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GENESIS 34:30 | 41 across the stream, he sent over all his pos sessions. ses sions. 24 So Jacob Ja cob was left alone, and a man wrestled wrestled with him till day break. 25When the m an saw that h e could not overpow overpower er him, he touched the socket sock et of Jacob’s Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled wres tled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is day break.” But Jacob Jacob replied, replied, “I will not let you go un less you bless me.” 27 The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” “Jacob,” he answered. an swered. 28 Then the man said, “Your name will no lon ger be Jacob, Jacob, but Isra Is rael, el, a because  because  you have strug gled with God and with hu mans and have overcome.” overcome.” 29 Jacob Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. 30 So Jacob Ja cob called the place Peni Pe niel, el, b saying,  saying, “It is be cause I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Pe niel, niel, c  and he was limping limp ing because because of his hip. 32 Therefore herefore to this day the Isra Is rael elites ites do not eat the tendon ten don attached attached to the socket socket of the hip, because be cause the socket socket of Jacob’s Ja cob’s hip was touched near the tendon. ten don. Jacob Meets Esau

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Jacob Jacob looked up and there was Esau, com ing with his four hun dred men; so he di vided  vid ed the children chil dren among Leah, Rachel Ra chel and the two female female ser vants. 2 He put the female fe male ser vants ser vants and their chil dren in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel Ra chel and Joseph Joseph in the rear. 3 He himself himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven sev en times as he approached ap proached his brother. brother. 4 But Esau ran to meet Ja Jacob cob and embraced embraced him; he threw his arms around his 5 neck and kissed him. And they wept.  Then Esau looked up and saw the wom en and children. children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob Jacob answered, answered, “They are the children chil dren God has gracious gra ciously ly given given your ser vant.” 6 Then the female fe male ser vants ser vants an d their chi ldren approached approached and bowed down. 7 Next, Leah and her chil children dren came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph Jo seph and Rachel, Ra chel, and they too bowed down. 8 Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find fa vor fa vor in your eyes, my lord,” he said. 9 But Esau said, “I already al ready have plenty, plenty, my brother. broth er. Keep what you have for  yourself.”  your self.” 10“No, please!” s aid Jacob. Ja cob. “If I have found fa vor fa vor in your eyes, accept ac cept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing see ing the face of God, now that you have 11 received received me fa vor fa vorably. ably.  Please accept accept the present pres ent that was brought to you, for God has been gracious gra cious to me and I have all I need.” And because be cause Jacob Jacob insist insisted, ed, Esau accept accepted ed it. 12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accom ac compa pany ny you.” 13 But Jacob Ja cob said to him, “My lord knows that the children chil dren are tender tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nurs ing their young. If they are driv14 en hard just one day, all the an imals will die. So let my lord go on ahead of his ser vant, ser vant, while I move a long slowly slow ly at the pace of the flocks and herds be fore me and the pace of the children, chil dren, until until I come to my lord in Seir.” 15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob Ja cob asked. “Just let me find fa vor fa vor in the eyes of my lord.” 16 So that day Esau started start ed on his way back to Seir. 17Jacob, Jacob, howev however, er, went to Sukkoth, Suk koth, where he built a place for himself him self and made shelters shelters for his livestock. live stock. That is why the place is called Suk koth. d  e  18 After Af ter Jacob Jacob came from Paddan Paddan Aram,  he arrived ar rived safely safe ly at the city of Shechem in Canaan Ca naan and camped within within sight of the city. 19 For a hundred hun dred pieces piec es a

b  probably means he struggles with God.   means face of God. 28  Israel  probably 30  Peniel  means d  e    That is, 31  Hebrew Penuel , a variant of Peniel  17  Sukkoth  means shelters. 18  Northwest Mesopotamia

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of sil ver, sil ver, a he bought from the sons of Ha mor, the father father of Shechem, She chem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. 20 There he set up an altar al tar and called it El b Elohe Elohe Isra Israel. el. Dinah and the Shechemites

