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17004

Jacob resumed his journey and went to the eastern country.

17006

Then the proconsul, seeing what happened, believed and was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

17007

So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

17008

For this is what the Lord says: “When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to restore you to this place.

17011

not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God. He has seen the Father.

17015

The word of the Lord came to me:

17017

All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance.

17018

There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

17019

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

17020

Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

17021

Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And He placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.

17022

Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

17023

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see Him.”

17024

Anyone who listens to me is happy,
watching at my doors every day,
waiting by the posts of my doorway.

17025

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.

17026

So you should welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints and assist her in whatever matter she may require your help. For indeed she has been a benefactor of many—and of me also.

17027

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “Why have you separated these seven ewe lambs?”

17028

And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

17029

God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

17030

Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

17032

“I was sought by those who did not ask;
I was found by those who did not seek Me.
I said: Here I am, here I am,
to a nation that was not called by My name.

17033

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

17035

Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.”

17036

He went to His hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “How did this wisdom and these miracles come to Him?

17037

The cities of the Negev are under siege;
no one can help them.
All of Judah has been taken into exile,
taken completely into exile.

17038

and reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

17039

David and his men arrived in Ziklag on the third day. The Amalekites had raided the Negev and attacked and burned down Ziklag.

17040

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am proclaiming as you hear them today. Learn and follow them carefully.

17041

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

17042

Samuel told Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the Lord.

17043

Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

17045

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.

17047

And when everything is subject to Christ, then the Son Himself will also be subject to the One who subjected everything to Him, so that God may be all in all.

17048

What then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with my understanding.

17049

and large crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at His feet, and He healed them.

17050

Who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up and help you;
let it be a shelter for you.

17052

It was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom.”

17053

Then He said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from Me.”

17054

When they had devoured them, you could not tell that they had devoured them; their appearance was as bad as it had been before. Then I woke up.

17055

Just then His disciples arrived, and they were amazed that He was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do You want?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

17056

Ask of Me,
and I will make the nations Your inheritance
and the ends of the earth Your possession.

17057

You will be driven mad by what you see.

17058

For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.

17059

Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the speaker, “How long will the events of this vision last—the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”

17060

This is what the Lord says:

Preserve justice and do what is right,
for My salvation is coming soon,
and My righteousness will be revealed.

17061

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

17062

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

17063

The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 soldiers on foot, besides their families.

17064

But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

17066

The inexperienced one believes anything,
but the sensible one watches his steps.

17067

The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

17068

“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the Lord’s fire offerings; that is their inheritance.

17069

So I spoke to you, but you didn’t listen. You rebelled against the Lord’s command and defiantly went up into the hill country.

17070

I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

17071

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

17073

the Jews bound themselves, their descendants, and all who joined with them to a commitment that they would not fail to celebrate these two days each and every year according to the written instructions and according to the time appointed.

17074

Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn on its lower hem and all around it. Put gold bells between them all the way around,

17075

“When a boil appears on the skin of one’s body and it heals,

17076

For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.

17077

Zion, herald of good news,
go up on a high mountain.
Jerusalem, herald of good news,
raise your voice loudly.
Raise it, do not be afraid!
Say to the cities of Judah,
“Here is your God!”

17079

“Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

17081

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people and said: “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

17082

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.

17083

For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

17085

Father, glorify Your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!”

17086

Then, following him, Simon Peter came also. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

17087

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

17088

Throughout your generations, every male among you at eight days old is to be circumcised. This includes a slave born in your house and one purchased with money from any foreigner. The one who is not your offspring,

17090

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Clap your hands, all you peoples;
shout to God with a jubilant cry.

17091

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to one another, “If Joseph is holding a grudge against us, he will certainly repay us for all the suffering we caused him.”

17092

Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations
will not give their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will not shine.

17093

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”

17095

Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.

17096

But Sarah saw the son mocking—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.

17097

Lord, You are my portion
and my cup of blessing;
You hold my future.

17100

So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

17102

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

17103

All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the royal civil administrators aided the Jews because they were afraid of Mordecai.

17104

On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea, in summer and winter alike.

17105

“Men,” Jesus called to them, “you don’t have any fish, do you?”

“No,” they answered.

17106

He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

17107

As the two men were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

17108

When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.

17112

Wisdom calls out in the street;
she raises her voice in the public squares.

17113

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I am at rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from Him.

17114

On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees—palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

17117

For this people’s heart has grown callous;
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn back—
and I would cure them.

17118

Then He called a child to Him and had him stand among them.

17119

Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

17120

A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house.

17121

These are the words of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.

17123

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. Whenever someone was bitten, and he looked at the bronze snake, he recovered.

