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knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.

3004

What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

3005

But perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Council, “Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!”

3007

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

3008

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

3010

“Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food.

3011

And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She *said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”

3012

Now there came to Him some of the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection),

3016

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

3017

“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or give heed to Me,” declares the Lord.

3018

The word of the Lord came to me a second time saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”

3020

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land.”

3021

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

3022

When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;

3023

a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

3024

Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

3026

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

3031

I said, “You are gods,
And all of you are sons of the Most High.

3032

Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence that you have?

3033

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

3034

Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

3037

He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

3038

of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

3041

For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says:
The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at My right hand,

3045

I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

3046

As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

3048

For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.

3049

Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

3050

When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

3051

So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.

3052

But He said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people.”

3053

After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

3055

Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

3056

I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!” So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.

3057

Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways!

3058

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.

3059

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.

3060

and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.

3061

When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.

3062

Awake, drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.

3063

who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

3065

Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you.

3067

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

3069

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

3071

The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

3072

That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.

3074

So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!”

3075

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli. And word from the Lord was rare in those days, visions were infrequent.

3076

The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.

3077

Now therefore thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’” Then Elijah departed.

3078

It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

3079

Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

3085

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

3088

Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

3090

Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who long for Him.

3091

Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

3093

They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him,

3094

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

3095

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

3096

So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

3098

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

3099

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

3101

Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.”

3103

‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.

3105

Who does great things, unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.

3106

“But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

3107

And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.

3108

Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

3109

Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.

3111

But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets;

3113

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

3115

Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

3117

And He will judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, distant nations.
Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they train for war.

3119

“Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

3120

“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.

3122

The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

3125

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.

3126

To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

3127

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

3129

The young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.

3130

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

3132

for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.

3133

“Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it,

3134

With a noise as of chariots
They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle.

3135

For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales

3136

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

3138

Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

3141

but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

3142

For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

3144

We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

3145

Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

3147

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it.

3149

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;

3151

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

3152

“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

3155

And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

3156

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

3157

But they themselves were filled with rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

3159

Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.

3160

Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And hastening to its place it rises there again.

3166

After looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so; and his hand was restored.

3167

He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

3168

and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.

3170

Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

3171

They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.

3173

If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

3176

And I will make mere lads their princes,
And capricious children will rule over them,

3177

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,

3178

Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

3179

It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house

3180

But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

3181

from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

3183

“Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, to possess it.’”

3185

For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.

3186

And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

3187

Terror and dread fall upon them;
By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone;
Until Your people pass over, O Lord,
Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.

3188

Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.

3190

Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

3191

But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

3192

But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

3193

Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;

3194

He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.

3195

Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

3196

(as it is written, “A father of many nations have I made you”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

3197

For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

3198

My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.

3199

It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,

3200

“May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.

3201

When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

3203

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!

3205

When a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable:

3206

But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

3208

And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

3209

But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’

3210

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.

3211

But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

3212

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near;

3213

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying.

3216

Then the whole body of them got up and brought Him before Pilate.

3217

saying, Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

3218

The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In whirlwind and storm is His way,
And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

3220

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

3221

Thus says God the Lord,
Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its offspring,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,

3223

You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.”

3224

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

3225

How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
She has become like a widow
Who was once great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
Has become a forced laborer!

3227

As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.

3228

Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.

3229

Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it?
Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?

3234

He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

3237

to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.

3238

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

3239

He said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he put out his hand and took it.

3240

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

3241

For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.

3242

I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

3243

Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I in turn will go with you into the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him.

3246

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

3248

But My righteous one shall live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

3249

I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have supplied what was lacking on your part.

3250

Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

3251

He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus *said to him, Tend My sheep.

3253

There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.”

3254

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.

3255

And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

3257

in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.

3259

When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,

3263

They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.

3267

But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

3268

So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah.

3270

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

3272

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait, and let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!”

3274

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

3280

The wilderness and the desert will be glad,
And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom;
Like the crocus

3281

and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

3284

When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

3285

A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

3288

For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law;

3289

and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might

3291

But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
And this is the word which was preached to you.

3292

And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

3293

of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

3295

As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

3296

Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”

3297

and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

3299

They *dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;

3300

When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.’

3301

And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

3302

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

3303

Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

3304

For the Lord will plead their case
And take the life of those who rob them.

3305

So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

3306

When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you,

3308

The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.

3309

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

3310

When they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

3313

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

3314

And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

3315

We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;

3317

The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service.

3318

Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.

3320

And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!”

3321

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

3324

Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.