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Now Dinah, Dinah, the daughter daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, Ja cob, went out to visit vis it the  women  women of the land. 2 When Shechem Shechem son of Hamor Hamor the Hi vite, Hi vite, the rul er 3 of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.  His heart was drawn to Dinah Dinah daughter daughter of Jacob; Ja cob; he loved the young wom an and spoke tender ten derly ly to her. 4 And Shechem Shechem said to his fa ther Hamor, Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.” 5 When Jacob Jacob heard that his daugh ter Dinah Dinah had been defiled, defiled, his sons were in the fields with his live stock; so he did noth ing about it until un til they came home. 6 Then Shechem’s Shechem’s father father Hamor Hamor went out to talk with Jacob. Ja cob. 7M   ean while, ean while, Jacob’s sons had come in from the field s as soon as they hear d what had happened. hap pened. They were shocked and furi fu rious, ous, because be cause Shechem Shechem had done an outra outrageous geous thing in c  Isra  Israel el by sleeping sleep ing with Jacob’s Ja cob’s daughter daughter — a thing that should not be done. 8 But Hamor Ha mor said to them, “My son She chem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. 9Inter Intermar marry ry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters daugh ters for yourselves. yourselves. 10 You can settle set tle among us; the land is d  open to you. Live in it, trade  in it, and acquire ac quire proper property ty in it.” 11 T hen Shechem She chem said to Dinah’s Di nah’s father father and brothers, broth ers, “Let me find fa vor fa vor in  your eyes , and I will give you what ever ever you ask. 12 Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay what ever ever you ask me. Only give me the young woman wom an as my wife.” 13Because Be cause their sister sis ter Dinah Dinah had been defiled, defiled, Jacob’s Jacob’s sons replied re plied deceit deceitful fully ly as they spoke to Shechem She chem and his father father Hamor. Hamor. 14 They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sis ter to a man who is not circum cir cumcised. cised. That  would be a dis grace to us. 15 We  We will enter enter into an agreement agree ment with you on one condi condition tion only: that you become be come like us by circum cir cumcis cising ing all your males. 16 Then  we will g ive you our daugh ters and take your daughters daughters for ourselves. ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become become one people people with you. 17 But if you will not agree to be circum circumcised, cised, we’ll take our sis ter and go.” 18 Their propos pro posal al seemed good to Hamor Ha mor and his son Shechem. She chem. 19 The young man, who was the most honored hon ored of all his father’s fa ther’s fami family, lost no time in do ing  what they said, because be cause he was delight delighted ed with Jacob’s Ja cob’s daughter. daughter. 20 So Hamor Ha mor and his son Shechem She chem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city. 21 “These men are friendly friendly to ward to ward us,” they said. “Let t hem live in our land a nd trade in it; the land has plenty plen ty of room for them. We can marry marry their daughters daugh ters and they can marry mar ry ours. 22 But the men will agree to live with us as one peo ple only on the condi condition tion that our males be cir cumcised, cumcised, as they themselves them selves are. 23 Won’t  Won’t their l ivestock, ive stock, their proper prop erty ty and all t heir other other ani ani mals become become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will set tle among us.” 24 All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Ha mor and his son Shechem, Shechem, and every every male in the city was circum cir cumcised. cised. 25 Three days later, later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Ja cob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s Di nah’s brothers, brothers, took their swords and attacked at tacked the unsus unsuspect pecting ing city, killing kill ing every every male. 26 They put Hamor Hamor and his son Shechem Shechem to the sword and took Dinah Dinah from Shechem’s Shechem’s house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob Jacob came upon the dead bodies bod ies and looted looted the city where e  their sister sis ter had been defiled. de filed. 28T   hey seized their flocks and herds and don keys and every everything thing else of theirs in t he city and out in the fields. 29 They carried car ried off all their wealth and all their women women and children, children, taking taking as plunder plunder every everything thing in the houses. hous es. 30 Then Jacob Jacob said to Sim e on and Levi, “You have brought trou ble on me by a 19   Hebrew hundred kesitahs ; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and b  value.  can mean El is the God of Israel  or  or mighty is the God of Israel. 20  El Elohe Israel  can c  Or d  e  7  against  10  Or move about freely ; also in verse 21 27  Or because 

