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14003

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

14004

Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the trumpeter was beside me.

14005

Each day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every 10 days. But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

14006

The trees set out
to anoint a king over themselves.
They said to the olive tree, “Reign over us.”

14007

You may write in the king’s name whatever pleases you concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

14008

Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.

14009

The king removed his signet ring he had recovered from Haman and gave it to Mordecai, and Esther put him in charge of Haman’s estate.

14010

The Lord said, “If I find 50 righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

14011

And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.

14012

I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah.

14013

So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.

14014

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

14015

Is the land fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous. Bring back some fruit from the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.

14016

you should tell your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

14017

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness

14019

He went from there to Penuel and asked the same thing from them. The men of Penuel answered just as the men of Succoth had answered.

14020

But Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and see the Lord’s salvation He will provide for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

14021

or someone informs him about the sin he has committed, he is to bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.

14022

Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father was among the Israelites. A fight broke out in the camp between the Israelite woman’s son and an Israelite man.

14023

But the one who eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.

14024

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “Yahweh is the Righteous One, and I and my people are the guilty ones.

14025

When James, Cephas, and John, recognized as pillars, acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

14027

The Lord spoke to Moses:

14028

The central crossbar is to run through the middle of the planks from one end to the other.

14029

Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

14034

Jesus Christ—He is the One who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

14036

On that same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

14040

But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down

14041

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith.

14042

He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear God’s message.

14043

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

14045

They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”

14046

Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”

He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”

14047

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

14048

So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.

14049

Therefore they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”

14050

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went home, amazed at what had happened.

14051

Jesus told them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

14052

Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

14053

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

14054

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.

14055

I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

14056

Woe to you
when all people speak well of you,
for this is the way their ancestors
used to treat the false prophets.

14057

The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

14058

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land, for every thief will be removed according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be removed according to what is written on the other side.

14059

Since the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent all My servants the prophets to you time and time again.

14062

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.

14063

“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will remove you from it.

14064

The survivors among them will escape
and live on the mountains
like doves of the valley,
all of them moaning,
each over his own iniquity.

14065

Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!”

14067

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

14068

And I said:

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

14069

“Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation,

14070

Are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff a storm sweeps away?

14071

How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?

14072

They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
When they arrive there, they are frustrated.

14073

You gave them kingdoms and peoples
and assigned them to be a boundary.
They took possession
of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon
and of the land of Og king of Bashan.

14074

or “Deliver me from the enemy’s power”
or “Redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless”?

14075

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.”

14076

Therefore, you must stay away from that place, Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials in the region.

14077

Nebo’s people52

14078

You must completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who approaches the ranks is to be put to death. You must be with the king in all his daily tasks.”

14079

The men of Ai struck down about 36 of them and chased them from outside the gate to the quarries, striking them down on the descent. As a result, the people’s hearts melted and became like water.

14080

“Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, because the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night in the month of Abib.

14081

So King Joash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said, “Why haven’t you repaired the temple’s damage? Since you haven’t, don’t take any money from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

14082

But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.

14083

When he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there, so he said, “I have a message for you, commander.”

Jehu asked, “For which one of us?”

He answered, “For you, commander.”

14084

He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

14085

They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox or donkey.

14086

The Benjaminites did this and took the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and lived in them.

14087

He collapsed, he fell, he lay down at her feet;
he collapsed, he fell at her feet;
where he collapsed, there he fell—dead.

14088

When she arrived, she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”

14089

Treat Ai and its king as you did Jericho and its king; you may plunder its spoil and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”

14090

He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

14091

When the Lord your God drives them out before you, do not say to yourself, ‘The Lord brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.’ Instead, the Lord will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

14093

“When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God hands them over to you and you take some of them prisoner, and

14095

At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at the Lord’s command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped.

14096

And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written in this book.

14097

“Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

14098

one male goat for a sin offering;

14099

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

14100

Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,

14102

God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.

14104

The Lord said to Moses,

14105

The frogs will come up on you, your people, and all your officials.”

14107

Register men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who is qualified to perform service, to do work at the tent of meeting.

14108

There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

14110

Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.

14111

So they assembled them at the place called in Hebrew, Armagedon.

14112

They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.

14113

When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said: “Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.

14114

He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

14115

“You will never wash my feet—ever!” Peter said.

Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with Me.”

14116

For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?

14117

and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on speaking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

14118

Otherwise what will they do who are being baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are people baptized for them?

14119

Look, you scoffers,
marvel and vanish away,
because I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will never believe,
even if someone were to explain it to you.

14120

“And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.

14121

But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.

14123

Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord!”

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea.

14124

Pilate also had a sign lettered and put on the cross. The inscription was:

JESUS THE NAZARENE

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

14126

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

14128

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.

14129

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me.”

14130

“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign when all these things are about to take place?”

14131

son of Jesse, son of Obed,
son of Boaz, son of Salmon,
son of Nahshon,

14132

As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.

14133

As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

14134

Philip and Bartholomew;
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

14135

The Lord of Hosts says this: “I will save My people from the land of the east and the land of the west.

