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17003

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

17004

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east.

17005

For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

17006

Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

17007

So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.

17008

“For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place.

17011

Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

17012

He established the earth upon its foundations,
So that it will not totter forever and ever.

17015

The word of the Lord came again to me saying,

17017

All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.

17018

The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.

17019

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

17020

So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?”

17021

So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

17022

and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

17023

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.”

17025

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

17026

that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as well.

17027

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”

17028

And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

17029

For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

17030

Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.

17032

“I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which did not call on My name.

17033

If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

17035

So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

17036

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

17037

The cities of the Negev have been locked up,
And there is no one to open them;
All Judah has been carried into exile,
Wholly carried into exile.

17038

He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

17039

Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

17040

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them:“Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I am speaking today in your hearing, that you may learn them and observe them carefully.

17041

So the man entered the house. Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

17042

Then Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the Lord.

17043

Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

17044

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.

17047

When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.

17048

What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.

17049

And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.

17050

Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you,
Let them be your hiding place!

17052

Then it was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom.”

17053

He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

17054

Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke.

17055

At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?”

17056

‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.

17057

You shall be driven mad by the sight of what you see.

17058

For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, 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 that particular one who was speaking, “How long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host to be trampled?”

17060

Thus says the Lord,
Preserve justice and do righteousness,
For My salvation is about to come
And My righteousness to be revealed.

17061

Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

17062

Abraham came near and said, “Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

17063

Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.

17064

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

17066

The naive believes everything,
But the sensible man considers his steps.

17067

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

17068

The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’s offerings by fire and His portion.

17069

So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of the Lord, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country.

17070

I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

17073

the Jews established and made a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their regulation and according to their appointed time annually.

17074

You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material, all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:

17075

“When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed,

17076

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”

17077

Get yourself up on a high mountain,
O Zion, bearer of good news,
Lift up your voice mightily,
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news;
Lift it up, do not fear.
Say to the cities of Judah,
Here is your God!”

17079

Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.

17081

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

17082

So Jesus said to them, For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

17083

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

17085

Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

17086

And so Simon Peter also *came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he *saw the linen wrappings lying there,

17087

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.

17088

And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.

17089

Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to minister as priests to Me: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

17090

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
O clap your hands, all peoples;
Shout to God with the voice of joy.

17091

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!”

17092

For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light;
The sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.

17093

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

17095

Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away from Him.

17096

Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

17097

The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot.

17098

I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

17100

So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself.

17102

On the following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

17103

Even all the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who were doing the king’s business assisted the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

17104

And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.

17105

So Jesus *said to them, “Children, you do not have any fish, do you?” They answered Him, “No.”

17106

And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.

17107

And as these were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.

17108

Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.

17112

Wisdom shouts in the street,
She lifts her voice in the square;

17113

For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
My soul waits in silence for God only;
From Him is my salvation.

17114

Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

17117

For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’

17118

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them,

17119

And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”

17120

With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father’s household.

17121

These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He had made with them at Horeb.

17123

And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.

17124

Have You completely rejected Judah?
Or have You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing?
We waited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

17125

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

17126

Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her.

17127

And Jesus said to him, Friend, do what you have come for.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

17128

For if you say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ surely thus says the Lord, ‘Because you said this word, “The oracle of the Lord!” I have also sent to you, saying, “You shall not say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’”’

17129

“Surely there is a mine for silver
And a place where they refine gold.

17130

“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,

17132

Now a worthless fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said,
We have no portion in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

17133

Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.

17138

But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things.

17139

Thus says the Lord who made you
And formed you from the womb, who will help you,
Do not fear, O Jacob My servant;
And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

17140

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,

17141

See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

17142

And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants.

17143

Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

17144

The oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

17146

So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

17147

So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”;

17148

and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

17149

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them,

17150

But the son of Paul’s sister heard of their ambush, and he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

17151

And He said to them, Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

17152

For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

17153

Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white which was in the rods.

17154

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

17155

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

17156

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

17158

And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.

17159

The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.

17160

since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.

17161

We know our wickedness, O Lord,
The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.

17162

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.

17163

Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

17164

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.