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GENESIS 34:30 | 41 across the stream, he sent over all his pos sessions. ses sions. 24 So Jacob Ja cob was left alone, and a man wrestled wrestled with him till day break. 25When the m an saw that h e could not overpow overpower er him, he touched the socket sock et of Jacob’s Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled wres tled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is day break.” But Jacob Jacob replied, replied, “I will not let you go un less you bless me.” 27 The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” “Jacob,” he answered. an swered. 28 Then the man said, “Your name will no lon ger be Jacob, Jacob, but Isra Is rael, el, a because  because  you have strug gled with God and with hu mans and have overcome.” overcome.” 29 Jacob Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. 30 So Jacob Ja cob called the place Peni Pe niel, el, b saying,  saying, “It is be cause I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Pe niel, niel, c  and he was limping limp ing because because of his hip. 32 Therefore herefore to this day the Isra Is rael elites ites do not eat the tendon ten don attached attached to the socket socket of the hip, because be cause the socket socket of Jacob’s Ja cob’s hip was touched near the tendon. ten don. Jacob Meets Esau

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Jacob Jacob looked up and there was Esau, com ing with his four hun dred men; so he di vided  vid ed the children chil dren among Leah, Rachel Ra chel and the two female female ser vants. 2 He put the female fe male ser vants ser vants and their chil dren in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel Ra chel and Joseph Joseph in the rear. 3 He himself himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven sev en times as he approached ap proached his brother. brother. 4 But Esau ran to meet Ja Jacob cob and embraced embraced him; he threw his arms around his 5 neck and kissed him. And they wept.  Then Esau looked up and saw the wom en and children. children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob Jacob answered, answered, “They are the children chil dren God has gracious gra ciously ly given given your ser vant.” 6 Then the female fe male ser vants ser vants an d their chi ldren approached approached and bowed down. 7 Next, Leah and her chil children dren came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph Jo seph and Rachel, Ra chel, and they too bowed down. 8 Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find fa vor fa vor in your eyes, my lord,” he said. 9 But Esau said, “I already al ready have plenty, plenty, my brother. broth er. Keep what you have for  yourself.”  your self.” 10“No, please!” s aid Jacob. Ja cob. “If I have found fa vor fa vor in your eyes, accept ac cept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing see ing the face of God, now that you have 11 received received me fa vor fa vorably. ably.  Please accept accept the present pres ent that was brought to you, for God has been gracious gra cious to me and I have all I need.” And because be cause Jacob Jacob insist insisted, ed, Esau accept accepted ed it. 12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accom ac compa pany ny you.” 13 But Jacob Ja cob said to him, “My lord knows that the children chil dren are tender tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nurs ing their young. If they are driv14 en hard just one day, all the an imals will die. So let my lord go on ahead of his ser vant, ser vant, while I move a long slowly slow ly at the pace of the flocks and herds be fore me and the pace of the children, chil dren, until until I come to my lord in Seir.” 15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob Ja cob asked. “Just let me find fa vor fa vor in the eyes of my lord.” 16 So that day Esau started start ed on his way back to Seir. 17Jacob, Jacob, howev however, er, went to Sukkoth, Suk koth, where he built a place for himself him self and made shelters shelters for his livestock. live stock. That is why the place is called Suk koth. d  e  18 After Af ter Jacob Jacob came from Paddan Paddan Aram,  he arrived ar rived safely safe ly at the city of Shechem in Canaan Ca naan and camped within within sight of the city. 19 For a hundred hun dred pieces piec es a

b  probably means he struggles with God.   means face of God. 28  Israel  probably 30  Peniel  means d  e    That is, 31  Hebrew Penuel , a variant of Peniel  17  Sukkoth  means shelters. 18  Northwest Mesopotamia

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of sil ver, sil ver, a he bought from the sons of Ha mor, the father father of Shechem, She chem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. 20 There he set up an altar al tar and called it El b Elohe Elohe Isra Israel. el. Dinah and the Shechemites