3325

Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’

3326

‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

3327

Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

3328

and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them.

3329

And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

3331

Then the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

3333

But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God,

3336

If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

3337

On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren.

3339

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

3340

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

3341

And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

3342

When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

3343

Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

3344

Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”

3346

it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”

3347

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem;

3348

He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you.”

3349

and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

3350

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

3351

My son, do not walk in the way with them.
Keep your feet from their path,

3352

Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;

3356

Then they called on the Lord and said, “We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O Lord, have done as You have pleased.”

3357

He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

3359

What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

3360

This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

3361

She said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

3363

Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

3366

Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

3367

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

3368

While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.

3370

And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

3373

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.

3374

“I, even I, am the Lord,
And there is no savior besides Me.

3375

For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.

3376

I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.

3377

But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.

3379

For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

3380

But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,

3381

To the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

3382

It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”

3385

The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman cohort.

3386

So David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

3387

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

3388

wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.

3389

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

3390

They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

3391

Then they said to him, “Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

3392

Therefore a lion from the forest will slay them,
A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,
A leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many,
Their apostasies are numerous.

3393

And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

3394

All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

3397

Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray;
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They cry, “Peace,”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.

3398

Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abed-nego.

3400

So Solomon observed the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly who came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

3401

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

3402

And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

3404

So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

3405

The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold I am about to put a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will spare them no longer.

3406

‘Yet if in spite of this you do not obey Me, but act with hostility against Me,

3407

Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.”

3410

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.”

3412

They said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”

3414

An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.

3415

Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);

3417

Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

3419

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

3420

Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him.

3421

Now when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,

3424

So the king went out and all his household with him. But the king left ten concubines to keep the house.

3425

The Lord of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow,
And refined, aged wine.

3426

and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

3427

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.

3428

These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

3429

Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways!

3431

Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

3432

For those who turn justice into wormwood
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

3433

if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,

3434

nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

3435

after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

3436

When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

3437

but to wear sandals; and He added, “Do not put on two tunics.”

3438

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.

3439

Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

3440

and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.

3442

And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves one leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel.

3443

You divided the sea before them,
So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground;
And their pursuers You hurled into the depths,
Like a stone into raging waters.

3444

It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.

3445

I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.

3447

They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required;

3448

and shouting with a loud voice, he *said, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!”

3450

He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

3451

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

3452

Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them.

3453

Now the hand of the Lord was heavy on the Ashdodites, and He ravaged them and smote them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.

3454

Now therefore, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them.

3455

And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.

3456

You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

3457

And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

3458

However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them.

3459

These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

3460

I said, “I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

3461

When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.

3462

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

3463

So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring him to me.”

3464

Therefore the law is ignored
And justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out perverted.

3465

His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.

3466

Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you.

3468

“For You had cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current engulfed me.
All Your breakers and billows passed over me.

3469

and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

3470

I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.”

3471

Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem.

3473

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.

3474

asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’

3476

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

3477

and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;

3478

Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

3479

Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.

3480

The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

3481

“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.

3483

Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

3484

For a nation has invaded my land,
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.

3485

Then Eli said to her, “How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.”

3486

Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.

3487

But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

3488

Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them.”

3489

Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him.”

3490

And they said to her, “No, but we will surely return with you to your people.”

3491

and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely shall not last.”’”

3492

Do not consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”

3493

Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

3494

All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions’ den.

3495

Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form.

3496

“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
Who will bring me down to earth?’

3497

He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

3498

But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant;
There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

3499

They brought one. And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.”

3500

He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him.

3501

So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

3502

Then he brought the king’s son out and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”

3503

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;

3504

It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

3505

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things.

3506

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel
And the men of Judah His delightful plant.
Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

3507

Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?

3508

The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously;

3509

Then he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.’

3510

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”

3511

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and stay there forever.”

3512

Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying,

3513

Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim freewill offerings, make them known.
For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

3514

David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’”

3515

Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

3516

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

3517

But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”

3518

Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?

3519

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

3520

Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,
Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry aloud and say,
Assemble yourselves, and let us go
Into the fortified cities.’

3522

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people showed reverence for the Lord.

3523

Then David chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

3524

on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

3525

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Gaza and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they deported an entire population
To deliver it up to Edom.

3526

Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

3527

It has made my vine a waste
And my fig tree splinters.
It has stripped them bare and cast them away;
Their branches have become white.

3528

They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

3529

30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1,000 other articles.

3530

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’

3531

that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery.

3532

So I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

3533

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you are to cast into the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”

3534

And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God.”