14136

During the day, bring out your bags like an exile’s bags while they look on. Then in the evening go out in their sight like those going into exile.

14137

I know Ephraim,
and Israel is not hidden from Me.
For now, Ephraim,
you have acted promiscuously;
Israel is defiled.

14138

On that day your mouth will be opened to talk with him; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign for them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

14139

Young men labor at millstones;
boys stumble under loads of wood.

14140

Instead, if you really change your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,

14141

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.

14142

He appointed His beautiful ornaments for majesty,
but they made their abhorrent images from them,
their detestable things.
Therefore, I have made these
into something filthy for them.

14143

“This is what the Lord God says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

14144

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.

14145

At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God.

14146

ת TavDaughter Zion, your punishment is complete;
He will not lengthen your exile.
But He will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom,
and will expose your sins.

14147

Should I not punish them for these things?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge Myself
on such a nation as this?

14148

For this is what the Lord says:

The whole land will be a desolation,
but I will not finish it off.

14149

I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness.
All its cities were torn down
because of the Lord
and His burning anger.

14150

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.

14151

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

14153

That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

14154

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

14155

He spoke kindly to him and set his throne over the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

14156

Jeshaiah son of Athaliah
from Elam’s descendants,
and 70 men with him;

14157

But God was watching over the Jewish elders. These men wouldn’t stop them until a report was sent to Darius, so that they could receive written instructions about this matter.

14159

During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David inquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family when he killed the Gibeonites.”

14160

So he brought the people down to the water, and the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate everyone who laps water with his tongue like a dog. Do the same with everyone who kneels to drink.”

14161

The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

14162

So the priests agreed they would not take money from the people and they would not repair the temple’s damage.

14163

So the commanders of hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest commanded. They each brought their men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and went to Jehoiada the priest.

14164

When the men of the city got up in the morning, they found Baal’s altar torn down, the Asherah pole beside it cut down, and the second bull offered up on the altar that had been built.

14165

For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king?”

14166

The horses’ hooves then hammered—
the galloping, galloping of his stallions.

14167

His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

14168

Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.

14169

Israel plundered only the cattle and spoil of that city for themselves, according to the Lord’s command that He had given Joshua.

14170

He took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.

14171

When the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, He said, ‘Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not believe or obey Him.

14172

Or if he touches human uncleanness—any uncleanness by which one can become defiled—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he is guilty.

14173

But at 50 years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.

14176

After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. So they did to them as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

14177

Aaron presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and made a sin offering with it as he did before.

14178

Then God spoke to Moses, telling him, “I am Yahweh.

14179

He was permitted to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

14181

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.

14182

He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the fellowship sacrifice. In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf for that person’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

14183

Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.

14184

Then he entered the synagogue and spoke boldly over a period of three months, engaging in discussion and trying to persuade them about the things of the kingdom of God.

14185

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,

14186

By saying, a new covenant, He has declared that the first is old. And what is old and aging is about to disappear.

14188

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

14190

“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

14191

Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

14192

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy:

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace.

14193

What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

14194

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you.

14195

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said, to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

14196

I affirm by the pride in you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord: I die every day!

14197

After we tore ourselves away from them and set sail, we came by a direct route to Cos, the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

14198

By faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.

14201

Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him, went out and said to them, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

14202

A large crowd of people followed Him, including women who were mourning and lamenting Him.

14203

Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.

14204

When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought Him before their Sanhedrin.

14205

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

14206

The King who comes
in the name of the Lord
is the blessed One.
Peace in heaven
and glory in the highest heaven!

14207

There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, nothing hidden that won’t be made known.

14208

Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

14209

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” He told the paralytic,

14210

“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.

14212

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

14213

Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was going on. He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead,

14214

When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

14215

All of them commit adultery;
they are like an oven heated by a baker
who stops stirring the fire
from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

14216

and declared:

May the name of God
be praised forever and ever,
for wisdom and power belong to Him.

14217

Israel is swallowed up!
Now they are among the nations
like discarded pottery.

14218

So I did just as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought out my bags like an exile’s bags. In the evening I dug through the wall by hand; I took them out in the dark, carrying them on my shoulder in their sight.

14219

Rebels are deeply involved in slaughter;
I will be a punishment for all of them.

14220

As they watch, dig through the wall and take the bags out through it.

14221

Then the cherub reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took some, and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

14222

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair on their temples. All these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

14223

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.

14224

Then lay siege against it: construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides.

14225

“Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord and there call out this word: Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the Lord.

14226

You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

14227

ס Samek“Stay away! Unclean!” people shouted at them.
“Away, away! Don’t touch us!”
So they wandered aimlessly.
It was said among the nations,
“They can stay here no longer.”

14228

At the window of my house
I looked through my lattice.

14229

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

14230

The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.

14231

The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,
but He blesses the home of the righteous;

14232

Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.”

14233

Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews who are in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s law, and may the bodies of Haman’s 10 sons be hung on the gallows.”

14234

There were 150 Jews and officials, as well as guests from the surrounding nations at my table.