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Now Dinah, Dinah, the daughter daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, Ja cob, went out to visit vis it the  women  women of the land. 2 When Shechem Shechem son of Hamor Hamor the Hi vite, Hi vite, the rul er 3 of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.  His heart was drawn to Dinah Dinah daughter daughter of Jacob; Ja cob; he loved the young wom an and spoke tender ten derly ly to her. 4 And Shechem Shechem said to his fa ther Hamor, Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.” 5 When Jacob Jacob heard that his daugh ter Dinah Dinah had been defiled, defiled, his sons were in the fields with his live stock; so he did noth ing about it until un til they came home. 6 Then Shechem’s Shechem’s father father Hamor Hamor went out to talk with Jacob. Ja cob. 7M   ean while, ean while, Jacob’s sons had come in from the field s as soon as they hear d what had happened. hap pened. They were shocked and furi fu rious, ous, because be cause Shechem Shechem had done an outra outrageous geous thing in c  Isra  Israel el by sleeping sleep ing with Jacob’s Ja cob’s daughter daughter — a thing that should not be done. 8 But Hamor Ha mor said to them, “My son She chem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. 9Inter Intermar marry ry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters daugh ters for yourselves. yourselves. 10 You can settle set tle among us; the land is d  open to you. Live in it, trade  in it, and acquire ac quire proper property ty in it.” 11 T hen Shechem She chem said to Dinah’s Di nah’s father father and brothers, broth ers, “Let me find fa vor fa vor in  your eyes , and I will give you what ever ever you ask. 12 Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay what ever ever you ask me. Only give me the young woman wom an as my wife.” 13Because Be cause their sister sis ter Dinah Dinah had been defiled, defiled, Jacob’s Jacob’s sons replied re plied deceit deceitful fully ly as they spoke to Shechem She chem and his father father Hamor. Hamor. 14 They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sis ter to a man who is not circum cir cumcised. cised. That  would be a dis grace to us. 15 We  We will enter enter into an agreement agree ment with you on one condi condition tion only: that you become be come like us by circum cir cumcis cising ing all your males. 16 Then  we will g ive you our daugh ters and take your daughters daughters for ourselves. ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become become one people people with you. 17 But if you will not agree to be circum circumcised, cised, we’ll take our sis ter and go.” 18 Their propos pro posal al seemed good to Hamor Ha mor and his son Shechem. She chem. 19 The young man, who was the most honored hon ored of all his father’s fa ther’s fami family, lost no time in do ing  what they said, because be cause he was delight delighted ed with Jacob’s Ja cob’s daughter. daughter. 20 So Hamor Ha mor and his son Shechem She chem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city. 21 “These men are friendly friendly to ward to ward us,” they said. “Let t hem live in our land a nd trade in it; the land has plenty plen ty of room for them. We can marry marry their daughters daugh ters and they can marry mar ry ours. 22 But the men will agree to live with us as one peo ple only on the condi condition tion that our males be cir cumcised, cumcised, as they themselves them selves are. 23 Won’t  Won’t their l ivestock, ive stock, their proper prop erty ty and all t heir other other ani ani mals become become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will set tle among us.” 24 All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Ha mor and his son Shechem, Shechem, and every every male in the city was circum cir cumcised. cised. 25 Three days later, later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Ja cob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s Di nah’s brothers, brothers, took their swords and attacked at tacked the unsus unsuspect pecting ing city, killing kill ing every every male. 26 They put Hamor Hamor and his son Shechem Shechem to the sword and took Dinah Dinah from Shechem’s Shechem’s house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob Jacob came upon the dead bodies bod ies and looted looted the city where e  their sister sis ter had been defiled. de filed. 28T   hey seized their flocks and herds and don keys and every everything thing else of theirs in t he city and out in the fields. 29 They carried car ried off all their wealth and all their women women and children, children, taking taking as plunder plunder every everything thing in the houses. hous es. 30 Then Jacob Jacob said to Sim e on and Levi, “You have brought trou ble on me by a 19   Hebrew hundred kesitahs ; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and b  value.  can mean El is the God of Israel  or  or mighty is the God of Israel. 20  El Elohe Israel  can c  Or d  e  7  against  10  Or move about freely ; also in verse 21 27  Or because 

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GENESIS 36:19 | 43 25 The sons of Rachel’s Ra chel’s ser vant Bil hah:

making mak ing me obnox ob noxious ious to the Canaan Ca naanites ites and Periz Per izzites, zites, the people people living living in this land. We are few in num ber, and if they join forc es against me and attack at tack me, I and my household household will be destroyed.” destroyed.” 31 But they replied, replied, “Should he have treated treated our sister sister like a prosti prostitute?” tute?” Jacob Returns to Bethel