3536

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

3537

Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,

3538

All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.

3539

Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

3540

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

3541

He said to me, “O Daniel, man of high esteem, understand the words that I am about to tell you and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.

3542

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

3543

“You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for the work of Your hands.

3544

And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

3545

He shall slay the young bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall offer up the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

3546

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

3547

When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.

3548

Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them.

3549

but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.

3550

“Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

3551

“But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be devoured by the sword.”
Truly, the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

3552

and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

3553

For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ;

3554

They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.

3555

The Lord furthermore said to him, “Now put your hand into your bosom.” So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow.

3556

May the Lord grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

3557

He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.

3558

Then the remnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like dew from the Lord,
Like showers on vegetation
Which do not wait for man
Or delay for the sons of men.

3559

For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God.

3560

And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

3561

However, he would not listen to her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.

3562

Then David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

3563

An idiot will become intelligent
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

3564

Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.

3565

Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

3566

Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,

3567

So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

3568

He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

3569

“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

3570

Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons,

3571

But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.

3572

Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.

3573

who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

3574

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.’

3575

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.

3576

(Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

3577

They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

3578

Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones.

3580

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

3581

You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is to be despised.’

3582

But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

3583

I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ;

3584

Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate;

3585

Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.

3586

Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

3587

for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

3588

Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

3589

Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place which was at Gibeon, for God’s tent of meeting was there, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.

3590

Judah has gone into exile under affliction
And under harsh servitude;
She dwells among the nations,
But she has found no rest;
All her pursuers have overtaken her
In the midst of distress.

3591

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them.”

3592

Then the people said to Samuel, “Who is he that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring the men, that we may put them to death.”

3593

And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

3594

but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’

3595

The mountains will melt under Him
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water poured down a steep place.

3596

Be ashamed, O farmers,
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

3597

All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

3598

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

3599

They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”’”

3601

To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.

3602

And David called one of the young men and said, “Go, cut him down.” So he struck him and he died.

3603

She does not ponder the path of life;
Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.

3604

“For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing,
And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge,
Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through,
And the lowing of the cattle is not heard;
Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.

3605

Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land.

3606

O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man.”Now I was the cupbearer to the king.

3608

the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves;

3609

Therefore it will be night for you—without vision,
And darkness for you—without divination.
The sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will become dark over them.

3610

you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;

3611

David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.”

3612

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’”

3613

Likewise urge the young men to be sensible;

3614

Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they will become as thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.’”

3615

Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces turn pale.

3616

The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west;
And they devour Israel with gaping jaws.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

3618

For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

3619

But a lad did see them and told Absalom; so the two of them departed quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.

3620

Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke by the commission of the Lord to the people saying, “‘I am with you,’ declares the Lord.”

3621

O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies?

3622

For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

3623

Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.

3626

Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”

3627

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!

3628

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

3629

But they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.

3630

Render the hearts of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

3631

Mountains quake because of Him
And the hills dissolve;
Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence,
The world and all the inhabitants in it.

3632

And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”

3633

Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

3634

So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast.

3635

When it was evening He *came with the twelve.

3636

“The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

3637

The field is ruined,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine dries up,
Fresh oil fails.

3638

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows:

3639

Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has existed for ages
Which were before us.

3640

So I gave orders to bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

3642

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3644

Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

3646

The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him,

3647

When the messengers returned to him he said to them, “Why have you returned?”

3648

the sons of Parosh, 2,172;

3649

And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.

3650

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go.”

3651

Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”

3653

This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

3654

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;

3655

But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Why not offer it to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts.

3656

Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

3657

let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.

3659

So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

3660

For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ.

3661

Prepares her food in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest.

3662

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

3663

For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end;

3664

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

3665

“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live.

3666

so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another.

3667

Your beauty, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
How have the mighty fallen!

3668

Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

3669

Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said.”

3670

Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

3671

O mountains of Gilboa,
Let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings;
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

3672

But He knew their thoughts and said to them, Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls.

3673

For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the Lord; “and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

3674

He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”

3675

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you. Remain until you have weaned him; only may the Lord confirm His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

3676

When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

3677

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

3678

Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh, although the child was young.

3679

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross before your brothers in battle array, all your valiant warriors, and shall help them,

3680

As a well keeps its waters fresh,
So she keeps fresh her wickedness.
Violence and destruction are heard in her;
Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

3682

Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

3683

Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples;

3684

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

3685

Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?”

3686

Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

3687

And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther.

3688

Its entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

3689

Then Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You will surely recover,’ but the Lord has shown me that he will certainly die.”