17124

Have You completely rejected Judah?
Do You detest Zion?
Why do You strike us
with no hope of healing for us?
We hoped for peace,
but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing,
but there was only terror.

17125

Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.

17126

Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.

17127

“Friend,” Jesus asked him, “why have you come?”

Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested Him.

17128

But if you say, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ then this is what the Lord says: Because you have said, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ and I specifically told you not to say, ‘The burden of the Lord,’

17129

Surely there is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.

17130

Now, our God, what can we say in light of this? For we have abandoned the commands

17132

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,
no inheritance in Jesse’s son.
Each man to his tent, Israel!

17133

They must eat those things by which atonement was made at the time of their ordination and consecration. An unauthorized person must not eat them, for these things are holy.

17138

Though untrained in public speaking, I am certainly not untrained in knowledge. Indeed, we have always made that clear to you in everything.

17139

This is the word of the Lord
your Maker who formed you from the womb;
He will help you:
Do not fear; Jacob is My servant;
I have chosen Jeshurun.

17140

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother:

To Philemon our dear friend and coworker,

17141

Look at what large letters I use as I write to you in my own handwriting.

17142

Yahweh was standing there beside him, saying, “I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land that you are now sleeping on.

17144

An oracle against Egypt:

Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud
and is coming to Egypt.
Egypt’s idols will tremble before Him,
and Egypt’s heart will melt within it.

17146

The Jews replied, “You aren’t 50 years old yet, and You’ve seen Abraham?”

17147

In the same way, the Messiah did not exalt Himself to become a high priest, but the One who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,

17148

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:

17149

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may do these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

17150

But the son of Paul’s sister, hearing about their ambush, came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.

17151

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” He told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

17152

“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you live.

17153

Jacob then took branches of fresh poplar, almond, and plane wood, and peeled the bark, exposing white stripes on the branches.

17154

His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

17155

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country
whether distant or nearby—

17156

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

17158

Around three in the morning, He came toward them walking on the sea.

17159

The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.

17160

They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of restoration.

17161

We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,
the guilt of our fathers;
indeed, we have sinned against You.

17162

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.

17163

David again assembled all the choice men in Israel, 30,000.

17164

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place.

17166

Come, let Us go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

17167

The Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

17168

“Rabbi,” the disciples told Him, “just now the Jews tried to stone You, and You’re going there again?”

17170

The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

17172

Your fathers cried out to the Lord, so He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time.

17173

Woe to you, Moab!
You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh!
He gave up his sons as refugees,
and his daughters into captivity
to Sihon the Amorite king.

17174

A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.

17176

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, fixed it on a reed, offered Him a drink, and said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to take Him down!”

17177

The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one.

17178

The Elder:

To the elect lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth

17179

you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you?

17181

And the crowds kept saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee!”

17182

All the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar, Nebusarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of Babylon’s king.

17183

“Is not My word like fire”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and like a hammer that pulverizes rock?

17184

For it brings favor if, mindful of God’s will, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.

17185

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’

17188

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.


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17189

A generation goes and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.

17190

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. March up and save me from the power of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

17191

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

17192

tremble before Him, all the earth.

The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.

17193

And one of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his ear.

17194

Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

17195

He said:

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

17196

The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, “Where is He?”

17197

This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exiles, the priests, the prophets, and all the people Nebuchadnezzar had deported from Jerusalem to Babylon.

17198

“I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

17199

his master is to bring him to the judges and then bring him to the door or doorpost. His master must pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve his master for life.

17200

“Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.

17202

This is My covenant, which you are to keep, between Me and you and your offspring after you: Every one of your males must be circumcised.

17204

But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.

17205

The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.

17207

They brought what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole community came forward and stood before the Lord.

17208

The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth
because the Lord brings a case against the nations.
He enters into judgment with all flesh.
As for the wicked, He hands them over to the sword—
this is the Lord’s declaration.

17210

But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus—my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need

17211

But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered.

17212

These are the names of David’s warriors:

Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the officers. He wielded his spear against 800 men that he killed at one time.

17213

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa, Israel’s King Baasha went to war against Judah. He built Ramah in order to deny access to anyone—going or coming—to Judah’s King Asa.

17214

“If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow Me.”

17215

They reported to Moses: “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit.

17218

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

17219

Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

17220

when He was reviled,
He did not revile in return;
when He was suffering,
He did not threaten
but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

17221

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

17224

We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.

17225

When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them one day.

17226

Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded and set sail.

17227

They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”

Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

17228

The one named Cleopas answered Him, “Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”

17230

you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon and say:

How the oppressor has quieted down,
and how the raging has become quiet!

17232

“but their duty will be to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the Lord’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple—

17233

Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord:

Lord God of Israel who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are God—You alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

17234

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

17235

Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

17238

Jesus answered, “Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about Me?”