17166

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

17167

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

17168

The disciples *said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?”

17170

So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.’

17172

But when they cried out to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

17173

Woe to you, O Moab!
You are ruined, O people of Chemosh!
He has given his sons as fugitives,
And his daughters into captivity,
To an Amorite king, Sihon.

17174

He *said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, Shepherd My sheep.”

17176

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.”

17177

The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.

17178

The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth,

17179

if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

17181

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

17182

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

17183

“Is not My word like fire?” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock?

17184

For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.

17185

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.’

17188

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

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; come up and deliver me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

17191

“When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you.

17192

Tremble before Him, all the earth;
Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.

17193

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

17194

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

17195

He said,
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

17196

So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?”

17197

Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

17198

While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

17199

then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.

17200

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

17202

This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.

17205

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

17207

So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the Lord.

17208

‘A clamor has come to the end of the earth,
Because the Lord has a controversy with the nations.
He is entering into judgment with all flesh;
As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the Lord.”

17210

But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;

17211

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

17212

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time;

17213

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.

17214

Jesus *said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”

17215

Thus they told him, and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

17218

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

17219

Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.

17220

and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;

17221

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

17224

But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

17225

When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting the brethren, we stayed with them for a day.

17226

and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

17227

But they said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

17228

One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?”

17230

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

17232

For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

17233

Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

17234

“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.

17235

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

17238

Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?”

17239

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

17240

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.

17241

then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

17242

The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

17243

He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

17244

Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits.

17245

For thus says the Lord God, “How much more when I send My four severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it!

17246

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had an exceedingly large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,

17247

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

17248

But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint.

17249

because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”

17250

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”

17251

Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;

17253

“Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins;
You will raise up the age-old foundations;
And you will be called the repairer of the breach,
The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.

17254

They *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *implored Him to lay His hand on him.

17256

Jesse was the father of David the king.David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.

17257

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
But when a wicked man rules, people groan.

17258

“If a slain person is found lying in the open country in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has struck him,

17259

What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

17260

A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken,
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

17261

Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

17263

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

17264

Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

17265

and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

17267

But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

17268

thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high.

17269

A truthful witness saves lives,
But he who utters lies is treacherous.

17270

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

17271

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

17272

Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number of those who performed their service was:

17273

And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place.

17274

The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

17275

When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger burned.

17276

Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh-barnea.

17277

A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

17278

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

17279

“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.

17280

and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin.”

17281

“When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of peace.

17282

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.

17284

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

17285

if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.

17287

and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who incites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no guilt in this man regarding the charges which you make against Him.

17289

But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.

17290

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.

17291

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.

17292

“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed Me by acting treacherously against Me.

17293

And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

17294

‘Behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

17295

Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?

17296

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

17297

And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge *said;

17298

But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.

17299

Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

17300

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?

17301

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

17303

To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,

17304

And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread.

17305

Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the Lord God.

17306

Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

17307

Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

17308

It came about after these events that his master’s wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

17309

And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain.

17310

Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.

17311

Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

17312

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and garments to wear,

17313

who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

17314

But Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been his friend.

17315

What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

17317

When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

17320

He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time.

17321

Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

17322

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

17323

And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

17325

But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.

17326

“Speak to the sons of Israel, ‘When a man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against the Lord, and that person is guilty,

17327

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

17328

When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat.

17329

Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

17330

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

17332

Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,

17334

A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a great and mighty people;
There has never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.

17335

So the Lord gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

17336

While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.

17337

And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

17338

You also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and multiplied your harlotry to make Me angry.

17339

“You shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

17340

And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.

17341

All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the Lord your God:

17342

Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness.

17343

for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.”

17345

Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

17346

While they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth.

17347

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17348

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

17351

“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,”
Says the Lord who has compassion on you.

17352

Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).

17355

‘These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.

17356

And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.

17357

They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’

17358

And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

17359

For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying,

17360

His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

17363

Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.

17364

Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and put some on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

17365

See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.

17370

All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good,
There is not even one.”

17371

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

17372

Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.

17373

All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, “What then will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.

17375

For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.

17376

Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

17378

So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants.

17379

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.

