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book: Ezek
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They will come into my temple, where they will offer sacrifices at my altar and lead others in worship.


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When they come to the inner courtyard, they must wear their linen priestly clothes. My priests must never wear anything made of wool when they are on duty in this courtyard or in the temple.


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Even their turbans and underwear must be made of linen to keep my priests from sweating when they work.


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And before they leave to join the other people in the outer courtyard, they must take off their priestly clothes, then place them in the sacred rooms and put on their regular clothes. That way, no one will touch their sacred clothes and be harmed.


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Priests must never shave their heads when they are mourning. But they must keep their hair properly trimmed and not let it grow too long.


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A priest must not marry a divorced woman; he can marry only a virgin from Israel or the widow of another priest.


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Priests must teach my people the difference between what is sacred and what is ordinary, and between what is clean and what is unclean.


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They will make decisions in difficult legal cases, according to my own laws. They must also observe the religious festivals my Law requires and must always respect the Sabbath.


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Touching a dead body will make a person unclean. So a priest must not go near a dead body, unless it is one of his parents or children, or his brother or unmarried sister.


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If a priest touches a dead body, he is unclean and must go through a ceremony to make himself clean. Then seven days later,


book: Ezek
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he must go to the inner courtyard of the temple and offer a sacrifice for sin. After that, he may once again serve as my priest. I, the LORD God, have spoken.


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Instead, they will receive part of the grain sacrifices, as well as part of the sacrifices for sin and sacrifices to make things right. They will also be given everything in Israel that has been completely dedicated to me.


book: Ezek
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The first part of every harvest will belong to the priests. They will also receive part of all special gifts and offerings the Israelites bring to me. And whenever any of my people bake bread, they will give their first loaf as an offering to the priests, and I will bless the homes of the people when they do this.


book: Ezek
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Priests must not eat any bird or animal that dies a natural death or that has been killed by a wild animal.


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When the land of Israel is divided among the twelve tribes, you must set aside an area that will belong to me. This sacred area will be 12.5 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide.


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The temple will be on a piece of land 255 meters square, and the temple will be completely surrounded by an open space 25 meters wide.


book: Ezek
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I will give half of my sacred land, a section 12.5 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide, to the priests who serve in the temple. Their houses will be in this half, as well as my temple, which is the most sacred place of all.


book: Ezek
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I will give the other half of my land to the Levites who work in my temple, and the towns where they will live will be there.


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Next to my sacred land will be an area 12.5 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. This will belong to the people of Israel and will include the city of Jerusalem.


book: Ezek
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The regions west and east of my sacred land and the city of Jerusalem will belong to the ruler of Israel. He will be given the region between the western edge of my land and the Mediterranean Sea, and between the eastern edge of my land and the Jordan River. This will mean that the length of his property will be the same as the sections of land given to the tribes. This property will belong to every ruler of Israel, so they will always be fair to my people and will let them live peacefully in the land given to their tribes.


book: Ezek
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The LORD God said: You leaders of Israel have cheated and abused my people long enough! I want you to stop sinning and start doing what is right and fair. You must never again force my people off their own land. I, the LORD, have spoken.


book: Ezek
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The ephah will be the standard dry measure, and the bath will be the standard liquid measure. Their size will be based on the homer, which will equal ten ephahs or ten baths.


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The standard unit of weight will be the shekel. One shekel will equal 20 gerahs, and 60 shekels will equal one mina.


book: Ezek
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Leaders of Israel, the people must bring you one sixtieth of their grain harvests as offerings to me.


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They will also bring one percent of their olive oil. These things will be measured according to the bath, and ten baths is the same as one homer or one cor.


book: Ezek
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Finally, they must bring one sheep out of every 200 from their flocks. These offerings will be used as grain sacrifices, as well as sacrifices to please me and those to ask my blessing. I, the LORD, will be pleased with these sacrifices and will forgive the sins of my people.


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But during New Moon Festivals, Sabbath celebrations, and other religious feasts, you leaders will be responsible for providing animals for the sacrifices, as well as the grain and wine. All these will be used for the sacrifices for sin, the grain sacrifices, the sacrifices to please me, and those to ask my blessing. I will be pleased and will forgive the sins of my people.


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The LORD God said: On the first day of the first month, a young bull that has nothing wrong with it must be offered as a sacrifice to purify the temple.


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The priest will take some blood from this sacrifice and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, as well as on the four corners of the altar and on the doorposts of the gates that lead into the inner courtyard.


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The same ceremony must also be done on the seventh day of the month, so that anyone who sins accidentally or without knowing it will be forgiven, and so that my temple will remain holy.


book: Ezek
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Beginning on the fourteenth day of the first month, and continuing for seven days, everyone will celebrate Passover and eat bread made without yeast.


book: Ezek
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On the first day, the ruler will bring a bull to offer as a sacrifice for his sins and for the sins of the people.


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Each day of the festival he is to bring seven bulls and seven rams as sacrifices to please me, and he must bring a goat as a sacrifice for sin. These animals must have nothing wrong with them.


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He will also provide nine kilograms of grain and three liters of olive oil to be offered with each bull and each ram.


book: Ezek
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The Festival of Shelters will begin on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and will continue for seven days. On each day of this festival, the ruler will provide the same number of animals that he did each day during Passover, as well as the same amount of grain and olive oil for the sacrifices.


book: Ezek
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The LORD said: The east gate of the inner courtyard must remain closed during the six working days of each week. But on the Sabbath and on the first day of the month, this gate will be opened.


book: Ezek
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Israel's ruler will go from the outer courtyard into the entrance room of this gate and stand in the doorway while the priest offers sacrifices to ask my blessing and sacrifices to please me. The ruler will bow with his face to the ground to show that he has worshiped me. Then he will leave, and the gate will remain open until evening.


book: Ezek
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Each Sabbath and on the first day of each month, the people of Israel must also come to the east gate and worship me.


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On the Sabbath, the ruler will bring six lambs and one ram to be offered as sacrifices to please me. There must be nothing wrong with any of these animals.


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With the ram, he is to offer nine kilograms of grain, and with each of the lambs, he can offer as much as he wants. He must also offer three liters of olive oil with every nine kilograms of grain.


book: Ezek
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The ruler is to bring six lambs, a bull, and a ram to be offered as sacrifices at the New Moon Festival. There must be nothing wrong with any of these animals.


book: Ezek
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With the bull and the ram, he is to offer nine kilograms of grain, and with each of the lambs, he can offer as much as he wants. He must also offer three liters of olive oil with every nine kilograms of grain.


book: Ezek
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When my people come to worship me during any festival, they must always leave by the opposite gate from which they came: Those who come in the north gate must leave by the south gate, and those who come in the south gate must leave by the north gate.


book: Ezek
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At all other festivals and celebrations, nine kilograms of grain will be offered with a bull, and nine kilograms will be offered with a ram. The worshipers can offer as much grain as they want with each lamb. Three liters of olive oil must be offered with every nine kilograms of grain.


book: Ezek
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If the ruler voluntarily offers a sacrifice to please me or to ask my blessing, the east gate of the inner courtyard will be opened for him. He will offer his sacrifices just as he does on each Sabbath; then he will leave, and the gate will be closed.


book: Ezek
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Each morning a year-old lamb that has nothing wrong with it must be offered as a sacrifice to please me.


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Along with it, two kilograms of fine flour mixed with a liter of olive oil must be offered as a grain sacrifice. This law will never change—


book: Ezek
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The LORD God said: If the ruler of Israel gives some of his land to one of his children, it will belong to the ruler's child as part of the family property.


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But if the ruler gives some of his land to one of his servants, the land will belong to the servant until the Year of Celebration, when it will be returned to the ruler. Only the ruler's children can keep what is given to them.


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The ruler must never abuse my people by taking land from them. Any land he gives his children must already belong to him.


book: Ezek
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The man who was showing me the temple then took me back to the inner courtyard. We walked to the south side of the courtyard and stopped at the door to the sacred rooms that belonged to the priests. He showed me more rooms at the western edge of the courtyard


book: Ezek
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and said, “These are the kitchens where the priests must boil the meat to be offered as sacrifices to make things right and as sacrifices for sin. They will also bake the grain for sacrifices in these kitchens. That way, these sacred offerings won't have to be carried through the outer courtyard, where someone could accidentally touch them and be harmed.”


book: Ezek
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Around the inside of these smaller courtyards was a low wall of stones, and against the wall were places to build fires.


book: Ezek
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The man said, “These are the kitchens where the temple workers will boil the meat that worshipers offer as sacrifices.”


book: Ezek
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The man took me back to the temple, where I saw a stream flowing from under the entrance. It began in the south part of the temple, where it ran past the altar and continued east through the courtyard.


book: Ezek
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We walked out of the temple area through the north gate and went around to the east gate. I saw the small stream of water flowing east from the south side of the gate.


book: Ezek
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The man walked east, then took out his measuring stick and measured 500 meters downstream. He told me to wade through the stream there, and the water came up to my ankles.


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Then he measured another 500 meters downstream, and told me to wade through it there. The water came up to my knees. Another 500 meters downstream the water came up to my waist.


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Another 500 meters downstream, the stream had become a river that could be crossed only by swimming.


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The man said: This water flows eastward to the Jordan River valley and empties into the Dead Sea, where it turns the salt water into fresh water.


book: Ezek
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Wherever this water flows, there will be all kinds of animals and fish, because it will bring life and fresh water to the Dead Sea.


book: Ezek
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From En-Gedi to Eneglaim, people will fish in the sea and dry their nets along the coast. There will be as many kinds of fish in the Dead Sea as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.


book: Ezek
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Fruit trees will grow all along this river and produce fresh fruit every month. The leaves will never dry out, because they will always have water from the stream that flows from the temple, and they will be used for healing people.


book: Ezek
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The LORD God said to the people of Israel: When the land is divided among the twelve tribes of Israel, the Joseph tribe will receive two shares. Divide the land equally, because I promised your ancestors that this land would someday belong to their descendants. These are the borders of the land:


book: Ezek
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The northern border will begin at the Mediterranean Sea, then continue eastward to Hethlon, to Lebo-Hamath, then across to Zedad,


book: Ezek
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Berothah, and Sibraim, which is on the border between the two kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath. The border will end at Hazer-Hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.


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So the northern border will run between the Mediterranean Sea and Hazar-Enon, which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath.


book: Ezek
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The eastern border will begin on the border between the two kingdoms of Hauran and Damascus. It will run south along the Jordan River, which separates the territories of Gilead and Israel, and it will end at the Dead Sea near the town of Tamar.


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The southern border will begin at Tamar, then run southwest to the springs near Meribath-Kadesh. It will continue along the Egyptian Gorge and will end at the Mediterranean Sea.


book: Ezek
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It will belong to the Israelites and to any foreigners living among them whose children were born in Israel. These foreigners must be treated like any other Israelite citizen, and they will receive


book: Ezek
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Each tribe will receive a section of land that runs from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. The northern border of Israel will run along the towns of Hethlon and Lebo-Hamath, and will end at Hazar-Enon, which is on the border between the kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath. The tribes will receive their share of land in the following order, from north to south: Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah.


book: Ezek
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South of Judah's territory will be a special section of land. Its length will be twelve and a half kilometers, and its width will run from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. My temple will be located in this section of land.


book: Ezek
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An area in the center of this land will belong to me. It will be twelve and a half kilometers long and ten kilometers wide.


book: Ezek
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I, the LORD, will give half of my sacred land to the priests. Their share will be twelve and a half kilometers long and five kilometers wide, and my temple will be right in the middle.


book: Ezek
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Only priests who are descendants of Zadok will receive a share of this sacred land, because they remained faithful to me when the Levites and the rest of the Israelites started sinning.


book: Ezek
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The land belonging to the priests will be the most sacred area and will lie south of the area that belongs to the Levites.


book: Ezek
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I will give the other half of my sacred land to the Levites. Their share will also be twelve and a half kilometers long and five kilometers wide,


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South of my sacred land will be a section twelve and a half kilometers long and three kilometers wide. It will not be sacred, but will belong to the people of Israel and will include the city of Jerusalem, together with its houses and pastureland.


book: Ezek
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The land on the east and west sides of the city limits will be farmland for the people of Jerusalem; both sections will be five kilometers long and three kilometers wide.


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And so the center of this special section of land will be for my sacred land, as well as for the city and its property. The land will be a square, twelve and a half kilometers on each side.


book: Ezek
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The regions east and west of this square of land will belong to the ruler of Israel. His property will run east to the Jordan River and west to the Mediterranean Sea. In the very center of his property will be my sacred land, as well as the temple,


book: Ezek
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together with the share belonging to the Levites and the city of Jerusalem. The northern border of the ruler's property will be the land that belongs to Judah, and the southern border will be the land that belongs to Benjamin.


book: Ezek
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South of this special section will be the land that belongs to the rest of Israel's tribes. Each tribe will receive a section of land that runs from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. The tribes will receive their share of land in the following order, from north to south: Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, and Gad.


book: Ezek
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Gad's southern border is also the southern border of Israel. It will begin at the town of Tamar, then run southwest to the springs near Meribath-Kadesh. It will continue along the Egyptian Gorge and end at the Mediterranean Sea.


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That's how the land of Israel will be divided among the twelve tribes. I, the LORD God, have spoken.


book: Ezek
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The city of Jerusalem will have twelve gates, three on each of the four sides of the city wall. These gates will be named after the twelve tribes of Israel. The gates of Reuben, Judah, and Levi will be in the north; Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan will be in the east; Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun will be in the south; Gad, Asher, and Naphtali will be in the west. Each side of the city wall will be two kilometers long,


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and so the total length of the wall will be ten kilometers. The new name of the city will be “The-LORD-Is-Here!”


book: Dan
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In the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia attacked Jerusalem.


book: Dan
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The Lord let Nebuchadnezzar capture Jehoiakim and take away some of the things used in God's temple. And when the king returned to Babylonia, he put these things in the temple of his own god.


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One day the king ordered Ashpenaz, his highest palace official, to choose some young men from the royal family of Judah and from other leading Jewish families.


book: Dan
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The king said, “They must be healthy, handsome, smart, wise, educated, and fit to serve in the royal palace. Teach them how to speak and write our language


book: Dan
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and give them the same food and wine that I am served. Train them for three years, and then they can become court officials.”


book: Dan
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Four of the young Jews chosen were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, all from the tribe of Judah.


book: Dan
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But the king's chief official gave them Babylonian names: Daniel became Belteshazzar, Hananiah became Shadrach, Mishael became Meshach, and Azariah became Abednego.


book: Dan
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Daniel made up his mind to eat and drink only what God had approved for his people to eat. And he asked the king's chief official for permission not to eat the food and wine served in the royal palace.


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But the man still told him, “The king has decided what you must eat and drink. And I am afraid he will kill me, if you eat something else and end up looking worse than the other young men.”


book: Dan
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The king's official had put a guard in charge of Daniel and his three friends. So Daniel said to the guard,


book: Dan
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When the ten days are up, compare how we look with the other young men, and decide what to do with us.”


book: Dan
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Ten days later, Daniel and his friends looked healthier and better than the young men who had been served food from the royal palace.


book: Dan
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God made the four young men smart and wise. They read a lot of books and became well educated. Daniel could also tell the meaning of dreams and visions.


book: Dan
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At the end of the three-year period set by King Nebuchadnezzar, his chief palace official brought all the young men to him.


book: Dan
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The king interviewed them and discovered that none of the others were as outstanding as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they were given positions in the royal court.


book: Dan
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From then on, whenever the king asked for advice, he found their wisdom was ten times better than that of any of his other advisors and magicians.


book: Dan
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During the second year that Nebuchadnezzar was king, he had such horrible nightmares that he could not sleep.


book: Dan
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They answered in Aramaic, “Your Majesty, we hope you live forever! We are your servants. Please tell us your dream, and we will explain what it means.”


book: Dan
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But the king replied, “No! I have made up my mind. If you don't tell me both the dream and its meaning, you will be chopped to pieces and your houses will be torn down.


book: Dan
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However, if you do tell me both the dream and its meaning, you will be greatly rewarded and highly honored. Now tell me the dream and explain what it means.”


book: Dan
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because you know what's going to happen if you don't come up with the answer. You've decided to make up a bunch of lies, hoping I might change my mind. Now tell me the dream, and that will prove that you can interpret it.”


book: Dan
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His advisors explained, “Your Majesty, you are demanding the impossible! No king, not even the most famous and powerful, has ever ordered his advisors, magicians, or wise men to do such a thing.


book: Dan
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This made the king so angry that he gave orders for every wise man in Babylonia to be put to death, including Daniel and his three friends.


book: Dan
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Arioch was the king's official in charge of putting the wise men to death. He was on his way to have it done, when Daniel very wisely went to him


book: Dan
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Daniel rushed off and said to the king, “If you will just give me some time, I'll explain your dream.”


book: Dan
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Then he said, “Pray that the God who rules from heaven will be merciful and explain this mystery, so that we and the others won't be put to death.”


book: Dan
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In a vision one night, Daniel was shown the dream and its meaning. Then he praised the God who rules from heaven:


book: Dan
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“Our God, your name will be praised forever and forever. You are all-powerful, and you know everything.


book: Dan
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You control human events— you give rulers their power and take it away, and you are the source of wisdom and knowledge.


book: Dan
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You are the God who was worshiped by my ancestors. Now I thank you and praise you for making me wise and telling me the king's dream, together with its meaning.”


book: Dan
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Daniel went back to Arioch, the official in charge of executing the wise men. Daniel said, “Don't kill those men! Take me to the king, and I will explain the meaning of his dream.”


book: Dan
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Arioch rushed Daniel to the king and announced, “Your Majesty, I have found out that one of the men brought here from Judah can explain your dream.”


book: Dan
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Daniel answered: Your Majesty, not even the smartest person in all the world can do what you are demanding.


book: Dan
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But the God who rules from heaven can explain mysteries. And while you were sleeping, he showed you what will happen in the future.


book: Dan
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However, you must realize that these mysteries weren't explained to me because I am smarter than everyone else. Instead, it was done so that you would understand what you have seen.


book: Dan
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Your Majesty, what you saw standing in front of you was a huge and terrifying statue, shining brightly.


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Its head was made of gold, its chest and arms were silver, and from its waist down to its knees, it was bronze.


book: Dan
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As you watched, a stone was cut from a mountain—but not by human hands. The stone struck the feet, completely shattering the iron and clay.


book: Dan
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Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed and blown away without a trace, like husks of wheat at threshing time. But the stone became a tremendous mountain that covered the entire earth.


book: Dan
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After you are gone, another kingdom will rule, but it won't be as strong. Then it will be followed by a kingdom of bronze that will rule the whole world.


book: Dan
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This fourth kingdom will be divided—it will be both strong and brittle, just as you saw that the feet and toes were a mixture of iron and clay.


book: Dan
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This kingdom will be the result of a marriage between kingdoms, but it will crumble, just as iron and clay don't stick together.


book: Dan
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During the time of those kings, the God who rules from heaven will set up an eternal kingdom that will never fall. It will be like the stone that was cut from the mountain, but not by human hands—the stone that crushed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. Your Majesty, in your dream the great God has told you what is going to happen, and you can trust this interpretation.


book: Dan
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King Nebuchadnezzar bowed low to the ground and worshiped Daniel. Then he gave orders for incense to be burned and a sacrifice of grain to be offered in honor of Daniel.


book: Dan
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The king said, “Now I know that your God is above all other gods and kings, because he gave you the power to explain this mystery.”


book: Dan
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The king then presented Daniel with a lot of gifts; he promoted him to governor of Babylon Province and put him in charge of the other wise men.


book: Dan
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At Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to high positions in Babylon Province, and he let Daniel stay on as a palace official.


book: Dan
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King Nebuchadnezzar ordered a gold statue to be built 27 meters high and nearly 3 meters wide. He had it set up in Dura Valley near the city of Babylon,


book: Dan
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and he commanded his governors, advisors, treasurers, judges, and his other officials to come from everywhere in his kingdom to the dedication of the statue.


book: Dan
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Then an official stood up and announced: People of every nation and race, now listen to the king's command!


book: Dan
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Trumpets, flutes, harps, and all other kinds of musical instruments will soon start playing. When you hear the music, you must bow down and worship the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.


book: Dan
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As soon as the people heard the music, they bowed down and worshiped the gold statue that the king had set up.


book: Dan
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And you said that anyone who did not bow down and worship it would be thrown into a flaming furnace.


book: Dan
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Sir, you appointed three men to high positions in Babylon Province, but they have disobeyed you. Those Jews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, refuse to worship your gods and the statue you have set up.”


book: Dan
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Now I am going to give you one more chance. If you bow down and worship the statue when you hear the music, everything will be all right. But if you don't, you will at once be thrown into a flaming furnace. No god can save you from me.”


book: Dan
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Nebuchadnezzar's face twisted with anger at the three men. And he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.


book: Dan
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Next, he commanded some of his strongest soldiers to tie up the men and throw them into the flaming furnace.


book: Dan
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The king wanted it done at that very moment. So the soldiers tied up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and threw them into the flaming furnace with all of their clothes still on, including their turbans. The fire was so hot that flames leaped out and killed the soldiers.


book: Dan
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Suddenly the king jumped up and shouted, “Weren't only three men tied up and thrown into the fire?” “Yes, Your Majesty,” his officers answered.


book: Dan
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“But I see four men walking around in the fire,” the king replied. “None of them is tied up or harmed, and the fourth one looks like a god.”


book: Dan
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Nebuchadnezzar went closer to the flaming furnace and said to the three young men, “You servants of the Most High God, come out at once!” They came out,


book: Dan
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and the king's high officials, governors, and advisors all crowded around them. The men were not burned, their hair wasn't scorched, and their clothes didn't even smell like smoke.


book: Dan
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King Nebuchadnezzar said: Praise their God for sending an angel to rescue his servants! They trusted their God and refused to obey my commands. Yes, they chose to die rather than to worship or serve any god except their own.


book: Dan
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And I won't allow people of any nation or race to say anything against their God. Anyone who does will be chopped up and their houses will be torn down, because no other god has such great power to save.


book: Dan
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After this happened, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in Babylon Province.


book: Dan
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King Nebuchadnezzar sent the following letter to the people of all nations and races on the earth: Greetings to all of you!


book: Dan
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Then I commanded every wise man in Babylonia to appear in my court, so they could explain the meaning of my dream.


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Finally, a young man named Daniel came in, and I told him the dream. The holy gods had given him special powers, and I had renamed him Belteshazzar after my own god.


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I said, “Belteshazzar, not only are you the wisest of all advisors and counselors, but the holy gods have given you special powers to solve the most difficult mysteries. So listen to what I dreamed and tell me what it means:


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It was covered with leaves and heavy with fruit— enough for all nations. Wild animals enjoyed its shade, birds nested in its branches, and all creatures on earth lived on its fruit.


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and shouted: ‘Chop down the tree and cut off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Make the animals leave its shade and send the birds flying from its branches.


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But leave its stump and roots in the ground, surrounded by grass and held by chains of iron and bronze. ‘Make sure that this ruler lives like the animals out in the open fields, unprotected from the dew.


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This punishment is given at the command of the holy angels. It will show to all who live that God Most High controls all kingdoms and chooses for their rulers persons of humble birth.’


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“Daniel, that was the dream that none of the wise men in my kingdom were able to understand. But I am sure that you will understand what it means, because the holy gods have given you some special powers.”


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For a while, Daniel was terribly confused and worried by what he was thinking. But I said, “Don't be bothered either by the dream or by what it means.” Daniel replied: Your Majesty, I wish the dream had been against your enemies.


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You saw a tree that grew so big and strong that it reached up to heaven and could be seen from anywhere on earth.


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Its leaves were beautiful, and it produced enough fruit for all living creatures; animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches.


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Your Majesty, that tree is you. Your glorious reputation has reached heaven, and your kingdom covers the earth.


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Then you saw a holy angel come down from heaven and say, “Chop down the tree and destroy it! But leave its stump and roots in the ground, fastened there by a chain of iron and bronze. Let it stay for seven years out in the field with the wild animals, unprotected from the dew.”


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that you will be forced to live with the wild animals, far away from humans. You will eat grass like a wild animal and live outdoors for seven years, until you learn that God Most High controls all earthly kingdoms and chooses their rulers.


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But he gave orders not to disturb the stump and roots. This is to show that you will be king once again, after you learn that the God who rules from heaven is in control.


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Your Majesty, please be willing to do what I say. Turn from your sins and start living right; have mercy on those who are mistreated. Then all will go well with you for a long time.


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About twelve months later, I was walking on the flat roof of my royal palace and admiring the beautiful city of Babylon, when these things started happening to me. I was saying to myself, “Just look at this wonderful capital city that I have built by my own power and for my own glory!”


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But before I could finish speaking, a voice from heaven interrupted: King Nebuchadnezzar, this kingdom is no longer yours.


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You will be forced to live with the wild animals, away from people. For seven years you will eat grass, as though you were an ox, until you learn that God Most High is in control of all earthly kingdoms and that he is the one who chooses their rulers.


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This was no sooner said than done—I was forced to live like a wild animal; I ate grass and was unprotected from the dew. As time went by, my hair grew longer than eagle feathers, and my fingernails looked like the claws of a bird.


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Finally, I prayed to God in heaven, and my mind was healed. Then I said: “I praise and honor God Most High. God lives forever, and his kingdom will never end.


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To him the nations are far less than nothing; God controls the stars in the sky and everyone on this earth. When God does something, we cannot change it or even ask why.”


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At that time my mind was healed, and once again I became the ruler of my glorious kingdom. My advisors and officials returned to me, and I had greater power than ever before.


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That's why I say: “Praise and honor the King who rules from heaven! Everything he does is honest and fair, and he can shatter the power of those who are proud.”


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One evening, King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his highest officials, and he drank wine with them.


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He got drunk and ordered his servants to bring in the gold and silver cups his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. Belshazzar wanted the cups, so that he and all his wives and officials could drink from them.


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When the gold cups were brought in, everyone at the banquet drank from them and praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.


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Suddenly a human hand was seen writing on the plaster wall of the palace. The hand was just behind the lampstand, and the king could see it writing.


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He was so frightened that his face turned pale, his knees started shaking, and his legs became weak.


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The king called in his advisors, who claimed they could talk with the spirits of the dead and understand the meanings found in the stars. He told them, “The man who can read this writing and tell me what it means will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom. He will wear robes of royal purple and a gold chain around his neck.”


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All of King Belshazzar's highest officials came in, but not one of them could read the writing or tell what it meant,


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and they were completely puzzled. Now the king was more afraid than ever before, and his face turned white as a ghost.


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When the queen heard the king and his officials talking, she came in and said: Your Majesty, I hope you live forever! Don't be afraid or look so pale.


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In your kingdom there is a man who has been given special powers by the holy gods. When your father Nebuchadnezzar was king, this man was known to be as smart, intelligent, and wise as the gods themselves. Your father put him in charge of all who claimed they could talk with the spirits or understand the meanings in the stars or tell about the future.


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He also changed the man's name from Daniel to Belteshazzar. Not only is he wise and intelligent, but he can explain dreams and riddles and solve difficult problems. Send for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.


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When Daniel was brought in, the king said: So you are Daniel, one of the captives my father brought back from Judah!


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Neither my advisors nor the men who talk with the spirits of the dead could read this writing or tell me what it means.


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But I have been told that you understand everything and that you can solve difficult problems. Now then, if you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom. You will wear royal purple robes and have a gold chain around your neck.


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Daniel answered: Your Majesty, I will read the writing and tell you what it means. But you may keep your gifts or give them to someone else.


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Sir, the Most High God made your father a great and powerful man and brought him much honor and glory.


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God did such great things for him that people of all nations and races shook with fear. Your father had the power of life or death over everyone, and he could honor or ruin anyone he chose.


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His mind became like that of an animal, and he was forced to stay away from people and live with wild donkeys. Your father ate grass like an ox, and he slept outside where his body was soaked with dew. He was forced to do this until he learned that the Most High God rules all kingdoms on earth and chooses their kings.


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King Belshazzar, you knew all of this, but you still refused to honor the Lord who rules from heaven.


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Instead, you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the God who gives you breath and controls everything you do.


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The words written there are mene, which means “numbered,” tekel, which means “weighed,” and parsin, which means “divided.” God has numbered the days of your kingdom and has brought it to an end. He has weighed you on his balance scales, and you fall short of what it takes to be king. So God has divided your kingdom between the Medes and the Persians.


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Belshazzar gave a command for Daniel to be made the third most powerful man in his kingdom and to be given a purple robe and a gold chain.


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In order to make sure that his government was run properly, Darius put three other officials in charge of the governors. One of these officials was Daniel.


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And he did his work so much better than the other governors and officials that the king decided to let him govern the whole kingdom.


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The other men tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel did his work for the king. But they could not accuse him of anything wrong, because he was honest and faithful and did everything he was supposed to do.


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Finally, they said to one another, “We will never be able to bring any charge against Daniel, unless it has to do with his religion.”


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All of your officials, leaders, advisors, and governors agree that you should make a law forbidding anyone to pray to any god or human except you for the next 30 days. Everyone who disobeys this law must be thrown into a pit of lions.


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Order this to be written and then sign it, so it cannot be changed, just as no written law of the Medes and Persians can be changed.”


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Daniel heard about the law, but when he returned home, he went upstairs and prayed in front of the window that faced Jerusalem. In the same way that he had always done, he knelt down in prayer three times a day, giving thanks to God.


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They went back to the king and said, “Didn't you make a law that forbids anyone to pray to any god or human except you for the next 30 days? And doesn't the law say that everyone who disobeys it will be thrown into a pit of lions?” “Yes, that's the law I made,” the king agreed. “And just like all written laws of the Medes and Persians, it cannot be changed.”


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The men then told the king, “That Jew named Daniel, who was brought here as a captive, refuses to obey you or the law that you ordered to be written. And he still prays to his god three times a day.”


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The king was really upset to hear about this, and for the rest of the day he tried to think how he could save Daniel.


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At sunset the men returned and said, “Your Majesty, remember that no written law of the Medes and Persians can be changed, not even by the king.”


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So Darius ordered Daniel to be brought out and thrown into a pit of lions. But he said to Daniel, “You have been faithful to your God, and I pray that he will rescue you.”


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A stone was rolled over the pit, and it was sealed. Then Darius and his officials stamped the seal to show that no one should let Daniel out.


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All night long the king could not sleep. He did not eat anything, and he would not let anyone come in to entertain him.


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He was anxious and shouted, “Daniel, you were faithful and served your God. Was he able to save you from the lions?”


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My God knew that I was innocent, and he sent an angel to keep the lions from eating me. Your Majesty, I have never done anything to hurt you.”


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The king was relieved to hear Daniel's voice, and he gave orders for him to be taken out of the pit. Daniel's faith in his God had kept him from being harmed.