17239

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

17240

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, all Korah’s people, and all their possessions.

17241

whatever comes out of the doors of my house to greet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites will belong to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering.”

17242

Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.

17243

The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.

17244

King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down 200 yards of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

17245

“For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send My four devastating judgments against Jerusalem—sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague—in order to wipe out both man and animal from it!

17246

The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.

17247

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one.

17249

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My mandate, My commands, My statutes, and My instructions.”

17250

This word is by decree of the observers;
the matter is a command from the holy ones.
This is so the living will know
that the Most High is ruler
over the kingdom of men.
He gives it to anyone He wants
and sets the lowliest of men over it.

17251

The Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.

17253

Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;
you will restore the foundations laid long ago;
you will be called the repairer of broken walls,
the restorer of streets where people live.

17254

They brought to Him a deaf man who also had a speech difficulty, and begged Jesus to lay His hand on him.

17256

and Jesse fathered King David.

Then David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

17257

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, people groan.

17258

“If a murder victim is found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

17259

What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,

17260

A psalm of Asaph.Yahweh, the God of gods speaks;
He summons the earth from east to west.

17261

Therefore, did what is good cause my death? Absolutely not! On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

17263

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is praised forever, knows I am not lying.

17264

Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the time is near. The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

17267

So God split a hollow place in the ground at Lehi, and water came out of it. After Samson drank, his strength returned, and he revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

17268

This is what the Lord God says:

Remove the turban, and take off the crown.
Things will not remain as they are;
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

17269

A truthful witness rescues lives,
but one who utters lies is deceitful.

17270

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel’s elders,

17271

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

17272

David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:

17273

Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His slaves what must quickly take place.”

17274

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She had a gold cup in her hand filled with everything vile and with the impurities of her prostitution.

17275

When Zebul, the ruler of the city, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was angry.

17276

The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord promised Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

17277

Solomonic.God, give Your justice to the king
and Your righteousness to the king’s son.

17278

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

17279

Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened weak hands.

17280

He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

17281

“When you approach a city to fight against it, you must make an offer of peace.

17282

The secrets of his heart will be revealed, and as a result he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is really among you.”

17284

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

17285

If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself and will glorify Him at once.

17287

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

17289

But I (not the Lord) say to the rest: If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not leave her.

17290

He watches over His nest like an eagle
and hovers over His young;
He spreads His wings, catches him,
and lifts him up on His pinions.

17291

If your hand or your foot causes your downfall, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

17292

“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them: This is what the Lord God says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by committing treachery against Me:

17293

They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

17294

“Look, the days are coming”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will fulfill the good promises
that I have spoken
concerning the house of Israel
and the house of Judah.

17295

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

17296

Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”

17297

Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

17298

But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.

17299

I have become its servant, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message fully known,

17300

Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases?

17301

The Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.

17303

For learning what wisdom and discipline are;
for understanding insightful sayings;

17304

The disciples reached the other shore, and they had forgotten to take bread.

17305

Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the temple will not be for man but for the Lord God.

17306

When Jesus stood up, He said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

17307

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

17308

After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

17309

Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.

17310

After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for azazel,

17311

Wherever He would go, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch just the tassel of His robe. And everyone who touched it was made well.

17312

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,

17313

He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.

17314

and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.

17315

What then? If some did not believe, will their unbelief cancel God’s faithfulness?

17317

“When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

17320

He said, “Go on your way, Daniel, for the words are secret and sealed until the time of the end.

17321

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

17322

The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign, along with all his might and how he made the pool and the tunnel and brought water into the city, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

17323

Their dead bodies will lie in the public square of the great city, which prophetically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

17325

That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has urged rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the place of slavery, to turn you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to walk. You must purge the evil from you.

17326

“Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the Lord and is guilty.

17327

After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra—

Seraiah’s son, Azariah’s son,
Hilkiah’s son,

17328

When they measured it by quarts, the person who gathered a lot had no surplus, and the person who gathered a little had no shortage. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat.

17329

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

17330

I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.

17332

For this reason these days are called Purim, from the word Pur.

Because of all the instructions in this letter as well as what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,

17334

a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and dense overcast,
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people appears,
such as never existed in ages past
and never will again
in all the generations to come.

17335

So the Lord gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.

17336

And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus Himself came near and began to walk along with them.

17337

“Therefore,” He said to them, “every student of Scripture instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who brings out of his storeroom what is new and what is old.”

17338

You engaged in promiscuous acts with Egyptian men, your well-endowed neighbors, and increased your prostitution to provoke Me to anger.

17339

“You are to make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen with a design of cherubim worked into it.

17340

The 10 horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire.

17342

Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for 40 years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie scattered in the wilderness.