17380

He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

17381

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

17382

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

17383

To give to His people the knowledge of salvation
By the forgiveness of their sins,

17384

or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

17385

But He said to them, Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.

17386

Then He *said to them, My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”

17387

Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

17390

Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

17392

On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

17393

Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again?

17398

Then Jesus *said to them, Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

17399

The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying,

17400

Then they turned and went up by the way of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out with all his people, for battle at Edrei.

17401

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

17402

‘Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.

17403

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

17406

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy,To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

17409

A false witness will perish,
But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.

17410

“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?

17411

Now 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 leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

17413

And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

17414

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?

17415

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

17416

Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

17418

Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.

17421

And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.

17423

You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat.

17424

and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.

17425

“Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the Lord.

17426

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.

17427

He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

17428

So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

17429

Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.

17433

What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

17434

Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.

17435

Who alone stretches out the heavens
And tramples down the waves of the sea;

17436

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was laid.

17437

But you did not learn Christ in this way,

17438

You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.

17439

‘These are the appointed times of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

17440

Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

17441

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

17442

Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

17443

As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;

17444

For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

17445

“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you.

17447

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

17449

A Song, a Psalm of David.
My heart is steadfast, O God;
I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

17450

Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.

17451

A highway will be there, a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And fools will not wander on it.

17452

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

17453

Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in.

17454

You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

17455

But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

17456

From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium, and a day later a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

17458

“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

17459

The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

17460

Likewise a Levite also, when he came to 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, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

17462

And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

17463

If there is a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

17464

being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

17465

On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit and become a stately cedar. And birds of every kind will nest under it; they will nest in the shade of its branches.

17466

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.

17467

They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

17468

“When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the Lord.

17469

In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel at Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.

17470

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name;
Bring an offering, and come before Him;
Worship the Lord in holy array.

17471

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth,
By understanding He established the heavens.

17472

for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever.

17473

and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

17475

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing,” and “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

17476

And Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

17478

The Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

17480

Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

17481

For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,
As I swore in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest,”
although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

17482

“So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,

17483

When the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul responded:“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my defense,

17484

Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

17485

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

17487

Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.

17488

For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

17489

Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy.
Though I fall I will rise;
Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.

17490

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

17491

Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken,

17492

“And through his shrewdness
He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence;
And he will magnify himself in his heart,
And he will destroy many while they are at ease.
He will even oppose the Prince of princes,
But he will be broken without human agency.

17493

He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

17494

There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

17496

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

17497

It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

17499

If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.

17501

Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.

17502

This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well,

17503

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

17504

And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

17506

So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”

17510

for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”] And they went on to another village.

17512

And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

17513

‘You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.

17514

But He answered and said, Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

17515

The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.

17516

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

17517

Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

17519

“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the 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 do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

17521

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face each other.”

17522

and stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in.

17523

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

17526

When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,

17527

He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the Lord, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.

17528

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father.”

17529

The sons of Shobal were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.

17530

Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

17532

And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him to them.

17533

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people any one prisoner whom they wanted.

17534

Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

17535

After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;

17536

Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

17537

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists.

17538

For the choir director; for flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.
Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my groaning.

17539

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

17540

“And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

17541

Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.

17542

also greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.

17543

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

17548

The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe.

17549

So Balaam arose in the morning, and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab.

17550

But the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed you just now, and let her live.”

17551

They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

17552

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

17554

You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.

17556

So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.

17557

“But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever;
For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

17558

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

17559

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.

17560

It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.Now there were twelve sons of Jacob—

17561

“This Moses whom they disowned, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

17562

And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, “What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.”

17563

No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

17564

Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

17565

So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

17566

“It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd!
And he will perform all My desire.’
And he declares of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built,’
And of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”

17568

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

17569

And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

17571

And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

17574

Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

17575

Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

17576

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,

17577

It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”;
But you will be called, “My delight is in her,”
And your land, “Married”;
For the Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.

17578

What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.

17581

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.

17583

Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

17584

Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses.

17585

saying,
I will proclaim Your name to My brethren,
In the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise.”

17586

Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.

17587

And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.’

17588

Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

17589

For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

17590

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

17592

“Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country,
Let us spend the night in the villages.