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And the king ordered the men who had brought charges against Daniel to be thrown into the pit, together with their wives and children. But before they even reached the bottom, the lions ripped them to pieces.


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King Darius then sent this message to all people of every nation and race in the world: “Greetings to all of you!


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I command everyone in my kingdom to worship and honor the God of Daniel. He is the living God, the one who lives forever. His power and his kingdom will never end.


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He rescues people and sets them free by working great miracles. Daniel's God has rescued him from the power of the lions.”


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Daniel wrote: In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylonia, I had some dreams and visions while I was asleep one night, and I wrote them down. The four winds were stirring up the mighty sea,


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The first was like a lion with the wings of an eagle. As I watched, its wings were pulled off. Then it was lifted to an upright position and made to stand on two feet, just like a human, and it was given a human mind.


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The second beast looked like a bear standing on its hind legs. It held three ribs in its teeth, and it was told, “Attack! Eat all the flesh you want.”


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The third beast was like a leopard—except that it had four wings and four heads. It was given authority to rule.


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The fourth beast was stronger and more terrifying than the others. Its huge teeth were made of iron, and what it didn't grind with its teeth, it smashed with its feet. It was different from the others, and it had horns on its head—ten of them.


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Just as I was thinking about these horns, a smaller horn appeared, and three of the other horns were pulled up by the roots to make room for it. This horn had the eyes of a human and a mouth that spoke with great arrogance.


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Thrones were set up while I was watching, and the Eternal God took his place. His clothing and his hair were white as snow. His throne was a blazing fire with fiery wheels,


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and flames were dashing out from all around him. Countless thousands were standing there to serve him. The time of judgment began, and the books were opened.


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I watched closely to see what would happen to this smaller horn because of the arrogant things it was saying. Then before my very eyes, the fourth beast was killed and its body destroyed by fire.


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The other three beasts had their authority taken from them, but they were allowed to live a while longer.


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As I continued to watch the vision that night, I saw what looked like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven, and he was presented to the Eternal God.


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He was crowned king and given power and glory, so that all people of every nation and race would serve him. He will rule forever, and his kingdom is eternal, never to be destroyed.


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But God Most High will give his kingdom to his chosen ones, and it will be theirs forever and ever.”


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I wanted to know more about the fourth beast, because it was so different and much more terrifying than the others. What was the meaning of its iron teeth and bronze claws and of its feet that smashed what the teeth and claws had not ground and crushed?


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I also wanted to know more about all ten of those horns on its head. I especially wanted to know more about the one that took the place of three of the others—the horn that had eyes and spoke with arrogance and seemed greater than the others.


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Then God Most High, the Eternal God, came and judged in favor of his chosen ones, because the time had arrived for them to be given the kingdom.


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Then I was told by the one standing there: “The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom to appear on earth. It will be different from all the others— it will trample the earth and crush it to pieces.


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All ten of those horns are kings who will come from this kingdom, and one more will follow. This horn will be different from the others, and it will conquer three other kings.


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“This king will speak evil of God Most High, and he will be cruel to God's chosen ones. He will try to change God's Law and the sacred seasons. And he will be able to do this for a time, two times, and half a time.


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“Then the greatest kingdom of all will be given to the chosen ones of God Most High. His kingdom will be eternal, and all others will serve and obey him.”


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when I looked up and saw a ram standing there with two horns on its head—both of them were long, but the second one was longer than the first.


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The ram went charging toward the west, the north, and the south. No other animals were strong enough to oppose him, and nothing could save them from his power. So he did as he pleased and became even more powerful.


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I kept on watching and saw a goat come from the west and charge across the entire earth, without even touching the ground. Between his eyes was a powerful horn,


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The goat was so fierce that its attack broke both horns of the ram, leaving him powerless. Then the goat trampled on the ram, and no one could do anything to help.


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After this, the goat became even more powerful. But at the peak of his power, his mighty horn was broken, and four other mighty horns took its place—one pointing to the north and one to the east, one to the south and one to the west.


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A little horn came from one of these, and its power reached to the south, the east, and even to the holy land.


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It became so strong that it attacked the stars in the sky, which were heaven's army. Then it threw some of them down to the earth and trampled on them.


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It humiliated heaven's army and dishonored its leader by keeping him from offering the daily sacrifices. In fact, it was so terrible that it even disgraced the temple and wiped out true worship. It also did everything else it wanted to do.


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Then one of the holy angels asked another, “When will the daily sacrifices be offered again? What about this horrible rebellion? When will the temple and heaven's army no longer be trampled in the dust?”


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The other answered, “It will be 2,300 evenings and mornings before the temple is dedicated and in use again.”


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Daniel wrote: I was trying to figure out the meaning of the vision, when someone suddenly appeared there beside me.


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And from beside the Ulai River, a voice like that of a human said, “Gabriel, help him understand the vision.”


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Gabriel came over, and I fell to the ground in fear. Then he said, “You are merely a human, but you need to understand that this vision is about the end of time.”


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and said: Listen, and I will tell you what will happen at the end of time, when God has chosen to show his anger.


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the goat is the kingdom of Greece, and the powerful horn between his eyes is the first of its kings.


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When these rulers have become as evil as possible, their power will end, and then a king who is dangerous and cannot be trusted will appear.


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He will gain strength, but not on his own, and he will cause terrible destruction. He will wipe out powerful leaders and God's people as well.


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His deceitful lies will make him so successful, that he will think he is really great. Suddenly he will kill many people, and he will even attack God, the Supreme Ruler. But God will crush him!


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This vision about the evenings and mornings is true, but these things won't happen for a long time, so don't tell it to others.


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After this, I was so worn out and weak that it was several days before I could get out of bed and go about my duties for the king. I was disturbed by this vision that made no sense to me.


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Daniel wrote: Some years later, Darius the Mede, who was the son of Xerxes, had become king of Babylonia. And during his first year as king, I found out from studying the writings of the prophets that the LORD had said to Jeremiah, “Jerusalem will lie in ruins for 70 years.”


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Then, to show my sorrow, I went without eating and dressed in sackcloth and sat in ashes. I confessed my sins and earnestly prayed to the LORD my God: Our Lord, you are a great and fearsome God, and you faithfully keep your agreement with those who love and obey you.


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We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else.


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Everything you do is right, our Lord. But still we suffer public disgrace because we have been unfaithful and have sinned against you. This includes all of us, both far and near—the people of Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel, as well as those you dragged away to foreign lands,


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Everyone in Israel has stubbornly refused to obey your laws, and so those curses written by your servant Moses have fallen upon us.


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You warned us and our leaders that Jerusalem would suffer the worst disaster in human history, and you did exactly as you had threatened.


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We have not escaped any of the terrible curses written by Moses, and yet we have refused to beg you for mercy and to remind ourselves of how faithful you have always been.


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And when you finally punished us with this horrible disaster, that was also the right thing to do, because we deserved it so much.


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Our Lord God, with your own mighty arm you rescued us from Egypt and made yourself famous to this very day, but we have sinned terribly.


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In the past, you treated us with such kindness, that we now beg you to stop being so terribly angry with Jerusalem. After all, it is your chosen city built on your holy mountain, even though it has suffered public disgrace because of our sins and those of our ancestors.


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I am your servant, Lord God, and I beg you to answer my prayers and bring honor to yourself by having pity on your temple that lies in ruins.


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Please show mercy to your chosen city, not because we deserve it, but because of your great kindness.


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Forgive us! Hurry and do something, not only for your city and your chosen people, but to bring honor to yourself.


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I was still confessing my sins and those of all Israel to the LORD my God, and I was praying for the good of his holy mountain,


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when Gabriel suddenly came flying in at the time of the evening sacrifice. This was the same Gabriel I had seen in my vision,


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God thinks highly of you, and at the very moment you started praying, I was sent to give you the answer.


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God has decided that for 70 weeks, your people and your holy city must suffer as the price of their sins. Then evil will disappear, and justice will rule forever; the visions and words of the prophets will come true, and a most holy place will be dedicated.


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You need to realize that from the command to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Chosen Leader, it will be 7 weeks and another 62 weeks. Streets will be built in Jerusalem, and a trench will be dug around the city for protection, but these will be difficult times.


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At the end of the 62 weeks, the Chosen Leader will be killed and left with nothing. A foreign ruler and his army will sweep down like a mighty flood, leaving both the city and the temple in ruins, and war and destruction will continue until the end, just as God has decided.


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For one week this foreigner will make a firm agreement with many people, and halfway through this week, he will end all sacrifices and offerings. Then the “Horrible Thing” that causes destruction will be put there. And it will stay there until the time God has decided to destroy this one who destroys.


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In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia, a message came to Daniel from God, and it was explained in a vision. The message was about a dreadful war, and it was true.


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Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was standing on the banks of the great Tigris River,


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His body was like a precious stone, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming fires, his arms and legs like polished bronze, and his voice like the roar of a crowd.


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Although the people who were with me did not see the vision, they became so frightened that they scattered and hid.


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and then said, “Daniel, your God thinks highly of you, and he has sent me. So stand up and pay close attention.” I stood trembling, while the angel said:


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Daniel, don't be afraid! God has listened to your prayers since the first day you humbly asked for understanding, and he has sent me here.


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But the guardian angel of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael, who is one of the strongest guardian angels, came to rescue me from the kings of Persia.


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Now I have come here to give you another vision about what will happen to your people in the future.


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Then he appeared in human form and touched my lips. I said, “Sir, this vision has brought me great pain and has drained my strength.


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I am merely your servant. How can I possibly speak with someone so powerful, when I am almost too weak to get my breath?”


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The angel touched me a second time and said, “Don't be frightened! God thinks highly of you, and he intends this for your good, so be brave and strong.” At this, I regained my strength and replied, “Please speak! You have already made me feel much better.”


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Then the angel said: Now do you understand why I have come? Soon I must leave to fight against the guardian angel of Persia. Then after I have defeated him, the guardian angel of Greece will attack me.


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I will tell you what is written in The Book of Truth. But first, you must realize that no one except Michael, the guardian angel of Israel, is on my side.


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What I am going to tell you is certain to happen. Four kings will rule Persia, one after the other, but the fourth one will become much richer than the others. In fact, his wealth will make him so powerful that he will turn everyone against the kingdom of Greece.


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But suddenly his kingdom will be crushed and scattered to the four corners of the earth, where four more kingdoms will rise. But these won't be ruled by his descendants or be as powerful as his kingdom.


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The king of the south will grow powerful. Then one of his generals will rebel and will rule an even larger kingdom.


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Years later the southern kingdom and the northern kingdom will make a treaty, and the daughter of the king of the south will marry the king of the north. But she will lose her power. Then she, her husband, their child, and the servants who came with her will all be killed. After this,


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one of her relatives will become the ruler of the southern kingdom. He will attack the army of the northern kingdom and capture its fortresses.


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Then he will carry their idols to Egypt, together with their precious treasures of silver and gold, but it will be a long time before he attacks the northern kingdom again. Some years later


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the king of the north will invade the southern kingdom, but he will be forced back to his own country.


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The sons of the king of the north will gather a huge army that will sweep down like a roaring flood, reaching all the way to the fortress of the southern kingdom.


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The king of the south will feel proud because of the many thousands he has killed. But his victories won't last long,


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because the king of the north will gather a larger and more powerful army than ever before. Then in a few years, he will start invading other countries.


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At this time many of your own people will try to make this vision come true by rebelling against the king of the south, but their rebellion will fail.


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Then the army from the north will surround and capture a fortress in the south, and not even the most experienced troops of the southern kingdom will be able to make them retreat.


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The king who invaded from the north will do as he pleases, and he will even capture and destroy the holy land.


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In fact, he will decide to invade the south with his entire army. Then he will attempt to make peace by giving the king of the south a bride from the northern kingdom, but this won't be successful.


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Afterwards, this proud king of the north will invade and conquer many of the nations along the coast, but a military leader will defeat him and make him lose his pride.


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He will retreat to his fortresses in his own country, but on the way he will be defeated and never again be seen.


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The next king of the north will try to collect taxes for the glory of his kingdom. However, he will come to a sudden end in some mysterious way, instead of in battle or because of someone's anger.


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The successor of this king of the north will be a worthless nobody, who doesn't even come from a royal family. He will suddenly appear and gain control of the kingdom by treachery.


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He will make a treaty, but he will be deceitful and break it, even though he has only a few followers.


book: Dan
contenido:
Without warning, he will successfully invade a wealthy province, which is something his ancestors never did. Then he will divide among his followers all of its treasures and property. But none of this will last very long.


book: Dan
contenido:
He will gather a large and powerful army, and with great courage he will attack the king of the south. The king of the south will meet him with a much stronger army, but he will lose the battle, because he will be betrayed


book: Dan
contenido:
The two kings will meet around a table and tell evil lies to each other. But their plans will fail, because God has already decided what will happen.


book: Dan
contenido:
Then the king of the north will return to his country with great treasures. But on the way, he will attack the religion of God's people and do whatever else he pleases.


book: Dan
contenido:
At the time God has decided, the king of the north will invade the southern kingdom again, but this time, things will be different.


book: Dan
contenido:
Ships from the west will come to attack him, and he will be discouraged. Then he will start back to his own country and take out his anger on the religion of God's faithful people, while showing kindness to those who are unfaithful.


book: Dan
contenido:
He will send troops to pollute the temple and the fortress, and he will stop the daily sacrifices. Then he will set up that “Horrible Thing” that causes destruction.


book: Dan
contenido:
The king will use deceit to win followers from those who are unfaithful to God, but those who remain faithful will do everything possible to oppose him.


book: Dan
contenido:
Wise leaders will instruct many of the people. But for a while, some of these leaders will either be killed with swords or burned alive, or else robbed of their possessions and thrown into prison.


book: Dan
contenido:
They will receive only a little help in their time of trouble, and many of their followers will be treacherous.


book: Dan
contenido:
Some of those who are wise will suffer, so that God will make them pure and acceptable until the end, which will still come at the time he has decided.


book: Dan
contenido:
This king will do as he pleases. He will proudly claim to be greater than any god and will insult the only true God. Indeed, he will be successful until God is no longer angry with his people.


book: Dan
contenido:
This king will reject the gods his ancestors worshiped and the god preferred by women. In fact, he will put himself above all gods


book: Dan
contenido:
and worship only the so-called god of fortresses, who was unknown to his ancestors. And he will honor it with gold, silver, precious stones, and other costly gifts.


book: Dan
contenido:
With the help of this foreign god, he will capture the strongest fortresses. Everyone who worships this god will be put in a position of power and rewarded with wealth and land.


book: Dan
contenido:
At the time of the end, the king of the south will attack the kingdom of the north. But its king will rush out like a storm with war chariots, cavalry, and many ships. Indeed, his forces will flood one country after another,


book: Dan
contenido:
and when they reach the holy land, tens of thousands will be killed. But the countries of Edom and Moab and the ruler of Ammon will escape.


book: Dan
contenido:
But he will be alarmed by news from the east and the north, and he will become furious and cause great destruction.


book: Dan
contenido:
After this, he will set up camp between the Mediterranean Sea and Mount Zion. Then he will be destroyed, and no one will be able to save him.


book: Dan
contenido:
Michael, the chief of the angels, is the protector of your people, and he will come at a time of terrible suffering, the worst in all of history. And your people who have their names written in The Book will be protected.


book: Dan
contenido:
Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. Some of them will be given eternal life, and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace.


book: Dan
contenido:
Everyone who has been wise will shine as bright as the sky above, and everyone who has led others to please God will shine forever like the stars.


book: Dan
contenido:
Daniel, I now command you to keep the message of this book secret until the end of time, even though many people will go everywhere, searching for the knowledge to be found in it.


book: Dan
contenido:
Daniel wrote: I looked around and saw two other people—one on this side of the river and one on the other side.


book: Dan
contenido:
The angel who had spoken to me was dressed in linen and was standing upstream from them. So one of the two beside the river asked him, “How long before these amazing things happen?”


book: Dan
contenido:
The angel then raised both hands toward heaven and said, “In the name of the God who lives forever, I solemnly promise that it will be a time, two times, and half a time. Everything will be over, when the suffering of God's holy people comes to an end.”


book: Dan
contenido:
I heard what the angel said, but I didn't understand. So I asked, “Sir, how will it all end?” The angel in my vision then replied:


book: Dan
contenido:
Daniel, go about your business, because the meaning of this message will remain secret until the end of time.


book: Dan
contenido:
Many people will have their hearts and lives made pure and clean, but those who are evil will keep on being evil and never understand. Only the wise will understand.


book: Dan
contenido:
There will be 1,290 days from the time that the daily sacrifices are stopped, until someone sets up the “Horrible Thing” that causes destruction.


book: Dan
contenido:
So, Daniel, be faithful until the end! You will rest, and at the end of time, you will rise from death to receive your reward.


book: Hos
contenido:
I am Hosea son of Beeri. When Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and when Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel, the LORD spoke this message to me.


book: Hos
contenido:
The LORD said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her.”


book: Hos
contenido:
Then the LORD said, “Hosea, name your son Jezreel, because I will soon punish the descendants of King Jehu of Israel for the murders he committed in Jezreel Valley. I will destroy his kingdom,


book: Hos
contenido:
Later, Gomer had a daughter, and the LORD said, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah, because I will no longer have mercy and forgive Israel.


book: Hos
contenido:
But I am the LORD God of Judah, and I will have mercy and save Judah by my own power—not by wars and arrows or swords and cavalry.”


book: Hos
contenido:
Someday it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called “Not My People,” but in the future they will be called “Children of the Living God.”


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel and Judah will unite and choose one leader. Then they will take back their land, and this will be a great day for Jezreel.


book: Hos
contenido:
Accuse! Accuse your mother! She is no longer my wife, and now I, the LORD, am not her husband. Beg her to give up prostitution and stop being unfaithful,


book: Hos
contenido:
or I will strip her naked like the day she was born. I will make her barren like a desert, and she will die of thirst.


book: Hos
contenido:
Your mother was unfaithful. She was disgraceful and said, “I'll run after my lovers. Everything comes from them— my food and drink, my linen and wool, my olive oil and wine.”


book: Hos
contenido:
She will run after her lovers, but not catch them; she will search, but not find them. Then she will say, “I'll return to my first husband. Life was better then.”


book: Hos
contenido:
She didn't know that her grain, wine, and olive oil were gifts from me, as were the gold and silver she used in worshiping Baal.


book: Hos
contenido:
So I'll hold back the harvest of grain and grapes. I'll take back my wool and my linen that cover her body.


book: Hos
contenido:
She said, “My lovers gave me vineyards and fig trees as payment for sex.” Now I, the LORD, will ruin her vineyards and fig trees; they will become clumps of weeds eaten by wild animals.


book: Hos
contenido:
I'll punish her for the days she worshiped Baal and burned incense to him. I'll punish her for the times she forgot about me and wore jewelry and rings to attract her lovers. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Hos
contenido:
I will return your vineyards, and then Trouble Valley will become Hopeful Valley. You will say “Yes” to me as you did in your youth, when leaving Egypt.


book: Hos
contenido:
And I will agree to let you live in peace—you will no longer be attacked by wild animals and birds or by weapons of war.


book: Hos
contenido:
I will accept you as my wife forever, and instead of a bride price I will give you justice, fairness, love, kindness,


book: Hos
contenido:
I will scatter the seeds and show mercy to Lo-Ruhamah. I will say to Lo-Ammi, “You are my people,” and they will answer, “You are our God.”


book: Hos
contenido:
Once again the LORD spoke to me. And this time he said, “Hosea, fall in love with an unfaithful woman who has a lover. Do this to show that I love the people of Israel, even though they worship idols and enjoy the offering cakes made with fruit.”


book: Hos
contenido:
Then I said, “Now you are mine! You will have to remain faithful to me, though it will be a long time before we sleep together.”


book: Hos
contenido:
It will also be a long time before Israel has a king or before sacrifices are offered at the temple or before there is any way to get guidance from God.


book: Hos
contenido:
But later, Israel will turn back to the LORD their God and to David their king. At that time they will come to the LORD with fear and trembling, and he will be good to them.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, listen as the LORD accuses everyone in the land! No one is faithful or loyal or truly cares about God.


book: Hos
contenido:
Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.


book: Hos
contenido:
And so your land is a desert. Every living creature is dying— people and wild animals, birds and fish.


book: Hos
contenido:
You priests have rejected me, and my people are destroyed by refusing to obey. Now I'll reject you and forget your children, because you have forgotten my Law.


book: Hos
contenido:
By adding more of you priests, you multiply the number of people who sin. Now I'll change your pride into shame.


book: Hos
contenido:
Their food won't satisfy, and having sex at pagan shrines won't produce children. My people have rebelled


book: Hos
contenido:
and have been unfaithful to me, their LORD. My people, you are foolish because of too much pleasure and too much wine.


book: Hos
contenido:
You expect wooden idols and other objects of wood to give you advice. Lusting for sex at pagan shrines has made you unfaithful to me, your God.


book: Hos
contenido:
You offer sacrifices on mountaintops and hills, under oak trees, and wherever good shade is found. Your own daughters and daughters-in-law sell themselves for sex.


book: Hos
contenido:
But I won't punish them. You men are to blame, because you go to prostitutes and offer sacrifices with them at pagan shrines. Your own foolishness will lead to your ruin.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, you are unfaithful, but don't lead Judah to sin. Stop worshiping at Gilgal or at sinful Bethel. And quit making promises in my name—the name of the living LORD.


book: Hos
contenido:
You are nothing more than a stubborn cow— so stubborn that I, the LORD, cannot feed you like lambs in an open pasture.


book: Hos
contenido:
Listen, you priests! Pay attention, Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family. Justice was your duty. But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor you trapped the people.


book: Hos
contenido:
Your evil deeds are the reason you won't return to me, your LORD God. And your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.


book: Hos
contenido:
You have been unfaithful to me, your LORD; you have had children by prostitutes. So at the New Moon Festival, you and your crops will be destroyed.


book: Hos
contenido:
Give a warning on the trumpet! Let it be heard in Gibeah, Ramah, and sinful Bethel. Benjamin, watch out!


book: Hos
contenido:
Judah's leaders are like crooks who move boundary markers; that's why I will flood them with my anger.


book: Hos
contenido:
When Israel and Judah saw their sickness and wounds, Israel asked help from Assyria and its mighty king. But the king cannot cure them or heal their wounds.


book: Hos
contenido:
So I'll become a fierce lion attacking Israel and Judah. I'll snatch and carry off what I want, and no one can stop me.


book: Hos
contenido:
Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.


book: Hos
contenido:
Let's return to the LORD. He has torn us to shreds, but he will bandage our wounds and make us well.


book: Hos
contenido:
Let's do our best to know the LORD. His coming is as certain as the morning sun; he will refresh us like rain renewing the earth in the springtime.


book: Hos
contenido:
People of Israel and Judah, what can I do with you? Your love for me disappears more quickly than mist or dew at sunrise.


book: Hos
contenido:
That's why I slaughtered you with the words of my prophets. That's why my judgments blazed like the dawning sun.


book: Hos
contenido:
You priests are like a gang of robbers in ambush. On the road to Shechem you murder and commit other horrible crimes.


book: Hos
contenido:
and to heal its wounds. But then I see the crimes in Israel and Samaria. Everyone is deceitful; robbers roam the streets.


book: Hos
contenido:
The people of Israel have mixed with foreigners; they are a thin piece of bread scorched on one side.


book: Hos
contenido:
They don't seem to realize how weak and feeble they are; their hair has turned gray, while foreigners rule.


book: Hos
contenido:
But I will catch them in a net as hunters trap birds; I threatened to punish them, and indeed I will.


book: Hos
contenido:
Trouble and destruction will be their reward for rejecting me. I would have rescued them, but they told me lies.


book: Hos
contenido:
They don't really pray to me; they just howl in their beds. They have rejected me for Baal and slashed themselves, in the hope that Baal will bless their crops.


book: Hos
contenido:
and refuse to obey. They are more useless than a crooked arrow. Their leaders will die in war for saying foolish things. Egyptians will laugh at them.


book: Hos
contenido:
Sound a warning! Israel, you broke our agreement and ignored my teaching. Now an eagle is swooping down to attack my land.


book: Hos
contenido:
You chose kings and leaders without consulting me; you made silver and gold idols that led to your downfall.


book: Hos
contenido:
City of Samaria, I'm angry because of your idol in the shape of a calf. When will you ever be innocent again?


book: Hos
contenido:
Someone from Israel built that idol for you, but only I am God. And so it will be smashed to pieces.


book: Hos
contenido:
If you scatter wind instead of wheat, you will harvest a whirlwind and have no wheat. Even if you harvest grain, enemies will steal it all.


book: Hos
contenido:
You are like a wild donkey that goes its own way. You've run off to Assyria and hired them as allies.


book: Hos
contenido:
You can bargain with nations, but I'll catch you anyway. Soon you will suffer abuse by kings and rulers.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, you have built many altars where you offer sacrifices for sin. But these altars have become places for sin.


book: Hos
contenido:
You sacrifice your best animals and eat the sacrificial meals, but I, the LORD, refuse your offerings. I will remember your sins and punish you. Then you will return to Egypt.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, I created you, but you forgot me. You and Judah built palaces and many strong cities. Now I will send fire to destroy your towns and fortresses.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, don't celebrate or make noisy shouts like other nations. You have been unfaithful to your God. Wherever grain is threshed, you behave like prostitutes because you enjoy the money you receive.


book: Hos
contenido:
and you will have to leave the land of the LORD. Some of you will go to Egypt; others will go to Assyria and eat unclean food.


book: Hos
contenido:
You won't be able to offer sacrifices of wine to the LORD. None of your sacrifices will please him— they will be unclean like food offered to the dead. Your food will only be used to satisfy your hunger; none of it will be brought to the LORD's temple.


book: Hos
contenido:
Even if you escape alive, you will end up in Egypt and be buried in Memphis. Your silver treasures will be lost among weeds; thorns will sprout in your tents.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, the time has come. You will get what you deserve, and you will know it. “Prophets are fools,” you say. “And God's messengers are crazy.” Your terrible guilt has filled you with hatred.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, the LORD sent me to look after you. But you trap his prophets and flood his temple with your hatred.


book: Hos
contenido:
You are brutal and corrupt, as were the men of Gibeah. But God remembers your sin, and you will be punished.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, when I, the LORD, found you long ago it was like finding grapes in a barren desert or tender young figs. Then you worshiped Baal Peor, that disgusting idol, and you became as disgusting as the idol you loved.


book: Hos
contenido:
And so, Israel, your glory will fly away like birds— your women will no longer be able to give birth.


book: Hos
contenido:
Even if you do have children, I will take them all and leave you to mourn. I will turn away, and you will sink down in deep trouble.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, when I first met you, I thought of you as palm trees growing in fertile ground. Now you lead your people out, only to be slaughtered.


book: Hos
contenido:
Our LORD, do just one thing for your people— make their women unable to have children or to nurse their babies.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, I first began to hate you because you did evil at Gilgal. Now I will chase you out of my house. No longer will I love you; your leaders betrayed me.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, you are a vine with dried-up roots and fruitless branches. Even if you had more children and loved them dearly, I would slaughter them all.


book: Hos
contenido:
You were a healthy vine covered with grapes. But the more grapes you grew, the more altars you built; the better off you became, the better shrines you set up for pagan gods.


book: Hos
contenido:
You are deceitful and disloyal. So you will pay for your sins, because the LORD will destroy your altars and images.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, you break treaties and don't keep promises; you turn justice into poisonous weeds where healthy plants should grow.


book: Hos
contenido:
All who live in Samaria tremble with concern for the idols at sinful Bethel. The idol there was the pride of the priests, but it has been put to shame; now everyone will cry.


book: Hos
contenido:
It will be taken to Assyria and given to the great king. Then Israel will be disgraced for worshiping that idol.


book: Hos
contenido:
The altars at sinful Bethel will be destroyed for causing Israel to sin; they will be grown over with thorns and thistles. Then everyone will beg the mountains and hills to cover and protect them.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, you have never stopped sinning since that time at Gibeah. That's why you will be attacked at Gibeah.


book: Hos
contenido:
Your sins have doubled, and you are rebellious. Now I have decided to send nations to attack and put you in chains.


book: Hos
contenido:
Once you were obedient like a calf that loved to thresh grain. But I will put a harness on your beautiful neck; you and Judah must plow and cultivate the ground.


book: Hos
contenido:
Plow your fields, scatter seeds of justice, and harvest faithfulness. Worship me, the LORD, and I will send my saving power down like rain.


book: Hos
contenido:
You have planted evil, harvested injustice, and eaten the fruit of your lies. You trusted your own strength and your powerful forces.


book: Hos
contenido:
So war will break out, and your fortresses will be destroyed. Your enemies will do to you what Shalman did to the people of Beth-Arbel— mothers and their children will be beaten to death against rocks.


book: Hos
contenido:
But as the saying goes, “The more they were called, the more they rebelled.” They never stopped offering incense and sacrifices to the idols of Baal.


book: Hos
contenido:
I took Israel by the arm and taught them to walk. But they would not admit that I was the one who had healed them.


book: Hos
contenido:
I led them with kindness and with love, not with ropes. I held them close to me; I bent down to feed them.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, I can't let you go. I can't give you up. How could I possibly destroy you as I did the towns of Admah and Zeboiim? I just can't do it. My feelings for you are much too strong.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, I won't lose my temper and destroy you again. I am the Holy God— not merely some human, and I won't stay angry.


book: Hos
contenido:
They will come back, fluttering like birds from Egypt or like doves from Assyria. Then I will bring them back to their homes. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel is deceitful to me, their loyal and holy God; they surround me with lies, and Judah worships other gods.


book: Hos
contenido:
All day long Israel chases wind from the desert; deceit and violence are found everywhere. Treaties are made with Assyria; olive oil is taken to Egypt.


book: Hos
contenido:
The LORD also brings charges against the people of Judah, the descendants of Jacob. He will punish them for what they have done.


book: Hos
contenido:
At Bethel, Jacob wrestled with an angel and won; then with tears in his eyes, he asked for a blessing, and God spoke to us there.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, I, the LORD, am still your God, just as I have been since the time you were in Egypt. Now I will force you to live in tents once again, as you did in the desert.


book: Hos
contenido:
I spoke to the prophets— often I spoke in visions. And so, I will send my prophets with messages of doom.


book: Hos
contenido:
Gilead is terribly sinful and will end up ruined. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal on altars made of stones, but those stones will be scattered in every field.


book: Hos
contenido:
When your leaders spoke, everyone in Israel trembled and showed great respect. But you sinned by worshiping Baal, and you were destroyed.


book: Hos
contenido:
Now you continue to sin by designing and making idols of silver in the shape of calves. You are told to sacrifice to these idols— yes, even to kiss them.


book: Hos
contenido:
And so, all of you will vanish like the mist or the dew of early morning, or husks of grain in the wind or smoke from a chimney.


