people living today, because she came from so far away to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look! Something greater than Solomon is here!"

16789

It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice:

16790

As soon as Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

16791

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

16792

So all the generations from Abraham to David totaled fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon totaled fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah there were fourteen generations.

16793

No prophet ever rose again in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew with such great intimacy.

16795

Look! The Lord will evict her, striking at her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

16797

When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

16798

"If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you are to certainly return it to him.

16800

He made his son into a burnt offering, practiced witchcraft, used divination, and consorted with mediums and spirit-channelers. He practiced many things that the LORD considered to be evil and provoked him.

16801

But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?

16802

As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."

16803

The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:

16804

From there he went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

16806

So take Aaron and his son Eleazar and ascend Mount Hor.

16807

So they quickly left the tomb, terrified but also ecstatic, and ran to tell Jesus' disciples.

16808

Then tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch me take the Israelis out of the nations where they've gone and return them from every direction. I'm going to bring them back into their own land.

16810

Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his advisor?

16811

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

16813

After the earthquake there came fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire, there was the sound of a gentle whisper.

16814

and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past.

16815

"Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits?"

16816

Later on, when Jehoshaphat and his army arrived to collect the spoils of war, they discovered there were far more goods, garments, and other valuable items to collect than they could carry off in a single day. There was so much material that it took three days to finish their collection efforts.

16818

After Ehud died, while the LORD was watching, the Israelis made the evil they had been practicing even worse,

16819

"Tell the descendants of Levi that when they receive tithes from the Israelis (the tithes that I've given you from them as an inheritance), you are to offer a tenth of it as a raised offering for the LORD.

16820

David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

16821

for the Law produces wrath. Now where there is no Law, neither can there be any violation of it.

16823

You have made the ways of life known to me, and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.'

16824

The seventh angel threw the contents of his bowl across the sky. A loud voice came from the throne in the Temple and said, "It has happened!"

16825

The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

16826

So if you haven't been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?

16828

So the disciples told him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."

16829

In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.

16831

So Abram left there, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot accompanied him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.

16833

But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'

16834

I tell all of you I will never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it with you once again in my Father's kingdom."

16836

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

16837

"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,

16838

"They are to make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

16839

You see that his faith worked together with what he did, and by his actions his faith was made complete.

16840

When Jesus saw how wisely the man answered, he told him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that, no one dared to ask him another question.

16842

Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons.

16843

When Jephthah arrived at his home in Mizpah surprise! it was his daughter who came out to meet him, playing tambourines and dancing. She was his one and only child. Except for her, he had no other son or daughter.

16844

Now they realize that everything you gave me comes from you,

16846

"This is what the LORD says: "Watch me! I'm going to search for my flock. I'll watch over them myself.

16847

The LORD told Moses, "Remind your brother Aaron that at no time is he to enter the sacred place from the room that contains the curtain into the presence of the Mercy Seat on top of the ark. Otherwise, he'll die, because I will appear in a cloud at the Mercy Seat.

16848

So they went away in a boat to a deserted place by themselves.

16849

While they were enjoying themselves, all of a sudden certain ungodly men who lived in the city surrounded the house, pounded on the door, and ordered the old man who owned the home, "Bring out the man who came to visit your home so we can have sex with him."

16852

"What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep and one of them strays, he leaves the 99 in the hills and goes to look for the one that has strayed, doesn't he?

16853

Just as many were astonished at you so was he marred in his appearance, more than any human, and his form beyond that of human semblance

16854

Then the LORD enabled Balaam to see, so he observed the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with an unsheathed sword in his hand. So he bowed down and prostrated himself on his face.

16855

"O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, because from you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

16856

Let the one who does what is evil continue to do what is evil. Let the filthy person continue to be filthy. Let the righteous person continue to do what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy."

16857

Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

16858

There are all kinds of advantages! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the utterances of God.

16859

When Joshua had grown old, having lived many years, the LORD told him, "You are old and have lived many years, but much of the land still remains to be possessed.

16860

"Listen carefully to these words. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands."