14235

Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

14236

“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king asked her. “Whatever you want, even to half the kingdom, will be given to you.”

14237

Azgad’s descendants2,322

14238

Then my God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. I found the genealogical record of those who came back first, and I found the following written in it:

14239

When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.

14240

Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, and the articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers.

14241

and who has shown favor to me before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by Yahweh my God, and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

14242

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask. What should I give you?”

14243

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones serving him.

14244

When Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the large army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; nobody had escaped.

14245

When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered all 70, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

14246

However, they would not listen but continued practicing their former customs.

14247

Then the Lord said, “I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.”

14248

Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.

14249

So Joshua and the whole military force set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected 30,000 fighting men and sent them out at night.

14250

this as their territory:

From Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all of Jair’s Villages that are in Bashan—60 cities.

14251

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with their tambourines and danced.

14252

They said to each other, “Who did this?” After they made a thorough investigation, they said, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”

14253

“Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness. You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place.

14254

Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) son of Joash went back to live at his house.

14257

If a man sleeps with her, and blood from her menstruation gets on him, he will be unclean for seven days, and every bed he lies on will become unclean.

14258

Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then Moses sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.

14259

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will extend my hands to Yahweh. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth belongs to Yahweh.

14261

For it is contained in Scripture:

Look! I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and honored cornerstone,
and the one who believes in Him
will never be put to shame!

14262

So Aaron did this; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

14263

As his offering, he presented one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

14264

the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.

14265

Let me go through all your sheep today and remove every sheep that is speckled or spotted, every dark-colored sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the female goats. Such will be my wages.

14266

Then the priest must take some of the blood from the sin offering with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering. The rest of its blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

14267

then the Lord’s hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field—the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

14268

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

14269

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.

14270

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found as his complement.

14271

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

14273

So Moses and Aaron did this; they did just as the Lord commanded them.

14275

Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my coworkers in Christ Jesus,

14276

“Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge! You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

14277

Therefore be alert, since you don’t know when the master of the house is coming—whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early in the morning.

14278

Meanwhile, Simon Peter was following Jesus, as was another disciple. That disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest; so he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.

14279

When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

14280

Looking up, they observed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

14283

“Lord,” Thomas said, “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?”

14284

Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

14286

Then Esther addressed the king again. She fell at his feet, wept, and begged him to revoke the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his plot he had devised against the Jews.

14288

Now listen to what the Lord is saying:

Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.

14289

For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “So repent and live!

14291

They will put on sackcloth,
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.

14292

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,

14293

Once ashore, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

14295

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

14296

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.

14297

After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

14298

and the blood of prophets and saints,
and of all those slaughtered on earth,
was found in you.

14299

Then the men of Israel were called from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

14300

So he is oppressed and beaten down;
the helpless fall because of his strength.

14301

He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground.

14303

he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is mixed full strength in the cup of His anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb,

14304

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them.

14305

Elisha picked up the mantle that had fallen off Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

14306

They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

14308

The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.

14309

March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

14310

Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”

14311

Is there injustice on my tongue
or can my palate not taste disaster?


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14312

“One witness cannot establish any wrongdoing or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

14313

Zerahiah’s son,
Uzzi’s son, Bukki’s son,

14314

If a man encounters a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, takes hold of her and rapes her, and they are discovered,

14316

I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem. They will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

14318

She reached for a tent peg,
her right hand, for a workman’s mallet.
Then she hammered Sisera—
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.

14319

To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.

14320

Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

14321

who was of Shecaniah’s descendants;
Zechariah, from Parosh’s descendants,
and 150 men with him who were registered by genealogy;

14322

Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: “Don’t take a wife from the Canaanite women.

14324

In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

14325

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and strengthened them with a long message.

14326

They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb:

Great and awe-inspiring are Your works,
Lord God, the Almighty;
righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the Nations.

14327

although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

14328

I weighed out to them 24 tons of silver, silver articles weighing 7,500 pounds, 7,500 pounds of gold,

14329

But you may eat every clean flying creature.

14330

Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

14331

Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

14332

On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.

14333

for they will be a garland of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.

14334

Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, My angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.”

14335

For this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Cut down the trees;
raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished.
There is nothing but oppression within her.

14336

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live—after that they go to the dead.

14337

On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. Assyria will go to Egypt, Egypt to Assyria, and Egypt will worship with Assyria.

14338

“Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve Me as priest—Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

14339

The men got up from there and looked out over Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to see them off.

14340

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

14341

David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What did I do wrong? How have I sinned against your father so that he wants to take my life?”

14342

I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus, but I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.

14343

However, they wouldn’t listen to Me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.

14344

The 10 horns you saw are 10 kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

14345

In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

14346

“Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death. Then they will hand Him over to the Gentiles,

14347

You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

14348

“What’s more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she had prepared. I am invited again tomorrow to join her with the king.

14349

The king of Israel left for home resentful and angry, and he entered Samaria.

14351

He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

14352

And not only that, but also Rebekah received a promise when she became pregnant by one man, our ancestor Isaac.