book: Hos
contenido:
I, the LORD, have been your God since the time you were in Egypt. I am the only God you know, the only one who can save.


book: Hos
contenido:
and rip you apart like a bear robbed of her cubs. I will gnaw on your bones, as though I were a lion or some other wild animal.


book: Hos
contenido:
Should I, the LORD, rescue you from death and the grave? No! I call death and the grave to strike you like a plague. I refuse to show mercy.


book: Hos
contenido:
No matter if you prosper more than the other tribes, I, the LORD, will wipe you out, just as a scorching desert wind dries up streams of water. I will take away your precious treasures.


book: Hos
contenido:
Samaria will be punished for turning against me. It will be destroyed in war— children will be beaten against rocks, and pregnant women will be ripped open.


book: Hos
contenido:
Return to the LORD and say, “Please forgive our sins. Accept our good sacrifices of praise instead of bulls.


book: Hos
contenido:
Assyria can't save us, and chariots can't help. So we will no longer worship the idols we have made. Our LORD, you show mercy to orphans.”


book: Hos
contenido:
You will rest in my shade, and your grain will grow. You will blossom like a vineyard and be famous as the wine from Lebanon.


book: Hos
contenido:
Israel, give up your idols! I will answer your prayers and take care of you. I am that glorious tree, the source of your fruit.


book: Hos
contenido:
If you are wise, you will know and understand what I mean. I am the LORD, and I lead you along the right path. If you obey me, we will walk together, but if you are wicked, you will stumble.


book: Joel
contenido:
A powerful nation with countless troops has invaded our land. They have the teeth and jaws of powerful lions.


book: Joel
contenido:
Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the LORD's temple. His servants, the priests, are deep in sorrow.


book: Joel
contenido:
Grapevines have dried up and so has every tree— figs and pomegranates, date palms and apples. All happiness has faded away.


book: Joel
contenido:
Mourn, you priests who serve at the altar of my God. Spend your days and nights wearing sackcloth. Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the LORD's temple.


book: Joel
contenido:
Tell the leaders and people to come together at the temple. Order them to go without eating and to pray sincerely.


book: Joel
contenido:
Seeds dry up in the ground; no harvest is possible. Our barns are in bad shape, with no grain to store in them.


book: Joel
contenido:
Sound the trumpet on Zion, the LORD's sacred hill. Warn everyone to tremble! The judgment day of the LORD is coming soon.


book: Joel
contenido:
It will be dark and gloomy with storm clouds overhead. Troops will cover the mountains like thunderclouds. No army this powerful has ever been gathered before or will be gathered again.


book: Joel
contenido:
Fiery flames surround them; no one escapes. Before they invaded, the land was like Eden; now only a desert remains.


book: Joel
contenido:
They roar over mountains like noisy chariots, or a mighty army ready for battle. They are a forest fire that feasts on straw.


book: Joel
contenido:
They charge straight ahead, without pushing each other; even arrows and spears cannot make them retreat.


book: Joel
contenido:
They make the earth tremble and the heavens shake; the sun and moon turn dark, and stars stop shining.


book: Joel
contenido:
The LORD God leads this army of countless troops, and they obey his commands. The day of his judgment is so terrible that no one can stand it.


book: Joel
contenido:
The LORD said: It isn't too late. You can still return to me with all your heart. Start crying and mourning! Go without eating.


book: Joel
contenido:
Don't rip your clothes to show your sorrow. Instead, turn back to me with broken hearts. I am merciful, kind, and caring. I don't easily lose my temper, and I don't like to punish.


book: Joel
contenido:
I am the LORD your God. Perhaps I will change my mind and treat you with mercy. Then you will be blessed with enough grain and wine for offering sacrifices to me.


book: Joel
contenido:
Make sure that everyone is fit to worship me. Bring adults, children, babies, and even bring newlyweds from their festivities.


book: Joel
contenido:
Tell my servants, the priests, to cry inside the temple and to offer this prayer near the altar: “Save your people, LORD God! Don't let foreign nations make jokes about us. Don't let them laugh and ask, ‘Where is your God?’ ”


book: Joel
contenido:
In answer to their prayers he said, “I will give you enough grain, wine, and olive oil to satisfy your needs. No longer will I let you be insulted by the nations.


book: Joel
contenido:
An army attacked from the north, but I will chase it into a scorching desert. There it will rot and stink from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean.” The LORD works wonders


book: Joel
contenido:
and wild animals to stop being afraid. Grasslands are green again; fruit trees and fig trees are loaded with fruit. Grapevines are covered with grapes.


book: Joel
contenido:
People of Zion, celebrate in honor of the LORD your God! He is generous and has sent the autumn and spring rains in the proper seasons.


book: Joel
contenido:
I, the LORD your God, will make up for the losses caused by those swarms and swarms of locusts I sent to attack you.


book: Joel
contenido:
My people, you will eat until you are satisfied. Then you will praise me for the wonderful things I have done. Never again will you be put to shame.


book: Joel
contenido:
Israel, you will know that I stand at your side. I am the LORD your God— there are no other gods. Never again will you be put to shame.


book: Joel
contenido:
Later, I will give my Spirit to everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.


book: Joel
contenido:
I will work wonders in the sky above and on the earth below. There will be blood and fire and clouds of smoke.


book: Joel
contenido:
The sun will turn dark, and the moon will be as red as blood before that great and terrible day when I appear.


book: Joel
contenido:
Then I, the LORD will save everyone who faithfully worships me. I have promised there will be survivors on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and among them will be my chosen ones.


book: Joel
contenido:
Then in Judgment Valley I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land


book: Joel
contenido:
and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.


book: Joel
contenido:
You people of Tyre and Sidon and you Philistines, why are you doing this? Are you trying to get even with me? I'll strike back before you know what's happened.


book: Joel
contenido:
You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples.


book: Joel
contenido:
But I'll make the people of Judah determined to come home, and what happened to them will happen to you.


book: Joel
contenido:
I'll hand over your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, who live far away. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Joel
contenido:
Say to the nations: “Get ready for war! Be eager to fight. Line up for battle and prepare to attack.


book: Joel
contenido:
They are a field of ripe crops. Bring in the harvest! They are grapes piled high. Start trampling them now! If our enemy's sins were wine, every jar would overflow.


book: Joel
contenido:
From the heart of Jerusalem the LORD roars like a lion, shaking the earth and sky. But the LORD is a fortress, a place of safety for his people Israel.


book: Joel
contenido:
I am the LORD your God. And you will know I live on Zion, my sacred hill, because Jerusalem will be sacred, untouched by foreign troops.


book: Joel
contenido:
On that day, fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains. And your cattle and goats that graze on the hills will produce a lot of milk. Streams in Judah will never run dry; a stream from my house will flow in Acacia Valley.


book: Joel
contenido:
Egypt and Edom were cruel and brutal to Judah, without a reason. Now their countries will become a barren desert,


book: Amos
contenido:
I am Amos. And I raised sheep near the town of Tekoa when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. Two years before the earthquake, the LORD gave me several messages about Israel,


book: Amos
contenido:
and I said: When the LORD roars from Jerusalem, pasturelands and Mount Carmel dry up and turn brown.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Syria for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They dragged logs with spikes over the people of Gilead.


book: Amos
contenido:
I will break through the gates of Damascus. I will destroy the people of Wicked Valley and the ruler of Beth-Eden. Then the Syrians will be dragged as prisoners to Kir. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Philistia for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They dragged off my people from town after town to sell them as slaves to the Edomites.


book: Amos
contenido:
I will destroy the king of Ashdod and the ruler of Ashkelon. I will strike down Ekron, and that will be the end of the Philistines. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Phoenicia for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They broke their treaty and dragged off my people from town after town to sell them as slaves to the Edomites.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Edom for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They killed their own relatives and were so terribly furious that they showed no mercy.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Ammon for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. In Gilead they ripped open pregnant women, just to take the land.


book: Amos
contenido:
Now I will send fire to destroy the walls and fortresses of Rabbah. Enemies will shout and attack like a whirlwind.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Moab for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They made lime from the bones of the king of Edom.


book: Amos
contenido:
Now I will send fire to destroy the fortresses of Kerioth. Battle shouts and trumpet blasts will be heard as I destroy Moab


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Judah for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They have rejected my teachings and refused to obey me. They were led astray by the same false gods their ancestors worshiped.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD said: I will punish Israel for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They sell honest people for money, and the needy are sold for the price of sandals.


book: Amos
contenido:
They smear the poor in the dirt and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonored, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women.


book: Amos
contenido:
They lie down beside altars on clothes taken as security for loans. And they drink wine in my temple, wine bought with the money they received from fines.


book: Amos
contenido:
Israel, the Amorites were there when you entered Canaan. They were tall as cedars and strong as oaks. But I wiped them out— I destroyed their branches and their roots.


book: Amos
contenido:
I had rescued you from Egypt, and for forty years I had led you through the desert. Then I gave you the land of the Amorites.


book: Amos
contenido:
I chose some of you to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. People of Israel, you know this is true. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
But you commanded the prophets not to speak their message, and you pressured the Nazirites into drinking wine.


book: Amos
contenido:
No matter how fast you run, you won't escape. No matter how strong you are, you will lose your strength and your life.


book: Amos
contenido:
Even if you are an expert with a bow and arrow, you will retreat. And you won't get away alive, not even if you run fast or ride a horse.


book: Amos
contenido:
Of all nations on earth, you are the only one I have chosen. That's why I will punish you because of your sins.


book: Amos
contenido:
Does a lion roar in the forest unless it has caught a victim? Does it growl in its den unless it is eating?


book: Amos
contenido:
How can anyone catch a bird without using a net? Does a trap spring shut unless something is caught?


book: Amos
contenido:
Isn't the whole city frightened when the trumpet signals an attack? Isn't the LORD the one who brings disaster on a city?


book: Amos
contenido:
Everyone is terrified when a lion roars— and ordinary people become prophets when the LORD God speaks.


book: Amos
contenido:
Here is a message for the leaders of Philistia and Egypt— tell everyone to come together on the hills of Samaria. Let them see the injustice and the lawlessness in that city.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.


book: Amos
contenido:
And so the LORD God has sworn that they will be surrounded. Enemies will break through their defenses and steal their treasures.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD has promised that only a few from Samaria will escape with their lives and with some broken pieces of their beds and couches. It will be like when a shepherd rescues two leg bones and part of a sheep's ear from the jaws of a lion.


book: Amos
contenido:
When I, the LORD, punish Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars at Bethel. Even the corners of the altar will be left in the dirt.


book: Amos
contenido:
I will tear down winter homes and summer homes. Houses decorated with ivory and all other mansions will be gone forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
You women of Samaria are fat cows! You mistreat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”


book: Amos
contenido:
I, the LORD God, have sworn by my own name that your time is coming. Not one of you will be left— you will be taken away by sharp hooks.


book: Amos
contenido:
You will be dragged through holes in your city walls, and you will be thrown toward Harmon. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
Come to Bethel and Gilgal. Sin all you want! Offer sacrifices the next morning and bring a tenth of your crops on the third day.


book: Amos
contenido:
Bring offerings to show me how thankful you are. Gladly bring more offerings than I have demanded. You really love to do this. I, the LORD God, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up.


book: Amos
contenido:
People from two or three towns would go to a town that still had water, but it wasn't enough. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
I dried up your grain fields; your gardens and vineyards turned brown. Locusts ate your fig trees and olive orchards, but even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
I did terrible things to you, just as I did to Egypt— I killed your young men in war; I let your horses be stolen, and I made your camp stink with dead bodies. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
I destroyed many of you, just as I did the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. You were a burning stick I rescued from the fire. But even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
I created the mountains and the wind. I let humans know what I am thinking. I bring darkness at dawn and step over hills. I am the LORD God All-Powerful!


book: Amos
contenido:
You, dearest Israel, have fallen, never to rise again— you lie deserted in your own land, with no one to help you up.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD God has warned, “From every ten soldiers only one will be left; from a thousand troops, only a hundred will survive.”


book: Amos
contenido:
Don't go to Gilgal or Bethel or even to Beersheba. Gilgal will be dragged away, and Bethel will end up as nothing.”


book: Amos
contenido:
Turn back to the LORD, you descendants of Joseph, and you will live. If you don't, the LORD will attack like fire. Bethel will burn to the ground, and no one can save it.


book: Amos
contenido:
But the LORD created the stars and put them in place. He turns darkness to dawn and daylight to darkness; he scoops up the ocean and empties it on the earth.


book: Amos
contenido:
you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.


book: Amos
contenido:
I am the LORD, and I know your terrible sins. You cheat honest people and take bribes; you rob the poor of justice.


book: Amos
contenido:
If you really want to live, you must stop doing wrong and start doing right. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, will then be on your side, just as you claim I am.


book: Amos
contenido:
Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Maybe I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be kind to what's left of your people.


book: Amos
contenido:
This is what the LORD has sworn: Noisy crying will be heard in every town and street. Even farmers will be told to mourn for the dead, together with those who are paid to mourn.


book: Amos
contenido:
Your vineyards will be filled with crying and weeping, because I will punish you. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
You look forward to the day when the LORD comes to judge. But you are in for trouble! It won't be a time of sunshine; all will be darkness.


book: Amos
contenido:
You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear. You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall, and be bitten by a snake.


book: Amos
contenido:
Now you will have to carry the two idols you made— Sakkuth, the one you call king, and Kaiwan, the one you built in the shape of a star.


book: Amos
contenido:
Do you rulers in Jerusalem and in the city of Samaria feel safe and at ease? Everyone bows down to you, and you think you are better than any other nation. But you are in for trouble!


book: Amos
contenido:
Look what happened to the cities of Calneh, powerful Hamath, and Gath in Philistia. Are you greater than any of those kingdoms?


book: Amos
contenido:
You rich people lounge around on beds with ivory posts, while dining on the meat of your lambs and calves.


book: Amos
contenido:
You drink all the wine you want and wear expensive perfume, but you don't care about the ruin of your nation.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD God All-Powerful has sworn by his own name: “You descendants of Jacob make me angry by your pride, and I hate your fortresses. And so I will surrender your city and possessions to your enemies.”


book: Amos
contenido:
As you carry out a corpse to prepare it for burial, your relative in the house will ask, “Are there others?” You will answer, “No!” Then your relative will reply, “Be quiet! Don't dare mention the name of the LORD.”


book: Amos
contenido:
Horses can't gallop on rocks; oceans can't be plowed. But you have turned justice and fairness into bitter poison.


book: Amos
contenido:
But the LORD God All-Powerful will send a nation to attack you people of Israel. They will capture Lebo-Hamath in the north, Arabah Creek in the south, and everything in between.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD God showed me that he is going to send locusts to attack your crops. It will happen after the king has already been given his share of the grain and before the rest of the grain has been harvested.


book: Amos
contenido:
In my vision the locusts ate every crop in the land, and I said to the LORD, “Please forgive your nation. It's so weak. How can it survive?”


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD showed me that he is going to send a ball of fire to burn up everything on earth, including the ocean.


book: Amos
contenido:
The LORD showed me a vision of himself standing beside a wall and holding a string with a weight tied to the end of it. The string and weight had been used to measure the straightness of the wall.


book: Amos
contenido:
Then he asked, “Amos, what do you see?” “A measuring line,” I answered. The LORD said, “I'm using this measuring line to show that my people Israel don't measure up, and I won't forgive them any more.


book: Amos
contenido:
Amaziah the priest at Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel, “Amos is plotting against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put up with his message for very long.


book: Amos
contenido:
Here is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will be put to death, and the people will be taken to a foreign country.’ ”


book: Amos
contenido:
Then Amaziah told me, “Amos, take your visions and get out! Go back to Judah and earn your living there as a prophet.


book: Amos
contenido:
I answered: I'm not a prophet! And I wasn't trained to be a prophet. I am a shepherd, and I take care of fig trees.


book: Amos
contenido:
Now, listen to what the LORD says about you: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will be killed in war, and your land will be divided among others. You will die in a country of foreigners, and the people of Israel will be dragged from their homeland.


book: Amos
contenido:
and asked, “Amos, what do you see?” “A basket of ripe fruit,” I replied. Then he said, “This is the end for my people Israel. I won't forgive them again.


book: Amos
contenido:
Instead of singing in the temple, they will cry and weep. Dead bodies will be everywhere. So keep silent! I, the LORD, have spoken!”


book: Amos
contenido:
You say to yourselves, “How much longer before the end of the New Moon Festival? When will the Sabbath be over? Our wheat is ready, and we want to sell it now. We can't wait to cheat and charge high prices for the grain we sell. We will use dishonest scales


book: Amos
contenido:
and mix dust in the grain. Those who are needy and poor don't have any money. We will make them our slaves for the price of a pair of sandals.”


book: Amos
contenido:
Your country will tremble, and you will mourn. It will be like the Nile River that rises and overflows, then sinks back down.


book: Amos
contenido:
On that day, I, the LORD God, will make the sun go down at noon, and I will turn daylight into darkness.


book: Amos
contenido:
Your festivals and joyful singing will turn into sorrow. You will wear sackcloth and shave your heads, as you would at the death of your only son. It will be a horrible day.


book: Amos
contenido:
I, the LORD, also promise you a terrible shortage, but not of food and water. You will hunger and thirst to hear my message.


book: Amos
contenido:
You will search everywhere— from north to south, from east to west. You will go all over the earth, seeking a message from me, the LORD. But you won't find one.


book: Amos
contenido:
You made promises to the goddess Ashimah at Samaria; you made vows to other gods at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. So now you will fall and never get up.


book: Amos
contenido:
I saw a vision of the LORD standing by the temple altar, and he said, “Shake the columns until the tops fall loose, and the doorposts crumble. Then make the pieces fall on the people below. I will take a sword and kill anyone who escapes.


book: Amos
contenido:
If they escape to the peaks of Mount Carmel, I'll search and find them. And if they hide from me at the bottom of the ocean, I'll command a sea monster to bite them.


book: Amos
contenido:
I'll send a sword to kill them, wherever their enemies drag them off as captives. I'm determined to hurt them, not to help them.”


book: Amos
contenido:
When the LORD God All-Powerful touches the earth, it melts, and its people mourn. God makes the earth rise and then fall, just like the Nile River.


book: Amos
contenido:
He built his palace in the heavens and let its foundations rest on the earth. He scoops up the ocean and empties it on the earth. His name is the LORD.


book: Amos
contenido:
Israel, I am the LORD God, and the Ethiopians are no less important to me than you are. I brought you out of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Crete and the Arameans from Kir.


book: Amos
contenido:
My eyes have seen what a sinful nation you are, and I'll wipe you out. But I will leave a few of Jacob's descendants. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Amos
contenido:
At my command, all of you will be sifted like grain. Israelites who remain faithful will be scattered among the nations. And the others will be trapped like trash in a sifter.


book: Amos
contenido:
In the future, I will rebuild David's fallen kingdom. I will build it from its ruins and set it up again, just as it used to be.


book: Amos
contenido:
Then you will capture Edom and the other nations that are mine. I, the LORD, have spoken, and my words will come true.


book: Amos
contenido:
You will have such a harvest that you won't be able to bring in all of your wheat before plowing time. You will have grapes left over from season to season; your fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains.


book: Amos
contenido:
I'll make Israel prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will drink wine from your own vineyards and eat the fruit you grow.


book: Amos
contenido:
I'll plant your roots deep in the land I have given you, and you won't ever be uprooted again. I, the LORD God, have spoken!


book: Obad
contenido:
The LORD God gave Obadiah a message about Edom, and this is what we heard: “I, the LORD, have sent a messenger with orders for the nations to attack Edom.”


book: Obad
contenido:
You live in a mountain fortress, because your pride makes you feel safe from attack, but you are mistaken.


book: Obad
contenido:
I will still bring you down, even if you fly higher than an eagle or nest among the stars. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Obad
contenido:
If thieves break in at night, they steal only what they want. And people who harvest grapes always leave some unpicked. But, Edom, you are doomed!


book: Obad
contenido:
Your allies can't be trusted. They will force you out of your own country. And your best friends will trick and trap you, even before you know it.


book: Obad
contenido:
You were cruel to your relatives, the descendants of Jacob. Now you will be destroyed, disgraced forever.


book: Obad
contenido:
You stood there and watched as foreigners entered Jerusalem and took what they wanted. In fact, you were no better than those foreigners.


book: Obad
contenido:
Why did you celebrate when such a dreadful disaster struck your relatives? Why were you so pleased when everyone in Judah was suffering?


book: Obad
contenido:
They are my people, and you were cruel to them. You went through their towns, sneering and stealing whatever was left.


book: Obad
contenido:
The day is coming when I, the LORD, will judge the nations. And, Edom, you will pay in full for what you have done.


book: Obad
contenido:
I forced the people of Judah to drink the wine of my anger on my sacred mountain. Soon the neighboring nations must drink their fill— then vanish without a trace.


book: Obad
contenido:
The LORD's people who escape will go to Mount Zion, and it will be holy. Then Jacob's descendants will capture the land of those who took their land.


book: Obad
contenido:
The people of Israel who live in the Southern Desert will take the land of Edom. Those who live in the hills will capture Philistia, Ephraim, and Samaria. And the tribe of Benjamin will conquer Gilead.


book: Obad
contenido:
Those who return from captivity will control Phoenicia as far as Zarephath. Captives from Jerusalem who were taken to Sepharad will capture the towns of the Southern Desert.


book: Obad
contenido:
Those the LORD has saved will live on Mount Zion and rule over Edom. Then the kingdom will belong to the LORD.


book: Jonah
contenido:
to go to the great city of Nineveh and say to the people, “The LORD has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!”


book: Jonah
contenido:
Instead, Jonah ran from the LORD. He went to the seaport of Joppa and found a ship that was going to Spain. So he paid his fare, then got on the ship and sailed away to escape.


book: Jonah
contenido:
But the LORD made a strong wind blow, and such a bad storm came up that the ship was about to be broken to pieces.


book: Jonah
contenido:
The sailors were frightened, and they all started praying to their gods. They even threw the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. All this time, Jonah was down below deck, sound asleep.


book: Jonah
contenido:
The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Maybe he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”


book: Jonah
contenido:
Finally, the sailors got together and said, “Let's ask our gods to show us who caused all this trouble.” It turned out to be Jonah.


book: Jonah
contenido:
They started asking him, “Are you the one who brought all this trouble on us? What business are you in? Where do you come from? What is your country? Who are your people?”


book: Jonah
contenido:
Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”


book: Jonah
contenido:
When the sailors heard this, they were frightened, because Jonah had already told them he was running from the LORD. Then they said, “Do you know what you have done?”


book: Jonah
contenido:
The storm kept getting worse, until finally the sailors asked him, “What should we do with you to make the sea calm down?”


book: Jonah
contenido:
Jonah told them, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I'm the cause of this terrible storm.”


book: Jonah
contenido:
The sailors tried their best to row to the shore. But they could not do it, and the storm kept getting worse every minute.


book: Jonah
contenido:
So they prayed to the LORD, “Please don't let us drown for taking this man's life. Don't hold us guilty for killing an innocent man. All of this happened because you wanted it to.”


book: Jonah
contenido:
The sailors were so terrified that they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made all kinds of promises.


book: Jonah
contenido:
The LORD sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.


book: Jonah
contenido:
When I was in trouble, LORD, I prayed to you, and you listened to me. From deep in the world of the dead, I begged for your help, and you answered my prayer.


book: Jonah
contenido:
You threw me down to the bottom of the sea. The water was churning all around; I was completely covered by your mighty waves.


book: Jonah
contenido:
I had sunk down deep below the mountains beneath the sea. I knew that forever, I would be a prisoner there. But, you, LORD God, rescued me from that pit.


book: Jonah
contenido:
But with shouts of praise, I will offer a sacrifice to you, my LORD. I will keep my promise, because you are the one with power to save.


book: Jonah
contenido:
Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it.


book: Jonah
contenido:
They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.


book: Jonah
contenido:
When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust.


book: Jonah
contenido:
Then he and his officials sent out an order for everyone in the city to obey. It said: None of you or your animals may eat or drink a thing. Each of you must wear sackcloth, and you must even put sackcloth on your animals. You must also pray to the LORD God with all your heart and stop being sinful and cruel. Maybe God will change his mind and have mercy on us, so we won't be destroyed.


book: Jonah
contenido:
When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.


book: Jonah
contenido:
So he prayed: Our LORD, I knew from the very beginning that you wouldn't destroy Nineveh. That's why I left my own country and headed for Spain. You are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show love, and you don't like to punish anyone.


book: Jonah
contenido:
Jonah then left through the east gate of the city and made a shelter to protect himself from the sun. He sat under the shelter, waiting to see what would happen to Nineveh.


book: Jonah
contenido:
The LORD made a vine grow up to shade Jonah's head and protect him from the sun. Jonah was very happy to have the vine,


book: Jonah
contenido:
During the day the LORD sent a scorching wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to die, and he shouted, “I wish I were dead!”


book: Jonah
contenido:
But the LORD asked, “Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?” “Yes, I do,” he answered, “and I'm angry enough to die.”


book: Jonah
contenido:
But the LORD said: You are concerned about a vine that you did not plant or take care of, a vine that grew up in one night and died the next.


book: Jonah
contenido:
In that city of Nineveh there are more than 120,000 people who cannot tell right from wrong, and many cattle are also there. Don't you think I should be concerned about that big city?


book: Mic
contenido:
I am Micah from Moresheth. And this is the message about Samaria and Jerusalem that the LORD gave to me when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah.


book: Mic
contenido:
Listen, all of you! Earth and everything on it, pay close attention. The LORD God accuses you from his holy temple.


book: Mic
contenido:
Mountains will melt beneath his feet like wax beside a fire. Valleys will vanish like water rushing down a ravine.


book: Mic
contenido:
This will happen because of the terrible sins of Israel, the descendants of Jacob. Samaria has led Israel to sin, and pagan altars at Jerusalem have made Judah sin.


book: Mic
contenido:
So the LORD will leave Samaria in ruins— merely an empty field where vineyards are planted. He will scatter its stones and destroy its foundations.


book: Mic
contenido:
Samaria's idols will be smashed, and the wages of temple prostitutes will be destroyed by fire. Silver and gold from those idols will then be used by foreigners as payment for prostitutes.


book: Mic
contenido:
Because of this tragedy, I go barefoot and naked. My crying and weeping sound like howling wolves or ostriches.


book: Mic
contenido:
Depart naked and ashamed, you people of Shaphir. The town of Bethezel mourns because no one from Zaanan went out to help.


book: Mic
contenido:
Now you will have to give a going-away gift to Moresheth. Israel's kings will discover that they cannot trust the town of Achzib.


book: Mic
contenido:
People of Mareshah, the LORD will send someone to capture your town. Then Israel's glorious king will be forced to hide in Adullam Cave.


book: Mic
contenido:
Judah, shave your head as bald as a vulture and start mourning. Your precious children will be dragged off to a foreign country.


book: Mic
contenido:
Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.


book: Mic
contenido:
But here is what the LORD says: “I am planning trouble for you. Your necks will be caught in a noose, and you will be disgraced in this time of disaster.”


book: Mic
contenido:
When that happens, this sorrowful song will be sung about you: “Ruined! Completely ruined! The LORD has taken our land and given it to traitors.”


book: Mic
contenido:
Descendants of Jacob, is it right for you to claim that the LORD did what he did because he was angry? Doesn't he always bless those who do right?


book: Mic
contenido:
My people, you have turned against one another! You have even stolen clothes right off the backs of innocent neighbors who pass by in peace.


book: Mic
contenido:
You take over lovely homes that belong to the women of my nation. Then you cheat their children out of the inheritance that comes from the LORD.


book: Mic
contenido:
Get out of here, you crooks! You'll find no rest here. You're not fit to belong to the LORD's people, and you will be destroyed.


book: Mic
contenido:
I, the LORD, promise to bring together the people of Israel who have survived. I will gather them, just as a shepherd brings sheep together, and there will be many.


book: Mic
contenido:
but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,


book: Mic
contenido:
You lying prophets promise security for anyone who gives you food, but disaster for anyone who refuses to feed you. Here is what the LORD says to you prophets:


book: Mic
contenido:
But the LORD has filled me with power and his Spirit. I have been given the courage to speak about justice and to tell you people of Israel that you have sinned.


book: Mic
contenido:
You leaders accept bribes for dishonest decisions. You priests and prophets teach and preach, but only for money. Then you say, “The LORD is on our side. No harm will come to us.”


book: Mic
contenido:
And so, because of you, Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.


book: Mic
contenido:
In the future, the mountain with the LORD's temple will be the highest of all. It will reach above the hills, and every nation will rush to it.


book: Mic
contenido:
People of many nations will come and say, “Let's go up to the mountain of the LORD God of Jacob and worship in his temple.” The LORD will teach us his Law from Jerusalem, and we will obey him.


book: Mic
contenido:
He will settle arguments between distant and powerful nations. They will pound their swords and their spears into rakes and shovels; they will never again make war or attack one another.


book: Mic
contenido:
Everyone will find rest beneath their own fig trees or grape vines, and they will live in peace. This is a solemn promise of the LORD All-Powerful.


book: Mic
contenido:
The LORD said: At that time I will gather my people— the lame and the outcasts, and all others into whose lives I have brought sorrow.


book: Mic
contenido:
Then the lame and the outcasts will belong to my people and become a strong nation. I, the LORD, will rule them from Mount Zion forever.


book: Mic
contenido:
Jerusalem, why are you crying? Don't you have a king? Have your advisors gone? Are you suffering like a woman in childbirth?


book: Mic
contenido:
Keep on groaning with pain, you people of Jerusalem! If you escape from your city to the countryside, you will still be taken as prisoners to Babylonia. But later I will rescue you from your enemies.


book: Mic
contenido:
Zion, because of your sins you are surrounded by many nations who say, “We can hardly wait to see you disgraced.”


book: Mic
contenido:
Smash them to pieces, Zion! I'll let you be like a bull with iron horns and bronze hoofs. Crush those nations and bring their wealth to me, the LORD of the earth.


book: Mic
contenido:
Jerusalem, enemy troops have surrounded you; they have struck Israel's ruler in the face with a stick.


book: Mic
contenido:
Bethlehem Ephrath, you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the LORD will choose one of your people to rule the nation— someone whose family goes back to ancient times.


book: Mic
contenido:
The LORD will abandon Israel only until this ruler is born, and the rest of his family returns to Israel.


book: Mic
contenido:
Like a shepherd taking care of his sheep, this ruler will lead and care for his people by the power and glorious name of the LORD his God. His people will live securely, and the whole earth will know his true greatness,


book: Mic
contenido:
because he will bring peace. Let Assyria attack our country and our palaces. We will counterattack, led by a number of rulers


book: Mic
contenido:
whose strong army will defeat the nation of Assyria. Yes, our leaders will rescue us, if those Assyrians dare to invade our land.