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Then God said to Jacob, Ja cob, “Go up to Bethel Bethel and settle settle there, and build an altar altar there to God, who appeared appeared to you when you were flee ing from your brother broth er Esau.” 2 So Jacob Jacob said to his household house hold and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign foreign gods you have with you, and pu rify ri fy yourselves yourselves and change your clothes. 3 Then come, let us go up to Beth el, where I will build an al tar to God, who answered me in the day of my dis tress and who has been with me wherev wher ever er I have gone.” 4 So they gave Jacob Jacob all the foreign foreign gods they had and the rings in their 5 ears, and Jacob Ja cob buried buried them under un der the oak at Shechem. Shechem.  Then they set out, and the terror terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pur sued them. 6 Jacob Jacob and all the people people with him came to Luz (that is, Beth el) in the land of Canaan. Ca naan. 7 There he built an altar, altar, and he called the place El Bethel, Bethel, a because  be cause it  was there that God re vealed himself him self to him when he was fleeing flee ing from his brother. broth er. 8 Now Debo Deb orah, Rebek Rebekah’s ah’s nurse, died and was buried bur ied under under the oak outside out side Bethel. Bethel. So it was named Al lon Bakuth. Bakuth.b 9 After Af ter Jacob Jacob returned returned from Paddan Paddan Aram, c  God appeared appeared to him again and blessed him. 10God said t o him, “Your na me is Jacob, Ja cob, d  but you will no longer longer be e  called Jacob; Jacob; your name will be Is rael. rael.  ” So he named him Isra Is rael. el. 11 And God said to him, “I am God Al mighty f ; be fruitful fruit ful and increase in crease in number. A nation na tion and a commu com muni nity ty of nations na tions will come from you, and kings will be 12 among your descen descendants. dants.  The land I gave to Abraham Abraham and Isaac I also give to  you, and I will give this land to your descen descendants dants after after you.” 13 Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him. 14 Jacob Jacob set up a stone pillar pil lar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offer of fering ing on it; he also poured oil on it. 15Jacob Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel. Beth el. g 

Dan and Naphta Naphtali. li. 26 The sons of Leah’s Le ah’s ser vant Zilpah: Zil pah:

Gad and Asher. Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, Jacob, who were born to him in Pad dan Aram. 27 Jacob Jacob came home to his father fa ther Isaac in Mamre, Mamre, near Kiri Kir iath Arba (that is, Hebron), Hebron), where Abraham Abra ham and Isaac had stayed. 28 Isaac  Isaac lived a hundred hun dred and 29 eighty years.  Then he breathed his last and died and was gath ered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Ja cob buried buried him.

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from the women wom en of Canaan: Canaan: Adah daughter daughter of Elon the Hittite, Hittite, and Oholi Ohol ibamah bamah daughter daughter of Anah and granddaugh grand daughter ter of ZibeZib eon the Hi vite Hi vite — 3 also Base Basemath daughter daughter of Ishma Ishmael el and sister sis ter of Neba Nebaioth. ioth. 4 Adah  Adah bore Eli El iphaz to Esau, Base Bas emath bore Reuel, Reuel, 5 and Oholi Oholibamah ba mah bore Jeush, Jeush, Jalam Jalam and Korah. Ko rah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan. Ca naan. 6 Esau  Esau took his wives and sons and daughters daughters and all the members mem bers of his household, household, as well as his livestock live stock and all his oth er ani animals and all the goods he had acquired acquired in Canaan, Canaan, and moved to a land some dis tance from his brother broth er Jacob. Jacob. 7 Their posses pos sessions sions were too great for them to remain togeth to gether; er; the land where they were staying staying could not support support them both because because of their livestock. livestock. 8 So Esau (that is, Edom) set tled in the hill country country of Seir.