17343

For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

17345

Then He dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached Him and said, “Explain the parable of the weeds in the field to us.”

17346

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

17347

and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

17348

Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote this second letter with full authority to confirm the letter about Purim.

17351

Though the mountains move
and the hills shake,
My love will not be removed from you
and My covenant of peace will not be shaken,”
says your compassionate Lord.

17352

Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).

17355

‘These huge beasts, four in number, are four kings who will rise from the earth.

17356

I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.

17357

They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.

17358

Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

17359

For the Lord had told Moses:

17360

His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

17364

Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

17365

Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

17370

All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.

17371

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

17372

Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.

17373

All who heard about him took it to heart, saying, “What then will this child become?” For, indeed, the Lord’s hand was with him.

17375

For the king knows about these matters. It is to him I am actually speaking boldly. For I am convinced that none of these things escapes his notice, since this was not done in a corner.

17376

Then He took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

17378

These days are remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim will not lose their significance in Jewish life and their memory will not fade from their descendants.

17379

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

17380

He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.

17381

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him about Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and had a throne placed for the king’s mother. So she sat down at his right hand.

17382

The word of the Lord came to me:

17383

to give His people knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins.

17384

or, “Who will go down into the abyss?” that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.

17385

But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to.

17386

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

17387

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho, and the Lord showed him all the land: Gilead as far as Dan,

17390

Pay homage to the Son or He will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,
for His anger may ignite at any moment.
All those who take refuge in Him are happy.

17392

The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness.

17393

Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?

17398

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see Me there.”

17399

The Lord spoke to Moses:

17400

Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out against them with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.

17401

I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like the lily
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

17402

“This day is to be a memorial for you, and you must celebrate it as a festival to the Lord. You are to celebrate it throughout your generations as a permanent statute.

17403

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

17406

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy:

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

17409

A lying witness will perish,
but the one who listens will speak successfully.

17410

Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them?
Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

17411

David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

17412

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

17413

“Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who eats any blood, I will turn against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people.

17414

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?
Who has red eyes?

17415

Then Hoshea son of Elah organized a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him, and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

17416

When evening came, He was reclining at the table with the Twelve.

17418

Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was advantageous that one man should die for the people.

17423

Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.

17424

As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, for the rest of his life.

17425

“Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to Me, so they do not profane My holy name; I am Yahweh.

17426

And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!

17427

He found him in a desolate land,
in a barren, howling wilderness;
He surrounded him, cared for him,
and protected him as the pupil of His eye.

17428

Then Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel,

17429

Enoch was 65 years old when he fathered Methuselah.

17433

What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

17434

Pilate was surprised that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him whether He had already died.

17435

He alone stretches out the heavens
and treads on the waves of the sea.

17436

Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where He was placed.

17437

But that is not how you learned about the Messiah,

17438

Hang the veil under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony there behind the veil, so the veil will make a separation for you between the holy place and the most holy place.

17439

“These are the Lord’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

17440

Then they sat down to eat a meal. They looked up, and there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.

17441

He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

17442

Who is this coming from Edom
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—
this One who is splendid in His apparel,
rising up proudly in His great might?


It is I, proclaiming vindication,
powerful to save.

17443

Just as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split open.

17445

As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“I will rule over you with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath.

17447

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

17449

A song. A Davidic psalm.My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.

17450

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

17451

A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.

17452

For the person who speaks in another language is not speaking to men but to God, since no one understands him; however, he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.

17453

Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites—no one leaving or entering.

17454

Do not test the Lord your God as you tested Him at Massah.

17455

But the king of Assyria discovered Hoshea’s conspiracy. He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

17456

From there, after making a circuit along the coast, we reached Rhegium. After one day a south wind sprang up, and the second day we came to Puteoli.

17458

But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.

17459

Yahweh said to him, “Who made the human mouth? Who makes him mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh?

17460

In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

17461

to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.

17462

And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.

17463

If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has shamed his father. Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.

17464

It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

17465

I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain
so that it may bear branches, produce fruit,
and become a majestic cedar.
Birds of every kind will nest under it,
taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

17466

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, rather than to have two eyes and be thrown into hellfire!

17467

They have provoked My jealousy
with their so-called gods;
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

17468

“When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a gift, a fire offering to the Lord.

17469

In the twenty-third year of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned 17 years.

17470

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;
bring an offering and come before Him.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;

17471

The Lord founded the earth by wisdom
and established the heavens by understanding.

17472

for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.

17473

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

17475

For the Scripture says:

Do not muzzle an ox
while it is treading out the grain, and,
the worker is worthy of his wages.

17476

And Peter stayed on many days in Joppa with Simon, a leather tanner.

17478

the Spirit of the Lord took control of him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

17480

Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.

17481

(for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said:

So I swore in My anger,
they will not enter My rest.