book: Mic
contenido:
A few of Jacob's descendants survived and are scattered among the nations. But the LORD will let them cover the earth like dew and rain that refreshes the soil.


book: Mic
contenido:
At present they are scattered, but later they will attack, as though they were fierce lions pouncing on sheep. Their enemies will be torn to shreds, with no one to save them;


book: Mic
contenido:
Israel, I am bringing charges against you— I call upon the mountains and the earth's firm foundation to be my witnesses.


book: Mic
contenido:
I rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to be your leaders.


book: Mic
contenido:
Don't forget the evil plans of King Balak of Moab or what Balaam son of Beor said to him. Remember how I, the LORD, saved you many times on your way from Acacia to Gilgal.


book: Mic
contenido:
What offering should I bring when I bow down to worship the LORD God Most High? Should I try to please him by sacrificing calves a year old?


book: Mic
contenido:
Will thousands of sheep or rivers of olive oil make God satisfied with me? Should I sacrifice to the LORD my first-born child as payment for my terrible sins?


book: Mic
contenido:
The LORD God has told us what is right and what he demands: “See that justice is done, let mercy be your first concern, and humbly obey your God.”


book: Mic
contenido:
I am the LORD, and you are wise to respect my power to punish. So listen to my message for the city of Jerusalem:


book: Mic
contenido:
You will eat, but still be hungry; you will store up goods, but lose everything— I, the LORD, will let it all be captured in war.


book: Mic
contenido:
You won't harvest what you plant or use the oil from your olive trees or drink the wine from grapes you grow.


book: Mic
contenido:
Jerusalem, this will happen because you followed the sinful example of kings Omri and Ahab. Now I will destroy you and your property. Then the people of every nation will make fun and insult you.


book: Mic
contenido:
I feel so empty inside— like someone starving for grapes or figs, after the vines and trees have all been picked clean.


book: Mic
contenido:
The most honest of them is worse than a thorn patch. Your doom has come! Lookouts sound the warning, and everyone panics.


book: Mic
contenido:
Sons refuse to respect their own fathers, daughters rebel against their own mothers, and daughters-in-law despise their mothers-in-law. Your family is now your enemy.


book: Mic
contenido:
My enemies, don't be glad because of my troubles! I may have fallen, but I will get up; I may be sitting in the dark, but the LORD is my light.


book: Mic
contenido:
I have sinned against the LORD. And so I must endure his anger, until he comes to my defense. But I know that I will see him making things right for me and leading me to the light.


book: Mic
contenido:
You, my enemies, said, “The LORD God is helpless.” Now each of you will be disgraced and put to shame. I will see you trampled like mud in the street.


book: Mic
contenido:
Lead your people, LORD! Come and be our shepherd. Grasslands surround us, but we live in a forest. So lead us to Bashan and Gilead, and let us find pasture as we did long ago.


book: Mic
contenido:
Nations will see this and be ashamed because of their helpless armies. They will be in shock, unable to speak or hear,


book: Mic
contenido:
because of their fear of me, your LORD and God. Then they will come trembling, crawling out of their fortresses like insects or snakes, lapping up the dust.


book: Mic
contenido:
Our God, no one is like you. We are all that is left of your chosen people, and you freely forgive our sin and guilt. You don't stay angry forever; you're glad to have pity


book: Mic
contenido:
You will keep your word and be faithful to Jacob and to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors many years ago.


book: Nah
contenido:
The LORD is powerful, yet patient; he makes sure that the guilty are always punished. He can be seen in storms and in whirlwinds; clouds are the dust from his feet.


book: Nah
contenido:
At the LORD's command, oceans and rivers dry up. Bashan, Mount Carmel, and Lebanon wither, and their flowers fade.


book: Nah
contenido:
At the sight of the LORD, mountains and hills tremble and melt; the earth and its people shudder and shake.


book: Nah
contenido:
But the LORD says, “Assyria, no matter how strong you are, you will be cut down! My people Judah, I have troubled you before, but I won't do it again.


book: Nah
contenido:
Assyria, this is what else the LORD says to you: “Your name will be forgotten. I will destroy every idol in your temple, and I will send you to the grave, because you are worthless.”


book: Nah
contenido:
Look toward the mountains, people of Judah! Here comes a messenger with good news of peace. Celebrate your festivals. Keep your promises to God. Your evil enemies are destroyed and will never again invade your country.


book: Nah
contenido:
Nineveh, someone is coming to attack and scatter you. Guard your fortresses! Watch the road! Be brave! Prepare for battle!


book: Nah
contenido:
Judah and Israel are like trees with branches broken by their enemies. But the LORD is going to restore their power and glory. *


book: Nah
contenido:
An officer gives a command. But his soldiers stumble, as they hasten to build a shelter to protect themselves against rocks thrown down from the city wall.


book: Nah
contenido:
Nineveh is disgraced. The queen is dragged off. Her servant women mourn; they moan like doves, and they beat their breasts in sorrow.


book: Nah
contenido:
Nineveh is like a pond with leaking water. Shouts of “Stop! Don't go!” can be heard everywhere. But everyone is leaving.


book: Nah
contenido:
Enemy soldiers shout, “The city is full of treasure and all kinds of wealth. Steal her silver! Grab her gold!”


book: Nah
contenido:
What happened to this city? They were safer there than powerful lions in a den, with no one to disturb them.


book: Nah
contenido:
These are the same lions that ferociously attacked their victims, then dragged away the flesh to feed their young.


book: Nah
contenido:
The LORD All-Powerful is against you, Nineveh. God will burn your chariots and send an army to kill those young lions of yours. You will never again make victims of others or send messengers to threaten everyone on this earth.


book: Nah
contenido:
You were nothing more than a prostitute using your magical charms and witchcraft to attract and trap nations.


book: Nah
contenido:
But I, the LORD All-Powerful, am now your enemy. I will pull up your skirt and let nations and kingdoms stare at your nakedness.


book: Nah
contenido:
Everyone who sees you will turn away and shout, “Nineveh is done for! Is anyone willing to mourn or to give her comfort?”


book: Nah
contenido:
Thebes trusted the mighty power of Ethiopia and Egypt; the nations of Put and Libya were her allies.


book: Nah
contenido:
But she was captured and taken to a foreign country. Her children were murdered at every street corner. The members of her royal family were auctioned off, and her high officials were bound in chains.


book: Nah
contenido:
Your fortresses are fig trees with ripe figs. Merely shake the trees, and fruit will fall into every open mouth.


book: Nah
contenido:
Your army is weak. Fire has destroyed the crossbars on your city gates; now they stand wide open to your enemy.


book: Nah
contenido:
Your city is under attack. Haul in extra water! Strengthen your defenses! Start making bricks! Stir the mortar!


book: Nah
contenido:
You will still go up in flames and be cut down by swords that will wipe you out like a field attacked by grasshoppers. So, go ahead and increase like a swarm of locusts!


book: Nah
contenido:
More merchants are in your city than there are stars in the sky— but they are like locusts that eat everything, then fly away.


book: Nah
contenido:
Your guards and your officials are swarms of locusts. On a chilly day they settle on a fence, but when the sun comes out, they take off to who-knows-where.


book: Nah
contenido:
King of Assyria, your officials and leaders are sound asleep, while your people are scattered in the mountains. Yes, your people are sheep without a shepherd.


book: Nah
contenido:
You're fatally wounded. There's no hope for you. But everyone claps when they hear this news, because your constant cruelty has caused them pain.


book: Hab
contenido:
Our LORD, how long must I beg for your help before you listen? How long before you save us from all this violence?


book: Hab
contenido:
Why do you make me watch such terrible injustice? Why do you allow violence, lawlessness, crime, and cruelty to spread everywhere?


book: Hab
contenido:
Laws cannot be enforced; justice is always the loser; criminals crowd out honest people and twist the laws around.


book: Hab
contenido:
Look and be amazed at what's happening among the nations! Even if you were told, you would never believe what's taking place now.


book: Hab
contenido:
I am sending the Babylonians. They are fierce and cruel— marching across the land, conquering cities and towns.


book: Hab
contenido:
Their cavalry troops are faster than leopards, more ferocious than wolves hunting at sunset, and swifter than hungry eagles suddenly swooping down.


book: Hab
contenido:
They make fun of rulers and laugh at fortresses, while building dirt mounds so they can capture cities.


book: Hab
contenido:
Then suddenly they disappear like a gust of wind— those sinful people who worship their own strength.


book: Hab
contenido:
Holy LORD God, mighty rock, you are eternal, and we are safe from death. You are using those Babylonians to judge and punish others.


book: Hab
contenido:
But you can't stand sin or wrong. So don't sit by in silence while they gobble up people who are better than they are.


book: Hab
contenido:
While standing guard on the watchtower, I waited for the LORD's answer, before explaining the reason for my complaint.


book: Hab
contenido:
Then the LORD told me: “I will give you my message in the form of a vision. Write it clearly enough to be read at a glance.


book: Hab
contenido:
At the time I have decided, my words will come true. You can trust what I say about the future. It may take a long time, but keep on waiting— it will happen!


book: Hab
contenido:
“I, the LORD, refuse to accept anyone who is proud. Only those who live by faith are acceptable to me.”


book: Hab
contenido:
Wine is treacherous, and arrogant people are never satisfied. They are no less greedy than death itself— they open their mouths as wide as the world of the dead and swallow everyone.


book: Hab
contenido:
But they will be mocked with these words: You're doomed! You stored up stolen goods and cheated others of what belonged to them.


book: Hab
contenido:
You robbed cities and nations everywhere on earth and murdered their people. Now those who survived will be as cruel to you.


book: Hab
contenido:
You're doomed! You made your family rich at the expense of others. You even said to yourself, “I'm above the law.”


book: Hab
contenido:
Now you will be disgraced instead of praised. The LORD will make you drunk, and when others see you naked, you will lose their respect.


book: Hab
contenido:
You destroyed trees and animals on Mount Lebanon; you were ruthless to towns and people everywhere. Now you will be terrorized.


book: Hab
contenido:
What is an idol worth? It's merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made from wood or metal by human hands?


book: Hab
contenido:
What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, “Get up and do something!”


book: Hab
contenido:
I know your reputation, LORD, and I am amazed at what you have done. Please turn from your anger and be merciful; do for us what you did for our ancestors.


book: Hab
contenido:
You are the same Holy God who came from Teman and Paran to help us. The brightness of your glory covered the heavens, and your praises were heard everywhere on earth.


book: Hab
contenido:
When you stopped, the earth shook; when you stared, nations trembled; when you walked along your ancient paths, eternal mountains and hills crumbled and collapsed.


book: Hab
contenido:
Our LORD, were you angry with the monsters of the deep? You attacked in your chariot and wiped them out.


book: Hab
contenido:
to rescue your people and save your chosen one. You crushed a nation's ruler and stripped his evil kingdom of its power.


book: Hab
contenido:
His troops had come like a storm, hoping to scatter us and glad to gobble us up. To them we were refugees in hiding— but you smashed their heads with their own weapons.


book: Hab
contenido:
When I heard this message, I felt weak from fear, and my lips quivered. My bones seemed to melt, and I stumbled around. But I will patiently wait. Someday those vicious enemies will be struck by disaster.


book: Hab
contenido:
Fig trees may no longer bloom, or vineyards produce grapes; olive trees may be fruitless, and harvest time a failure; sheep pens may be empty, and cattle stalls vacant—


book: Hab
contenido:
The LORD gives me strength. He makes my feet as sure as those of a deer, and he helps me stand on the mountains. To the music director: Use stringed instruments.


book: Zeph
contenido:
I am Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the grandson of Gedaliah, the great-grandson of Amariah, and the great-great-grandson of Hezekiah. When Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah, the LORD gave me this message.


book: Zeph
contenido:
people and animals, birds and fish. Everyone who is evil will crash to the ground, and I will wipe out the entire human race.


book: Zeph
contenido:
I will reach out to punish Judah and Jerusalem— nothing will remain of the god Baal; nothing will be remembered of his pagan priests.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Not a trace will be found of those who worship stars from their rooftops, or bow down to the god Milcom, while claiming loyalty to me, the LORD.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Be silent! I am the LORD God, and the time is near. I am preparing to sacrifice my people and to invite my guests.


book: Zeph
contenido:
On that day I will punish national leaders and sons of the king, along with all who follow foreign customs.


book: Zeph
contenido:
I, the LORD, promise that on that day noisy crying will be heard from Fish Gate, New Town, and Upper Hills.


book: Zeph
contenido:
I'll search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those people who sit there unworried while thinking, “The LORD won't do anything, good or bad.”


book: Zeph
contenido:
Their possessions will be taken, their homes left in ruins. They won't get to live in the houses they build, or drink wine from the grapes in their own vineyards.


book: Zeph
contenido:
The great day of the LORD is coming soon, very soon. On that terrible day, fearsome shouts of warriors will be heard everywhere.


book: Zeph
contenido:
It will be a time of anger— of trouble and torment, of disaster and destruction, of darkness and despair, of storm clouds and shadows,


book: Zeph
contenido:
The LORD warns everyone who has sinned against him, “I'll strike you blind! Then your blood and your insides will gush out like vomit.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Not even your silver or gold can save you on that day when I, the LORD, am angry. My anger will flare up like a furious fire scorching the earth and everyone on it.”


book: Zeph
contenido:
before it's too late. The LORD has set a time when his fierce anger will strike like a storm and sweep you away.


book: Zeph
contenido:
If you humbly obey the LORD, then come and worship him. If you do right and are humble, perhaps you will be safe on that day when the LORD turns loose his anger.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Gaza and Ashkelon will be deserted and left in ruins. Ashdod will be emptied in broad daylight, and Ekron uprooted.


book: Zeph
contenido:
To you people of Philistia who live along the coast, the LORD has this to say: “I am now your enemy, and I'll wipe you out!”


book: Zeph
contenido:
The LORD God hasn't forgotten those survivors in Judah, and he will help them— his people will take your land to use for pasture. And when evening comes, they will rest in houses at Ashkelon. *


book: Zeph
contenido:
The LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, said: I've heard Moab and Ammon insult my people and threaten their nation.


book: Zeph
contenido:
And so, I swear by my very life that Moab and Ammon will end up like Sodom and Gomorrah— covered with thornbushes and salt pits forever. Then my people who survive will take their land.


book: Zeph
contenido:
This is how Moab and Ammon will at last be repaid for their pride— and for sneering at the nation that belongs to me, the LORD All-Powerful.


book: Zeph
contenido:
I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Herds of wild animals will live in its rubble; all kinds of desert owls will perch on its stones and hoot in the windows. Noisy ravens will be heard inside its buildings, stripped bare of cedar.


book: Zeph
contenido:
This is the glorious city that felt secure and said, “I am the only one!” Now it's merely ruins, a home for wild animals. Every passerby simply sneers and makes vulgar signs.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Jerusalem's prophets are proud and not to be trusted. The priests have disgraced the place of worship and abused God's Law.


book: Zeph
contenido:
All who do evil are shameless, but the LORD does right and is always fair. With the dawn of each day, God brings about justice.


book: Zeph
contenido:
The LORD wiped out nations and left fortresses crumbling in the dirt. Their streets and towns were reduced to ruins and emptied of people.


book: Zeph
contenido:
God felt certain that Jerusalem would learn to respect and obey him. Then he would hold back from punishing the city and not wipe it out. But everyone there was eager to start sinning again.


book: Zeph
contenido:
The LORD said: Just wait for the day when I accuse you nations. I have decided on a day, when I will bring together every nation and kingdom and punish them all in my fiery anger. I will become furious and destroy the earth.


book: Zeph
contenido:
I will purify each language and make those languages acceptable for praising me. Then, with hearts united, everyone will serve only me, the LORD.


book: Zeph
contenido:
From across the rivers of Ethiopia, my scattered people, my true worshipers, will bring offerings to me.


book: Zeph
contenido:
When that time comes, you won't rebel against me and be put to shame. I'll do away with those who are proud and arrogant. Never will any of them strut around on my holy mountain.


book: Zeph
contenido:
The people of Israel who survive will live right and refuse to tell lies. They will eat and rest with nothing to fear.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Zion, your punishment is over. The LORD has forced your enemies to turn and retreat. Your LORD is King of Israel and stands at your side; you don't have to worry about any more troubles.


book: Zeph
contenido:
Jerusalem, the time is coming, when it will be said to you: “Don't be discouraged or grow weak from fear!


book: Zeph
contenido:
The LORD your God wins victory after victory and is always with you. He celebrates and sings because of you, and he will refresh your life with his love.”


book: Zeph
contenido:
I will punish those who mistreat you. I will bring together the lame and the outcasts, then they will be praised, instead of despised, in every country on earth.


book: Zeph
contenido:
I will lead you home, and with your own eyes you will see me bless you with all you once owned. Then you will be famous everywhere on this earth. I, the LORD, have spoken!


book: Hag
contenido:
On the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia, the LORD told Haggai the prophet to speak his message to the governor of Judah and to the high priest. So Haggai told Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua


book: Hag
contenido:
that the LORD All-Powerful had said to them and to the people: You say this isn't the right time to build a temple for me. But is it right for you to live in expensive houses, while my temple is a pile of ruins? Just look at what's happening.


book: Hag
contenido:
You harvest less than you plant, you never have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and your wages are stored in bags full of holes.


book: Hag
contenido:
But first, go to the hills and get wood for my temple, so I can take pride in it and be worshiped there.


book: Hag
contenido:
You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.


book: Hag
contenido:
And so, at my command everything will become barren—your farmland and pastures, your vineyards and olive trees, your animals and you yourselves. All your hard work will be for nothing.


book: Hag
contenido:
Zerubbabel and Joshua, together with the others who had returned from exile in Babylonia, obeyed the LORD's message spoken by his prophet Haggai, and they started showing proper respect for the LORD.


book: Hag
contenido:
So the LORD God All-Powerful made everyone eager to work on his temple, especially Zerubbabel and Joshua.


book: Hag
contenido:
On the twenty-first day of the next month, the LORD told Haggai the prophet to speak this message to Governor Zerubbabel, High Priest Joshua, and everyone else:


book: Hag
contenido:
just as I promised your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Don't worry. My Spirit is right here with you.


book: Hag
contenido:
I will shake the nations, and their treasures will be brought here. Then the brightness of my glory will fill this temple.


book: Hag
contenido:
and I promise that this new temple will be more glorious than the first one. I will also bless this city with peace.


book: Hag
contenido:
Suppose meat ready to be sacrificed to God is being carried in the folds of someone's clothing, and the clothing rubs against some bread or stew or wine or olive oil or any other food. Would those foods that were touched then become acceptable for sacrifice? “Of course not,” the priests answered.


book: Hag
contenido:
Then Haggai said, “Suppose someone has touched a dead body and is considered unacceptable to worship God. If that person touches these foods, would they become unclean?” “Of course they would,” the priests answered.


book: Hag
contenido:
So the LORD told Haggai to say: That's how it is with this entire nation. Everything you do and every sacrifice you offer is unacceptable to me.


book: Hag
contenido:
you recalled what life was like in the past. When you wanted 200 kilograms of wheat, there were only 10, and when you wanted 50 jars of wine, there were only 20.


book: Hag
contenido:
I made all of your hard work useless by sending mildew, mold, and hail—but you still did not return to me, your LORD.


book: Hag
contenido:
Although you have not yet harvested any grain, grapes, figs, pomegranates, or olives, I will richly bless you in the days ahead.


book: Hag
contenido:
and wipe out kings and their kingdoms. I will overturn war chariots, and then cavalry troops will start slaughtering each other.


book: Hag
contenido:
But tell my servant Zerubbabel that I, the LORD All-Powerful, have chosen him, and he will rule in my name.


book: Zech
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I am the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo. In the eighth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia, the LORD told me to say:


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Israel, I, the LORD All-Powerful, was very angry with your ancestors. But if you people will return to me, I will turn and help you.


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Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. They were warned by the earlier prophets to give up their evil and turn back to me, but they paid no attention.


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But my warnings and my words spoken by the prophets caught up with your ancestors. So they turned back to me and said, “LORD All-Powerful, you have punished us for our sins, just as you had planned.”


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On the twenty-fourth day of Shebat, which was the eleventh month of that same year, the LORD spoke to me in a vision during the night: In a valley among myrtle trees, I saw someone on a red horse, with riders on red, brown, and white horses behind him.


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An angel was there to explain things to me, and I asked, “Sir, who are these riders?” “I'll tell you,” the angel answered.


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At once, the man standing among the myrtle trees said, “These are the ones the LORD has sent to find out what's happening on earth.”


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Then the riders spoke to the LORD's angel, who was standing among the myrtle trees, and they said, “We have gone everywhere and have discovered that the whole world is at peace.”


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At this, the angel said, “LORD All-Powerful, for 70 years you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. When are you ever going to have mercy on them?”


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For a while I was angry at the nations, but now I am furious, because they have made things worse for Jerusalem and are not the least bit concerned.


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And so, I will have pity on Jerusalem. The city will be completely rebuilt, and my temple will stand again.


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I also promise that my towns will prosper—Jerusalem will once again be my chosen city, and I will comfort the people of Zion.


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The angel who was sent to explain was there, and so I asked, “What do these mean?” His answer was, “These horns are the nations that scattered the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem, and took away their freedom.” Then the LORD showed me four blacksmiths, and I asked, “What are they going to do?” He replied, “They are going to terrify and crush those horns.”


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and I asked, “Where are you going?” “To measure Jerusalem,” was the answer. “To find out how wide and long it is.”


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and said, “Hurry! Tell that man with the measuring line that Jerusalem won't have any boundaries. It will be too full of people and animals even to have a wall.


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The LORD himself has promised to be a protective wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem, and he will be its shining glory in the heart of the city.”


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The LORD says to his people, “Run! Escape from the land in the north, where I scattered you to the four winds.


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Then the glorious LORD All-Powerful ordered me to say to the nations that had raided and robbed Zion: Zion is as precious to the LORD as are his eyes. Whatever you do to Zion, you do to him.


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And so, he will put you in the power of your slaves, and they will raid and rob you. Then you will know that I am a prophet of the LORD All-Powerful.


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When he does, many nations will turn to him and become his people. At that time you will know that I am a prophet of the LORD All-Powerful.


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I was given another vision. This time Joshua the high priest was standing in front of the LORD's angel. And there was Satan, standing at Joshua's right side, ready to accuse him.


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But the LORD said, “Satan, you are wrong. Jerusalem is my chosen city, and this man was rescued like a stick from a flaming fire.”


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So the angel told some of the people to remove Joshua's filthy clothes. Then he said to Joshua, “This means you are forgiven. Now I will dress you in priestly clothes.”


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I spoke up and said, “Also put a clean priestly turban on his head.” Then they dressed him in priestly clothes and put the turban on him, while the LORD's angel stood there watching.


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If you truly obey me, I will put you in charge of my temple, including the courtyard around it, and you will be allowed to speak at any time with the angels standing beside me.


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Listen carefully, High Priest Joshua and all of you other priests. You are a sign of things to come, because I am going to bring my servant, the Chosen King.


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Joshua, I have placed in front of you a stone with seven sides. I will engrave something on that stone, and in a single day I will forgive this guilty country.


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Then each of you will live at peace and entertain your friends in your own vineyard and under your own fig trees.


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Then he asked, “What do you see?” “A solid gold lampstand with an oil container above it,” I answered. “On the stand are seven lamps, each with seven flames.


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So the angel explained that it was the following message of the LORD to Zerubbabel: I am the LORD All-Powerful. So don't depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit.


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Zerubbabel, that mountain in front of you will be leveled to the ground. Then you will bring out the temple's most important stone and shout, “God has been very kind.”


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Zerubbabel laid the foundation for the temple, and he will complete it. Then everyone will know that you were sent by me, the LORD All-Powerful.


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Those who have made fun of this day of small beginnings will celebrate when they see Zerubbabel holding this important stone. Those seven lamps represent my eyes—the eyes of the LORD—and they see everything on this earth.


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Then I asked the angel, “What about the olive trees on each side of the lampstand? What do they represent?


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And what is the meaning of the two branches from which golden olive oil flows through the two gold pipes?”


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Then he told me, “These branches are the two chosen leaders who stand beside the Lord of all the earth.”


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and the angel asked, “What do you see?” “A flying scroll,” I answered. “About nine meters long and four and a half meters wide.”


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Then he told me: This scroll puts a curse on everyone in the land who steals or tells lies. The writing on one side tells about the destruction of those who steal, while the writing on the other side tells about the destruction of those who lie.


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The LORD All-Powerful has said, “I am sending this scroll into the house of everyone who is a robber or tells lies in my name, and it will remain there until every piece of wood and stone in that house crumbles.”


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Now the angel who was there to explain the visions came over and said, “Look up and tell me what you see coming.”


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“I don't know what it is,” was my reply. “It's a big basket,” he said. “And it shows what everyone in the land has in mind.”


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“This woman represents evil,” the angel explained. Then he threw her back into the basket and slammed the heavy cover down tight.


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Right after this I saw two women coming through the sky with wings outstretched like a stork in the wind. Suddenly they lifted the basket into the air,


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Then he explained, “These are the four winds of heaven, and now they are going out, after presenting themselves to the Lord of all the earth.


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The chariot with black horses goes toward the north, the chariot with white horses goes toward the west, and the one with spotted horses goes toward the south.”


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The horses came out eager to patrol the earth, and the angel told them, “Start patrolling the earth.” When they had gone on their way,


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he shouted to me, “Those that have gone to the country in the north will do what the LORD's Spirit wants them to do there.”


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Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah have returned from Babylonia. Collect enough silver and gold from them to make a crown. Then go with them to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah and put the crown on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.


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Tell him that I, the LORD All-Powerful, say, “Someone will reach out from here like a branch and build a temple for me. I will name him ‘Branch,’ and he will rule with royal honors. A priest will stand beside his throne, and the two of them will be good friends.


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This crown will be kept in my temple as a reminder and will be taken care of by Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah.”


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When people from distant lands come and help build the temple of the LORD All-Powerful, you will know that the LORD is the one who sent me. And this will happen, if you truly obey the LORD your God.


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On the fourth day of Chislev, the ninth month of the fourth year that Darius was king of Persia, the LORD again spoke to me.


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It happened after the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer with Regem-Melech and his men to ask the priests in the LORD's temple and the prophets to pray for them. So they prayed, “Should we mourn and go without eating during the fifth month, as we have done for many years?”


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It was then that the LORD All-Powerful told me to say to everyone in the country, including the priests: For 70 years you have gone without eating during the fifth and seventh months of the year. But did you really do it for me?


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My message today is the same one I commanded the earlier prophets to speak to Jerusalem and its villages when they were prosperous, and when all of Judah, including the Southern Desert and the hill country, was filled with people.


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So once again, I, the LORD All-Powerful, tell you, “See that justice is done and be kind and merciful to one another!


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Don't mistreat widows or orphans or foreigners or anyone who is poor, and stop making plans to hurt each other.”


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But everyone who heard those prophets, stubbornly refused to obey. Instead, they turned their backs on everything my Spirit had commanded the earlier prophets to preach. So I, the LORD, became angry


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and said, “You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me.”


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That's why I came with a whirlwind and scattered them among foreign nations, leaving their lovely country empty of people and in ruins.


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I will return to Jerusalem and live there on Mount Zion. Then Jerusalem will be known as my faithful city, and Zion will be known as my holy mountain.


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This may seem impossible for my people who are left, but it isn't impossible for me, the LORD All-Powerful.


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and I will bring them to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, faithful to bring about justice.


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I am the LORD All-Powerful! So don't give up. Think about the message my prophets spoke when the foundation of my temple was laid.


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Before that time, neither people nor animals were rewarded for their work, and no one was safe anywhere, because I had turned them against each other.


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Instead, I will make sure that your crops are planted in peace and your vineyards are fruitful, that your fields are fertile, and the dew falls from the sky.


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People of Judah and Israel, you have been a curse to the nations, but I will save you and make you a blessing to them. So don't be afraid or lose courage.


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But you must be truthful with each other, and in court you must give fair decisions that lead to peace.


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People of Judah, I, the LORD, demand that whenever you go without food as a way of worshiping me, it should become a time of celebration. No matter if it's the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, or the tenth month, you should have a joyful festival. So love truth and live at peace.


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Those of one town will go to another and say, “We're going to ask the LORD All-Powerful to treat us with kindness. Come and join us.”


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Many people from strong nations will come to Jerusalem to worship me and to ask me to treat them with kindness.


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When this happens, ten people from nations with different languages will grab a Jew by his clothes and say, “Let us go with you. We've heard that God is on your side.” I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!


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This is a message from the LORD: His eyes are on everyone, especially the tribes of Israel. So he pronounces judgment against the cities of Hadrach and Damascus.


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Judgment will also fall on the nearby city of Hamath, as well as on Tyre and Sidon, whose people are clever.


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Tyre has built a fortress and piled up silver and gold, as though they were dust or mud from the streets.


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Both Ashkelon and Gaza will tremble with fear; Ekron will lose all hope. Gaza's king will be killed, and Ashkelon emptied of its people.


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No longer will the Philistines eat meat with blood in it or any unclean food. They will become part of the people of our God from the tribe of Judah. And God will accept the people of Ekron, as he did the Jebusites.


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God says, “I will stand guard to protect my temple from those who come to attack. I know what's happening, and no one will mistreat my people ever again.”


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Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout! Your king has won a victory, and he is coming to you. He is humble and rides on a donkey; he comes on the colt of a donkey.


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I, the LORD, will take away war chariots and horses from Israel and Jerusalem. Bows that were made for battle will be broken. I will bring peace to nations, and your king will rule from sea to sea. His kingdom will reach from the Euphrates River across the earth.


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When I made a sacred agreement with you, my people, we sealed it with blood. Now some of you are captives in waterless pits, but I will come to your rescue


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and offer you hope. Return to your fortress, because today I will reward you with twice what you had.


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I will use Judah as my bow and Israel as my arrow. I will take the people of Zion as my sword and attack the Greeks.


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Like a cloud, the LORD God will appear over his people, and his arrows will flash like lightning. God will sound his trumpet and attack in a whirlwind from the south.


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The LORD All-Powerful will protect his people, and they will trample down the sharpshooters and their slingshots. They will drink and get rowdy; they will be as full as a bowl at the time of sacrifice.


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The LORD God will save them on that day, because they are his people, and they will shine on his land like jewels in a crown.


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How lovely they will be. Young people will grow there like grain in a field or grapes in a vineyard.


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I, the LORD, am the one who sends storm clouds and showers of rain to make fields produce. So when the crops need rain, you should pray to me.


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You can't believe idols and fortunetellers, or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft and interpreters of dreams. But you have tried all of these, and now you are like sheep without a shepherd.


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I, the LORD All-Powerful, am fiercely angry with you leaders, and I will punish you. I care for my people, the nation of Judah, and I will change this flock of sheep into charging war horses.