17593

So he said,
Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants
He shall be to his brothers.”

17594

Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

17596

By Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.

17597

The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

17599

And they all said, “Are You the Son of God, then?” And He said to them, Yes, I am.”

17600

If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,

17602

O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.

17603

The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

17604

Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

17605

“Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

17607

Thus says the Lord,
“In a favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,
To restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;

17609

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

17610

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;
But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

17612

“You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

17613

“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker—
An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth!
Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?

17615

When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

17616

Have you not even read this Scripture:
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;

17617

Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.

17618

He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,

17620

Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.”

17621

When they had gone some distance from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house assembled and overtook the sons of Dan.

17622

You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen you shall make it.

17623

And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went.

17624

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”

17625

But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.

17626

Hear then the parable of the sower.

17627

If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

17629

Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?

17631

When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

17633

There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

17634

Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord; we will indeed go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every man of you girded on his weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country.

17635

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.)

17636

“Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know there is judgment.”

17638

And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.

17639

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

17641

So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun,
For He will come like a rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.

17643

If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

17644

Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household.

17645

How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
And the fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of spices!

17646

“All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers.

17647

“Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?

17648

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces!

17649

Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?

17651

So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

17652

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

17653

just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

17654

Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

17655

Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

17656

Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

17658

So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

17659

Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”

17660

“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

17661

He went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘I have purified these waters; there shall not be from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.’”

17662

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

17663

You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

17665

For the heart of this people has become dull,
And with their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes;
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.”’

17666

It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

17667

Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.

17668

As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!

17669

For a brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will gather you.

17670

“When you besiege a city a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you?

17671

But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”

17672

“I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,

17673

It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it.

17674

The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”

17675

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

17676

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan captain of the bodyguard had released him from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

17677

Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.

17678

For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

17679

Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

17680

And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

17681

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

17683

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

17684

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

17685

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for security.

17686

So Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord gave them into his hand.

17687

He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

17688

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

17689

Now the Lord was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.

17690

not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect.

17691

And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

17695

So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel.

17696

“My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.

17697

She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, and so does my son, Mark.

17699

“You have bought Me not sweet cane with money,
Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
Rather you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

17702

Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that you may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the faithful mercies shown to David.

17703

The Lord also said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments;

17705

With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

17706

they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.

17707

Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him.

17709

He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.

17710

Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.

17712

Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

17713

So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

17714

This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

17715

‘Who is this that grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As awesome as an army with banners?’

17716

Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.

17718

And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”

17719

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

17720

and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.

17722

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

17724

“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making against Me.

17725

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses.

17726

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.

17727

Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”

17728

When we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to Syria and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

17729

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them.

17730

They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.

17731

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

17732

Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

17733

Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

17734

You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.

17735

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

17736

Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches.

17737

So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”

17738

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.

17740

So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”

17741

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

17744

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.

17745

But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” At once the woman was made well.

17747

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.’”

17748

But Jesus answered and said, Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.

17749

Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah the second day and felled to the ground again 18,000 men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword.

17750

The Lord therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

17752

But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

17753

and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah,

17755

According to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition.

17756

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.

17757

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

17759

Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

17760

Then the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.

17761

Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

17762

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

17763

For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

17764

Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none.”

17765

But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed.

17766

Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “There, in the tent.”

17767

For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.

17768

For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”

17769

Peter *said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.”

17770

When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’”

17771

grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.

17772

The Lord has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.

17774

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

17775

for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

17776

and,
A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.

17777

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

17778

Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh. Now Miriam died there and was buried there.

17779

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

17780

Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh,

17781

Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

17782

When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the days had expired

17783

You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest.

17785

therefore behold, I am bringing calamity on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.

17788

Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?

17789

Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

17790

Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.

17792

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;

17795

There shall be an opening at its top in the middle of it; around its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.

17797

while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.

17798

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

17799

Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.

17800

“So watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,

17801

Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?”

17802

So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,

17803

For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.

17805

Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.

17806

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

17807

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

17808

And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains.”

17809

And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city.

17811

The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

17812

Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

17813

Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord and so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?