3690

So also like this plague will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey and all the cattle that will be in those camps.

3691

Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates;

3692

Then Saul said to his servant, “Well said; come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.

3693

You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.

3696

But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.

3697

So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”

3698

However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”

3699

would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is harder for me than for you, for the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.”

3700

But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

3701

But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

3702

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

3704

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

3705

But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability.

3706

So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.

3707

“Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, ‘The Lord your God gives you rest and will give you this land.’

3708

but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.”

3709

Throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

3710

Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”

3711

And they were glorifying God because of me.

3713

“Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

3714

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,
The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
And the sword of Saul did not return empty.

3715

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come, reign over us!’

3716

They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

3717

If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

3718

See, I have placed the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and their descendants after them.’

3719

The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.

3720

Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only may the Lord your God be with you as He was with Moses.

3721

(For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, “Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each.”

3722

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.

3723

So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.

3724

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will assemble the lame
And gather the outcasts,
Even those whom I have afflicted.

3725

So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

3726

“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.

3727

As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

3728

and He would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple.

3729

Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

3730

We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

3731

Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

3732

Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.

3733

The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;

3734

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

3735

‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison?

3736

Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.

3738

“I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.

3739

of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

3740

And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.”

3741

Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

3742

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Let your hands be strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built.

3743

Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

3744

I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

3745

You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.

3746

They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.

3747

So now come, please let me give you counsel and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

3748

And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

3749

If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.

3750

“But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is feared among the nations.”

3751

until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as He gives you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them. Then you shall return to your own land, and possess that which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

3752

“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

3753

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,
And in their death they were not parted;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.

3754

“So I will stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests.

3755

all the families that remain, every family by itself and their wives by themselves.

3756

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

3757

and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’

3758

Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth.

3760

But there were not made for the house of the Lord silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the Lord;

3761

for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

3762

So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked of him a king.

3763

So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

3764

If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

3765

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

3766

Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

3767

Otherwise if you bless in the spirit only, how will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

3768

You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images that you might play the harlot with them.

3769

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.

3770

It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

3771

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

3772

the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus.

3773

And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them.

3774

Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

3775

A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.

3776

Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.

3777

Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.

3778

They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

3779

With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

3780

Then they slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli.

3782

Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.

3783

“But now will you not entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts.

3784

When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel.

3785

Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.

3786

And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council.

3787

Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do;

3788

“So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.

3789

For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.

3790

They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

3791

persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!

3792

Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they *spoke to Jesus about her.

3793

The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

3794

So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him without a survivor.

3795

Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?

3796

and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king.”

3797

And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling.

3798

Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.

3800

“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands?

3801

I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

3802

Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

3803

and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

3804

As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

3805

Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.

3806

and you will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you.

3807

They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west;
Together they will plunder the sons of the east;
They will possess Edom and Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.

3808

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

3809

He shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.

3810

Elijah replied to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

3811

“O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
Who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,
Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

3812

But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”

3814

Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

3815

There were hangings of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.

3816

waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet.

3817

So he again sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he said to him, “O man of God, thus says the king, ‘Come down quickly.’”

3818

“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.

3819

Anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous.”

3820

Then he said to the people, “Go forward, and march around the city, and let the armed men go on before the ark of the Lord.”

3821

Now it was when they had spoken daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

3822

For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

3823

And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body.

3825

How have the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan is slain on your high places.

3826

He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces.

3827

that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.

3828

Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the burning of His anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire
And the rocks are broken up by Him.

3829

Consecrate a fast,
Proclaim a solemn assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
To the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.

3831

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Tyre and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

3832

“Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

3833

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

3835

“For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.

3836

Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.

3839

Each of you take his firepan and put incense on it, and each of you bring his censer before the Lord, two hundred and fifty firepans; also you and Aaron shall each bring his firepan.”

3840

He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes.”

3842

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, proceed on your journey ahead of the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

3843

Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

3844

and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

3845

The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
From the house of the Lord.
The priests mourn,
The ministers of the Lord.

3846

“I will also turn My hand against you,
And will smelt away your dross as with lye
And will remove all your alloy.

3847

of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;

3848

But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

3849

“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,

3851

Will He be angry forever?
Will He be indignant to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken
And have done evil things,
And you have had your way.”

3852

The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed, rejoicing dries up
From the sons of men.

3853

Now the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your maidservant said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the request of his maidservant.

3854

And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

3855

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the Lord do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me.”

3856

The Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

3857

Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in.”

3858

and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

3859

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

3860

And they *said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

3861

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into the sky.

