He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

they said this only to ensnare him, that they might have some accusation against him. but Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

My soul, praise the Lord,
and do not forget all His benefits.

This is the law when a man dies in a tent. All that come into the tent, and all in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

Yea, even upon the bondmen and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord [that is, accept their guidance and discipline as His representatives], for this is right [for obedience teaches wisdom and self-discipline].

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

And every open vessel which has no covering bound upon it, it is unclean.

The pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the dishes, and the vessels of bronze with which they served there, they took.

[A Psalm of David.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.

He redeems your life from the Pit;
He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.

And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

And whoever touches one that is killed with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight shall no man living be justified.

For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the water cart which Solomon had made for the temple of Yahweh, there was no weighing to the bronze of all of these vessels.

but they who heard that, being convicted by their own conscience, they all went old and young one after another, so that Jesus was left alone with the woman, who still kept her place.

Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

The Lord executes acts of righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn't turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

then Jesus raising himself, and seeing none but the woman there, he said to her, woman, where are your accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Then the commander of the imperial guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and three of the threshold keepers.

And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.

Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.

And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place?

But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah. The water of separation has not been sprinkled upon him. He is unclean.

From the city he took one court official who [was] chief officer over the men of war, five men {from the king's council} who were found in the city, the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men from the people of the land being found in the city.

Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

Then the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath; thus Judah was removed from its land.

Jesus answered them, though I give testimony of my self, yet my testimony is valid: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but you do not know whence I came, nor whither I go.

So shall they know that, I, am Yahweh By my dispersing them among the nations, And scattering them throughout the lands.

Yet will I leave remaining of them, men easy counted, from the sword from a the famine and from the pestilence, - that they may recount all their abominations among the nations whither they have come, So shall they know that, I, am Yahweh.

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

and yet if I did judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I am with the father who has sent me.

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are distant.

Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.

Who is this -- 'the king of glory?' Jehovah -- strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle.

Then shalt thou say unto the people of the land Thus saith the Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, upon the so of Israel, Their bread, with anxious care, shall they eat, And their water in astonishment, shall they drink, - That there land may be deserted of her fulness because of the violence of all them who dwell therein:

He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Yea the cities that are inhabited I shall be laid waste, And the land, shall become m astonish- men, - So shall ye know that, I am Yahweh.

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

[A Psalm of David.] Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou to them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

Then all the people, from youngest to oldest, and the commanders of the troops, went [to] Egypt, for they were afraid of the presence of the Chaldeans.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.

And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear Him,
and His righteousness toward the grandchildren

Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

He spoke {kindly} to him, and he gave him a better seat than the seat of the kings who [were] with him in Babylon.

There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,

So he changed the clothes of his imprisonment, and he ate food continually in his presence all the days of his life.

Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah as He commanded him.

The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
and His kingdom rules over all.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it, although I have not spoken?

Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.

then said they to him, what art thou? and Jesus answered them, I am what I just now told you.

Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

Send your hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of foreigners;

for which I am an ambassador in chains. And pray that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly and courageously, as I should.

And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me.

Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.