14354

No, you took up the tent of Moloch
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!

14355

After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,

14356

After returning to Joshua they reported to him, “Don’t send all the people, but send about 2,000 or 3,000 men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don’t wear out all our people there.”

14358

Death will be chosen over life by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

14359

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

14361

The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

14363

While Saul spoke to the priest, the panic in the Philistine camp increased in intensity. So Saul said to the priest, “Stop what you’re doing.”

14364

The Lord’s anger burned against Israel again, and He stirred up David against them to say: “Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.”

14365

Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that He will be called a Nazarene.

14366

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be alarmed; these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

14369

The nations were angry,
but Your wrath has come.
The time has come
for the dead to be judged
and to give the reward
to Your servants the prophets,
to the saints, and to those who fear Your name,
both small and great,
and the time has come to destroy
those who destroy the earth.

14370

Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come. I will take you to another place. Maybe it will be agreeable to God that you can put a curse on them for me there.”

14371

I will go to the powerful
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.

14372

Each of the priests made repairs above the Horse Gate, each opposite his own house.

14373

“Son of man, hasn’t the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you, ‘What are you doing?’

14375

However, they were terrified and reasoned, “Look, two kings couldn’t stand against him; how can we?”

14376

The days of punishment have come;
the days of retribution have come.
Let Israel recognize it!
The prophet is a fool,
and the inspired man is insane,
because of the magnitude
of your guilt and hostility.

14378

I prayed to the Lord:

Lord God, do not annihilate Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

14379

This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transportation duties:

14381

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God’s works might be displayed in him.

14382

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,

14383

Then I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river. He raised both his hands toward heaven and swore by Him who lives eternally that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people is shattered, all these things will be completed.

14384

So about 3,000 men went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.

14385

Then Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said: “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen!

14386

Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,
Abiud fathered Eliakim,
Eliakim fathered Azor,

14387

Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow —to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake.”

14388

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

14389

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

14391

Don’t go out to the fields;
don’t walk on the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.

14392

Publius’s father was in bed suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, and praying and laying his hands on him, he healed him.

14394

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through all of it.”

14396

As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.

14399

But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

14400

For when there are many words, they increase futility. What is the advantage for man?

14401

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king and reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

14402

For this reason you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did.

14404

But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them.

14405

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

14406

“I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

14407

and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this guy in prison and feed him only bread and water until I come back safely.’”

14408

for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.

14409

Then the word of the Lord came to him:

14410

But now, please look at me;
would I lie to your face?

14411

We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

14412

I looked, and no man was left;
all the birds of the sky had fled.

14413

For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body. What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will listen because I am compassionate.

14415

Bigvai’s descendants2,067

14416

Then He proceeded to denounce the towns where most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent:

14417

Yet the number of the Israelites
will be like the sand of the sea,
which cannot be measured or counted.
And in the place where they were told:
You are not My people,
they will be called: Sons of the living God.

14419

For this thing is from Israel—
a craftsman made it, and it is not God.
The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!

14420

When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness near En-gedi.”

14421

or if someone informs him about the sin he has committed, then he is to bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for the sin that he has committed.

14422

In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.

14423

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

14424

“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.”

14425

And this went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the message about the Lord.

14427

“Then the king will do whatever he wants. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will say outrageous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, because what has been decreed will be accomplished.

14428

ד DaletThe nursing infant’s tongue
clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.
Little children beg for bread,
but no one gives them any.

14429

Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.

14430

Otherwise, wouldn’t they have stopped being offered, since the worshipers, once purified, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

14431

I’ve spread coverings on my bed
richly colored linen from Egypt.

14432

“Oh, Lord God,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!

14433

When this corruptible is clothed
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal is clothed
with immortality,
then the saying that is written will take place:
Death has been swallowed up in victory.

14434

They are to transport the tabernacle curtains, the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering made of manatee skin on top of it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

14435

Israel cries out to Me,
“My God, we know You!”

14436

Keep the king’s command because of your oath made before God.

14437

He replied to me, “Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that.”

14439

Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went to bed with her.

14440

Therefore, when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward Him, He asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so these people can eat?”

14441

Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.

14442

For the king’s word is authoritative, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

14443

“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

14444

But Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence when they presented unauthorized fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father.

14445

ע AyinAll the while our eyes were failing
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation that refused to help.

14446

Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

14447

So then, because of them, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Therefore they took Jesus away.

14448

The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame connected with the name of Yahweh and came to test him with difficult questions.

14449

and the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or anyone who receives the mark of his name.

14450

He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

14451

A Davidic song of ascents.I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

14452

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

14453

except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the Lord completely.’

14454

Amariah’s son, Azariah’s son,
Meraioth’s son,

14455

Ebed son of Jonathan
from Adin’s descendants,
and 50 men with him;

14456

After taking the city, set it on fire. Follow the Lord’s command—see that you do as I have ordered you.”

14457

You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

14458

But exclude the courtyard outside the sanctuary. Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

14461

You have made my enemies retreat before me;
I annihilate those who hate me.