17814

And he *said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

17815

For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

17817

‘Do not tremble and do not be afraid;
Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?
And you are My witnesses.
Is there any God besides Me,
Or is there any other Rock?
I know of none.’”

17818

For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

17819

And His father and mother were amazed at the things which were being said about Him.

17820

What comes into your mind will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood and stone.’

17821

A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!

17822

To you it was shown that you might know that the Lord, He is God; there is no other besides Him.

17823

but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently.

17825

saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbersden.”

17826

“For you will go out with joy
And be led forth with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

17827

It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself
If his conduct is pure and right.

17828

Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.

17832

I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share.”

17833

Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

17834

he is not to honor his father or his mother.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

17835

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

17837

For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.

17838

Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.

17839

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

17840

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

17841

And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples,

17842

If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.

17843

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me.

17844

‘On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day.

17845

In the resurrection therefore, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”

17846

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

17847

Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

17848

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

17849

From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to the king of Edom: “Thus your brother Israel has said, ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us;

17850

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

17851

“Can a man hide himself in hiding places
So I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

17852

The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

17853

They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

17854

Then He touched their eyes, saying, It shall be done to you according to your faith.”

17855

the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

17857

But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, “Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.”

17858

“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will not leave them undone.”

17861

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

17862

They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

17863

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17864

And Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he replied, “Say it, Teacher.”

17865

You shall be holy men to Me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

17866

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.

17867

And he was traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

17868

The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.

17869

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

17870

save Yourself, and come down from the cross!”

17871

The oracle concerning Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city
And will become a fallen ruin.

17873

But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

17875

I am exceedingly afflicted;
Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.

17876

Again Isaiah says,
There shall come the root of Jesse,
And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles,
In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”

17877

He said, “Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!”

17878

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

17879

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

17880

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

17881

Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.”

17882

But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

17883

Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

17885

their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.

17886

Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now.”

17887

Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.”

17888

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares 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 (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them,

17893

You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

17894

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

17896

But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.

17897

then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.

17898

“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?

17899

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

17901

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

17902

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

17904

to fulfill the word which He spoke, Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”

17905

The consecrated things were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep.

17906

‘These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,

17908

Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.

17909

then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;

17910

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

17912

When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the 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 a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.

17914

She weeps bitterly in the night
And her tears are on her cheeks;
She has none to comfort her
Among all her lovers.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.

17915

So Moses did just as the Lord had commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

17916

“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.

17918

However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

17919

and he entered into the Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

17920

and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is baked in the pan or what is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size.

17921

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

17922

He said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Every man of you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.’”

17923

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

17924

You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours.”’”

17925

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses shook with fear and would not venture to look.

17927

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

17929

God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

17930

And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.

17931

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

17933

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.

17934

They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

17936

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

17937

Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the Lord.

17938

But the sons of the slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the Lord commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

17940

The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing,

17942

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

17943

The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch men with fire.

17944

Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.

17945

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction passes by.

17947

But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands,

17950

“Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And delight yourself in abundance.

17952

I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open their chests;
There I will also devour them like a lioness,
As a wild beast would tear them.

17953

“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.

17954

Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.

17955

God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

17956

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

17957

Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.”

17958

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

17959

And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they were all astonished.

17962

it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

17964

With weeping they will come,
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble;
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.”

17965

Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;
Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.

17967

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

17968

The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.

17970

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

17971

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

17972

Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”

17973

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,

17974

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

17975

Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

17976

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

17978

For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at My right hand,

17980

So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

17981

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

17982

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

17983

Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.”

17984

The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood,

17985

But Jesus said to him, “Do not hinder him; for he who is not against you is for you.”

17986

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

17987

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

17988

They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they put him out.

17989

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

17990

Then the slave-girl who kept the door *said to Peter, “You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He *said, “I am not.”

17991

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

17992

The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

17993

“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you remove the yoke from your midst,
The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

17994

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.

17995

He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a vision.
I shall speak with him in a dream.

17996

But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse.

17997

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt lives there as birds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let them go, even those lives whom you hunt as birds.

17998

He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

17999

Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from His people.”
Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

18000

“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

18002

The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his.