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From this flock will come leaders who will be strong like cornerstones and tent pegs and weapons of war.


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They will join in the fighting, and together they will trample their enemies like mud. They will fight, because I, the LORD, will be on their side. And they will crush the enemy cavalry.


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I will strengthen the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. And I will show mercy because I am the LORD, their God. I will answer their prayers and bring them home. Then it will seem as though I had never rejected them.


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Israel will be like a tribe of warriors celebrating with wine. When their children see this, they will also be happy because of me, the LORD.


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I will give a signal for them to come together because I have rescued them. And there will be as many as ever before.


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Although I scattered my people in distant countries, they won't forget me. Once their children are raised, they will return—


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I will bring them home from Egypt and Assyria, then let them settle as far as Gilead and Lebanon, until the land overflows with them.


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My people will go through an ocean of troubles, but I will overcome the waves and dry up the deepest part of the Nile. Assyria's great pride will be put down, and the power of Egypt will disappear.


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Cry, you cypress trees! The glorious cedars have fallen and are rotting. Cry, you oak trees of Bashan! The dense forest has been chopped down.


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Listen! Shepherds are crying. Their glorious pastures have been ruined. Listen! Lions are roaring. The forests of the Jordan Valley are no more to be found.


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The people who buy and butcher them go unpunished, while everyone who sells them says, “Praise the LORD! I'm rich.” Not even their shepherds have pity on them.


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Tend those sheep because I, the LORD, will no longer have pity on the people of this earth. I'll turn neighbor against neighbor and make them slaves of a king. They will bring disaster on the earth, and I'll do nothing to rescue any of them.


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So I became a shepherd of those sheep doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep dealers. And I gave names to the two sticks I used for tending the sheep: One of them was named “Mercy” and the other “Unity.”


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In less than a month, I became impatient with three shepherds who didn't like me, and I got rid of them.


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Then I said, “I refuse to be your shepherd. Let the sheep that are going to die, go on and die, and those that are going to be destroyed, go on and be destroyed. Then let the others eat one another alive.”


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On that same day, I broke the stick named “Mercy” to show that the LORD had canceled his agreement with all people.


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I told them, “Pay me my wages, if you think you should; otherwise, forget it.” So they handed me my wages, a measly 30 pieces of silver. Then the LORD said, “Throw the money into the treasury.” So I threw the money into the treasury at the LORD's temple.


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Once more I am going to let a worthless nobody rule the land—one who won't care for the strays or search for the young or heal the sick or feed the healthy. He will just dine on the fattest sheep, leaving nothing but a few bones.”


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You worthless shepherd, deserting the sheep! I hope a sword will cripple your arm and blind your right eye.


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This is a message from the LORD about Israel: I am the LORD! I stretched out the heavens; I put the earth on its foundations and gave breath to humans.


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I have decided that Jerusalem will become a bowl of wine that makes the neighboring nations drunk. And when Jerusalem is attacked, Judah will also be attacked.


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But I will turn Jerusalem into a heavy stone that crushes anyone who tries to lift it. When all nations on earth surround Jerusalem,


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I will blind every horse and make them panic, and every rider will be confused. But at the same time, I will watch over Judah.


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Then every clan in Judah will realize that I, the LORD All-Powerful, am their God, and that I am the source of their strength.


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At that time I will let the clans of Judah be like a ball of fire in a wood pile or a fiery torch in a hay stack. Then Judah will send the surrounding nations up in smoke. And once again the city of Jerusalem will be filled with people.


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But I will first give victory to Judah, so the kingdom of David and the city of Jerusalem in all of their glory won't be thought of more highly than Judah itself.


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I, the LORD God, will protect Jerusalem. Even the weakest person there will be as strong as David, and David's kingdom will rule as though my very own angel were its leader.


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I, the LORD, will make the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem feel deep sorrow and pray when they see the one they pierced with a spear. They will mourn and weep for him, as parents weep over the death of their only child or their first-born.


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On that day the people of Jerusalem will mourn as much as everyone did for Hadad Rimmon on the flatlands near Megiddo.


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Everyone of each family in the land will mourn, and the men will mourn separately from the women. This includes those from the family of David, and the families of Nathan,


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In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.


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The LORD All-Powerful says: When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten forever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them.


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If any such prophets ever appear again, their own parents must warn them that they will die for telling lies in my name—the name of the LORD. If those prophets don't stop speaking, their parents must then kill them with a sword.


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Those prophets will be ashamed of their so-called visions, and they won't deceive anyone by dressing like a true prophet.


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And if any of them are asked why they are wounded, they will answer, “It happened at the house of some friends.”


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The LORD All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.


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Then I will purify them and put them to the test, just as gold and silver are purified and tested. They will pray in my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “You are my people,” and they will reply, “You, LORD, are our God!”


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The LORD will have his day. And when it comes, everything that was ever taken from Jerusalem will be returned and divided among its people.


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But first, he will bring many nations to attack Jerusalem—homes will be robbed, women raped, and half of the population dragged off, though the others will be allowed to remain.


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He will take his stand on the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, and the mountain will split in half, forming a wide valley that runs from east to west.


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Then you people will escape from the LORD's mountain, through this valley, which reaches to Azal. You will run in all directions, just as everyone did when the earthquake struck in the time of King Uzziah of Judah. Afterwards, the LORD my God will appear with his holy angels.


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In both summer and winter, life-giving streams will flow from Jerusalem, half of them to the Dead Sea in the east and half to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.


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From Geba down to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, the entire country will be turned into flatlands, with Jerusalem still towering above. Then the city will be full of people, from Benjamin Gate, Old Gate Place, and Hananel Tower in the northeast part of the city over to Corner Gate in the northwest and down to King's Wine Press in the south. Jerusalem will always be secure and will never again be destroyed.


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Here is what the LORD will do to those who attack Jerusalem: While they are standing there, he will make their flesh rot and their eyes fall from their sockets and their tongues drop out.


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until even the people of Judah turn against those in Jerusalem. This same terrible disaster will also strike every animal nearby, including horses, mules, camels, and donkeys. Finally, everything of value in the surrounding nations will be collected and brought to Jerusalem—gold, silver, and piles of clothing.


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Afterwards, the survivors from those nations that attacked Jerusalem will go there each year to worship the King, the LORD All-Powerful, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.


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No rain will fall on the land of anyone in any country who refuses to go to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD All-Powerful.


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This horrible disaster will strike the Egyptians and everyone else who refuses to go there for the celebration.


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At that time the words “Dedicated to the LORD” will be engraved on the bells worn by horses. In fact, every ordinary cooking pot in Jerusalem will be just as sacred to the LORD All-Powerful as the bowls used at the altar. Any one of them will be acceptable for boiling the meat of sacrificed animals, and there will no longer be a need to sell special pots and bowls.


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Israel, I, the LORD, have loved you. And yet you ask in what way have I loved you. Don't forget that Esau was the brother of your ancestor Jacob, but I chose Jacob


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Esau's descendants may say, “Although our nation Edom is in ruins, we will rebuild it.” But I, the LORD All-Powerful, promise to tear down whatever they build. Then everyone will know that I will never stop being angry with them as long as they are so sinful.


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Israel, when you see this, you will shout, “The LORD's great reputation reaches beyond our borders.”


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I, the LORD All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, “How did we insult you?”


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You embarrass me by offering worthless food on my altar. Then you ask, “How have we embarrassed you?” You have done it by saying, “What's so great about the LORD's altar?”


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But isn't it wrong to offer animals that are blind, lame, or sick? Just try giving those animals to your governor. That certainly wouldn't please him or make him want to help you.


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I am the LORD God All-Powerful, and you had better try to please me. You have sinned. Now see if I will have mercy on any of you.


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I wish someone would lock the doors of my temple, so you would stop wasting time building fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you priests, and I refuse to accept any more of your offerings.


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From dawn until dusk my name is praised by every nation on this earth, as they burn incense and offer the proper sacrifices to me.


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But even you priests insult me by saying, “There's nothing special about the LORD's altar, and these sacrifices are worthless.”


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You get so disgusted that you even make vulgar signs at me. And for an offering, you bring stolen animals or those that are lame or sick. Should I accept these?


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Instead of offering the acceptable animals you have promised, you bring me those that are unhealthy. I will punish you for this, because I am the great King, the LORD All-Powerful, and I am worshiped by nations everywhere.


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You had better take seriously the need to honor my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.


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I will punish your descendants and rub your faces in the manure from your animal sacrifices, and then be done with you.


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I blessed him with a full life, as I had promised, and he kept his part of the agreement by honoring me and respecting my name.


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He taught the truth and never told lies, and he led a lot of people to turn from sin, because he obeyed me and lived right.


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You priests should be eager to spread knowledge, and everyone should come to you for instruction, because you speak for me, the LORD All-Powerful.


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But you have turned your backs on me. Your teachings have led others to do sinful things, and you have broken the agreement I made with your ancestor Levi.


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So I caused everyone to hate and despise you, because you disobeyed me and failed to treat all people alike.


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Don't you know that we all have God as our Father? Didn't the one God create each of us? Then why do you cheat each other by breaking the agreement God made with your ancestors?


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You people in Judah and Jerusalem have been unfaithful to the LORD. You have disgraced the temple that he loves, and you have committed the disgusting sin of marrying the worshipers of other gods.


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I pray that the LORD will no longer let those who are guilty belong to his people, even if they eagerly decide to offer the LORD a gift.


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And what else are you doing? You cry noisily and flood the LORD's altar with your tears, because he isn't pleased with your offerings and refuses to accept them.


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And why isn't God pleased? It's because he knows that each of you men has been unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young. You promised that she would be your partner, but now you have broken that promise.


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Didn't God create you and your wife to become like one person? And why did he do this? It was so you would have children, and then lead them to become God's people. Don't ever be unfaithful to your wife.


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The LORD God All-Powerful of Israel hates anyone who is cruel enough to divorce his wife. So take care never to be unfaithful!


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You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, “How did we do that?” You did it by saying, “The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice.”


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I, the LORD All-Powerful, will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then suddenly the Lord you are looking for will appear in his temple. The messenger you desire is coming with my promise, and he is on his way.


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On the day the Lord comes, he will be like a furnace that purifies silver or like strong soap in a washbasin. No one will be able to stand up to him.


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The LORD will purify the descendants of Levi, as though they were gold or silver. Then they will bring the proper offerings to the LORD,


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and the offerings of the people of Judah and Jerusalem will please him, just as they did in the past.


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The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.


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Descendants of Jacob, I am the LORD All-Powerful, and I never change. That's why you haven't been wiped out,


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even though you have ignored and disobeyed my laws ever since the time of your ancestors. But if you return to me, I will return to you. And yet you ask, “How can we return?”


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You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, “How are we robbing you?” You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten percent that belongs to me.


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I am the LORD All-Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test. Bring the entire ten percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessing after blessing.


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Everyone of every nation will talk about how I have blessed you and about your wonderful land. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!


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Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the LORD God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying God and from going around looking sad?


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See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”


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All those who truly respected the LORD and honored his name started discussing these things, and when God saw what was happening, he had their names written as a reminder in his book.


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Then the LORD All-Powerful said: You people are precious to me, and when I come to bring justice, I will protect you, just as parents protect an obedient child.


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Then everyone will once again see the difference between those who obey me by doing right and those who reject me by doing wrong.


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The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!


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But for you that honor my name, victory will shine like the sun with healing in its rays, and you will jump around like calves at play.


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When I come to bring justice, you will trample those who are evil, as though they were ashes under your feet. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!


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He will lead children and parents to love each other more, so that when I come, I won't bring destruction to the land.


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Jesus Christ came from the family of King David and also from the family of Abraham. And this is a list of his ancestors.


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From Abraham to King David, his ancestors were: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers (Judah's sons were Perez and Zerah, and their mother was Tamar), Hezron; Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.


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From David to the time of the exile in Babylonia, the ancestors of Jesus were: David, Solomon (his mother had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram; Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoiachin and his brothers.


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From the exile to the birth of Jesus, his ancestors were: Jehoiachin, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim; Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, and Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah.


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There were 14 generations from Abraham to David. There were also 14 from David to the exile in Babylonia and 14 more to the birth of the Messiah.


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This is how Jesus Christ was born. A young woman named Mary was engaged to Joseph from King David's family. But before they were married, she learned that she was going to have a baby by God's Holy Spirit.


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Joseph was a good man and did not want to embarrass Mary in front of everyone. So he decided to quietly call off the wedding.


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While Joseph was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, the baby that Mary will have is from the Holy Spirit. Go ahead and marry her.


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When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem


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and said, “Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”


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Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”


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‘Bethlehem in the land of Judea, you are very important among the towns of Judea. From your town will come a leader, who will be like a shepherd for my people Israel.’ ”


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He told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I also want to go and worship him.”


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The wise men listened to what the king said and then left. And the star they had seen in the east went on ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.


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When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshiped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him.


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After the wise men had gone, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Hurry and take the child and his mother to Egypt! Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill him.”


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where they stayed until Herod died. So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “I called my son out of Egypt.”


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When Herod found out that the wise men from the east had tricked him, he was very angry. He gave orders for his men to kill all the boys who lived in or near Bethlehem and were two years old and younger. This was based on what he had learned from the wise men.


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“In Ramah a voice was heard crying and weeping loudly. Rachel was mourning for her children, and she refused to be comforted, because they were dead.”


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After King Herod died, an angel from the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph while he was still in Egypt.


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The angel said, “Get up and take the child and his mother back to Israel. The people who wanted to kill him are now dead.”


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But when he heard that Herod's son Archelaus was now ruler of Judea, he was afraid to go there. Then in a dream he was told to go to Galilee,


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and they went to live there in the town of Nazareth. So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “He will be called a Nazarene.”


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John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said, “In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.’ ”


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John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.


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Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?


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And don't start telling yourselves that you belong to Abraham's family. I tell you that God can turn these stones into children for Abraham.


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An ax is ready to cut the trees down at their roots. Any tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into a fire.


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I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.


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His threshing fork is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in a barn and burn the husks in a fire that never goes out.


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Jesus answered, “For now this is how it should be, because we must do all God wants us to do.” Then John agreed.


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So Jesus was baptized. And as soon as he came out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him like a dove.


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Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say: ‘No one can live only on food. People need every word that God has spoken.’ ”


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The devil said, “If you are God's Son, jump off. The Scriptures say: ‘God will give his angels orders about you. They will catch you in their arms, and you won't hurt your feet on the stones.’ ”


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Finally, the devil took Jesus up on a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms on earth and their power.


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Jesus answered, “Go away Satan! The Scriptures say: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”


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But instead of staying in Nazareth, Jesus moved to Capernaum. This town was beside Lake Galilee in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.


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“Listen, lands of Zebulun and Naphtali, lands along the road to the sea and across the Jordan. Listen Galilee, land of the Gentiles!


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Although your people live in darkness, they will see a bright light. Although they live in the shadow of death, a light will shine on them.”


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While Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers. One was Simon, also known as Peter, and the other was Andrew. They were fishermen, and they were casting their net into the lake.


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Jesus walked on until he saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat with their father, mending their nets. Jesus asked them to come with him.


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Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news about God's kingdom. He also healed every kind of disease and sickness.


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News about him spread all over Syria, and people with every kind of sickness or disease were brought to him. Some of them had a lot of demons in them, others were thought to be crazy, and still others could not walk. But Jesus healed them all.


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Large crowds followed Jesus from Galilee and the region around the ten cities known as Decapolis. They also came from Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan River.


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When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the side of a mountain and sat down. Jesus' disciples gathered around him,


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God blesses those people who want to obey him more than to eat or drink. They will be given what they want!


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God blesses those people who are treated badly for doing right. They belong to the kingdom of heaven.


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God will bless you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.


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Be happy and excited! You will have a great reward in heaven. People did these same things to the prophets who lived long ago.


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You are the salt for everyone on earth. But if salt no longer tastes like salt, how can it make food salty? All it is good for is to be thrown out and walked on.


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and no one lights a lamp and puts it under a clay pot. Instead, it is placed on a lampstand, where it can give light to everyone in the house.


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Don't suppose I came to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I did not come to do away with them, but to give them their full meaning.


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Heaven and earth may disappear. But I promise you not even a period or comma will ever disappear from the Law. Everything written in it must happen.


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If you reject even the least important command in the Law and teach others to do the same, you will be the least important person in the kingdom of heaven. But if you obey and teach others its commands, you will have an important place in the kingdom.


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You must obey God's commands better than the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law obey them. If you don't, I promise you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.


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But I promise you if you are angry with someone, you will have to stand trial. If you call someone a fool, you will be taken to court. And if you say that someone is worthless, you will be in danger of the fires of hell.


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leave your gift there in front of the altar. Make peace with that person, then come back and offer your gift to God.


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Before you are dragged into court, make friends with the person who has accused you of doing wrong. If you don't, you will be handed over to the judge and then to the officer who will put you in jail.


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But I tell you if you look at another woman and want her, you are already unfaithful in your thoughts.


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If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body, than for your whole body to end up in hell.


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If your right hand causes you to sin, chop it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one part of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.


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But I tell you not to divorce your wife unless she has committed some terrible sexual sin. If you divorce her, you will cause her to be unfaithful, just as any man who marries her is guilty of taking another man's wife.


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You know our ancestors were told, “Don't use the Lord's name to make a promise unless you are going to keep it.”


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But I tell you not to swear by anything when you make a promise! Heaven is God's throne, so don't swear by heaven.


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The earth is God's footstool, so don't swear by the earth. Jerusalem is the city of the great king, so don't swear by it.


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But I tell you not to try to get even with a person who has done something to you. When someone slaps your right cheek, turn and let that person slap your other cheek.


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When people ask you for something, give it to them. When they want to borrow money, lend it to them.


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Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong.


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If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for this? Even tax collectors love their friends.


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When you do good deeds, don't try to show off. If you do, you won't get a reward from your Father in heaven.


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When you give to the poor, don't blow a loud horn. That's what show-offs do in the synagogues and on the street corners, because they are always looking for praise. I can assure you that they already have their reward.


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Then your gift will be given in secret. Your Father knows what is done in secret and will reward you.


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When you pray, don't be like those show-offs who love to stand up and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners. They do this just to look good. I can assure you that they already have their reward.


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When you pray, go into a room alone and close the door. Pray to your Father in private. He knows what is done in private and will reward you.


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When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers.


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When you go without eating, don't try to look gloomy as those show-offs do when they go without eating. I can assure you that they already have their reward.


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Then others won't know you are going without eating. But your Father sees what is done in private, and he will reward you.


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Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them.


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Instead, store up your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and thieves cannot break in and steal them.


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But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark. If the light inside you is dark, you surely are in the dark.


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You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other. You cannot serve both God and money.


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I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing?


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Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth much more than birds?


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Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes.


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God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. God will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?


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Don't worry and ask yourselves, “Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?”


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Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows you need all of these.


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But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.


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How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye?


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You're nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye; then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.


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Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them.


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Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.


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As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.


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Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.


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But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.


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Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you.


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Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in.


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On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, “We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles.”


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Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock.


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Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it was built on solid rock, and so it did not fall.


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Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand.


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Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash.


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Suddenly a man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus. He said, “Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”


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Jesus put his hand on the man and said, “I want to! Now you are well.” At once the man's leprosy disappeared.


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Jesus told him, “Don't tell anyone about this, but go and show the priest that you are well. Then take a gift to the temple just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”


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But the officer said, “Lord, I'm not good enough for you to come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.


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I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he will do it.”


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When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “I tell you in all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith!


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Many people will come from everywhere to enjoy the feast in the kingdom of heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.


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But the ones who should have been in the kingdom will be thrown out into the dark. They will cry and grit their teeth in pain.”


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Then Jesus said to the officer, “You may go home now. Your faith has made it happen.” Right then his servant was healed.


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Jesus went to the home of Peter, where he found that Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever.


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That evening many people with demons in them were brought to Jesus. And with only a word he forced out the evil spirits and healed everyone who was sick.


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So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said, “He healed our diseases and made us well.”


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Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own.”


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a terrible storm suddenly struck the lake, and waves started splashing into their boat. Jesus was sound asleep,


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so the disciples went over to him and woke him up. They said, “Lord, wake up! Save us before we drown!”


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But Jesus replied, “Why are you so afraid? You surely don't have much faith.” Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm.


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After Jesus had crossed the lake, he came to shore near the town of Gadara and started down the road. Two men with demons in them came to him from the tombs. They were so fierce that no one could travel that way.


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Suddenly they shouted, “Jesus, Son of God, what do you want with us? Have you come to punish us before our time?”


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Jesus told them to go, and they went out of the men and into the pigs. All at once the pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.


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The people taking care of the pigs ran to the town and told everything, especially what had happened to the two men.


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Everyone in town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their part of the country.


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Some people soon brought to him a man lying on a mat because he could not walk. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “My friend, don't worry! Your sins are forgiven.”


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But I will show you that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth.” So Jesus said to the man, “Get up! Pick up your mat and go on home.”


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As Jesus was leaving, he saw a tax collector named Matthew sitting at the place for paying taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and went with him.


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Later, Jesus and his disciples were having dinner at Matthew's house. Many tax collectors and other sinners were also there.


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Some Pharisees asked Jesus' disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and other sinners?”


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Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.’ I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”


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Some followers of John the Baptist came and asked Jesus, “Why do we and the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?”


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Jesus answered: The friends of a bridegroom aren't sad while he is still with them. But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.


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No one uses a new piece of cloth to patch old clothes. The patch would shrink and tear a bigger hole.


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No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins. Both the skins and the wine will then be safe.


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While Jesus was still speaking, an official came and knelt in front of him. The man said, “My daughter has just now died! Please come and place your hand on her. Then she will live again.”


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Jesus turned. He saw the woman and said, “Don't worry! You are now healed because of your faith.” At that moment she was healed.


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he said, “Get out of here! The little girl isn't dead. She is just asleep.” Everyone started laughing at Jesus.


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But after the crowd had been sent out of the house, Jesus went to the girl's bedside. He took her by the hand and helped her up.


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As Jesus was leaving that place, two blind men began following him and shouting, “Son of David, have pity on us!”


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After Jesus had gone indoors, the two blind men came up to him. He asked them, “Do you believe I can make you well?” “Yes, Lord,” they answered.


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As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, some people brought to him a man who could not talk because a demon was in him.


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After Jesus had forced the demon out, the man started talking. The crowds were so amazed they began saying, “Nothing like this has ever happened in Israel!”


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Jesus went to every town and village. He taught in their synagogues and preached the good news about God's kingdom. Jesus also healed every kind of disease and sickness.


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When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.


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Jesus called together his twelve disciples. He gave them the power to force out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and sickness.


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The first of the twelve apostles was Simon, better known as Peter. His brother Andrew was an apostle, and so were James and John, the two sons of Zebedee.


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Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus were also apostles.


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Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: Stay away from the Gentiles and don't go to any Samaritan town.


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Heal the sick, raise the dead to life, heal people who have leprosy, and force out demons. You received without paying, now give without being paid.


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And don't carry a traveling bag or an extra shirt or sandals or a walking stick. Workers deserve their food.


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So when you go to a town or a village, find someone able and willing to have you as their guest and stay with them until you leave.


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If the home is deserving, let your blessing remain with them. But if the home doesn't accept you, take back your blessing of peace.


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If someone won't welcome you or listen to your message, leave their home or town. And shake the dust from your feet at them.


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I promise you the day of judgment will be easier for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.


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I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.


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Because of me, you will be dragged before rulers and kings to tell them and the Gentiles about your faith.


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But when someone arrests you, don't worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the words to say.


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Brothers and sisters will betray one another and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed.


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When people mistreat you in one town, hurry to another one. I promise you before you have gone to all the towns of Israel, the Son of Man will come.


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It is enough for students to be like their teacher and for slaves to be like their master. If people call the head of the family Satan, what will they say about the rest of the family?


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Whatever I say to you in the dark, you must tell in the light. And you must announce from the housetops whatever I have whispered to you.


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Don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but they cannot harm your soul. Instead, you should fear God who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell.


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Aren't two sparrows sold for only a penny? But your Father knows when any one of them falls to the ground.


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I came to turn sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.


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If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples.


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If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.


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Anyone who welcomes a prophet, just because that person is a prophet, will be given the same reward as a prophet. Anyone who welcomes a good person, just because that person is good, will be given the same reward as a good person.


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And anyone who gives one of my most humble followers a cup of cool water, just because that person is my follower, will be rewarded.


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After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he left and began teaching and preaching in the towns.


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The blind are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People with leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.


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As John's followers were going away, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John: What sort of person did you go out into the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind?


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What kind of man did you go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who dress like that live in the king's palace.


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What did you really go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was. I tell you that he was more than a prophet.


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In the Scriptures God says about him, “I am sending my messenger ahead to get things ready for you.”


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I tell you no one ever born on this earth is greater than John the Baptist. But whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.


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From the time of John the Baptist until now, violent people have been trying to take over the kingdom of heaven by force.


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All the Books of the Prophets and the Law of Moses told what was going to happen up to the time of John.


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John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, “That man has a demon in him!”


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But the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, and you say, “That man eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what it does.


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In the towns where Jesus had worked most of his miracles, the people refused to turn to God. So Jesus was upset with them and said:


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You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are in for trouble too! If the miracles that took place here had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.


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People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honored in heaven? You will go down to hell! If the miracles that took place in your town had happened in Sodom, would still be standing.


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At that moment Jesus said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people.


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My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so they can know him too.


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Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest.


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One Sabbath, Jesus and his disciples were walking through some wheat fields. His disciples were hungry and began picking and eating grains of wheat.


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Some Pharisees noticed this and said to Jesus, “Why are your disciples picking grain on the Sabbath? They are not supposed to do this!”


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He went into the house of God, and then they ate the sacred loaves of bread that only priests are supposed to eat.


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Haven't you read in the Law of Moses that the priests are allowed to work in the temple on the Sabbath? But no one says they are guilty of breaking the law of the Sabbath.


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Don't you know what the Scriptures mean when they say, “Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others?” If you knew what this means, you would not condemn these innocent disciples of mine.


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where there was a man whose hand was paralyzed. Some Pharisees wanted to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong, so they asked him, “Is it right to heal someone on the Sabbath?”


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Then Jesus told the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man did, and it became as healthy as the other one.


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When Jesus found out what was happening, he left there and large crowds followed him. He healed all of their sick,


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“Here is my chosen servant! I love him, and he pleases me. I will give him my Spirit, and he will bring justice to the nations.


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Some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk because he had a demon in him. Jesus healed the man, and then he was able to talk and see.


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When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “He forces out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!”


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Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said to them: Any kingdom where people fight each other will end up ruined. And a town or family that fights will soon destroy itself.


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If I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons, whose power do your own followers use to force them out? Your followers are the ones who will judge you.


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But when I force out demons by the power of God's Spirit, it proves that God's kingdom has already come to you.


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How can anyone break into a strong man's house and steal his things, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can take everything.


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If you are not on my side, you are against me. If you don't gather in the harvest with me, you scatter it.


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I tell you any sinful thing you do or say can be forgiven. Even if you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come.


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A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces.


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You are a bunch of evil snakes, so how can you say anything good? Your words show what is in your hearts.


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Good people bring good things out of their hearts, but evil people bring evil things out of their hearts.


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I promise you on the day of judgment, everyone will have to account for every careless word they have spoken.


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On that day they will be told they are either innocent or guilty because of the things they have said.


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Some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a sign from heaven.”


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But Jesus replied: You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will get is the sign of the prophet Jonah.


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He was in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights, just as the Son of Man will be deep in the earth for three days and nights.


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On the day of judgment the people of Nineveh will stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.


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The Queen of the South will also stand there with you and condemn you. She traveled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something much greater than Solomon.


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When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when the demon doesn't find a place,


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it says, “I will go back to the home I left.” When it gets there and finds the place empty, clean, and neat,


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it goes off and finds seven other evil spirits even worse than itself. They all come and make their home there, and the person ends up in worse shape than before. That's how it will be with you evil people of today.


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While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside because they wanted to talk with him.


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Such large crowds gathered around him that he had to sit in a boat, while the people stood on the shore.


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Then he taught them many things by using stories. He said: A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.


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Other seeds fell on thin, rocky ground and quickly started growing because the soil wasn't very deep.


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But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have deep roots.


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But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced 100 or 60 or 30 times as much as was scattered.


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Everyone who has something will be given more. But people who don't have anything will lose even what little they have.


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I use stories when I speak to them because when they look, they cannot see, and when they listen, they cannot hear or understand.


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So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said, “These people will listen and listen, but never understand. They will look and look, but never see.


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All of them have stubborn minds! They refuse to listen; they cover their eyes. They cannot see or hear or understand. If they could, they would turn to me, and I would heal them.”


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Many prophets and good people were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you they did not see or hear.


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The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message about the kingdom, but don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the message from their hearts.


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The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it at once.


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But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.


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The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they start worrying about the needs of this life and are fooled by the desire to get rich. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.


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The seeds that fell on good ground are the people who hear and understand the message. They produce as much as 100 or 60 or 30 times what was planted.


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Jesus then told them this story: The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a farmer scattered good seed in a field.


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The servants came and asked, “Sir, didn't you scatter good seed in your field? Where did these weeds come from?”


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“An enemy did this,” he replied. His servants then asked, “Do you want us to go out and pull up the weeds?”


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Leave the weeds alone until harvest time. Then I'll tell my workers to gather the weeds and tie them up and burn them. But I'll order them to store the wheat in my barn.”


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Jesus told them another story: The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a farmer plants a mustard seed in a field.


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Although it is the smallest of all seeds, it grows larger than any garden plant and becomes a tree. Birds even come and nest on its branches.


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Jesus also said: The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a woman mixes a little yeast into three big batches of flour. Finally, all the dough rises.


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Jesus used stories when he spoke to the people. In fact, he did not tell them anything without using stories.


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So God's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “I will use stories to speak my message and to explain things hidden since the creation of the world.”


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After Jesus left the crowd and went inside, his disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the story about the weeds in the wheat field.”


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The field is the world, and the good seeds are the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one,


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and the one who scattered them is the devil. The harvest is the end of time, and angels are the ones who bring in the harvest.


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The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everyone who does wrong or causes others to sin.


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But everyone who has done right will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. If you have ears, pay attention!


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The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when someone finds a treasure hidden in a field and buries it again. Such a person is happy and goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.


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The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a net is thrown into a lake and catches all kinds of fish.


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When the net is full, it is dragged to the shore, and the fishermen sit down to separate the fish. They keep the good ones, but throw the bad ones away.


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That's how it will be at the end of time. Angels will come and separate the evil people from the ones who have done right.


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Then those evil people will be thrown into a flaming furnace, where they will cry and grit their teeth in pain.


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So he told them, “Every student of the Scriptures who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like someone who brings out new and old treasures from the storeroom.”


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and went to his hometown. He taught in their synagogue, and the people were so amazed that they asked, “Where does he get all this wisdom and the power to work these miracles?