14462

Since your servant is only going with the king a little way across the Jordan, why should the king repay me with such a reward?

14464

“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.

“With John’s baptism,” they replied.

14465

The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.

14466

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau arrived from the hunt.

14469

Then He went home, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat.

14470

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your relative.

14471

and assemble the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting.”

14472

Then an argument started among them about who would be the greatest of them.

14473

Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you.

14474

For my eyes have seen Your salvation.

14475

Then King Asa gave a command to everyone without exception in Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah with them.

14476

Take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.

14478

When we reached Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.

14479

The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.

14480

Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:

14481

When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant the Lord made with you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.

14482

His trouble comes back on his own head,
and his violence falls on the top of his head.

14483

Gideon replied, “Very well, when the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will trample your flesh on thorns and briers from the wilderness!”

14484

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything builds up.

14485

So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves.

14486

The Egyptians set out in pursuit—all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen—and went into the sea after them.

14488

So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

14489

But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

14490

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You have said it.”

14492

If one wanted to take Him to court,
he could not answer God once in a thousand times.

14493

Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;

14495

Then Jesus began by telling them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.

14496

Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and the whole heavenly host was standing by Him at His right hand and at His left hand.

14497

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”

14498

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

14499

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Proclaim His salvation from day to day.

14501

Yahweh, remember what has happened to us.
Look, and see our disgrace!

14502

So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’

14504

For the Lord has made the Jordan a border between us and you descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no share in the Lord!’ So your descendants may cause our descendants to stop fearing the Lord.

14505

After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

14506

“Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. Everyone who is clean may eat any other meat.

14507

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for the Israelites burned incense to it up to that time. He called it Nehushtan.

14508

The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,

14509

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth.

14510

Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife, Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.

14511

“What do you see?” he asked me.

“I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “30 feet long and 15 feet wide.”

14513

John responded, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he does not follow us.”

14514

“What is truth?” said Pilate.

After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no grounds for charging Him.

14515

You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths.

14517

The next morning when he went out and stood at the gate, he said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all these?

14518

Her wisest princesses answer her;
she even answers herself:

14519

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

14520

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.

14521

Abiezer the Anathothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite,

14523

Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.

14525

The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

14526

They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

The number of the Israelite men included:

14527

if I have done harm to one at peace with me
or have plundered my adversary without cause,

14529

He answered them: “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’

14530

The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley.

14531

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

14532

Then I said, “Lord God, please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”

14533

Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

14534

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

14535

Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let’s meet together in the villages of the Ono Valley.” But they were planning to harm me.

14536

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”

14537

Some were saying, “We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live.”

14538

He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.

14539

Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured and added to you.

14540

I looked, and there was a form that had the appearance of a man. From what seemed to be His waist down was fire, and from His waist up was something that looked bright, like the gleam of amber.

14541

Set them apart for war against her;
rise up, let’s attack at noon.
Woe to us, for the day is passing;
the evening shadows grow long.

14543

Then He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.

14544

so that even facecloths or work aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

14545

if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

14547

“You continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.

14548

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.

14549

And who is like Your people Israel? God, You came to one nation on earth to redeem a people for Yourself, to make a name for Yourself through great and awesome works by driving out nations before Your people You redeemed from Egypt.

14550

On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the Zebulunites, presented an offering.

14552

Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met Him.

14553

The Asherites lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, because they failed to drive them out.

14555

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

14556

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

14557

Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

14558

When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba, Mephibosheth’s servant, was right there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a skin of wine.

14560

For dogs have surrounded me;
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced my hands and my feet.

14561

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”

14562

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,

14563

Then he must bring his restitution offering to the Lord: an unblemished ram from the flock according to your assessment of its value as a restitution offering to the priest.

14565

And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

14566

Register men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who is qualified to do the work of the tent of meeting.

14568

You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.

14569

I made Your name known to them
and will make it known,
so the love You have loved Me with
may be in them and I may be in them.

14570

Yet Michael the archangel, when he was disputing with the Devil in a debate about Moses’ body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

14571

For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. The One who evaluates me is the Lord.

14572

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

14573

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Him.

14574

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

14575

“What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?”

“I am not,” he said.

“Are you the Prophet?”

“No,” he answered.

14576

While we were staying there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

14579

But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

14580

פ PeThe Lord Himself has scattered them;
He regards them no more.
The priests are not respected;
the elders find no favor.

14581

They said, “We agree to give them.” So they spread out a mantle, and everyone threw an earring from his plunder on it.

14582

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers.

14583

One who listens to life-giving rebukes
will be at home among the wise.

14584

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

14586

From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat portions and the right thigh.

14587

They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be 90 feet deep.

14588

I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others.

14589

this is what the Lord says: I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. There will not be even one of his descendants living among these people, nor will any ever see the good that I will bring to My people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for he has preached rebellion against the Lord.”

14591

Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket for the ordination offering as I commanded: Aaron and his sons are to eat it.

14594

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

14595

The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

14596

And Mary stayed with her about three months; then she returned to her home.