And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world,

17482

“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

17483

When the governor motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.

17484

When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

17485

The Lord spoke to Moses: “Go down at once! For your people you brought up from the land of Egypt have acted corruptly.

17487

There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.

17488

The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, yet innocent about what is evil.

17489

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.

17490

In the second year of Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

17491

Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You said,

17492

He will cause deceit to prosper
through his cunning and by his influence,
and in his own mind he will make himself great.
He will destroy many in a time of peace;
he will even stand against the Prince of princes.
Yet he will be shattered—not by human hands.

17493

The man of God cried out against the altar by a revelation from the Lord: “Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says, ‘A son will be born to the house of David, named Josiah, and he will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”

17494

I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

17496

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh, to the law of sin.

17497

The city had a massive high wall, with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the 12 tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates.

17498

The one who gives an answer before he listens—
this is foolishness and disgrace for him.

17499

And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to be repaid in full.

17501

Adam lived 800 years after the birth of Seth, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

17502

and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

17503

Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed,” and immediately he got up.

17504

The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul—but who are you?”

17506

Then they asked Him, “Where is Your Father?”

“You know neither Me nor My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would also know My Father.”

17510

and they went to another village.

17513

“Do not make idols for yourselves, set up a carved image or sacred pillar for yourselves, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am Yahweh your God.

17514

He replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

17515

The beast that was and is not, is himself an eighth king, yet he belongs to the seven and is going to destruction.

17517

After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.

17519

Reuben’s military divisions will camp on the south side under their banner. The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur.

17520

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the log in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck in your brother’s eye.

17521

Amaziah then sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us meet face to face.”

17522

Stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, yet he did not go in.

17523

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David once lived?”

17524

Look, the Lord will come with fire
His chariots are like the whirlwind
to execute His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.

17526

At the end of 40 days they returned from scouting out the land.

17527

He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the Lord’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.

17528

Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.”

17529

Shobal’s sons: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.
Zibeon’s sons: Aiah and Anah.

17530

As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

17532

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand Him over to them.

17533

At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted.

17534

‘Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

17536

I also gave them My Sabbaths to serve as a sign between Me and them, so they will know that I am Yahweh who sets them apart as holy.

17537

By this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his city, and Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

17538

For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.

17539

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

17540

The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and lived luxuriously with her will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning.

17541

I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in languages, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

17542

Greet also the church that meets in their home.
Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.

17543

gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

17548

But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.

17549

When he got up in the morning, Balaam saddled his donkey and went with the officials of Moab.

17550

The donkey saw Me and turned away from Me these three times. If she had not turned away from Me, I would have killed you by now and let her live.”

17551

“Why then,” they asked Him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away?”

17552

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

17554

“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.

17556

Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

17557

But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified Him who lives forever:

For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and His kingdom is from generation to generation.

17558

Laban said to him, “Just because you’re my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

17559

Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith!

17560

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had 12 sons:

17561

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

17562

Amazement came over them all, and they kept saying to one another, “What is this message? For He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

17563

“No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.

17564

So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.

17565

The other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, then entered the tomb, saw, and believed.

17566

who says to Cyrus, “My shepherd,
he will fulfill all My pleasure”
and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”


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17568

Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,

17569

You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

17571

Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

17574

Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

17575

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.

17576

“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

17577

You will no longer be called Deserted,
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.

17578

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

17581

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to oppose what Paul was saying by insulting him.

17583

Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and everyone who was with him, got up early and camped beside the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them, below the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

17584

I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised Moses.

17586

Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

17587

“Then I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’

“And the Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that is assigned for you to do.’

17588

Vedan and Javan from Uzal dealt in your merchandise; wrought iron, cassia, and aromatic cane were exchanged for your goods.

17589

For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’

17590

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

17592

Come, my love,
let’s go to the field;
let’s spend the night among the henna blossoms.

17593

he said:

Canaan will be cursed.
He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.

17594

The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.

17596

From Kish, from Kish’s sons: Jerahmeel.

17597

Ham’s sons: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

17599

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”

And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

17600

When there is famine on the earth,
when there is pestilence,
when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,
when their enemy besieges them
in the region of their fortified cities,
when there is any plague or illness,

17602

Ephraim, why should I have anything more
to do with idols?
It is I who answer and watch over him.
I am like a flourishing pine tree;
your fruit comes from Me.

17603

The Lord is the One who will go before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

17604

He called out to the Lord: “Lord God, please remember me. Strengthen me, God, just once more. With one act of vengeance, let me pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

17605

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

17607

This is what the Lord says:

I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

17609

and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of men who reject the truth.

17610

He will be a sanctuary;
but for the two houses of Israel,
He will be a stone to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

17612

“You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually.