9 This is the account ac count of the fami family line of Esau the father fa ther of the Edomites Edomites in the hill country country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau’s sons:

Eli El iphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reu el, the son of Esau’s wife Base Basemath. 11 The sons of Eli El iphaz:

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

Teman, Teman, Omar, Zepho, Ze pho, Gatam Gatam and Kenaz. Ke naz. also had a concu con cubine bine named Tim na, who bore him  Ama  Am alek. These were grandsons grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah. 13 The sons of Reuel: Reuel: Nahath, Nahath, Zerah, Zerah, Shammah Shammah and Mizzah. Miz zah. These were grandsons grandsons of Esau’s  wife Base Bas emath. 14 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholi Ohol ibamah bamah daughter daughter of Anah and grand daughter daugh ter of Zibe Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jeush, Jalam Jalam and Korah. Ko rah. 12 Esau’s son Eli Eliphaz

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. Beth el. While they were still some dis tance from Ephrath, Ephrath, Rachel Rachel began began to give birth and had great dif ficul fi culty. ty. 17 And as she was having having great diffi dif ficul culty ty in childbirth, child birth, the mid wife mid wife said to her, “Don’t de spair, for you have anoth another er son.” 18 As she breathed her last — for she was dying dy ing — she named her son Ben-Oni. h But his father father named him Ben ja Ben jamin. min. i  19 So Rachel Rachel died and was buried buried on the way to Ephrath Eph rath (that is, Bethle Bethlehem). hem). 20 Over her tomb Jacob Jacob set up a pillar, pil lar, and to this day that pil lar marks Rachel’s Rachel’s tomb. 21 Isra Is rael el moved on again and pitched his tent be yond be yond Mig dal Eder. 22 While Isra Is rael el was living liv ing in that region, re gion, Reuben Reu ben went in and slept with his fa ther’s concubine cubine Bilhah, Bil hah, and Isra Is rael el heard of it.

15 These were the chiefs among Esau’s descen de scendants: dants: The sons of Eli El iphaz the firstborn firstborn of Esau: 16 Chiefs Teman, Teman, Omar, Ze pho, Kenaz, Kenaz, Korah, Korah, a G atam and Ama Am a lek. These were the chiefs descend de scended ed from Eli Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons grandsons of Adah. 17 The sons of Esau’s son Reu el: Chiefs Nahath, Nahath, Zerah, Zerah, Shammah Shammah and Mizzah. Miz zah. These were the chiefs descended scended from Reuel Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons grand sons of Esau’s wife Bas emath. 18 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholi Ohol ibamah: bamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jeush, Jalam Jalam and Korah. Ko rah. These were the chiefs descend descended ed from Esau’s wife Oholi Oholibamah bamah daughter daughter of Anah. 19 These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

Jacob Jacob had twelve sons: 23 The sons of Leah:   Reuben Reuben the firstborn first born of Jacob, Ja cob,   Sime Simeon, Levi, Judah, Ju dah, Issa Issachar char and Zebu Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Ra chel: Joseph Joseph and Ben ja Ben jamin. min. a b c    Tha t is,   means God of Bethel. 7  El Bethel  means 8  Allon 8   Allon Bakuth  means oak of weeping. 9  d  Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26 10  Jacob 10  Jacob means he grasps the heel , a Hebrew e   f    Hebrew idiom for he deceives.   probably means he struggles with God. 10  Israel  probably 11 h   means house of God.   means son of my trouble. El-Shaddai   g  15  Bethel  15  Bethel  means 18  Ben-Oni  18  Ben-Oni  means i  18  Benjamin 18  Benjamin  means son of my right hand.

This is the account account of the fami fami ly line of Esau (that is, Edom).

2Esau took his wives

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16  Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does nothave Korah.

42 | GENESIS 34:31

GENESIS 36:19 | 43 25 The sons of Rachel’s Ra chel’s ser vant Bil hah:

making mak ing me obnox ob noxious ious to the Canaan Ca naanites ites and Periz Per izzites, zites, the people people living living in this land. We are few in num ber, and if they join forc es against me and attack at tack me, I and my household household will be destroyed.” destroyed.” 31 But they replied, replied, “Should he have treated treated our sister sister like a prosti prostitute?” tute?” Jacob Returns to Bethel