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Isn't he the son of the carpenter? Isn't Mary his mother, and aren't James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers?


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So the people were upset because of what he was doing. But Jesus said, “Prophets are honored by everyone, except the people of their hometown and their own family.”


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and told his officials, “This is John the Baptist! He has come back from death, and that's why he has the power to work these miracles.”


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Herod had earlier arrested John and had him chained and put in prison. He did this because John had told him, “It isn't right for you to take Herodias, the wife of your brother Philip.”


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Herod wanted to kill John. But the people thought John was a prophet, and Herod was afraid of what they might do.


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But the girl's mother told her to say, “Here on a serving plate I want the head of John the Baptist!”


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Herod was sorry for what he had said. But he did not want to break the promise he had made in front of his guests. So he ordered a guard


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After Jesus heard about John, he crossed Lake Galilee to go to some place where he could be alone. But the crowds found out and followed him on foot from the towns.


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When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd. He felt sorry for them and healed everyone who was sick.


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That evening the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This place is like a desert, and it's already late. Let the crowds leave, so they can go to the villages and buy some food.”


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and he told the crowd to sit down on the grass. Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven and blessed the food. Then he broke the bread and handed it to his disciples, and they gave it to the people.


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After everyone had eaten all they wanted, Jesus' disciples picked up twelve large baskets of leftovers.


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At once, Jesus made his disciples get into a boat and start back across the lake. But he stayed until he had sent the crowds away.


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Then he went up on a mountain where he could be alone and pray. Later in the evening, he was still there.


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By this time the boat was a long way from the shore. It was going against the wind and was being tossed around by the waves.


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But when Peter saw how strong the wind was, he was afraid and started sinking. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.


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At once, Jesus reached out his hand. He helped Peter up and said, “You surely don't have much faith. Why do you doubt?”


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The people found out he was there, and they sent word to everyone who lived in this part of the country. So they brought all the sick people to Jesus.


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About this time some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses came from Jerusalem. They asked Jesus,


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“Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? They don't even wash their hands before they eat.”


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Didn't God command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents?


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But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they have has been offered to God.


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Is this any way to show respect to your parents? You ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching.


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The food you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”


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Then his disciples came over to him and asked, “Do you know you insulted the Pharisees by what you said?”


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Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”


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Don't you know that the food you put into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body?


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But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.


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Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.


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These are what make you unclean. Eating without washing your hands will not make you unfit to worship God.


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Suddenly a Canaanite woman from there came out shouting, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is full of demons.”


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Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so his disciples came up and asked him to send her away.


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“Lord, this is true,” the woman said, “but even puppies get the crumbs that fall from their owner's table.”


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Jesus answered, “Dear woman, you really do have a lot of faith, and you will be given what you want.” At that moment her daughter was healed.


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Large crowds came and brought many people who were paralyzed or blind or lame or unable to talk. They placed them, and many others, in front of Jesus, and he healed them all.


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Everyone was amazed at what they saw and heard. People who had never spoken could now speak. The lame were healed, the paralyzed could walk, and the blind were able to see. Everyone was praising the God of Israel.


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Jesus called his disciples together and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry. They might faint on their way home.”


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His disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”


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Jesus asked them how much food they had. They replied, “Seven small loaves of bread and a few little fish.”


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he took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks. He then broke them and handed them to his disciples, who passed them around to the crowds.


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After Jesus had sent the crowds away, he got into a boat and sailed across the lake. He came to shore near the town of Magadan.


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But if the sky is red and gloomy in the morning, you say it is going to rain. You can tell what the weather will be like by looking at the sky. But you don't understand what is happening now.


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You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will be given is what happened to Jonah. Then Jesus left.


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The disciples talked this over and said to each other, “He must be saying this because we didn't bring along any bread.”


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Jesus knew what they were thinking and said: You surely don't have much faith! Why are you talking about not having any bread?


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Don't you understand? Have you forgotten about the 5,000 people and all those baskets of leftovers from just five loaves of bread?


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Don't you know by now that I am not talking to you about bread? Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!


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Finally, the disciples understood that Jesus wasn't talking about the yeast used to make bread, but about the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


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When Jesus and his disciples were near the town of Caesarea Philippi, he asked them, “What do people say about the Son of Man?”


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The disciples answered, “Some people say you are John the Baptist or maybe Elijah or Jeremiah or some other prophet.”


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Jesus told him: Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed! You didn't discover this on your own. It was shown to you by my Father in heaven.


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So I will call you Peter, which means “a rock.” On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.


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I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth. But he will not allow anything you don't allow.


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From then on, Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, “I must go to Jerusalem. There the nation's leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make me suffer terribly. I will be killed, but three days later I will rise to life.”


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Peter took Jesus aside and told him to stop talking like that. He said, “God would never let this happen to you, Lord!”


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Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Satan, get away from me! You're in my way because you think like everyone else and not like God.”


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Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me.


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If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.


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What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?


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The Son of Man will soon come in the glory of his Father and with his angels to reward all people for what they have done.


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I promise you some of those standing here will not die before they see the Son of Man coming with his kingdom.


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Six days later Jesus took Peter and the brothers James and John with him. They went up on a very high mountain where they could be alone.


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There in front of the disciples, Jesus was completely changed. His face was shining like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.


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So Peter said to him, “Lord, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”


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While Peter was still speaking, the shadow of a bright cloud passed over them. From the cloud a voice said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him. Listen to what he says!”


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On their way down from the mountain, Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had been raised from death.


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The disciples asked Jesus, “Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say Elijah must come before the Messiah does?”


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In fact, he has already come. But the people did not recognize him and treated him just as they wanted to. They will soon make the Son of Man suffer in the same way.”


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and said, “Lord, have pity on my son! He has a bad case of epilepsy and often falls into a fire or into water.


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Jesus said, “You people are too stubborn to have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here.”


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Jesus replied: It is because you don't have enough faith! But I can promise you this. If you had faith no larger than a mustard seed, you could tell this mountain to move from here to there. And it would. Everything would be possible for you.


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While Jesus and his disciples were going from place to place in Galilee, he told them, “The Son of Man will be handed over to people


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who will kill him. But three days later he will rise to life.” All of this made the disciples very sad.


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When Jesus and the others arrived in Capernaum, the collectors for the temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the temple tax?”


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“Yes, he does,” Peter answered. After they had returned home, Jesus went up to Peter and asked him, “Simon, what do you think? Do the kings of this earth collect taxes and fees from their own people or from foreigners?”


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But we don't want to cause trouble. So go cast a line into the lake and pull out the first fish you hook. Open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Use it to pay your taxes and mine.”


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About this time the disciples came to Jesus and asked him who would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.


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Then he said: I promise you this. If you don't change and become like a child, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.


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It will be terrible for people who cause even one of my little followers to sin. Those people would be better off thrown into the deepest part of the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their necks!


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The world is in for trouble because of the way it causes people to sin. There will always be something to cause people to sin, but anyone who does this will be in for trouble.


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If your hand or foot causes you to sin, chop it off and throw it away! You would be better off to go into life paralyzed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the fire that never goes out.


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If your eye causes you to sin, poke it out and get rid of it. You would be better off to go into life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fires of hell.


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Don't be cruel to any of these little ones! I promise you their angels are always with my Father in heaven.


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Let me ask you this. What would you do if you had 100 sheep and one of them wandered off? Wouldn't you leave the 99 on the hillside and go look for the one that had wandered away?


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If one of my followers sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower.


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But if that one refuses to listen, take along one or two others. The Scriptures teach that every complaint must be proven true by two or more witnesses.


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If the follower refuses to listen to them, report the matter to the church. Anyone who refuses to listen to the church must be treated like an unbeliever or a tax collector.


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I promise you God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but God will not allow anything you don't allow.


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I promise that when any two of you on earth agree about something you are praying for, my Father in heaven will do it for you.


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Peter came up to the Lord and asked, “How many times should I forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?”


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This story will show you what the kingdom of heaven is like: One day a king decided to call in his officials and ask them to give an account of what they owed him.


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But he didn't have any money to pay what he owed. The king ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he owned, in order to pay the debt.


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The official got down on his knees and began begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you every cent I owe!”


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The king felt sorry for him and let him go free. He even told the official that he did not have to pay back the money.


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But as this official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him 100 silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, “Pay me what you owe!”


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But the first official refused to have pity. Instead, he went and had the other official put in jail until he could pay what he owed.


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When some other officials found out what had happened, they felt sorry for the man who had been put in jail. Then they told the king what had happened.


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The king called the first official back in and said, “You're an evil man! When you begged for mercy, I said you did not have to pay back a cent.


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The king was so angry that he ordered the official to be tortured until he could pay back everything he owed.


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That is how my Father in heaven will treat you, if you don't forgive each of my followers with all your heart.


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When Jesus finished teaching, he left Galilee and went to the part of Judea east of the Jordan River.


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Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. They came up to him and asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”


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That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife.


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Then they are no longer two people, but one. And no one should separate a couple God has joined together.”


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The Pharisees asked Jesus, “Why did Moses say a man could write out divorce papers and send his wife away?”


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Jesus replied, “You are so heartless! That's why Moses allowed you to divorce your wife. But from the beginning God did not intend it to be that way.


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I say if your wife has not committed some terrible sexual sin, you must not divorce her to marry someone else. If you do, you are unfaithful.”


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The disciples said, “If that's how it is between a man and a woman, it's better not to get married.”


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Jesus told them, “Only those people who have been given the gift of staying single can accept this teaching.


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Some people are unable to marry because of birth defects or because of what someone has done to their bodies. Others stay single in order to serve God better. Anyone who can accept this teaching should do so.”


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Some people brought their children to Jesus, so he could place his hands on them and pray for them. His disciples told the people to stop bothering him.


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But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and don't try to stop them! People who are like these children belong to God's kingdom.”


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Jesus said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? Only God is good. If you want to have eternal life, you must obey his commandments.”


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“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “Do not murder. Be faithful in marriage. Do not steal. Do not tell lies about others.


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Jesus replied, “If you want to be perfect, go sell everything you own! Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and be my follower.”


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Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you, it's terribly hard for rich people to get into the kingdom of heaven!


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In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom.”


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When the disciples heard this, they were greatly surprised and asked, “How can anyone ever be saved?”


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Jesus looked straight at them and said, “There are some things people cannot do, but God can do anything.”


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Jesus answered: Yes, all of you have become my followers. And so in the future world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, I promise you will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.


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All who have given up home or brothers and sisters or father and mother or children or land for me will be given 100 times as much. They will also have eternal life.


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As Jesus was telling what the kingdom of heaven would be like, he said: Early one morning a man went out to hire some workers for his vineyard.


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After he had agreed to pay them the usual amount for a day's work, he sent them off to his vineyard.


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So they went. At noon and again about three in the afternoon he returned to the market. And each time he made the same agreement with others who were loafing around with nothing to do.


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Finally, about five in the afternoon the man went back and found some others standing there. He asked them, “Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?”


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That evening the owner of the vineyard told the man in charge of the workers to call them in and give them their money. He also told the man to begin with the ones who were hired last.


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When the workers arrived, the ones who had been hired at five in the afternoon were given a full day's pay.


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The workers who had been hired first thought they would be given more than the others. But when they were given the same,


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They said, “The ones who were hired last worked for only one hour. But you paid them the same that you did us. And we worked in the hot sun all day long!”


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Take your money now and go! What business is it of yours if I want to pay them the same that I paid you?


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Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Why should you be jealous, if I want to be generous?”


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Jesus then said, “So it is. Everyone who is now last will be first, and everyone who is first will be last.”


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We are now on our way to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses. They will sentence him to death,


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and then they will hand him over to foreigners who will make fun of him. They will beat him and nail him to a cross. But on the third day he will rise from death.


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The mother of James and John came to Jesus with her two sons. She knelt down and started begging him to do something for her.


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Jesus asked her what she wanted, and she said, “When you come into your kingdom, please let one of my sons sit at your right side and the other at your left.”


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Jesus answered, “Not one of you knows what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the cup that I must soon drink from?” James and John said, “Yes, we are!”


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Jesus replied, “You certainly will drink from my cup! But it isn't for me to say who will sit at my right side and at my left. This is for my Father to say.”


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But Jesus called the disciples together and said: You know foreign rulers like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over everyone they rule.


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The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.


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Two blind men were sitting beside the road. And when they heard that Jesus was coming their way, they shouted, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”


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The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted even louder, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”


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Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. At once they could see, and they became his followers.


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When Jesus and his disciples came near Jerusalem, he went to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives and sent two of them on ahead.


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He told them, “Go into the next village, where you will at once find a donkey and her colt. Untie the two donkeys and bring them to me.


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If anyone asks why you are doing this, just say, ‘The Lord needs them.’ He will at once let you have the donkeys.”


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“Announce to the people of Jerusalem: ‘Your king is coming to you! He is humble and rides on a donkey. He comes on the colt of a donkey.’ ”


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Many people spread clothes in the road, while others put down branches which they had cut from trees.


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Some people walked ahead of Jesus and others followed behind. They were all shouting, “Hooray for the Son of David! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hooray for God in heaven above!”


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Jesus went into the temple and chased out everyone who was selling or buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of the ones who were selling doves.


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He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship.’ But you have turned it into a place where robbers hide.”


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But the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were angry when they saw his miracles and heard the children shouting praises to the Son of David.


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The men said to Jesus, “Don't you hear what those children are saying?” “Yes, I do!” Jesus answered. “Don't you know that the Scriptures say, ‘Children and infants will sing praises’?”


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and along the way he saw a fig tree. But when he came to it, he found only leaves and no figs. So he told the tree, “You will never again grow any fruit!” Right then the fig tree dried up.


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But Jesus said to them, “If you have faith and don't doubt, I promise you can do what I did to this tree. And you will be able to do even more. You can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will.


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Jesus had gone into the temple and was teaching when the chief priests and the leaders of the people came up to him. They asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”


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Jesus answered, “I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things.


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Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?” They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.


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On the other hand, these people think John was a prophet, and we are afraid of what they might do to us. That's why we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”


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So they told Jesus, “We don't know.” Jesus said, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”


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Jesus said: I will tell you a story about a man who had two sons. Then you can tell me what you think. The father went to the older son and said, “Go work in the vineyard today!”


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The man then told his younger son to go work in the vineyard. The boy said he would, but he didn't go.


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Which one of the sons obeyed his father? “The older one,” the chief priests and leaders answered. Then Jesus told them: You can be sure tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you ever will!


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When John the Baptist showed you how to do right, you would not believe him. But these evil people did believe. And even when you saw what they did, you still would not change your minds and believe.


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Jesus told the chief priests and leaders to listen to this story: A land owner once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and left the country.


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But the renters grabbed those servants. They beat up one, killed one, and stoned one of them to death.


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He then sent more servants than he did the first time. But the renters treated them in the same way.


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But when they saw the man's son, they said, “Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.”


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Jesus asked, “When the owner of that vineyard comes, what do you suppose he will do to those renters?”


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The chief priests and leaders answered, “He will kill them in some horrible way. Then he will rent out his vineyard to people who will give him his share of grapes at harvest time.”


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Jesus replied, “You surely know that the Scriptures say, ‘The stone the builders tossed aside is now the most important stone of all. This is something the Lord has done, and it is amazing to us.’


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Anyone who stumbles over this stone will be crushed, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces.”


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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard these stories, they knew Jesus was talking about them.


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So they looked for a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid to, because the people thought he was a prophet.


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The king sent some servants to tell the invited guests to come to the banquet, but the guests refused.


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He sent other servants to say to the guests, “The banquet is ready! My cattle and prize calves have all been prepared. Everything is ready. Come to the banquet!”


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But the guests did not pay any attention. Some of them left for their farms, and some went to their places of business.


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This made the king so furious that he sent an army to kill those murderers and burn down their city.


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Then he said to the servants, “It is time for the wedding banquet, and the invited guests don't deserve to come.


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They went out on the streets and brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was filled with guests.


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When the king went in to meet the guests, he found that one of them wasn't wearing the right kind of clothes for the wedding.


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The king asked, “Friend, why didn't you wear proper clothes for the wedding?” But the guest had no excuse.


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So the king gave orders for this person to be tied hand and foot and to be thrown outside into the dark. That's where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.


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They sent some of their followers and some of Herod's followers to say to him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are.


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“The Emperor's,” they answered. Then Jesus told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.”


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The Sadducees did not believe people would rise to life after death. So that same day some of the Sadducees came to Jesus and said:


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Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.


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Once there were seven brothers who lived here. The first one married, but died without having any children. So his wife was left to his brother.


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When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? She had been married to all seven brothers.


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Jesus answered: You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God.


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“I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living.


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The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, “Love others as much as you love yourself.”


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“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose family will he come from?” They answered, “He will be a son of King David.”


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‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I make your enemies into a footstool for you.’


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No one was able to give Jesus an answer, and from that day on, no one dared ask him any more questions.


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So obey everything they teach you, but don't do as they do. After all, they say one thing and do something else.


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Everything they do is just to show off in front of others. They even make a big show of wearing Scripture verses on their foreheads and arms, and they wear big tassels for everyone to see.


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But none of you should be called a teacher. You have only one teacher, and all of you are like brothers and sisters.


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If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.


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You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.


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You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You travel over land and sea to win one follower. And when you have done so, you make that person twice as fit for hell as you are.


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You are in for trouble! You are supposed to lead others, but you are blind. You teach that it doesn't matter if a person swears by the temple. But you say it does matter if someone swears by the gold in the temple.


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You also teach that it doesn't matter if a person swears by the altar. But you say it does matter if someone swears by the gift on the altar.


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You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your garden, such as mint, dill, and cumin. Yet you neglect the more important matters of the Law, such as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the important things you should have done, though you should not have left the others undone either.


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You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You wash the outside of your cups and dishes, while inside there is nothing but greed and selfishness.


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You Pharisees and teachers are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You're like tombs that have been whitewashed. On the outside they are beautiful, but inside they are full of bones and filth.


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That's what you are like. Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good.


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You Pharisees and teachers are nothing but show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You build monuments for the prophets and decorate the tombs of good people.


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I will send to you prophets and wise people and experts in the Law of Moses. You will kill them or nail them to a cross or beat them in your synagogues or chase them from town to town.


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That's why you will be held guilty for the murder of every good person, beginning with the good man Abel. This also includes Barachiah's son Zechariah, the man you murdered between the temple and the altar.


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Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Your people have killed the prophets and have stoned the messengers who were sent to you. I have often wanted to gather your people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you wouldn't let me.


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Jesus replied, “Do you see these buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”


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Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him in private and asked, “When will this happen? What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?”


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Many will come and claim to be me. They will say they are the Messiah, and they will fool many people.


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You will soon hear about wars and threats of wars, but don't be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn't the end.


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Nations and kingdoms will go to war against each other. People will starve to death, and in some places there will be earthquakes.


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You will be arrested, punished, and even killed. Because of me, you will be hated by people of all nations.


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When the good news about the kingdom has been preached all over the world and told to all nations, the end will come.


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Someday you will see that “Horrible Thing” in the holy place, just as the prophet Daniel said. Everyone who reads this must try to understand!


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This will be the worst time of suffering since the beginning of the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again.


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If God doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of God's chosen ones, he will make the time shorter.


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False messiahs and false prophets will come and work great miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.


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If you are told the Messiah is out in the desert, don't go there! And if you are told he is in some secret place, don't believe it!


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Right after those days of suffering, “The sun will become dark, and the moon will no longer shine. The stars will fall, and the powers in the sky will be shaken.”


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Then a sign will appear in the sky. And there will be the Son of Man. All nations on earth will weep when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.


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At the sound of a loud trumpet, he will send his angels to bring his chosen ones together from all over the earth.


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Learn a lesson from a fig tree. When its branches sprout and start putting out leaves, you know summer is near.


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I can promise you that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all this happens.


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No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows.


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People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day the flood came and Noah went into the big boat.


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They didn't know anything was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. This is how it will be when the Son of Man appears.


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Homeowners never know when a thief is coming, and they are always on guard to keep one from breaking in.


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Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time?


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You may be sure a servant who is always faithful will be put in charge of everything the master owns.


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Suppose this evil servant starts beating the other servants and eats and drinks with people who are drunk.


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If that happens, the master will surely come on a day and at a time when the servant least expects him.


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This servant will then be punished and thrown out with the ones who only pretended to serve their master. There they will cry and grit their teeth in pain.


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The kingdom of heaven is like what happened one night when ten young women took their oil lamps and went to a wedding to meet the groom.


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Those who were wise answered, “There's not enough oil for all of us! Go and buy some for yourselves.”


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While the foolish ones were on their way to get some oil, the groom arrived. The five who were ready went into the wedding, and the doors were closed.


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The kingdom is also like what happened when a man went away and put his three servants in charge of all he owned.


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The man knew what each servant could do. So he handed 5,000 coins to the first servant, 2,000 to the second, and 1,000 to the third. Then he left the country.


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Some time later the master of those servants returned. He called them in and asked what they had done with his money.


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The servant who had been given 5,000 coins brought them in with the 5,000 that he had earned. He said, “Sir, you gave me 5,000 coins, and I have earned 5,000 more.”


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“Wonderful!” his master replied. “You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!”


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Next, the servant who had been given 2,000 coins came in and said, “Sir, you gave me 2,000 coins, and I have earned 2,000 more.”


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The servant who had been given 1,000 coins then came in and said, “Sir, I know that you are hard to work for. You harvest what you don't plant and gather crops where you haven't scattered seed.


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The master of the servant told him, “You are lazy and good-for-nothing! You know I harvest what I don't plant and gather crops where I haven't scattered seed.


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Then the master said, “Now your money will be taken away and given to the servant with 10,000 coins!


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Everyone who has something will be given more, and they will have more than enough. But everything will be taken from those who don't have anything.


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You are a worthless servant, and you will be thrown out into the dark where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.”


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The people of all nations will be brought before him, and he will separate them, as shepherds separate their sheep from their goats.


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Then the king will say to those on his right, “My father has blessed you! Come and receive the kingdom that was prepared for you before the world was created.


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When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, and when I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you welcomed me,


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and when I was naked, you gave me clothes to wear. When I was sick, you took care of me, and when I was in jail, you visited me.”


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The king will answer, “Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.”


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Then the king will say to those on his left, “Get away from me! You are under God's curse. Go into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels!


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I was hungry, but you did not give me anything to eat, and I was thirsty, but you did not give me anything to drink.


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I was a stranger, but you did not welcome me, and I was naked, but you did not give me any clothes to wear. I was sick and in jail, but you did not take care of me.”


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Then the people will ask, “Lord, when did we fail to help you when you were hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in jail?”


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The king will say to them, “Whenever you failed to help any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you failed to do it for me.”


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Then Jesus said, “Those people will be punished forever. But the ones who pleased God will have eternal life.”


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“You know two days from now will be Passover. This is when the Son of Man will be handed over to his enemies and nailed to a cross.”


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At that time the chief priests and the nation's leaders were meeting at the home of Caiaphas the high priest.


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Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said: Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.


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You may be sure that wherever the good news is told all over the world, people will remember what she has done. And they will tell others.


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On the first day of the Festival of Thin Bread, Jesus' disciples came to him and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal?”


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Jesus told them to go to a certain man in the city and tell him, “Our teacher says, ‘My time has come! I want to eat the Passover meal with my disciples in your home.’ ”


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When Jesus was eating with his twelve disciples that evening, he said, “One of you will surely hand me over to my enemies.”


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The Son of Man will die, as the Scriptures say. But it's going to be terrible for the one who betrays me! That man would be better off if he had never been born.”


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Judas said, “Teacher, you surely don't mean me!” “That's what you say!” Jesus replied. But later, Judas did betray him.


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During the meal Jesus took some bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then he gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this and eat it. This is my body.”


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Jesus picked up a cup of wine and gave thanks to God. He then gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this and drink it.


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This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.


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From now on I am not going to drink any wine, until I drink new wine with you in my Father's kingdom.”


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Jesus said to his disciples, “During this very night, all of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’


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Jesus replied, “I promise you before a rooster crows tonight, you will say three times that you don't know me.”


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But Peter said, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never say I don't know you.” All the others said the same thing.


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Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. When they got there, he told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”


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Jesus walked on a little way. Then he knelt with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don't make me suffer by drinking from this cup. But do what you want, and not what I want.”


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He came back and found his disciples sleeping. So he said to Peter, “Can't any of you stay awake with me for just one hour?


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Again Jesus went to pray and said, “My Father, if there is no other way, and I must suffer, I will still do what you want.”


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Finally, Jesus returned to his disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners.


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Jesus was still speaking, when Judas the betrayer came up. He was one of the twelve disciples, and a large mob armed with swords and clubs was with him. They had been sent by the chief priests and the nation's leaders.


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One of Jesus' followers pulled out a sword. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.


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Don't you know that I could ask my Father, and he would at once send me more than twelve armies of angels?


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Jesus said to the mob, “Why do you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like a criminal? Day after day I sat and taught in the temple, and you didn't arrest me.


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But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true.” All Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.


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After Jesus had been arrested, he was led off to the house of Caiaphas the high priest. The nation's leaders and the teachers of the Law of Moses were meeting there.


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But Peter followed along at a distance and came to the courtyard of the high priest's palace. He went in and sat down with the guards to see what was going to happen.


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The chief priests and the whole council wanted to put Jesus to death. So they tried to find some people who would tell lies about him in court.


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The high priest stood up and asked Jesus, “Why don't you say something in your own defense? Don't you hear the charges they are making against you?”


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But Jesus did not answer. So the high priest said, “With the living God looking on, you must tell the truth. Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?”


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“That is what you say!” Jesus answered. “But I tell all of you, ‘Soon you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of God All-Powerful and coming on the clouds of heaven.’ ”


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The high priest then tore his robe and said, “This man claims to be God! We don't need any more witnesses! You have heard what he said.


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While Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, a servant girl came up to him and said, “You were with Jesus from Galilee.”


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When Peter had gone out to the gate, another servant girl saw him and said to some people there, “This man was with Jesus from Nazareth.”


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A little while later some people standing there walked over to Peter and said, “We know you are one of them. We can tell it because you talk like someone from Galilee.”


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and Peter remembered that Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will say three times you don't know me.” Then Peter went out and cried bitterly.


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Early the next morning all the chief priests and the nation's leaders met and decided that Jesus should be put to death.


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Judas had betrayed Jesus, but when he learned that Jesus had been sentenced to death, he was sorry for what he had done. He returned the 30 silver coins to the chief priests and leaders


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and said, “I have sinned by betraying a man who has never done anything wrong.” “So what? That's your problem,” they replied.


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The chief priests picked up the money and said, “This money was paid to have a man killed. We can't put it in the temple treasury.”


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Then they had a meeting and decided to buy a field that belonged to someone who made clay pots. They wanted to use it as a graveyard for foreigners.


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So the words of the prophet Jeremiah came true, “They took the thirty silver coins, the price of a person among the people of Israel.


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Jesus was brought before Pilate the governor, who asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “Those are your words!” Jesus answered.


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So when the crowd came together, Pilate asked them, “Which prisoner do you want me to set free? Do you want Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”


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While Pilate was judging the case, his wife sent him a message. It said, “Don't have anything to do with that innocent man. I have had nightmares because of him.”


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But the chief priests and the leaders convinced the crowds to ask for Barabbas to be set free and for Jesus to be killed.


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Pilate asked the crowd again, “Which of these two men do you want me to set free?” “Barabbas!” they shouted.


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Pilate asked them, “What am I to do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah?” They all yelled, “Nail him to a cross!”


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Pilate saw that there was nothing he could do and that the people were starting to riot. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of them and said, “I won't have anything to do with killing this man. You are the ones doing it!”


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Pilate set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross.


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They made a crown out of thorn branches and placed it on his head, and they put a stick in his right hand. The soldiers knelt down and pretended to worship him. They made fun of him and shouted, “Hey, you king of the Jews!”


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When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross.


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On the way they met a man named Simon who was from Cyrene, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.


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There they gave Jesus some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain. But when Jesus tasted what it was, he refused to drink it.


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Above his head they put a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”


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The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.


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shouted, “So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days! If you are God's Son, save yourself and come down from the cross!”


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The chief priests, the leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said,


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“He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the king of Israel, he should come down from the cross! Then we will believe him.


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Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”


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One of them at once ran and grabbed a sponge. He soaked it in wine, then put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus.


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At once the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, and rocks split apart.


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They left their graves, and after Jesus had risen to life, they went into the holy city, where they were seen by many people.


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The officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus felt the earthquake and saw everything else that happened. They were frightened and said, “This man really was God's Son!”


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Many women had come with Jesus from Galilee to be of help to him, and they were there, looking on at a distance.


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Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of James and John were some of these women.


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Then Joseph put the body in his own tomb that had been cut into solid rock and had never been used. He rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomb and went away.


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They said, “Sir, we remember what this liar said while he was still alive. He claimed in three days he would come back from death.


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So please order the tomb to be carefully guarded for three days. If you don't, his disciples may come and steal his body. They will tell the people he has been raised to life, and this last lie will be worse than the first one.”


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Pilate said to them, “All right, take some of your soldiers and guard the tomb as well as you know how.”


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The Sabbath was over, and it was almost daybreak on Sunday when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.


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Suddenly a strong earthquake struck, and the Lord's angel came down from heaven. He rolled away the stone and sat on it.


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The angel said to the women, “Don't be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was nailed to a cross.


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He isn't here! God has raised him to life, just as Jesus said he would. Come, see the place where his body was lying.


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Now hurry! Tell his disciples he has been raised to life and is on his way to Galilee. Go there, and you will see him. This is what I came to tell you.”


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The women were frightened and yet very happy, as they hurried from the tomb and ran to tell his disciples.


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Suddenly Jesus met them and greeted them. They went near him, held on to his feet, and worshiped him.


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While the women were on their way, some soldiers who had been guarding the tomb went into the city. They told the chief priests everything that had happened.


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They said to the soldiers, “Tell everyone that Jesus' disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were asleep.


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The soldiers took the money and did what they were told. The people of Judea still tell each other this story.


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Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples. Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,


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and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world.


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It began just as God had said in the book written by Isaiah the prophet, “I am sending my messenger to get the way ready for you.


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In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.’ ”


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So John the Baptist showed up in the desert and told everyone, “Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven.”


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From all Judea and Jerusalem crowds of people went to John. They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.


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John also told the people, “Someone more powerful is going to come. And I am not good enough even to stoop down and untie his sandals.


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As soon as Jesus came out of the water, he saw the sky open and the Holy Spirit coming down to him like a dove.


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He stayed there for 40 days while Satan tested him. Jesus was with the wild animals, but angels took care of him.


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He said, “The time has come! God's kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news!”


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As Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were fishermen and were casting their nets into the lake.


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Jesus walked on and soon saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat, mending their nets.


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At once Jesus asked them to come with him. They left their father in the boat with the hired workers and went with him.