17613

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?

17615

When He got up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

17618

He sent letters with messages of peace and faithfulness to all the Jews who were in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,

17620

Also, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service”

17621

After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men who were in the houses near it mobilized and caught up with the Danites.

17622

“You are to make an embroidered breastpiece for making decisions. Make it with the same workmanship as the ephod; make it of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.

17623

David was climbing the slope of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he ascended. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. Each of the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they ascended.

17624

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.’”

17625

But Paul said: “I am standing at Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as even you can see very well.

17626

“You, then, listen to the parable of the sower:

17627

If we let Him continue in this way, everyone will believe in Him! Then the Romans will come and remove both our place and our nation.”

17629

Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook
or tie his tongue down with a rope?

17631

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.

17633

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.

17634

“You answered me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ Then each of you put on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

17635

But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I use a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

17636

then be afraid of the sword,
because wrath brings punishment by the sword,
so that you may know there is a judgment.

17638

I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

17639

Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

17641

They will fear the name of Yahweh in the west
and His glory in the east;
for He will come like a rushing stream
driven by the wind of the Lord.

17643

However, if the ox was in the habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.

17644

Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ households, one animal per household.

17645

How delightful your love is, my sister, my bride.
Your love is much better than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.

17646

“You must carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to your fathers.

17647

Judah is a young lion
my son, you return from the kill.
He crouches; he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

17648

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in kings’ palaces.

17649

If then, perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

17650

So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

17651

Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come against you.

17652

You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

17653

Likewise, David also speaks of the blessing of the man God credits righteousness to apart from works:

17654

When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

17655

In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that He is near—at the door!

17656

When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadar became king in his place.
His city was Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel
daughter of Matred daughter of Me-zahab.

17658

So the Lord relented concerning the disaster He said He would bring on His people.

17659

Get up; let’s go! See, My betrayer is near.”

17660

But where can wisdom be found,
and where is understanding located?

17661

Elisha went out to the spring of water, threw salt in it, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will death or unfruitfulness result from it.’”

17662

“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

17663

So you extended your prostitution to Chaldea, the land of merchants, but you were not even satisfied with this!

17665

For the hearts of these people
have grown callous,
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and be converted,
and I would heal them.

17666

It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

17667

About virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

17668

As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, a curse be on him!

17669

“I deserted you for a brief moment,
but I will take you back with great compassion.

17670

“When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it in order to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can get food from them. You must not cut them down. Are trees of the field human, to come under siege by you?

17671

But we would like to hear from you what you think. For concerning this sect, we are aware that it is spoken against everywhere.”

17673

It is to be eaten in one house. You may not take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of its bones.

17674

The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”

17675

Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king and reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter of Omri.

17676

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, released him at Ramah. When he found him, he was bound in chains with all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

17677

The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines 40 years.

17678

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

17679

Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

17680

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

17681

“Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.

17683

Then Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

17684

and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’

17685

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city.
Salvation is established as walls and ramparts.

17686

Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the Lord handed them over to him.

17688

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

17689

The Lord was with Judah and enabled them to take possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the people who were living in the valley because those people had iron chariots.

17690

or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

17691

He began to speak blasphemies against God: to blaspheme His name and His dwelling—those who dwell in heaven.

17695

So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel.

17696

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances, and keep My statutes and obey them.

17697

The church in Babylon, also chosen, sends you greetings, as does Mark, my son.

17699

You have not bought Me aromatic cane with silver,
or satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened Me with your sins;
you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

17703

And the Lord told Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

17705

with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.

17707

Peter and those with him were in a deep sleep, and when they became fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with Him.

17709

Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord. Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, yet he thanks God.

17710

She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, “The Lord heard that I am unloved and has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.

17712

Now the slaves and the temple police had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.

17713

so man lies down never to rise again.
They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;
they will not stir from their sleep.

17714

But this was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:

Lord, who has believed our message?
And who has the arm of the Lord
been revealed to?

17715

Y Who is this who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?

17716

Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons—only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

17718

And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, ‘The old is better.’”

17719

She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping.

17720

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw that smoke was going up from the land like the smoke of a furnace.

17722

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

17724

“How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about Me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against Me.

17725

Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

17726

Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.

17727

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.”

17728

After we sighted Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

17729

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them.

17730

They read out of the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.

17731

The Lord also spoke to Moses:

17732

Some time after this, Joseph was told, “Your father is weaker.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

17733

For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

17734

Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.

17735

The Lord said to Moses:

17736

However, each one must live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches.

17737

So she ran to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put Him!”

17738

Now Moses took a tent and set it up outside the camp, far away from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who wanted to consult the Lord would go to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.

17740

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord—what about him?”

17741

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.

17745

But Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” He said. “Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that moment.