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Then God said to Jacob, Ja cob, “Go up to Bethel Bethel and settle settle there, and build an altar altar there to God, who appeared appeared to you when you were flee ing from your brother broth er Esau.” 2 So Jacob Jacob said to his household house hold and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign foreign gods you have with you, and pu rify ri fy yourselves yourselves and change your clothes. 3 Then come, let us go up to Beth el, where I will build an al tar to God, who answered me in the day of my dis tress and who has been with me wherev wher ever er I have gone.” 4 So they gave Jacob Jacob all the foreign foreign gods they had and the rings in their 5 ears, and Jacob Ja cob buried buried them under un der the oak at Shechem. Shechem.  Then they set out, and the terror terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pur sued them. 6 Jacob Jacob and all the people people with him came to Luz (that is, Beth el) in the land of Canaan. Ca naan. 7 There he built an altar, altar, and he called the place El Bethel, Bethel, a because  be cause it  was there that God re vealed himself him self to him when he was fleeing flee ing from his brother. broth er. 8 Now Debo Deb orah, Rebek Rebekah’s ah’s nurse, died and was buried bur ied under under the oak outside out side Bethel. Bethel. So it was named Al lon Bakuth. Bakuth.b 9 After Af ter Jacob Jacob returned returned from Paddan Paddan Aram, c  God appeared appeared to him again and blessed him. 10God said t o him, “Your na me is Jacob, Ja cob, d  but you will no longer longer be e  called Jacob; Jacob; your name will be Is rael. rael.  ” So he named him Isra Is rael. el. 11 And God said to him, “I am God Al mighty f ; be fruitful fruit ful and increase in crease in number. A nation na tion and a commu com muni nity ty of nations na tions will come from you, and kings will be 12 among your descen descendants. dants.  The land I gave to Abraham Abraham and Isaac I also give to  you, and I will give this land to your descen descendants dants after after you.” 13 Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him. 14 Jacob Jacob set up a stone pillar pil lar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offer of fering ing on it; he also poured oil on it. 15Jacob Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel. Beth el. g 

Dan and Naphta Naphtali. li. 26 The sons of Leah’s Le ah’s ser vant Zilpah: Zil pah:

Gad and Asher. Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, Jacob, who were born to him in Pad dan Aram. 27 Jacob Jacob came home to his father fa ther Isaac in Mamre, Mamre, near Kiri Kir iath Arba (that is, Hebron), Hebron), where Abraham Abra ham and Isaac had stayed. 28 Isaac  Isaac lived a hundred hun dred and 29 eighty years.  Then he breathed his last and died and was gath ered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Ja cob buried buried him.

Esau’s Descendants

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from the women wom en of Canaan: Canaan: Adah daughter daughter of Elon the Hittite, Hittite, and Oholi Ohol ibamah bamah daughter daughter of Anah and granddaugh grand daughter ter of ZibeZib eon the Hi vite Hi vite — 3 also Base Basemath daughter daughter of Ishma Ishmael el and sister sis ter of Neba Nebaioth. ioth. 4 Adah  Adah bore Eli El iphaz to Esau, Base Bas emath bore Reuel, Reuel, 5 and Oholi Oholibamah ba mah bore Jeush, Jeush, Jalam Jalam and Korah. Ko rah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan. Ca naan. 6 Esau  Esau took his wives and sons and daughters daughters and all the members mem bers of his household, household, as well as his livestock live stock and all his oth er ani animals and all the goods he had acquired acquired in Canaan, Canaan, and moved to a land some dis tance from his brother broth er Jacob. Jacob. 7 Their posses pos sessions sions were too great for them to remain togeth to gether; er; the land where they were staying staying could not support support them both because because of their livestock. livestock. 8 So Esau (that is, Edom) set tled in the hill country country of Seir.

9 This is the account ac count of the fami family line of Esau the father fa ther of the Edomites Edomites in the hill country country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau’s sons:

Eli El iphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reu el, the son of Esau’s wife Base Basemath. 11 The sons of Eli El iphaz:

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac

Teman, Teman, Omar, Zepho, Ze pho, Gatam Gatam and Kenaz. Ke naz. also had a concu con cubine bine named Tim na, who bore him  Ama  Am alek. These were grandsons grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah. 13 The sons of Reuel: Reuel: Nahath, Nahath, Zerah, Zerah, Shammah Shammah and Mizzah. Miz zah. These were grandsons grandsons of Esau’s  wife Base Bas emath. 14 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholi Ohol ibamah bamah daughter daughter of Anah and grand daughter daugh ter of Zibe Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jeush, Jalam Jalam and Korah. Ko rah. 12 Esau’s son Eli Eliphaz