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Jesus and his disciples went to the town of Capernaum. Then on the next Sabbath he went into the synagogue and started teaching.


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Everyone was amazed at his teaching. He taught with authority, and not like the teachers of the Law of Moses.


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“Jesus from Nazareth, what do you want with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One.”


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Everyone was completely surprised and kept saying to each other, “What is this? It must be some new kind of powerful teaching! Even the evil spirits obey him.”


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Jesus went to her. He took hold of her hand and helped her up. The fever left her, and she served them a meal.


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Jesus healed all kinds of terrible diseases and forced out a lot of demons. But the demons knew who he was, and he did not let them speak.


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Very early the next morning before daylight, Jesus got up and went to a place where he could be alone and pray.


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Jesus replied, “We must go to the nearby towns, so that I can tell the good news to those people. This is why I have come.”


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A man with leprosy came to Jesus and knelt down. He begged, “You have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”


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He said, “Don't tell anyone about this. Just go and show the priest that you are well. Then take a gift to the temple as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”


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The man talked about it so much and told so many people, that Jesus could no longer go openly into a town. He had to stay away from the towns, but people still came to him from everywhere.


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Then so many of them came to the house that there wasn't even standing room left in front of the door. Jesus was still teaching


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But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone.


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Is it easier for me to tell this man his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and pick up his mat and go on home?


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I will show you that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth.” So Jesus said to the man,


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The man got right up. He picked up his mat and went out while everyone watched in amazement. They praised God and said, “We have never seen anything like this!”


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Once again, Jesus went to the shore of Lake Galilee. A large crowd gathered around him, and he taught them.


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As he walked along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus. Levi was sitting at the place for paying taxes, and Jesus said to him, “Follow me!” So he got up and went with Jesus.


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Later, Jesus and his disciples were having dinner at Levi's house. Many tax collectors and other sinners had become followers of Jesus, and they were also guests at the dinner.


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Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses were Pharisees, and they saw Jesus eating with sinners and tax collectors. So they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”


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Jesus heard them and answered, “Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do. I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”


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The followers of John the Baptist and the Pharisees often went without eating. Some people came and asked Jesus, “Why do the followers of John and those of the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?”


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No one patches old clothes by sewing on a piece of new cloth. The new piece would shrink and tear a bigger hole.


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No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins.


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One Sabbath Jesus and his disciples were walking through some wheat fields. His disciples were picking grains of wheat as they went along.


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Some Pharisees asked Jesus, “Why are your disciples picking grain on the Sabbath? They are not supposed to do that!”


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It was during the time of Abiathar the high priest. David went into the house of God and ate the sacred loaves of bread that only priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his followers.”


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Jesus finished by saying, “People were not made for the good of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for the good of people.


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The Pharisees wanted to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong, and they kept watching to see if Jesus would heal him on the Sabbath.


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Then he asked, “On the Sabbath should we do good deeds or evil deeds? Should we save someone's life or destroy it?” But no one said a word.


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Jesus was angry as he looked around at the people. Yet he felt sorry for them because they were so stubborn. Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his bad hand was healed.


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Jesus led his disciples down to the shore of the lake. Large crowds followed him from Galilee, Judea,


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and Jerusalem. People came from Idumea, as well as other places east of the Jordan River. They also came from the region around the towns of Tyre and Sidon. All of these crowds came because they had heard what Jesus was doing.


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And whenever any evil spirits saw Jesus, they would fall to the ground and shout, “You are the Son of God!”


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Then he chose twelve of them to be his apostles, so they could be with him. He also wanted to send them out to preach


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There were also James and John, the two sons of Zebedee. Jesus called them Boanerges, which means “Thunderbolts.”


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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus were also apostles. The others were Simon, known as the Eager One,


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Jesus went back home, and once again such a large crowd gathered that there was no chance even to eat.


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When Jesus' family heard what he was doing, they thought he was crazy and went to get him under control.


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Some teachers of the Law of Moses came from Jerusalem and said, “This man is under the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons! He is even forcing out demons with the help of Beelzebul.”


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Jesus told the people to gather around him. Then he spoke to them in riddles and said: How can Satan force himself out?


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How can anyone break into the house of a strong man and steal his things, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can take everything.


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I promise you that any of the sinful things you say or do can be forgiven, no matter how terrible those things are.


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But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven. That sin will be held against you forever.


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Jesus' mother and brothers came and stood outside. Then they sent someone with a message for him to come out to them.


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The crowd sitting around Jesus told him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside and want to see you.”


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The next time Jesus taught beside Lake Galilee, a big crowd gathered. It was so large that he had to sit in a boat out on the lake, while the people stood on the shore.


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Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked out the plants. So they did not produce any grain.


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But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants grew and produced 30 or 60 or even 100 times as much as was scattered.


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He answered: I have explained the secret about God's kingdom to you, but for others I can use only stories.


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The reason is, “These people will look and look, but never see. They will listen and listen, but never understand. If they did, they would turn to God and be forgiven.”


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The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But Satan soon comes and snatches it away from them.


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But they don't have roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.


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But they start worrying about the needs of this life. They are fooled by the desire to get rich and to have all kinds of other things. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.


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The seeds that fell on good ground are the people who hear and welcome the message. They produce 30 or 60 or even 100 times as much as was planted.


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Jesus also said: You don't light a lamp and put it under a clay pot or under a bed. Don't you put a lamp on a lampstand?


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There is nothing hidden that will not be made public. There is no secret that will not be well known.


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Listen carefully to what you hear! The way you treat others will be the way you will be treated—and even worse.


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Everyone who has something will be given more. But people who don't have anything will lose what little they have.


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The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn't understand how.


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It is like what happens when a mustard seed is planted in the ground. It is the smallest seed in all the world.


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But once it is planted, it grows larger than any garden plant. It even puts out branches that are big enough for birds to nest in its shade.


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Jesus used many other stories when he spoke to the people, and he taught them as much as they could understand.


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He did not tell them anything without using stories. But when he was alone with his disciples, he explained everything to them.


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So they left the crowd, and his disciples started across the lake with him in the boat. Some other boats followed along.


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Jesus was in the back of the boat with his head on a pillow, and he was asleep. His disciples woke him and said, “Teacher, don't you care that we're about to drown?”


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Jesus got up and ordered the wind and the waves to be quiet. The wind stopped, and everything was calm.


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Now they were more afraid than ever and said to each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”


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from the graveyard where he had been living. No one was able to tie the man up anymore, not even with a chain.


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He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him.


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He shouted, “Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!”


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Jesus asked, “What is your name?” The man answered, “My name is Lots, because I have ‘lots’ of evil spirits.”


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Jesus let them go, and they went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd of about 2,000 pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.


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The men taking care of the pigs ran to the town and the farms to spread the news. Then the people came out to see what had happened.


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When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had once been full of demons. He was sitting there with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were terrified.


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But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good he has been to you.”


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The man went away into the region near the ten cities known as Decapolis and began telling everyone how much Jesus had done for him. Everyone who heard what had happened was amazed.


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Once again Jesus got into the boat and crossed Lake Galilee. Then as he stood on the shore, a large crowd gathered around him.


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The person in charge of the synagogue was also there. His name was Jairus, and when he saw Jesus, he went over to him. He knelt at Jesus' feet


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and started begging him for help. He said, “My little daughter is about to die! Please come and touch her, so she will get well and live.”


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She had gone to many doctors, and they had not done anything except cause her a lot of pain. She had paid them all the money she had. But instead of getting better, she only got worse.


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The woman had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him in the crowd and barely touched his clothes.


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At that moment Jesus felt power go out from him. He turned to the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”


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His disciples said to him, “Look at all these people crowding around you! How can you ask who touched you?”


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The woman knew what had happened to her. So she came trembling with fear and knelt down in front of Jesus. Then she told him the whole story.


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Jesus said to the woman, “You are now well because of your faith. May God give you peace! You are healed, and you will no longer be in pain.”


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While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from Jairus' home and said, “Your daughter has died! Why bother the teacher anymore?”


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Then Jesus went inside and said to them, “Why are you crying and carrying on like this? The child isn't dead. She is just asleep.”


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But the people laughed at him. After Jesus had sent them all out of the house, he took the girl's father and mother and his three disciples and went to where she was.


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He took the twelve-year-old girl by the hand and said, “Talitha, koum!” which means, “Little girl, get up!” The girl got right up and started walking around. Everyone was greatly surprised.


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But Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened. Then he said, “Give her something to eat.”


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The next Sabbath he taught in the synagogue. Many of the people who heard him were amazed and asked, “How can he do all this? Where did he get such wisdom and the power to work these miracles?


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Isn't he the carpenter, the son of Mary? Aren't James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon his brothers? Don't his sisters still live here in our town?” The people were upset because of what he was doing.


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But Jesus said, “Prophets are honored by everyone, except the people of their hometown and their relatives and their own family.”


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Jesus could not work any miracles there, except to heal a few sick people by placing his hands on them.


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He was surprised that the people did not have any faith. Jesus taught in all the neighboring villages.


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Then he called together his twelve apostles and sent them out two by two with power over evil spirits.


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He told them, “You may take along a walking stick. But don't carry food or a traveling bag or any money.


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If any place won't welcome you or listen to your message, leave and shake the dust from your feet as a warning to them.”


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Jesus became so well-known that Herod the ruler heard about him. Some people thought he was John the Baptist, who had come back to life with the power to work miracles.


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But when Herod heard about Jesus, he said, “This must be John! I had his head cut off, and now he has come back to life.”


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Herod had earlier married Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. But John had told him, “It isn't right for you to take your brother's wife!” So, in order to please Herodias, Herod arrested John and put him in prison.


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because Herod was afraid of John and protected him. He knew that John was a good and holy man. Even though Herod was confused by what John said, he was glad to listen to him. And he often did.


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Finally, Herodias got her chance when Herod gave a great birthday celebration for himself and invited his officials, his army officers, and the leaders of Galilee.


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The daughter of Herodias came in and danced for Herod and his guests. She pleased them so much that Herod said, “Ask for anything, and it's yours!


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The girl left and asked her mother, “What do you think I should ask for?” Her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist!”


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The girl hurried back and told Herod, “Here and now on a serving plate I want the head of John the Baptist!”


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Herod was very sorry for what he had said. But he did not want to break the promise he had made in front of his guests.


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But so many people were coming and going that Jesus and the apostles did not even have a chance to eat. Then Jesus said, “Let's go to a place where we can be alone and get some rest.”


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But many people saw them leave and figured out where they were going. So people from every town ran on ahead and got there first.


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When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd that was like sheep without a shepherd. He felt sorry for the people and started teaching them many things.


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That evening the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This place is like a desert, and it's already late.


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Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.” But they asked him, “Don't you know it would take almost a year's wages to buy all of these people something to eat?”


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Then Jesus said, “How much bread do you have? Go and see!” They found out and answered, “We have five small loaves of bread and two fish.”


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Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven and blessed the food. Then he broke the bread and handed it to his disciples to give to the people. He also divided the two fish, so everyone could have some.


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At once, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and start back across to Bethsaida. But he stayed until he had sent the crowds away.


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Later in the evening he was still there by himself, and the boat was somewhere in the middle of the lake.


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He could see that the disciples were struggling hard, because they were rowing against the wind. Not long before morning, Jesus came toward them. He was walking on the water and was about to pass the boat.


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When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water, they thought he was a ghost, and they started screaming.


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All of them saw him and were terrified. But at this same time he said, “Don't worry! I am Jesus. Don't be afraid.”


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He then got into the boat with them, and the wind died down. The disciples were completely confused.


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So they ran all over that part of the country to bring their sick people to him on mats. They brought them each time they heard where he was.


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In every village or farm or marketplace where Jesus went, the people brought their sick to him. They begged him to let them just touch his clothes, and everyone who did was healed.


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Some Pharisees and several teachers of the Law of Moses from Jerusalem came and gathered around Jesus.


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The Pharisees and many others obey the teachings of their ancestors. They always wash their hands in the proper way before eating.


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None of them will eat anything they buy in the market until it is washed. They also follow a lot of other teachings, such as washing cups, pitchers, and bowls.


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The Pharisees and teachers asked Jesus, “Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? Why do they eat without washing their hands?”


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Jesus replied: You are nothing but show-offs! The prophet Isaiah was right when he wrote that God had said, “All of you praise me with your words, but you never really think about me.


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Didn't Moses command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents?


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But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they own has been offered to God.


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And you ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. You do a lot of other things just as bad.


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The food that you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”


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After Jesus and his disciples had left the crowd and gone into the house, they asked him what these sayings meant.


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He answered, “Don't you know what I am talking about by now? You surely know that the food you put into your mouth cannot make you unclean.


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It doesn't go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.” By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.


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unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness.


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Jesus left and went to the region near the town of Tyre, where he stayed in someone's home. He did not want people to know he was there, but they found out anyway.


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A woman whose daughter had an evil spirit in her heard where Jesus was. And at once she came and knelt down at his feet.


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The woman was Greek and had been born in the part of Syria known as Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter.


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But Jesus said, “The children must first be fed! It isn't right to take away their food and feed it to dogs.”


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Jesus left the region around Tyre and went by way of Sidon toward Lake Galilee. He went through the land near the ten cities known as Decapolis.


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Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk. They begged Jesus just to touch him.


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After Jesus had taken him aside from the crowd, he stuck his fingers in the man's ears. Then he spit and put it on the man's tongue.


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Jesus told the people not to say anything about what he had done. But the more he told them, the more they talked about it.


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They were completely amazed and said, “Everything he does is good! He even heals people who cannot hear or talk.”


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One day another large crowd gathered around Jesus. They had not brought along anything to eat. So Jesus called his disciples together and said,


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“I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat.


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Some of them live a long way from here. If I send them away hungry, they might faint on their way home.”


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The disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”


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After Jesus told the crowd to sit down, he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He then broke the loaves and handed them to his disciples, who passed them out to the crowd.


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They also had a few little fish, and after Jesus had blessed these, he told the disciples to pass them around.


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The crowd of about 4,000 people ate all they wanted, and the leftovers filled seven large baskets. As soon as Jesus had sent the people away,


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The Pharisees came out and started an argument with Jesus. They wanted to test him by asking for a sign from heaven.


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Jesus groaned and said, “Why are you always looking for a sign? I can promise you that you will not be given one!”


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The disciples talked this over and said to each other, “He must be saying this because we don't have any bread.”


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Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you talking about not having any bread? Don't you understand? Are your minds still closed?


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how many baskets of leftovers you picked up when I fed those 5,000 people with only five small loaves of bread?” “Yes,” the disciples answered. “There were twelve baskets.”


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Jesus then asked, “And how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up when I broke seven small loaves of bread for those 4,000 people?” “Seven,” they answered.


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As Jesus and his disciples were going into Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch the man.


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Jesus took him by the hand and led him out of the village, where he spit into the man's eyes. He placed his hands on the blind man and asked him if he could see anything.


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Once again Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes, and this time the man stared. His eyes were healed, and he saw everything clearly.


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Jesus and his disciples went to the villages near the town of Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “What do people say about me?”


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The disciples answered, “Some say you are John the Baptist or maybe Elijah. Others say you are one of the prophets.”


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Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, “The nation's leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make the Son of Man suffer terribly. He will be rejected and killed, but three days later he will rise to life.”


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Then Jesus explained clearly what he meant. Peter took Jesus aside and told him to stop talking like that.


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But when Jesus turned and saw the disciples, he corrected Peter. He said to him, “Satan, get away from me! You are thinking like everyone else and not like God.”


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Jesus then told the crowd and the disciples to come closer, and he said: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me.


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If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it.


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Don't be ashamed of me and my message among these unfaithful and sinful people! If you are, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.


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I can assure you that some of the people standing here will not die before they see God's kingdom come with power.


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Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him. They went up on a high mountain, where they could be alone. There in front of the disciples, Jesus was completely changed.


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Peter said to Jesus, “Teacher, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”


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The shadow of a cloud passed over and covered them. From the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, and I love him. Listen to what he says!”


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As Jesus and his disciples were coming down the mountain, he told them not to say a word about what they had seen, until the Son of Man had been raised from death.


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The disciples asked Jesus, “Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?”


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Jesus answered: Elijah certainly will come to get everything ready. But don't the Scriptures also say that the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected?


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I can assure you that Elijah has already come. And people treated him just as they wanted to, as the Scriptures say they would.


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When Jesus and his three disciples came back down, they saw a large crowd around the other disciples. The teachers of the Law of Moses were arguing with them.


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Whenever the demon attacks my son, it throws him to the ground and makes him foam at the mouth and grit his teeth in pain. Then he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to force out the demon, but they couldn't do it.”


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Jesus said, “You people don't have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”


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They brought the boy, and as soon as the demon saw Jesus, it made the boy shake all over. He fell down and began rolling on the ground and foaming at the mouth.


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Jesus asked the boy's father, “How long has he been like this?” The man answered, “Ever since he was a child.


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The demon has often tried to kill him by throwing him into a fire or into water. Please have pity and help us if you can!”


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When Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering fast, he spoke sternly to the evil spirit that had kept the boy from speaking or hearing. He said, “I order you to come out of the boy! Don't ever bother him again.”


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The spirit screamed and made the boy shake all over. Then it went out of him. The boy looked dead, and almost everyone said he was.


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After Jesus and the disciples had gone back home and were alone, they asked him, “Why couldn't we force out that demon?”


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because he was teaching the disciples that the Son of Man would be handed over to people who would kill him. But three days later he would rise to life.


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Jesus and his disciples went to his home in Capernaum. After they were inside the house, Jesus asked them, “What were you arguing about along the way?”


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After Jesus sat down and told the twelve disciples to gather around him, he said, “If you want the place of honor, you must become a slave and serve others!”


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“When you welcome even a child because of me, you welcome me. And when you welcome me, you welcome the one who sent me.”


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John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But he wasn't one of us, and we told him to stop.”


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Jesus said to his disciples: Don't stop him! No one who works miracles in my name will soon turn and say something bad about me.


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And anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name, just because you belong to me, will surely be rewarded.


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It will be terrible for people who cause even one of my little followers to sin. Those people would be better off thrown into the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their necks.


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So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! You would be better off to go into life paralyzed than to have two hands and be thrown into the fires of hell that never go out.


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If your foot causes you to sin, chop it off. You would be better off to go into life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.


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If your eye causes you to sin, get rid of it. You would be better off to go into God's kingdom with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.


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Salt is good. But if it no longer tastes like salt, how can it be made salty again? Have salt among you and live at peace with each other.


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After Jesus left, he went to Judea and then on to the other side of the Jordan River. Once again large crowds came to him, and as usual, he taught them.


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Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. So they came up to him and asked if it was right for a man to divorce his wife.


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Some people brought their children to Jesus so he could bless them by placing his hands on them. But his disciples told the people to stop bothering him.


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When Jesus saw this, he became angry and said, “Let the children come to me! Don't try to stop them. People who are like these little children belong to the kingdom of God.


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As Jesus was walking down a road, a man ran up to him. He knelt down, and asked, “Good teacher, what can I do to have eternal life?”


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You know the commandments. ‘Do not murder. Be faithful in marriage. Do not steal. Do not tell lies about others. Do not cheat. Respect your father and mother.’ ”


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Jesus looked closely at the man. He liked him and said, “There's one thing you still need to do. Go sell everything you own. Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come with me.”


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Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “It's hard for rich people to get into God's kingdom!”


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The disciples were shocked to hear this. So Jesus told them again, “It's terribly hard to get into God's kingdom!


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Jesus looked at them and said, “There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything.”


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Jesus told him: You can be sure that anyone who gives up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news


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will be rewarded. In this world they will be given 100 times as many houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and pieces of land, though they will also be mistreated. And in the world to come, they will have eternal life.


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The disciples were confused as Jesus led them toward Jerusalem, and his other followers were afraid. Once again, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and told them what was going to happen to him. He said:


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We are now on our way to Jerusalem where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses. They will sentence him to death and hand him over to foreigners,


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who will make fun of him and spit on him. They will beat him and kill him. But three days later he will rise to life.


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and they answered, “When you come into your glory, please let one of us sit at your right side and the other at your left.”


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Jesus told them, “You don't really know what you're asking! Are you able to drink from the cup that I must soon drink from or be baptized as I must be baptized?”


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“Yes, we are!” James and John answered. Then Jesus replied, “You certainly will drink from the cup from which I must drink. And you will be baptized just as I must!


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But it isn't for me to say who will sit at my right side and at my left. This is for God to decide.”


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But Jesus called the disciples together and said: You know that those foreigners who call themselves kings like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over the people they rule.


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Jesus and his disciples went to Jericho. And as they were leaving, they were followed by a large crowd. A blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting beside the road.


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Jesus stopped and said, “Call him over!” They called out to the blind man and said, “Don't be afraid! Come on! He is calling for you.”


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Jesus told him, “You may go. Your eyes are healed because of your faith.” At once the man could see, and he went down the road with Jesus.


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Jesus and his disciples reached Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives. When they were getting close to Jerusalem, Jesus sent two of them on ahead.


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He told them, “Go into the next village. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey that has never been ridden. Untie the donkey and bring it here.


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The disciples left and found the donkey tied near a door that faced the street. While they were untying it,


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The disciples led the donkey to Jesus. They put some of their clothes on its back, and Jesus got on.


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In front of Jesus and behind him, people went along shouting, “Hooray! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!


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After Jesus had gone to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and looked around at everything. But since it was already late in the day, he went back to Bethany with the twelve disciples.


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From a distance Jesus saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and he went to see if there were any figs on the tree. But there were none, because it wasn't the season for figs.


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So Jesus said to the tree, “Never again will anyone eat fruit from this tree!” The disciples heard him say this.


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After Jesus and his disciples reached Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began chasing out everyone who was selling and buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those who were selling doves.


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Then he taught the people and said, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship for all nations.’ But you have made it a place where robbers hide!”


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The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses heard what Jesus said, and they started looking for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching.


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As the disciples walked past the fig tree the next morning, they noticed that it was completely dried up, roots and all.


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Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree. Then Peter said, “Teacher, look! The tree you put a curse on has dried up.”


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If you have faith in God and don't doubt, you can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will.


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Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.


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Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem. And as he was walking through the temple, the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses came over to him.


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They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.


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On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet. So we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.” They were afraid of the crowd


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and told Jesus, “We don't know.” Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”


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Jesus then told them this story: A farmer once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and left the country.


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Then the man sent another servant, and they killed him. He kept sending servant after servant. They beat some of them and killed some.


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The owner had a son he loved very much. Finally, he sent his son to the renters because he thought they would respect him.


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But they said to themselves, “Someday he will own this vineyard. Let's kill him! That way we can have it all for ourselves.”


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Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard.


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You surely know that the Scriptures say, ‘The stone the builders tossed aside is now the most important stone of all.


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The leaders knew that Jesus was really talking about them, and they wanted to arrest him. But because they were afraid of the crowd, they let him alone and left.


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The Pharisees got together with Herod's followers. Then they sent some men to trick Jesus into saying something wrong.


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They went to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. And you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”


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They brought him a silver coin, and he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?” “The Emperor's,” they answered.


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Then Jesus told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” The men were amazed at Jesus.


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The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus and said:


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The second brother married his brother's widow, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother,


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When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? After all, she had been married to all seven brothers.


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You surely know about people being raised to life. You know that in the story about Moses and the burning bush, God said, “I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”


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One of the teachers of the Law of Moses came up while Jesus and the Sadducees were arguing. When he heard Jesus give a good answer, he asked him, “What is the most important commandment?”


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The second most important commandment says: ‘Love others as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these.”


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It is also true that we must love God with all our heart, mind, and strength, and that we must love others as much as we love ourselves. These commandments are more important than all the sacrifices and offerings that we could possibly make.”


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When Jesus saw that the man had given a sensible answer, he told him, “You are not far from God's kingdom.” After this, no one dared ask Jesus any more questions.


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As Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, “How can the teachers of the Law of Moses say the Messiah will come from the family of King David?


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The Holy Spirit led David to say, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I make your enemies into a footstool for you.’


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If David called the Messiah his Lord, how can the Messiah be his son?” The large crowd enjoyed listening to Jesus teach.


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As Jesus was teaching, he said: Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes and be greeted in the market.


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But they cheat widows out of their homes and pray long prayers just to show off. They will be punished most of all.


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Jesus was sitting in the temple near the offering box and watching people put in their gifts. He noticed that many rich people were giving a lot of money.


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Jesus told his disciples to gather around him. Then he said: I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others.


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Everyone else gave what they didn't need. But she is very poor and gave everything she had. Now she doesn't have a cent to live on.


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As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these beautiful stones and wonderful buildings!”


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Jesus replied, “Do you see these huge buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”


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Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him in private.


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They asked, “When will these things happen? What will be the sign that they are about to take place?”


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When you hear about wars and threats of wars, don't be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn't the end.


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Nations and kingdoms will go to war against each other. There will be earthquakes in many places, and people will starve to death. But this is just the beginning of troubles.


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Be on your guard! You will be taken to courts and beaten with whips in their synagogues. And because of me, you will have to stand before rulers and kings to tell about your faith.


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When you are arrested, don't worry about what you will say. You will be given the right words when the time comes. But you will not really be the ones speaking. Your words will come from the Holy Spirit.


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Brothers and sisters will betray each other and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed.


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Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you keep on being faithful right to the end, you will be saved.


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Someday you will see that “Horrible Thing” where it should not be. Everyone who reads this must try to understand! If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains.


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This will be the worst time of suffering since God created the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again.


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If the Lord doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and special ones, he will make the time shorter.


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False messiahs and false prophets will come and work miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.


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In those days, right after this time of suffering, “The sun will become dark, and the moon will no longer shine.


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You can be sure that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all this happens.


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No one knows the day or the time. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows.


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It is like what happens when a man goes away for a while and places his servants in charge of everything. He tells each of them what to do, and he orders the guard to keep alert.


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So be alert! You don't know when the master of the house will come back. It could be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or in the morning.


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It was now two days before Passover and the Festival of Thin Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were planning how they could sneak around and have Jesus arrested and put to death.


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Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon, who once had leprosy, when a woman came in with a very expensive bottle of sweet-smelling perfume. After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head.


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We could have sold this perfume for more than 300 silver coins and given the money to the poor!” So they started saying cruel things to the woman.


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You will always have the poor with you. And whenever you want to, you can give to them. But you won't always have me here with you.


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Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples. He went to the chief priests and offered to help them arrest Jesus.


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They were glad to hear this, and they promised to pay him. So Judas started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus.


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It was the first day of the Festival of Thin Bread, and the Passover lambs were being killed. Jesus' disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal?”


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Jesus said to two of the disciples, “Go into the city, where you will meet a man carrying a jar of water. Follow him,


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and when he goes into a house, say to the owner, ‘Our teacher wants to know if you have a room where he can eat the Passover meal with his disciples.’


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The owner will take you upstairs and show you a large room furnished and ready for you to use. Prepare the meal there.”


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The two disciples went into the city and found everything just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover meal.


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While Jesus and the twelve disciples were eating together that evening, he said, “The one who will betray me is now eating with me.”


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The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But it is going to be terrible for the one who betrays me. That man would be better off if he had never been born.”


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During the meal Jesus took some bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then he gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this. It is my body.”


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Jesus picked up a cup of wine and gave thanks to God. He gave it to his disciples, and they all drank some.


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Then he said, “This is my blood, which is poured out for many people, and with it God makes his agreement.


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Jesus said to his disciples, “All of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’


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Jesus replied, “This very night before a rooster crows twice, you will say three times that you don't know me.”


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But Peter was so sure of himself that he said, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never say I don't know you!” All the others said the same thing.


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Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he told them, “Sit here while I pray.”


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Jesus walked on a little way. Then he knelt down on the ground and prayed, “Father, if it is possible, don't let this happen to me! Father, you can do anything. Don't make me suffer by drinking from this cup. But do what you want, and not what I want.”


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When Jesus came back and found the disciples sleeping, he said to Simon Peter, “Are you asleep? Can't you stay awake for just one hour?


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But when he returned to the disciples, he found them sleeping again. They simply could not keep their eyes open, and they did not know what to say.


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When Jesus returned to the disciples the third time, he said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of this! The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners.


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Jesus was still speaking, when Judas the betrayer came up. He was one of the twelve disciples, and a mob of men armed with swords and clubs were with him. They had been sent by the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses.


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Judas had told them ahead of time, “Arrest the man I greet with a kiss. Tie him up tight and lead him away.”


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Someone standing there pulled out a sword. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.


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Day after day I was with you and taught in the temple, and you didn't arrest me. But what the Scriptures say must come true.”


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Jesus was led off to the high priest. Then the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses all met together.


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Peter had followed at a distance, and when he reached the courtyard of the high priest's house, he sat down with the guards to warm himself beside a fire.


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The chief priests and the whole council tried to find someone to accuse Jesus of a crime, so they could put him to death. But they could not find anyone to accuse him.


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“We heard him say he would tear down this temple that we built. He also claimed that in three days he would build another one without any help.”


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The high priest stood up in the council and asked Jesus, “Why don't you say something in your own defense? Don't you hear the charges they are making against you?”


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But Jesus kept quiet and did not say a word. The high priest asked him another question, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the glorious God?”


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“Yes, I am!” Jesus answered. “Soon you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of God All-Powerful, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”


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Some of the people started spitting on Jesus. They blindfolded him, hit him with their fists, and said, “Tell us who hit you!” Then the guards took charge of Jesus and beat him.


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and saw Peter warming himself by the fire. She stared at him and said, “You were with Jesus from Nazareth!”


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Peter replied, “That isn't true! I don't know what you're talking about. I don't have any idea what you mean.” He went out to the gate, and a rooster crowed.


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“No, I'm not!” Peter replied. A little while later some of the people said to Peter, “You certainly are one of them. You're a Galilean!”


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At once the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered that Jesus had told him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will say three times that you don't know me.” So Peter started crying.


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Early the next morning the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses met together with the whole Jewish council. They tied up Jesus and led him off to Pilate.


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Then Pilate questioned him again, “Don't you have anything to say? Don't you hear what crimes they say you have done?”


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And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot.


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Then Pilate asked the crowd, “What do you want me to do with this man you say is the king of the Jews?”


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Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross.


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The soldiers led Jesus inside the courtyard of the fortress and called together the rest of the troops.


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They put a purple robe on him, and on his head they placed a crown they had made out of thorn branches.


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Then they beat him on the head with a stick. They spit on him and knelt down and pretended to worship him.


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When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross.


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Simon from Cyrene happened to be coming in from a farm, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross. Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.


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People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and shouted, “Ha! So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days.


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The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said to each other, “He saved others, but he can't save himself.


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If he is the Messiah, the king of Israel, let him come down from the cross! Then we will see and believe.” The two criminals also said cruel things to Jesus.


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Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”


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One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, “Let's wait and see if Elijah will come and take him down!”