16861

That's how I'll put an end to your obscene conduct and sexual immorality that you kept on practicing since the day you left the land of Egypt so that you won't look in Egypt's direction or even remember it anymore.'

16862

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."

16863

had taken 100 prophets and had hidden them by fifties in a cave, providing them with food and water when Jezebel was trying to destroy the LORD's prophets.

16864

Then I heard a sound from heaven like that of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The sound I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.

16865

The LORD told Moses and Aaron,

16866

You deceived me, LORD, and I've been deceived. You overpowered me, and you prevailed. I've become a laughing stock all day long, and everyone mocks me.

16868

The LORD told Moses,

16869

Who has ascended to heaven, and then descended? Who has collected the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped up waters in a garment? Who has established all the farthest points of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!

16870

So Sarai told Abram, "You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her."

16872

When the time approaches for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, God's secret plan will be fulfilled, as he had announced to his servants, the prophets."

16873

You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.

16874

He told them, "Just after you go into the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters

16875

The LORD told Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance.

16876

"Tell the Israelis that when an Israeli or a resident alien who lives in Israel offers his child to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death. The people who live in the land are to stone him with stones.

16878

So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly."

16879

For God is compassionate. The LORD your God won't fail you. He won't destroy you or forget the covenant that he confirmed with your ancestors."

16880

because I have kept the LORD's way I haven't willfully abandoned my God

16882

Again the Jewish leaders picked up stones to stone him to death.

16883

They answered, "Your servants have arrived from a very distant land, because of the reputation of the LORD your God, because we've heard a report about all that he did in Egypt,

16885

At that hour of the night, he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately.

16886

Then the LORD instructed Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent out of brass and fasten it to a pole. Anyone who has been bitten and who looks at it will live."

16887

While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.

16889

The person who eats any kind of food must not ridicule the person who does not eat them, and the person who does not eat certain foods must not criticize the person who eats them, for God has accepted him.

16890

Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the time set for it, I will return to you about a year from now and Sarah will have a son."

16891

Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will rise up against him.

16893

They were singing a new song in front of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

16895

"While I was still speaking in prayer, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and placing my request in the presence of the LORD my God on behalf of the holy mountain of God

16896

This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.

16897

Some time later, Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.

16898

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry.

16899

The LORD said, "Look! They are one people with the same language for all of them, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Nothing that they have a mind to do will be impossible for them!

16900

As if on cue, Chenaanah's son Zedekiah approached Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. Then he asked him, "How did the Spirit of the LORD move from me to speak to you?"

16902

That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.

16903

They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

16904

But about Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."

16905

"The great Day of the LORD approaches How it comes, hurrying faster and faster! The sound of the Day of the LORD there includes the bitter cry of the mighty soldier.

16907

The next day Moses sat down to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.

16908

They called out to Lot and asked, "Where are the men who came to visit you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"

16910

However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.

16912

"So never be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not be made known.

16914

For the Scripture says about Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, to demonstrate my power through you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

16915

told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

16916

Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

16917

The LORD told Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I'll write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets that you broke.

16918

He asked them, "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith yet?"

16919

"How terrible for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.

16920

The fugitives of his troops will die by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the four winds. Then you'll know that I, the LORD, have spoken."

16922

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

16923

For God has locked all people in the prison of their own disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

16924

but when our time there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them accompanied us with their wives and children out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed,

16925

In your cities both the unclean and the clean together are to eat together, as the gazelle and the deer.

16926

"Now if the daughter of any priest defiles herself by being a prostitute, she defiles her father. She is to be incinerated.

16927

You are to do the same with your oxen and your sheep. They shall be with their mother for seven days and then on the eighth day you are to give them to me.

16928

When our time there ended, we got ready to go up to Jerusalem.

16929

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things. Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right: the righteous follow his example, but the rebellious stumble in them.

16930

We also saw the Nephilim, the descendants of Anak. Compared to the Nephilim, as we see things, we're like grasshoppers, and that's their opinion of us!"

16931

That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'

16932

Then the Jewish leaders asked one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we won't be able to find him? Surely he's not going to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

16933

One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.

16934

These men went on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

16935

At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

16936

At this, the king sent for and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

16937

for we know that the Messiah, who was raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

16938

The brothers there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and felt encouraged.