14598

The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

14599

ג GimelEven jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my dear people have become cruel
like ostriches in the wilderness.

14600

The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

14601

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

14602

Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.
He leased the vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for his fruit
1,000 pieces of silver.

14603

Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds that grazed in Sharon, while
Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

14604

Then Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev—he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him.

14605

The Lord will roar from Zion
and raise His voice from Jerusalem;
heaven and earth will shake.
But the Lord will be a refuge for His people,
a stronghold for the Israelites.

14607

“All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.

14608

He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?”

“Not a thing,” they said.

14609

Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, then you must wash that garment in a holy place.

14610

This is how we will treat them: we will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

14611

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

14612

He was given authority to rule,
and glory, and a kingdom;
so that those of every people,
nation, and language
should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that will not pass away,
and His kingdom is one
that will not be destroyed.

14613

The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

14614

“This is to be a permanent statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial and do no work, both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.

14615

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.

14617

Zebadiah son of Michael
from Shephatiah’s descendants,
and 80 men with him;

14618

ב BetZion’s precious people—
once worth their weight in pure gold
how they are regarded as clay jars,
the work of a potter’s hands!

14620

צ TsadeOur steps were closely followed
so that we could not walk in our streets.
Our end drew near; our time ran out.
Our end had come!

14621

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the foreigner who is within your gates.

14622

The Lord spoke to Moses:

14623

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Though it may seem incredible to the remnant of this people in those days, should it also seem incredible to Me?”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

14624

They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

14626

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?

14627

When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

14629

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple complex.

14630

He said, “I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

14631

I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances they could not live by.

14632

Can one make gods for himself?
But they are not gods.

14634

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

14635

Shepherds and their flocks will come against her;
they will pitch their tents all around her.
Each will pasture his own portion.

14637

They found the written report of how Mordecai had informed on Bigthana and Teresh, two eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they planned to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

14638

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

14639

They should judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you every important case but judge every minor case themselves. In this way you will lighten your load, and they will bear it with you.

14640

the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. They will carry out everything that needs to be done with these items.

14641

The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him.

14642

Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the sword until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed.

14643

God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

14645

and said, “You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

14646

Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering.

14647

But the princes of Succoth asked, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands that we should give bread to your army?”

14649

It is a restitution offering; he is indeed guilty before the Lord.”

14650

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

14651

She said, “If it pleases the king, and I have found approval before him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let a royal edict be written. Let it revoke the documents the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

14652

“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit, not knowing what I will encounter there,

14653

He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look! I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete My work.’

14654

For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

14655

If anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”

14656

or anything else about which he swore falsely. He must make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

14657

Again, a second time, a voice said to him, “What God has made clean, you must not call common.”

14658

The Devil said to Him, “I will give You their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

14660

Then He called to me directly with a loud voice, “Come near, executioners of the city, each of you with a destructive weapon in his hand.”

14661

They will come after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us as before.’ While we are fleeing from them,

14662

And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

14663

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather from His kingdom everything that causes sin and those guilty of lawlessness.

14664

for Death has climbed through our windows;
it has entered our fortresses,
cutting off children from the streets,
young men from the squares.

14665

The king asked, “Did Joab put you up to all this?”

The woman answered. “As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left from all my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave orders to me; he told your servant exactly what to say.

14666

He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

14667

Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.

14669

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,

14670

“If a man or woman among you in one of your towns that the Lord your God will give you is discovered doing evil in the sight of the Lord your God and violating His covenant

14671

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body in advance for burial.

14672

We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

14673

Finally, he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s fellowship sacrifice. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.

14676

So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do since this man does many signs?

14677

Don’t take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.

14679

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

14680

Jesus answered, “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

14681

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

14682

He told him, “Because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord, mark my words: When you leave me, a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

14683

I would still live in terror of all my pains.
I know You will not acquit me.

14686

For the choir director. Of the servant of the Lord, David, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:I love You, Lord, my strength.

14689

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the Lord’s favor

14692

Hilkiah the high priest told Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.

14693

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Even though our lord can see that the city’s location is good, the water is bad and the land unfruitful.”

14694

The Lord raises His voice
in the presence of His army.
His camp is very large;
Those who carry out His command are powerful.
Indeed, the Day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful
who can endure it?

14696

For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”

14698

Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

14699

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

14701

But the Jews incited the prominent women, who worshiped God, and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

14702

son of Serug,
son of Reu, son of Peleg,
son of Eber, son of Shelah,

14703

The Lord spoke to Moses:

14704

and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

14705

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

14706

until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird darting into a snare
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

14707

When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

14708

Fire came from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell facedown on the ground.

14709

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate
and has jackals prowling in it.

14710

When they reached Ephesus he left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and engaged in discussion with the Jews.

14711

You are to burn up a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended; you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them.

14712

Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. In this way he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as his sons and their garments.

14713

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.

14714

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

14715

“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the land of Israel:

An end! The end has come
on the four corners of the land.

14716

Then the priest must take some of its blood with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.