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A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”


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Some women were looking on from a distance. They and many others had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph were two of these women. Salome was also one of them.


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It was now the evening before the Sabbath, and the Jewish people were getting ready for that sacred day.


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A man named Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to ask Pilate for the body of Jesus. Joseph was a highly respected member of the Jewish council, and he was also waiting for God's kingdom to come.


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Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, and he called in the army officer to find out if Jesus had been dead very long.


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Joseph bought a linen cloth and took the body down from the cross. He had it wrapped in the cloth, and he put it in a tomb that had been cut into solid rock. Then he rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomb.


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After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some spices to put on Jesus' body.


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On their way, they were asking one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?”


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But when they looked, they saw that the stone had already been rolled away. And it was a huge stone!


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The women went into the tomb, and on the right side they saw a young man in a white robe sitting there. They were alarmed.


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The man said, “Don't be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross. God has raised him to life, and he isn't here. You can see the place where they put his body.


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Now go and tell his disciples, and especially Peter, that he will go ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”


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When the women ran from the tomb, they were confused and shaking all over. They were too afraid to tell anyone what had happened.


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Very early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen to life, he appeared to Mary Magdalene. Earlier he had forced seven demons out of her.


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Even though they heard that Jesus was alive and that Mary had seen him, they still would not believe it.


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Afterwards, Jesus appeared to his eleven disciples as they were eating. He scolded them because they were too stubborn to believe the ones who had seen him after he had been raised to life.


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Anyone who believes me and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe me will be condemned.


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Everyone who believes me will be able to do wonderful things. By using my name they will force out demons, and they will speak new languages.


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They will handle snakes and will drink poison and not be hurt. They will also heal sick people by placing their hands on them.


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After the Lord Jesus had said these things to the disciples, he was taken back up to heaven where he sat down at the right side of God.


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Then the disciples left and preached everywhere. The Lord was with them, and the miracles they worked proved that their message was true.


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The women quickly told Peter and his friends what had happened. Later, Jesus sent the disciples to the east and to the west with his sacred and everlasting message of how people can be saved forever.


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So I made a careful study of everything and then decided to write and tell you exactly what took place. Honorable Theophilus,


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When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest by the name of Zechariah from the priestly group of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was from the family of Aaron.


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But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old.


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According to the custom of the priests, he had been chosen to go into the Lord's temple that day and to burn incense,


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But the angel told him: Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayers. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you must name him John.


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Your son will be a great servant of the Lord. He must never drink wine or beer, and the power of the Holy Spirit will be with him from the time he is born.


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He will go ahead of the Lord with the same power and spirit that Elijah had. And because of John, parents will be more thoughtful of their children. And people who now disobey God will begin to think as they ought to. This is how John will get people ready for the Lord.


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Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know this is going to happen? My wife and I are both very old.”


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You have not believed what I have said. So you will not be able to say a thing until all this happens. But everything will take place when it is supposed to.”


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When he did come out, he could not speak, and they knew he had seen a vision. He motioned to them with his hands, but did not say a thing.


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Soon after this, his wife was expecting a baby, and for five months she did not leave the house. She said to herself,


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He will be great and will be called the Son of God Most High. The Lord God will make him king, as his ancestor David was.


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The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come down to you, and God's power will come over you. So your child will be called the holy Son of God.


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Your relative Elizabeth is also going to have a son, even though she is old. No one thought she could ever have a baby, but in three months she will have a son.


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When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, her baby moved within her. The Holy Spirit came upon Elizabeth.


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Then in a loud voice she said to Mary: God has blessed you more than any other woman! He has also blessed the child you will have.


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Eight days later they did for the child what the Law of Moses commands. They were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.


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All the neighbors were frightened because of what had happened, and everywhere in the hill country people kept talking about these things.


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Everyone who heard about this wondered what this child would grow up to be. They knew the Lord was with him.


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You, my son, will be called the prophet of God Most High. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.


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As John grew up, God's Spirit gave him great power. John lived in the desert until the time he was sent to the people of Israel.


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About that time Emperor Augustus gave orders for the names of all the people to be listed in record books.


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So Joseph had to leave Nazareth in Galilee and go to Bethlehem in Judea. Long ago Bethlehem had been King David's hometown, and Joseph went there because he was from David's family.


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she gave birth to her first-born son. She dressed him in baby clothes and laid him on a bed of hay, because there was no room for them in the inn.


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All at once an angel came down to them from the Lord, and the brightness of the Lord's glory flashed around them. The shepherds were frightened.


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You will know who he is, because you will find him dressed in baby clothes and lying on a bed of hay.”


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After the angels had left and gone back to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let's go to Bethlehem and see what the Lord has told us about.”


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As the shepherds returned to their sheep, they were praising God and saying wonderful things about him. Everything they had seen and heard was just as the angel had said.


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Eight days later Jesus' parents did for him what the Law of Moses commands. And they named him Jesus, just as the angel had told Mary when he promised she would have a baby.


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The time came for Mary and Joseph to do what the Law of Moses says a mother is supposed to do after her baby is born. They took Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem and presented him to the Lord,


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The Law of the Lord also says parents have to offer a sacrifice, giving at least a pair of doves or two young pigeons. So that is what Mary and Joseph did.


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At this time a man named Simeon was living in Jerusalem. Simeon was a good man. He loved God and was waiting for him to save the people of Israel. God's Spirit came to him


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When Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple to do what the Law of Moses says should be done for a new baby, the Spirit told Simeon to go into the temple.


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Then he blessed them and told Mary, “This child of yours will cause many people in Israel to fall and others to stand. The child will be like a warning sign. Many people will reject him,


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and you, Mary, will suffer as though you had been stabbed by a dagger. But all this will show what people are really thinking.”


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The prophet Anna was also there in the temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. In her youth she had been married for seven years, but her husband died.


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And now she was 84 years old. Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.


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At this time Anna came in and praised God. She spoke about the child Jesus to everyone who hoped for Jerusalem to be set free.


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After Joseph and Mary had done everything that the Law of the Lord commands, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee.


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They thought he was traveling with some other people, and they went a whole day before they started looking for him.


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When they could not find him with their relatives and friends, they went back to Jerusalem and started looking for him there.


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Three days later they found Jesus sitting in the temple, listening to the teachers and asking them questions.


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When his parents found him, they were amazed. His mother said, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been very worried, and we have been searching for you!”


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Jesus answered, “Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I would be in my Father's house?”


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Jesus went back to Nazareth with his parents and obeyed them. His mother kept on thinking about all that had happened.


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For 15 years Emperor Tiberius had ruled that part of the world. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was the ruler of Galilee. Herod's brother, Philip, was the ruler in the countries of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene.


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Annas and Caiaphas were the Jewish high priests. At that time God spoke to Zechariah's son John, who was living in the desert.


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So John went along the Jordan Valley, telling the people, “Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven.”


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Isaiah the prophet wrote about John when he said, “In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.


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Fill up every valley and level every mountain and hill. Straighten the crooked paths and smooth out the rough roads.


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Crowds of people came out to be baptized, but John said to them, “You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?


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Do something to show that you really have given up your sins. Don't start saying you belong to Abraham's family. God can turn these stones into children for Abraham.


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An ax is ready to cut the trees down at their roots. Any tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.”


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John told them, “If you have two coats, give one to someone who doesn't have any. If you have food, share it with someone else.”


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Some soldiers asked him, “And what about us? What do we have to do?” John told them, “Don't force people to pay money to make you leave them alone. Be satisfied with your pay.”


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John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.


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His threshing fork is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in his barn and burn the husks with a fire that never goes out.”


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But to Herod the ruler, he said, “It was wrong for you to take Herodias, your brother's wife.” John also said Herod had done many other bad things.


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While everyone else was being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. Then as he prayed, the sky opened up,


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and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in the form of a dove. A voice from heaven said, “You are my own dear Son, and I am pleased with you.”


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When Jesus began to preach, he was about 30 years old. Everyone thought he was the son of Joseph. But his family went back through Heli,


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When Jesus returned from the Jordan River, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him, and the Spirit led him into the desert.


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For 40 days Jesus was tested by the devil, and during that time he went without eating. When it was all over, he was hungry.


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The devil said, “I will give all this power and glory to you. It has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.


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Finally, the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem and had him stand on top of the temple. The devil said, “If you are God's Son, jump off.


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The Scriptures say: ‘God will tell his angels to take care of you. They will catch you in their arms, and you will not even hurt your feet on the stones.’ ”


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Jesus went back to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and as usual he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath. When he stood up to read from the Scriptures,


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“The Lord's Spirit has come to me, because he has chosen me to tell the good news to the poor. The Lord has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners, to give sight to the blind, to free everyone who suffers,


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Jesus closed the book, then handed it back to the man in charge and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue looked straight at Jesus.


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All the people started talking about Jesus and were amazed at the wonderful things he said. They kept on asking, “Isn't he Joseph's son?”


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Jesus answered: You will certainly want to tell me this saying, “Doctor, first make yourself well.” You will tell me to do the same things here in my own hometown that you heard I did in Capernaum.


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Once during the time of Elijah there was no rain for three and a half years, and people everywhere were starving. There were many widows in Israel,


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During the time of the prophet Elisha, many men in Israel had leprosy. But no one was healed, except Naaman who lived in Syria.


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that they got up and threw him out of town. They dragged him to the edge of the cliff on which the town was built, because they wanted to throw him down from there.


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“Hey, Jesus of Nazareth, what do you want with us? Are you here to get rid of us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One.”


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Jesus ordered the evil spirit to be quiet and come out. The demon threw the man to the ground in front of everyone and left without harming him.


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They all were amazed and kept saying to each other, “What kind of teaching is this? He has power to order evil spirits out of people!”


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Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's home. When Jesus got there, he was told that Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever.


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So Jesus went over to her and ordered the fever to go away. Right then she was able to get up and serve them a meal.


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After the sun had set, people with all kinds of diseases were brought to Jesus. He put his hands on each one of them and healed them.


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Demons went out of many people and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” But Jesus ordered the demons not to speak because they knew he was the Messiah.


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The next morning Jesus went out to a place where he could be alone, and crowds came looking for him. When they found him, they tried to stop him from leaving.


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But Jesus said, “People in other towns must hear the good news about God's kingdom. This is why I was sent.”


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Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, teaching the people as they crowded around him to hear God's message.


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Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon and asked him to row it out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down in the boat to teach the crowd.


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When Jesus had finished speaking, he told Simon, “Row the boat out into the deep water and let your nets down to catch some fish.”


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“Master,” Simon answered, “we have worked hard all night long and have not caught a thing. But if you tell me to, I will let the nets down.”


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Then they signaled for their partners in the other boat to come and help them. The men came, and together they filled the two boats so full that they both began to sink.


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When Simon Peter saw this happen, he knelt down in front of Jesus and said, “Lord, don't come near me! I am a sinner.”


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His partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were surprised too. Jesus told Simon, “Don't be afraid! From now on you will bring in people instead of fish.”


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Jesus came to a town where there was a man who had leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he knelt down to the ground in front of Jesus and begged, “Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”


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Jesus put his hand on him and said, “I want to! Now you are well.” At once the man's leprosy disappeared.


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Jesus told him, “Don't tell anyone about this, but go and show yourself to the priest. Offer a gift to the priest, just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”


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News about Jesus kept spreading. Large crowds came to listen to him teach and to be healed of their diseases.


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One day some Pharisees and experts in the Law of Moses sat listening to Jesus teach. They had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. God had given Jesus the power to heal the sick,


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and some people came carrying a man on a mat because he could not walk. They tried to take him inside the house and put him in front of Jesus.


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But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they went up on the roof, where they removed some tiles and let the mat down in the middle of the room.


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The Pharisees and the experts began arguing, “Jesus must think he is God! Only God can forgive sins.”


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But now you will see that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth.” Jesus then said to the man, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk home.”


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At once the man stood up in front of everyone. He picked up his mat and went home, giving thanks to God.


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Everyone was amazed and praised God. What they saw surprised them, and they said, “We have seen a great miracle today!”


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Later, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the place for paying taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”


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The Pharisees and some of their teachers of the Law of Moses grumbled to Jesus' disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with these tax collectors and other sinners?”


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Some people said to Jesus, “John's followers often pray and go without eating, and so do the followers of the Pharisees. But your disciples never go without eating or drinking.”


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Jesus then told them these sayings: No one uses a new piece of cloth to patch old clothes. The patch would shrink and make the hole even bigger.


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No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The new wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined.


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One Sabbath when Jesus and his disciples were walking through some wheat fields, the disciples picked some wheat. They rubbed the husks off with their hands and started eating the grain.


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He went into the house of God and took the sacred loaves of bread that only priests were supposed to eat. He not only ate some himself, but even gave some to his followers.”


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On another Sabbath Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, and a man with a paralyzed right hand was there.


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Some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses kept watching Jesus to see if he would heal the man. They did this because they wanted to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong.


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Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he told the man to stand up where everyone could see him. And the man stood up.


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Then Jesus asked, “On the Sabbath should we do good deeds or evil deeds? Should we save someone's life or destroy it?”


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After he had looked around at everyone, he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his bad hand became completely well.


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The teachers and the Pharisees were furious and started saying to one another, “What can we do about Jesus?”


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One was Simon, and Jesus named him Peter. Another was Andrew, Peter's brother. There were also James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,


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Matthew, Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus. The rest of the apostles were Simon, known as the Eager One,


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Jesus and his apostles went down from the mountain and came to some flat, level ground. Many other disciples were there to meet him. Large crowds of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal towns of Tyre and Sidon were there too.


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These people had come to listen to Jesus and to be healed of their diseases. All who were troubled by evil spirits were also healed.


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Jesus looked at his disciples and said: God will bless you people who are poor. His kingdom belongs to you!


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God will bless you hungry people. You will have plenty to eat! God will bless you people who are now crying. You will laugh!


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God will bless you when others hate you and won't have anything to do with you. God will bless you when people insult you and say cruel things about you, all because you are a follower of the Son of Man.


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Long ago your own people did these same things to the prophets. So when this happens to you, be happy and jump for joy! You will have a great reward in heaven.


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You well-fed people are in for trouble. You will go hungry! You people who are laughing now are in for trouble. You are going to cry and weep!


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You are in for trouble when everyone says good things about you. That is what your own people said about those prophets who told lies.


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This is what I say to all who will listen to me: Love your enemies, and be good to everyone who hates you.


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If someone slaps you on one cheek, don't stop that person from slapping you on the other cheek. If someone wants to take your coat, don't try to keep back your shirt.


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If you love only someone who loves you, will God praise you for that? Even sinners love people who love them.


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If you are kind only to someone who is kind to you, will God be pleased with you for that? Even sinners are kind to people who are kind to them.


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If you lend money only to someone you think will pay you back, will God be pleased with you for that? Even sinners lend to sinners because they think they will get it all back.


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But love your enemies and be good to them. Lend without expecting to be paid back. Then you will get a great reward, and you will be the true children of God in heaven. He is good even to people who are unthankful and cruel.


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Jesus said: Don't judge others, and God won't judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God won't be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you.


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If you give to others, you will be given a full amount in return. It will be packed down, shaken together, and spilling over into your lap. The way you treat others is the way you will be treated.


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Jesus also used some sayings as he spoke to the people. He said: Can one blind person lead another blind person? Won't they both fall into a ditch?


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Are students better than their teacher? But when they are fully trained, they will be like their teacher.


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How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye? You show-offs! First, get the log out of your own eye; then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.


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You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces. You cannot pick figs or grapes from thornbushes.


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Good people do good things because of the good in their hearts, but bad people do bad things because of the evil in their hearts. Your words show what is in your heart.


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is like someone who dug down deep and built a house on solid rock. When a flood came and the river rushed against the house, it was built so well that it didn't even shake.


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But anyone who hears what I say and doesn't obey me is like someone whose house wasn't built on solid rock. As soon as the river rushed against that house, it was smashed to pieces!


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In this town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked his servant very much.


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So Jesus went with them. When Jesus wasn't far from the house, the officer sent some friends to tell him, “Lord, don't go to any trouble for me! I am not good enough for you to come into my house.


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When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “In all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith!”


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Soon Jesus and his disciples were on their way to the town of Nain, and a big crowd was going along with them.


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As they came near the gate of the town, they saw people carrying out the body of a widow's only son. Many people from the town were walking along with her.


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Jesus went over and touched the stretcher on which the people were carrying the dead boy. They stopped, and Jesus said, “Young man, get up!”


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Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, “A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people.”


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John's followers told John everything that was being said about Jesus. So he sent two of them to ask the Lord, “Are you the one we should be looking for? Or must we wait for someone else?”


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When these messengers came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the one we should be looking for? Or are we supposed to wait for someone else?’ ”


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At that time Jesus was healing many people who were sick or in pain or were troubled by evil spirits, and he was giving sight to a lot of blind people.


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Jesus said to the messengers sent by John, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People who have leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can now hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.


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After John's messengers had gone, Jesus began speaking to the crowds about John: What kind of person did you go out to the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind?


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What kind of man did you really go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who wear expensive clothes and live in luxury are in the king's palace.


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What then did you go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was! I tell you that he was more than a prophet.


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In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, “I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you.”


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No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.


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Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them.


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You are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other, “We played the flute, but you would not dance! We sang a funeral song, but you would not cry!”


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But because the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, you say, “Jesus eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.”


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A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee's home and got ready to eat.


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When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume.


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Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.


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The Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and said to himself, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him! He would know that she is a sinner.”


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Jesus said to the Pharisee, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Teacher, what is it?” Simon replied.


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Jesus told him, “Two people were in debt to a moneylender. One of them owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50.


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Since neither of them could pay him back, the moneylender said that they didn't have to pay him anything. Which one of them will like him more?”


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Simon answered, “I suppose it would be the one who had owed more and didn't have to pay it back.” “You are right,” Jesus said.


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He turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn't give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.


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So I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love. But anyone who has been forgiven for only a little will show only a little love.”


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Soon after this, Jesus was going through towns and villages, telling the good news about God's kingdom. His twelve apostles were with him,


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and so were some women who had been healed of evil spirits and all sorts of diseases. One of the women was Mary Magdalene, who once had seven demons in her.


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Joanna, Susanna, and many others had also used what they owned to help Jesus and his disciples. Joanna's husband Chuza was one of Herod's officials.


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A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. While the farmer was doing this, some of the seeds fell along the road and were stepped on or eaten by birds.


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Other seeds fell on rocky ground and started growing. But the plants did not have enough water and soon dried up.


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The rest of the seeds fell on good ground where they grew and produced a hundred times as many seeds. When Jesus had finished speaking, he said, “If you have ears, pay attention!”


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So he answered: I have explained the secrets about God's kingdom to you. But for others I use stories, so they will look, but not see, and they will hear, but not understand.


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and the seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But the devil comes and snatches the message out of their hearts, so they will not believe and be saved.


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The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it. But they don't have deep roots, and they believe only for a little while. As soon as life gets hard, they give up.


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The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they are so eager for riches and pleasures that they never produce anything.


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Those seeds that fell on good ground are the people who listen to the message and keep it in good and honest hearts. They last and produce a harvest.


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No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl or under a bed. A lamp is always put on a lampstand, so people who come into a house will see the light.


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Pay attention to how you listen! Everyone who has something will be given more, but people who have nothing will lose what little they think they have.


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One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat, and he said, “Let's cross the lake.” They started out,


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and while they were sailing across, he went to sleep. Suddenly a storm struck the lake, and the boat started sinking. They were in danger.


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So they went to Jesus and woke him up, “Master, Master! We are about to drown!” Jesus got up and ordered the wind and waves to stop. They obeyed, and everything was calm.


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Then Jesus asked the disciples, “Don't you have any faith?” But they were frightened and amazed. They said to each other, “Who is this? He can give orders to the wind and the waves, and they obey him!”


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As Jesus was getting out of the boat, he was met by a man from this town. The man had demons in him. He had gone naked for a long time and no longer lived in a house, but in the graveyard.


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The man saw Jesus and screamed. He knelt down in front of him and shouted, “Jesus, Son of God Most High, what do you want with me? I beg you not to torture me!”


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He said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to go out of him. The man had often been attacked by the demon. And even though he had been bound with chains and leg irons and kept under guard, he smashed whatever bound him. Then the demon would force him out into lonely places.


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Jesus asked the man, “What is your name?” He answered, “My name is Lots.” He said this because there were “lots” of demons in him.


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A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and Jesus let them go.


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Then the demons left the man and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.


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When the men taking care of the pigs saw this, they ran to spread the news in the town and on the farms.


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The people went out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they also found the man. The demons had gone out of him, and he was sitting there at the feet of Jesus. He had clothes on and was in his right mind. But the people were terrified.


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Everyone from around Gerasa begged Jesus to leave, because they were so frightened. When Jesus got into the boat to start back,


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“Go back home and tell everyone how much God has done for you.” The man then went all over town, telling everything that Jesus had done for him.


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Just then the man in charge of the synagogue came and knelt down in front of Jesus. His name was Jairus, and he begged Jesus to come to his home


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because his twelve-year-old child was dying. She was his only daughter. While Jesus was on his way, people were crowding all around him.


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In the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. She had spent everything she had on doctors, but none of them could make her well.


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“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. While everyone was denying it, Peter said, “Master, people are crowding all around and pushing you from every side.”


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The woman knew that she could not hide, so she came trembling and knelt down in front of Jesus. She told everyone why she had touched him and that she had been healed at once.


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While Jesus was speaking, someone came from Jairus' home and said, “Your daughter has died! Why bother the teacher anymore?”


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Jesus went into the house, but he did not let anyone else go with him, except Peter, John, James, and the girl's father and mother.


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Everyone was crying and weeping for the girl. But Jesus said, “The child isn't dead. She is just asleep.”


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Jesus called together his twelve apostles and gave them complete power over all demons and diseases.


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He told them, “Don't take anything with you! Don't take a walking stick or a traveling bag or food or money or even a change of clothes.


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If people won't welcome you, leave the town and shake the dust from your feet as a warning to them.”


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The apostles left and went from village to village, telling the good news and healing people everywhere.


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Herod the ruler heard about all that was happening, and he was worried. Some people were saying John the Baptist had come back to life.


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But Herod said, “I had John's head cut off! Who is this I hear so much about?” Herod was eager to meet Jesus.


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The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. He then took them with him to the village of Bethsaida, where they could be alone.


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But a lot of people found out about this and followed him. Jesus welcomed them. He spoke about God's kingdom and healed everyone who was sick.


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Late in the afternoon the twelve apostles came to Jesus and said, “Send the crowd to the villages and farms around here. They need to find a place to stay and something to eat. There is nothing in this place. It's like a desert!”


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Jesus answered, “You give them something to eat.” But they replied, “We have only five small loaves of bread and two fish. If we are going to feed all these people, we will have to go and buy food.”


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There were about 5,000 men in the crowd. Jesus said to his disciples, “Tell the people to sit in groups of 50.”


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Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven and blessed the food. Then he broke the bread and fish and handed them to his disciples to give to the people.


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When Jesus was alone praying, his disciples came to him, and he asked them, “What do people say about me?”


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They answered, “Some say you are John the Baptist or Elijah or a prophet from long ago who has come back to life.”


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Jesus told his disciples, “The nation's leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make the Son of Man suffer terribly. They will reject him and kill him, but three days later he will rise to life.”


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Then Jesus said to all the people: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross every day and follow me.


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If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will save it.


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If you are ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of his Father and the holy angels.


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About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up on a mountain to pray.


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Peter and the other two disciples had been sound asleep. All at once they woke up and saw how glorious Jesus was. They also saw the two men who were with him.


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Moses and Elijah were about to leave, when Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But Peter did not know what he was talking about.


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While Peter was still speaking, a shadow from a cloud passed over, and they were frightened as the cloud covered them.


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After the voice had spoken, Peter, John, and James saw only Jesus. For some time they kept quiet and did not say anything about what they had seen.


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The next day Jesus and his three disciples came down from the mountain and were met by a large crowd.


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Just then someone in the crowd shouted, “Teacher, please do something for my son! He is my only child!


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A demon often attacks him and makes him scream. It shakes him until he foams at the mouth, and it won't leave him until it has completely worn the boy out.


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Jesus said to them, “You people are stubborn and don't have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you?” Then Jesus said to the man, “Bring your son to me.”


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While the boy was being brought, the demon attacked him and made him shake all over. Jesus ordered the demon to stop. Then he healed the boy and gave him back to his father.


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Everyone was amazed at God's great power. While everyone was still amazed at what Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,


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But the disciples did not know what he meant. The meaning was hidden from them. They could not understand it, and they were afraid to ask.


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Then he said to his disciples, “When you welcome even a child because of me, you welcome me. And when you welcome me, you welcome the one who sent me. Whichever one of you is the most humble is the greatest.”


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John said, “Master, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. But we told him to stop, because he isn't one of us.”


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Not long before it was time for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem.


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When the disciples James and John saw what was happening, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy these people?”


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Jesus said, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own.”


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Jesus told someone else to come with him. But the man said, “Lord, let me wait until I bury my father.”


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Then someone said to Jesus, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first let me go back and take care of things at home.”


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Jesus answered, “Anyone who starts plowing and keeps looking back isn't worth a thing to God's kingdom!”


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Later the Lord chose 72 other followers and sent them out two by two to every town and village where he was about to go.


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He said to them: A large crop is in the fields, but there are only a few workers. Ask the Lord in charge of the harvest to send out workers to bring it in.


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Don't take along a moneybag or a traveling bag or sandals. And don't waste time greeting people on the road.


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If the people living there are peace-loving, your prayer for peace will bless them. But if they are not peace-loving, your prayer will return to you.


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Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they give you, because workers are worth what they earn. Don't move around from house to house.


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“We are shaking the dust from our feet as a warning to you. And you can be sure that God's kingdom will soon be here!”


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I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than the people of that town!


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You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are also in for trouble! If the miracles that took place in your towns had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.


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My followers, whoever listens to you is listening to me. Anyone who says “No” to you is saying “No” to me. And anyone who says “No” to me is really saying “No” to the one who sent me.


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When the 72 followers returned, they were excited and said, “Lord, even the demons obeyed when we spoke in your name!”


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I have given you the power to trample on snakes and scorpions and to defeat the power of your enemy Satan. Nothing can harm you.


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At that same time, Jesus felt the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, and he said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. Yes, Father, this is what pleased you.


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My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who really knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so they can know him too.


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Jesus then turned to his disciples and said to them in private, “You are really blessed to see what you see!


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Many prophets and kings were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you they did not see or hear.”


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An expert in the Law of Moses stood up and asked Jesus a question to see what he would say. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to have eternal life?”


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The man replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind.’ They also say, ‘Love your neighbors as much as you love yourself.’ ”


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But the man wanted to show that he knew what he was talking about. So he asked Jesus, “Who are my neighbors?”


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Jesus replied: As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, robbers attacked him and grabbed everything he had. They beat him up and ran off, leaving him half dead.


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A priest happened to be going down the same road. But when he saw the man, he walked by on the other side.


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Later a temple helper came to the same place. But when he saw the man who had been beaten up, he also went by on the other side.


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and went over to him. He treated his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put him on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.


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The next morning he gave the innkeeper two silver coins and said, “Please take care of the man. If you spend more than this on him, I will pay you when I return.”


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Then Jesus asked, “Which one of these three people was a real neighbor to the man who was beaten up by robbers?”


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The expert in the Law of Moses answered, “The one who showed pity.” Jesus said, “Go and do the same!”


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The Lord and his disciples were traveling along and came to a village. When they got there, a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.


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Martha was worried about all that had to be done. Finally, she went to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn't it bother you that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!”


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but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen what is best, and it will not be taken away from her.”


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When Jesus had finished praying, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his followers to pray.”


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So Jesus told them, “Pray in this way: ‘Father, help us to honor your name. Come and set up your kingdom.


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Forgive our sins, as we forgive everyone who has done wrong to us. And keep us from being tempted.’ ”


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Then Jesus went on to say: Suppose one of you goes to a friend in the middle of the night and says, “Let me borrow three loaves of bread.


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And suppose your friend answers, “Don't bother me! The door is bolted, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you something.”


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He may not get up and give you the bread, just because you are his friend. But he will get up and give you as much as you need, simply because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.


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So I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you.


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Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.


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As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks.


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Jesus forced a demon out of a man who could not talk. And after the demon had gone out, the man started speaking, and the crowds were amazed.


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Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said: A kingdom where people fight each other will end up in ruin. And a family that fights will break up.


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If Satan fights against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I force out demons by the power of Beelzebul.


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If I use his power to force out demons, whose power do your own followers use to force them out? They are the ones who will judge you.


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But if a stronger man comes and defeats him, he will carry off the weapons in which the strong man trusted. Then he will divide with others what he has taken.


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If you are not on my side, you are against me. If you don't gather in the crop with me, you scatter it.


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When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when it doesn't find a place, it says, “I will go back to the home I left.”


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it goes off and finds seven other evil spirits even worse than itself. They all come and make their home there, and that person ends up in worse shape than before.


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While Jesus was still talking, a woman in the crowd spoke up, “The woman who gave birth to you and nursed you is blessed!”


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Jesus replied, “That's true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God's message!”


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As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said: You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonah is the only sign you will be given.


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Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign to the people of today.


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When the judgment comes, the Queen of the South will stand there with you and condemn you. She traveled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something far greater than Solomon.


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The people of Nineveh will also stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.


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No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a clay pot. A lamp is put on a lampstand, so everyone who comes into the house can see the light.


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Your eyes are the lamp for your body. When your eyes are good, you have all the light you need. But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark.


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If you have light, and nothing is dark, then light will be everywhere, as when a lamp shines brightly on you.


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When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him home for a meal. Jesus went and sat down to eat.


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So the Lord said to him: You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but on the inside you are greedy and evil.


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You Pharisees are in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your gardens, such as mint and rue. But you cheat people, and you don't love God. You should be fair and kind to others and still give a tenth to God.


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You Pharisees are in for trouble! You love the front seats in the synagogues, and you like to be greeted with honor in the market.


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But you are in for trouble! You are like unmarked graves that people walk on without even knowing it.


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Jesus replied: You teachers are also in for trouble! You load people down with heavy burdens, but you won't lift a finger to help them carry the loads.


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Yes, you are really in for trouble. You build monuments to honor the prophets your own people murdered long ago.


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You must think that was the right thing for your people to do, or else you would not have built monuments for the prophets they murdered.


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Because of your evil deeds, the Wisdom of God said, “I will send prophets and apostles to you. But you will murder some and mistreat others.”


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You people living today will be punished for all the prophets who have been murdered since the beginning of the world.


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This includes every prophet from the time of Abel to the time of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the temple. You people will certainly be punished for all of this.


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You teachers of the Law of Moses are really in for trouble! You carry the keys to the door of knowledge about God. But you never go in, and you keep others from going in.