16939

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

16940

The entire earth is at rest and peace; its inhabitants break into song.

16941

then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

16942

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, disaster is going from nation to nation, a great storm is being stirred up from the most distant parts of the earth.

16943

because they heard them speaking in foreign languages and praising God. Then Peter said,

16944

They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.

16945

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

16948

This is what the LORD says who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,

16949

They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.

16950

He'll be a wild donkey of a man. He'll be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live in conflict with all of his relatives."

16952

"This will serve as a sign for you: you'll eat this year from what grows by itself, in the second year what grows from that, and in the third year you'll sow, reap, plant vineyards, and enjoy their fruit.

16953

On the road at noon, O King, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun. It flashed around me and those who were traveling with me.

16955

because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the nations of the earth."

16956

In Susa the capital the Jewish people killed and destroyed 500 people.

16957

How blessed is this woman for believing that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled!"

16958

his body must not remain overnight on the tree. You must bury him that same day, because cursed of God is the one who has been hanged on a tree. Don't defile your land that the LORD is about to give you as your inheritance."

16961

the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with unfaithful people.

16962

When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet, and he continued:

16964

She saw two angels in white clothes who were sitting down, one at the head and the other at the foot of the place where Jesus' body had been lying.

16965

"From detention and judgment he was taken away and who can even think about his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living, he was stricken for the transgression of my people.

16967

So King Solomon sent for him, and he was brought down from the altar. When he had arrived, he fell on his face in front of King Solomon, so Solomon told him, "Go home!"

16968

The army got up early the next morning and headed out into the wilderness of Tekoa. Jehoshaphat stood up and addressed them. "Listen to me, you inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem," he said. "Have faith in the LORD your God and you'll be established! Have faith in his prophets and you'll succeed!"

16969

When David returned from defeating the Philistine, as they were entering the city, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul, singing and dancing as they joyously played tambourines and lyres.

16971

But because I have told you this, sorrow has filled your hearts.

16972

In burnt offerings and sin offerings you never took delight.

16973

And this will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a feeding trough."

16974

Your majesty, if it be his will, our God whom we serve can deliver us from the blazing fire furnace, and he will deliver us from you.

16975

So Moses instructed the Israelis to observe the Passover.

16976

I do not think I'm inferior in any way to those "super-apostles."

16977

Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, I'm about to refine and test them. Because they're my people, what else can I do?

16979

After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood among his shipmates and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete. You would have avoided this hardship and damage.

16980

Later on, a man arrived from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God some bread as a first fruit offering. He had 20 loaves of barley and ripe ears of corn in his sack. So Elisha said, "Give them to the people so they can eat."

16981

When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was helping his brothers tend their flocks. He was a young man at that time, as were the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. But Joseph would come back and tell his father that his brothers were doing bad things. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his brothers, since he was born to him in his old age, so he had made a richly-embroidered tunic for him.

16984

The LORD told Moses,

16985

"What will you do on the designated holiday, when the LORD's festival comes?

16986

So Isaac held a festival for them, and they ate and drank.

16987

which is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD reads, "Waheb and Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,

16988

I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.

16989

That's why I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the hope of Israel that I'm wearing this chain."

16991

So we located some disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem,

16992

Then the LORD God asked the woman, "What did you do?" "The Shining One misled me," the woman answered, "so I ate."

16993

You know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, don't you? Should I take what belongs to the Messiah and unite them with a prostitute? Certainly not!

16994

Pilate told them, "You take him and try him according to your Law."

16996

That's why Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I'm so old and my husband is old, too, am I going to have sex?"

16997

Anyone who touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

16998

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! He was forming locust swarms as the latter plantings were just beginning to sprout. Indeed, the king had just taken his first fruit tax.

16999

Baanah's son Heleb from Netophah, Ribai's son Ittai from Gibeah of the descendants of Benjamin,

17000

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered the word from the Lord, and how he had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

17001

an ox, a ram for a peace offering to sacrifice in the LORD's presence, and a grain offering with olive oil, because on that day the LORD will appear to you."

17003

because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.