14717

In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

14718

Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

14719

For I am Yahweh your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

14720

I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestors long ago and forever.

14721

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

14723

The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was fed for a time, times, and half a time.

14724

Then the whole assembly fell silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

14726

Take words of repentance with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise from our lips.

14727

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me.

14728

Then the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom.

14730

Now it is God who strengthens us, with you, in Christ and has anointed us.

14731

Then I said, “See—
it is written about Me
in the volume of the scroll—
I have come to do Your will, God!”

14732

All the leaders answered them, “We have sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

14733

You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the Lord your God.

14734

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

14736

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what is before you,

14737

A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by a revelation from the Lord while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense.

14738

I will hand these things over
to foreigners as plunder
and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,
and they will profane them.

14739

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”

And he answered, “Here I am.”

14740

Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence, and don’t persist in a bad cause, since he will do whatever he wants.

14741

The dominion will be vast,
and its prosperity will never end.
He will reign on the throne of David
and over his kingdom,
to establish and sustain it
with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

14742

No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least to the greatest of them”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “For I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sin.”

14743

For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it’s only nine in the morning.

14745

“After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state

14746

He commanded them: “Pay attention. Lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it, and all of you be ready.

14747

And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

14748

The fat of an animal that dies naturally or is mauled by wild beasts may be used for any purpose, but you must not eat it.

14749

for the sexually immoral and homosexuals, for kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

14751

He took a bag of money with him
and will come home at the time of the full moon.”

14752

I will send it out,”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.”

14753

So they called for them and ordered them not to preach or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

14755

Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!

14757

down the middle of the broad street of the city. The tree of life was on both sides of the river, bearing 12 kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,

14760

So Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the community assembled at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

14762

God remembered Noah, as well as all the wildlife and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to subside.

14763

Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah
from Pahath-moab’s descendants,
and 200 men with him;

14764

The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

14765

I found out that the accusations were about disputed matters in their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or chains.

14766

The Lord spoke to Moses:

14767

When it was day, He went out and made His way to a deserted place. But the crowds were searching for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

14770

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” I looked to the north, and there was this offensive statue north of the altar gate, at the entrance.

14771

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

14772

He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.”

14773

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

14774

He presented the burnt offering and sacrificed it according to the regulation.

14775

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

14776

After explaining everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

14777

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

14778

I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

14780

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

14781

they took palm branches and went out to meet Him. They kept shouting: “Hosanna! He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One—the King of Israel!”

14782

“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’—which neither you nor your fathers have known,

14783

Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for holy war;
rouse the warriors;
let all the men of war advance and attack!

14784

unless You have completely rejected us
and are intensely angry with us.

14786

His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

14787

Then all the lords of Shechem and of Beth-millo gathered together and proceeded to make Abimelech king at the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

14788

I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles—the contribution for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites who were present had offered.

14792

Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

14793

I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill Me because My word is not welcome among you.

14795

The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

14796

Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine woman there.

14797

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast permeates the whole batch of dough?

14798

One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

14799

“When a foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

14800

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

14802

The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.

14804

Queen Esther answered, “If I have obtained your approval, my king, and if the king is pleased, spare my life—this is my request; and spare my people—this is my desire.

14806

Just as the Lord was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

14807

All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,

14808

The Lord God showed me this: A basket of summer fruit.

14811

All are stubborn rebels
spreading slander.
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.

14813

But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles.

14814

Without clothing, they spend the night naked,
having no covering against the cold.

14815

During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, and then he turned and rebelled against him.

14816

If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

14817

once he has sinned and acknowledged his guilt—he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found,

14820

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

14821

So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the articles that had been weighed out, to bring them to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

14822

Abishua’s son, Phinehas’s son,
Eleazar’s son, Aaron the chief priest’s son

14823

or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do—

14824

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

14825

So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish,

14828

When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

14829

and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,
who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.

14830

The king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring some of the Israelites from the royal family and from the nobility—

14831

While He was still speaking, suddenly a mob was there, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss Him,

14833

“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”

14834

Whoever eats any blood, that person must be cut off from his people.”

14835

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.

14836

The king commanded, “Hurry, and get Haman so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared.

14837

Then He continued, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

14838

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

14840

“Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”
says the Lord.

14843

This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.

14844

His winnowing shovel is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with a fire that never goes out.”

14845

The bellows blow,
blasting the lead with fire.
The refining is completely in vain;
the evil ones are not separated out.

14846

“Not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be rioting among the people.”

14847

On the day of our king,
the princes are sick with the heat of wine
there is a conspiracy with traitors.

14848

Then the Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.

14850

After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to fight against Jehoshaphat.

14851

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written:

I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

14852

But finding fault with His people, He says:

Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah—

14854

Moses said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.”

14855

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

14856

After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Brothers as its figurehead.

14858

So if a woman’s head is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered.

14859

On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was paralyzed.

14860

Davidic.Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.

14861

Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.

14863

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!

14864

The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

14865

But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.

14866

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

14867

His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

14868

The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the Lord your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

14869

On that day the root of Jesse
will stand as a banner for the peoples.
The nations will seek Him,
and His resting place will be glorious.