17747

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’”

17749

That same day the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet them and slaughtered an additional 18,000 Israelites on the field; all were armed men.

17750

The Lord answered Moses, “Bring Me 70 men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.

17752

If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

17753

Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,

17755

You will bear the consequences of your sins 40 years based on the number of the 40 days that you scouted the land, a year for each day. You will know My displeasure.

17756

Isaac reopened the water wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

17759

Observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it must be put to death. If anyone does work on it, that person must be cut off from his people.

17760

The Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are unable to conceive and have no children, but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

17761

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem turned back with Jehoshaphat their leader, returning joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord enabled them to rejoice over their enemies.

17762

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

17763

Now every house is built by someone, but the One who built everything is God.

17764

For six days you may gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

17765

But if he won’t listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.

17766

“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him.

“There, in the tent,” he answered.

17767

Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.

17768

In fact, we run a risk of being charged with rioting for what happened today, since there is no justification that we can give as a reason for this disorderly gathering.”

17770

When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am Yahweh your God.”

17771

grieving most of all over his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.

17772

“The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

17774

But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

He replied, “Here I am.”

17775

because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.

17776

and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.


They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

17777

All those who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.

17778

The entire Israelite community entered the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and they settled in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

17779

It was preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

17780

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

17781

Tell us, therefore, what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

17782

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

17783

“Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or anything that can earn interest.

17785

Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam:

I will eliminate all of Jeroboam’s males,
both slave and free, in Israel;
I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam
as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!

17788

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

17789

Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

17790

Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching but goes beyond it, does not have God. The one who remains in that teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.

17792

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah.

17795

There should be an opening at its top in the center of it. Around the opening, there should be a woven collar with an opening like that of body armor so that it does not tear.

17797

while I was praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the first vision, came to me in my extreme weariness, about the time of the evening offering.

17798

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows I do!

17799

Give thanks to Yahweh; call on His name;
proclaim His deeds among the peoples.

17800

“For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—

17801

So she called the Lord who spoke to her: The God Who Sees, for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the One who sees me?”

17802

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

17803

For the Lord’s message rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place that your faith in God has gone out. Therefore, we don’t need to say anything,

17805

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been hostile toward each other.

17806

Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

17807

son of Methuselah,
son of Enoch, son of Jared,
son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,

17808

When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under tent curtains.”

17811

The word of the Lord came to me:

17812

Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

17813

Then Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.

17814

He also said to me, “Don’t seal the prophetic words of this book, because the time is near.

17815

For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

17817

Do not be startled or afraid.
Have I not told you and declared it long ago?
You are my witnesses!
Is there any God but Me?
There is no other Rock; I do not know any.

17818

For this corruptible must be clothed
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal must be clothed
with immortality.

17819

His father and mother were amazed at what was being said about Him.

17820

“When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of other countries, worshiping wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never happen.

17821

BOOK III
(Psalms 73–89)
A psalm of Asaph. God is indeed good to Israel,
to the pure in heart.

17822

You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him.

17823

But because He remains forever, He holds His priesthood permanently.

17825

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

17826

You will indeed go out with joy
and be peacefully guided;
the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

17827

Even a young man is known by his actions—
if his behavior is pure and upright.

17828

All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the Lord at Mizpah.

17832

I will take nothing except what the servants have eaten. But as for the share of the men who came with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—they can take their share.”

17833

Moses then said to the Israelites: “Look, the Lord has appointed by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

17834

he does not have to honor his father.’ In this way, you have revoked God’s word because of your tradition.

17835

He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

17837

He was wiser than anyone—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol. His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.

17838

He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, one of the Twelve, because he was going to betray Him.

17839

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.

The famine was severe in Samaria.

17840

Joseph was 30 years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

17841

While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

17842

As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

17843

I wish you would put up with a little foolishness from me. Yes, do put up with me.

17844

“You are to celebrate the Lord’s festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days after you have gathered the produce of the land. There will be complete rest on the first day and complete rest on the eighth day.

17845

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”

17846

So the people complained to Moses, “Give us water to drink.”

“Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them. “Why are you testing the Lord?”

17847

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

17848

Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.

17849

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says, ‘You know all the hardships that have overtaken us.

17850

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

17851

Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”—the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”—the Lord’s declaration.

17852

The Lord will open for you His abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

17853

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other:

We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t weep!

17854

Then He touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith!”

17857

But Paul went down, fell on him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, for his life is in him!”

17858

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;
I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them
and rough places into level ground.
This is what I will do for them,
and I will not forsake them.

17861

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

17862

And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him silver. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.

17863

Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17864

Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

“Teacher,” he said, “say it.”

17865

“Be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; throw it to the dogs.

17866

They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

17867

He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

17868

The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.