3862

“The high places of Isaac will be desolated
And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

3863

Now therefore, behold, the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has proclaimed disaster against you.”

3864

However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.”

3865

But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.

3866

Turn and set your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negev and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

3868

They are Your servants and Your people whom You redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.

3869

then teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do.

3870

All this is for the rebellion of Jacob
And for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Is it not Samaria?
What is the high place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?

3871

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.

3872

But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

3873

So he again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

3874

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the Lord our God whenever we call on Him?

3876

But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

3877

As you enter the house, give it your greeting.

3878

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

3879

of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males with him;

3880

‘But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer it a male without defect.

3881

But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,

3883

However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

3884

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

3885

I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth.

3886

You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

3887

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening.

3888

When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not one vessel more.” And the oil stopped.

3889

being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

3890

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

3891

The Lord is righteous within her;
He will do no injustice.
Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He does not fail.
But the unjust knows no shame.

3892

“Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.

3893

Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;

3894

“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

3895

Then she said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”

3896

and warned them not to tell who He was.

3897

A man lacking in sense pledges
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

3898

He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.

3899

Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire.

3900

who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

3901

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

3902

And the Lord will utterly destroy
The tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
And He will wave His hand over the River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over dry-shod.

3903

Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head and the suet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

3904

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.

3905

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

3906

now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) that my life may be saved.”

3907

So he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I return safely, I will tear down this tower.”

3908

Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

3909

So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. And when they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was stirred because of them, and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”

3911

and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.”

3912

You say (but they are only empty words), ‘I have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

3913

He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him.

3914

These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.

3915

“Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.

3916

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

3917

And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.

3918

For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

3919

All of her idols will be smashed,
All of her earnings will be burned with fire
And all of her images I will make desolate,
For she collected them from a harlot’s earnings,
And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.

3920

I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say.

3921

A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

3922

Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

3923

and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

3924

You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

3926

The voice of the Lord will call to the city—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time?

3928

The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.

3929

And there will be a highway from Assyria
For the remnant of His people who will be left,
Just as there was for Israel
In the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

3930

Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

3931

He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type.

3932

A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

3933

“My soul refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.

3935

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

3936

Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.

3937

“Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

3938

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

3939

the sons of Parosh, 2,172;

3941

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and bring the king news that the Lord has freed him from the hand of his enemies.”

3942

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

3943

And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

3944

As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”

3945

“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted,
And travelers went by roundabout ways.

3946

But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

3947

When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

3949

But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.

3950

but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell.’

3951

Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he counseled with his servants saying, “In such and such a place shall be my camp.”

3952

Her adversaries have become her masters,
Her enemies prosper;
For the Lord has caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives before the adversary.

3953

At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

3954

For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

3955

Therefore the Lord God of hosts,
The Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries
And avenge Myself on My foes.

3956

And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

3957

He shall slay it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

3958

“I will also cut off the judge from her midst
And slay all her princes with him,” says the Lord.

3959

Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?

3960

The roads of Zion are in mourning
Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are desolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her virgins are afflicted,
And she herself is bitter.

3961

it was he to whom it was said, “In Isaac your descendants shall be called.”

3964

their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward.

3965

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.

3966

Their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze.

3967

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.”

3968

“I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon;
I will even unleash My power upon Ekron,
And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord God.

3969

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;
State a proposal, but it will not stand,
For God is with us.”

3970

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

3971

He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

3973

“For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not theirs.

3974

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

3975

And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

3976

Let me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king’s highway until we have passed through your border.”

3977

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and leaves no child, his brother should marry the wife and raise up children to his brother.

3978

Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves a bribe
And chases after rewards.
They do not defend the orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

3979

And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.

3980

His house where he was to live, the other court inward from the hall, was of the same workmanship. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.

3981

Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,

3982

Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you king over Israel,

3983

So Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.

3984

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!

3985

There is to be one law and one ordinance for you and for the alien who sojourns with you.’”

3986

So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

3987

And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are those whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”

3988

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

3989

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.

3990

As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.

3991

Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

3992

The bows of the mighty are shattered,
But the feeble gird on strength.

3993

But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

3994

Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.

3995

So they answered the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is peaceful and quiet.”

3996

Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up all its women who were with child.

3997

See, the Lord your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

3998

Seek the Lord,
All you humble of the earth
Who have carried out His ordinances;
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

3999

Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, “What is between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”

4000

Behold, a people rises like a lioness,
And as a lion it lifts itself;
It will not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

4001

Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,