14870

He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and His kingdom will have no end.

14872

King Ahasuerus said to Esther the Queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.

14873

But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.

14874

Each year you and your family are to eat it before the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses.

14875

He also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.

14877

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruit.

14878

For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

14879

You are Yahweh,
the God who chose Abram
and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
and changed his name to Abraham.

14880

There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.

14881

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should say to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

14882

The servants reported back to Saul, “These are the words David spoke.”

14883

“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because you both rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

14884

and that He appeared to Cephas,
then to the Twelve.

14885

Forge the chain,
for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed,
and the city is filled with violence.

14886

you are to come out of your ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God has handed it over to you.

14888

I saw the glory of the God of Israel there, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

14889

“Look, the days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when the city from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate will be rebuilt for the Lord.

14890

It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils on man and beast throughout the land of Egypt.”

14891

His own hands will bring the fire offerings to the Lord. He will bring the fat together with the breast. The breast is to be waved as a presentation offering before the Lord.

14892

The Lord did this the next day. All the Egyptian livestock died, but none among the Israelite livestock died.

14894

Then, setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,

14895

So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside, eight tables in all on which the slaughtering was to be done.

14896

The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:

14897

and asked Him, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

14898

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.

14899

So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

14900

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?”

14901

So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened to be in the portion of land belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

14902

Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head.

14903

They also asked them, “What are the names of the workers who are constructing this building?”

14904

A word spoken at the right time
is like gold apples on a silver tray.

14905

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

14906

Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

14907

Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.

14908

Then Moses said, “Please, let me see Your glory.”

14909

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated.

14910

and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

14911

God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth,

14912

“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

14913

“When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for six years; then in the seventh he is to leave as a free man without paying anything.

14915

Reconsider; don’t be unjust.
Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

14917

Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”

14918

With flattery he will corrupt those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will be strong and take action.

14919

It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly
and later to reconsider his vows.

14921

On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head came from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.

14923

The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise Him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

14924

“Consecrate every firstborn male to Me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is Mine.”

14925

So when we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.

14926

They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.

14927

For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

14929

I assure you: Wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

14932

And if they are driven
by their enemies into captivity,
from there I will command
the sword to kill them.
I will fix My eyes on them
for harm and not for good.

14933

When Jesus had finished these parables, He left there.

14934

You, Lord, are enthroned forever;
Your throne endures from generation to generation.

14936

Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

14937

Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Since there are 50 strong men here with your servants, please let them go and search for your master. Maybe the Spirit of the Lord has carried him away and put him on one of the mountains or into one of the valleys.”

He answered, “Don’t send them.”

14938

The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.

14940

“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for them.”

14941

When the sons of the prophets from Jericho who were facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed down to the ground in front of him.

14942

He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

14943

For it is written:

As I live, says the Lord,
every knee will bow to Me,
and every tongue will give praise to God.

14944

He also took the breast and waved it before the Lord as a presentation offering; it was Moses’ portion of the ordination ram as the Lord had commanded him.

14945

Keep your attention on Jesus Christ as risen from the dead and descended from David. This is according to my gospel.

14946

It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.

14948

While they were still speaking with him, the eunuchs of the king arrived and rushed Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.

14950

It is of little importance to me that I should be evaluated by you or by any human court. In fact, I don’t even evaluate myself.

14951

In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

14952

And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

14953

Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath.

14954

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”

14955

Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?

14956

As they were leaving, the people begged that these matters be presented to them the following Sabbath.

14957

He then says, See, I have come to do Your will. He takes away the first to establish the second.

14958

Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried on the ascent to the tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. His son Manasseh became king in his place.

14959

While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

14961

Because of this, our heart is sick;
because of these, our eyes grow dim:

14962

He became very thirsty and called out to the Lord: “You have accomplished this great victory through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

14963

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

14964

with three layers of cut stones and one of timber. The cost is to be paid from the royal treasury.

14965

Then a revelation from the Lord came to him:

14966

When Abimelech had ruled over Israel three years,

14967

Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.

14968

Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!
For the Day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.

14970

About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”

14972

If I said, “I will forget my complaint,
change my expression, and smile,”

14973

Every grain offering for a priest will be a whole burnt offering; it is not to be eaten.”

14974

Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king wants to honor?”

Haman thought to himself, “Who is it the king would want to honor more than me?”

14976

Ahab son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Judah’s King Asa; Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria 22 years.

14977

For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

14979

and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia. We stayed in that city for a number of days.

14981

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present again.

14984

“Write to the angel of the church in Pergamum:

“The One who has the sharp, double-edged sword says:

14985

Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we seek to persuade people. We are completely open before God, and I hope we are completely open to your consciences as well.

14986

His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”

14987

So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. That disciple was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You?”

14989

Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.

14990

Pharaoh sent messengers who saw that not a single one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

14995

How awful that day will be!
There will be none like it!
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be delivered out of it.

14996

Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.

14997

Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

14998

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

15001

When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” the king said, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”

15002

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.