17869

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart: “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

17870

save Yourself by coming down from the cross!”

17871

An oracle against Damascus:

Look, Damascus is no longer a city.
It has become a ruined heap.

17873

But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me!”

17875

I am severely afflicted;
Lord, give me life through Your word.

17876

And again, Isaiah says:

The root of Jesse will appear,
the One who rises to rule the Gentiles;
the Gentiles will hope in Him.

17877

He exclaimed, “Look! I see four men, not tied, walking around in the fire unharmed; and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

17878

You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
You received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might live there.

17879

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

17880

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.

17881

Therefore I urge you to take some food. For this has to do with your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

17882

But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them and met separately with the disciples, conducting discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

17883

Shammah the Hararite,
Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,

17885

those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

17886

Balaam answered the donkey, “You made me look like a fool. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now!”

17887

“You have a guard of soldiers,” Pilate told them. “Go and make it as secure as you know how.”

17888

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of My garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

17890

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

17891

Nicodemus—the one who came to Him previously, being one of them—said to them,

17893

Put boundaries for the people all around the mountain and say: Be careful that you don’t go up on the mountain or touch its base. Anyone who touches the mountain will be put to death.

17894

Once they crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

17896

But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by people.

17897

And Moses stood at the camp’s entrance and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

17898

Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?

17899

Philip appeared in Azotus, and he was traveling and evangelizing all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

17901

But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

17902

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

17904

This was to fulfill the words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

17906

“You are to detest these birds. They must not be eaten because they are detestable:

the eagle, the bearded vulture,
the black vulture,

17908

Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.

17909

Then He appeared to James,
then to all the apostles.

17910

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and look—something greater than Jonah is here!

17912

But when the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them,

17913

“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.

17914

ב BetShe weeps aloud during the night,
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.

17915

So Moses did as the Lord commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.

17916

“Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.

17918

The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 20 ounces of silver.

17919

He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer.

17920

as well as the rows of the bread of the Presence, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of volume and length.

17921

I will show you what someone is like who comes to Me, hears My words, and acts on them:

17922

He told them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man fasten his sword to his side; go back and forth through the camp from entrance to entrance, and each of you kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

17923

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace to him,

17924

Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’”

17925

I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.

17927

To one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one—to each according to his own ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately

17929

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.

17930

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

17931

Therefore, when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days.

17933

Though a righteous man falls seven times,
he will get up,
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.

17934

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

17936

Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day when you came out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, for the Lord brought you out of here by the strength of His hand. Nothing leavened may be eaten.

17937

Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against the Lord.

17938

However, he did not put the children of the murderers to death, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses where the Lord commanded, “Fathers must not be put to death because of children, and children must not be put to death because of fathers; instead, each one will be put to death for his own sin.”

17940

Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office.

17942

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

17943

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire,

17944

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

17945

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.

17947

But Lysias the commander came and took him from our hands with great force,

17950

Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

17952

I will attack them
like a bear robbed of her cubs
and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.
I will devour them there like a lioness,
like a wild beast that would rip them open.

17953

“Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah.

17954

Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.

17955

God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What’s wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy from the place where he is.

17956

Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:

17957

Since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the lowlands, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.”

17958

This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

17959

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote:

HIS NAME IS JOHN.

And they were all amazed.

17962

sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body.

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

17964

They will come weeping,
but I will bring them back with consolation.
I will lead them to wadis filled with water
by a smooth way where they will not stumble,
for I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.

17965

“Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the Holy City!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.

17967

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.

17968

But houses in villages that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.

17970

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

17971

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

17972

Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

17973

The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues because of their pain

17974

Balaam told Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

17975

Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

17976

My soul, praise Yahweh!
Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with majesty and splendor.

17978

For David himself says in the Book of Psalms:

The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand

17980

They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

17981

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

17982

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

17983

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

17984

The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain ablaze with fire was hurled into the sea. So a third of the sea became blood,

17985

“Don’t stop him,” Jesus told him, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”

17986

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

17987

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

17988

“You were born entirely in sin,” they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.

17989

Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.

Those were the sons of the Levites according to their ancestral houses.

17990

Then the slave girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?”

“I am not!” he said.

17991

Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

17992

The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,

17993

At that time, when you call, the Lord will answer;
when you cry out, He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you get rid of the yoke among you,
the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,

17994

“Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land.

17995

He said:

“Listen to what I say:
If there is a prophet among you from the Lord,
I make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak with him in a dream.

17996

Then they screamed at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him.

17997

“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am against your magic bands that you ensnare people with like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. I will free the people you have ensnared like birds.

17998

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

17999

No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from His people”;
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”

18000

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.

18002

The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves,
and a good man, what his deeds deserve.

18003

You will be hated by everyone because of My name,