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. Beth el. While they were still some dis tance from Ephrath, Ephrath, Rachel Rachel began began to give birth and had great dif ficul fi culty. ty. 17 And as she was having having great diffi dif ficul culty ty in childbirth, child birth, the mid wife mid wife said to her, “Don’t de spair, for you have anoth another er son.” 18 As she breathed her last — for she was dying dy ing — she named her son Ben-Oni. h But his father father named him Ben ja Ben jamin. min. i  19 So Rachel Rachel died and was buried buried on the way to Ephrath Eph rath (that is, Bethle Bethlehem). hem). 20 Over her tomb Jacob Jacob set up a pillar, pil lar, and to this day that pil lar marks Rachel’s Rachel’s tomb. 21 Isra Is rael el moved on again and pitched his tent be yond be yond Mig dal Eder. 22 While Isra Is rael el was living liv ing in that region, re gion, Reuben Reu ben went in and slept with his fa ther’s concubine cubine Bilhah, Bil hah, and Isra Is rael el heard of it.

15 These were the chiefs among Esau’s descen de scendants: dants: The sons of Eli El iphaz the firstborn firstborn of Esau: 16 Chiefs Teman, Teman, Omar, Ze pho, Kenaz, Kenaz, Korah, Korah, a G atam and Ama Am a lek. These were the chiefs descend de scended ed from Eli Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons grandsons of Adah. 17 The sons of Esau’s son Reu el: Chiefs Nahath, Nahath, Zerah, Zerah, Shammah Shammah and Mizzah. Miz zah. These were the chiefs descended scended from Reuel Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons grand sons of Esau’s wife Bas emath. 18 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholi Ohol ibamah: bamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jeush, Jalam Jalam and Korah. Ko rah. These were the chiefs descend descended ed from Esau’s wife Oholi Oholibamah bamah daughter daughter of Anah. 19 These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

Jacob Jacob had twelve sons: 23 The sons of Leah:   Reuben Reuben the firstborn first born of Jacob, Ja cob,   Sime Simeon, Levi, Judah, Ju dah, Issa Issachar char and Zebu Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Ra chel: Joseph Joseph and Ben ja Ben jamin. min. a b c    Tha t is,   means God of Bethel. 7  El Bethel  means 8  Allon 8   Allon Bakuth  means oak of weeping. 9  d  Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26 10  Jacob 10  Jacob means he grasps the heel , a Hebrew e   f    Hebrew idiom for he deceives.   probably means he struggles with God. 10  Israel  probably 11 h   means house of God.   means son of my trouble. El-Shaddai   g  15  Bethel  15  Bethel  means 18  Ben-Oni  18  Ben-Oni  means i  18  Benjamin 18  Benjamin  means son of my right hand.

This is the account account of the fami fami ly line of Esau (that is, Edom).

2Esau took his wives

a

16  Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does nothave Korah.

GENESIS 50:26 | 63 The Death of Joseph 22 Joseph Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s fa ther’s fami fami ly. He lived a hundred and ten years 23 and saw the third gen era eration of Ephraim’s Ephraim’s children. children. Also the children children of Makir Ma kir son of Manas Manasseh seh were placed at birth on Jo seph’s knees. a 24 Then Joseph Jo seph said to his broth ers, “I am about to die. But God will sure ly come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised prom ised on oath to Abraham, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Ja cob.” 25 And Joseph Joseph made the Isra Is rael elites ites swear an oath and said, “God will sure ly come to your aid, and then you must car ry my bones up from this place.” 26 So Joseph Jo seph died at the age of a hun dred and ten. And after af ter they embalmed em balmed him, he was placed in a cof fin in Egypt.

a

23

That is, were counted as his

GENESIS 50:26 | 63 The Death of Joseph 22 Joseph Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s fa ther’s fami fami ly. He lived a hundred and ten years 23 and saw the third gen era eration of Ephraim’s Ephraim’s children. children. Also the children children of Makir Ma kir son of Manas Manasseh seh were placed at birth on Jo seph’s knees. a 24 Then Joseph Jo seph said to his broth ers, “I am about to die. But God will sure ly come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised prom ised on oath to Abraham, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Ja cob.” 25 And Joseph Joseph made the Isra Is rael elites ites swear an oath and said, “God will sure ly come to your aid, and then you must car ry my bones up from this place.” 26 So Joseph Jo seph died at the age of a hun dred and ten. And after af ter they embalmed em balmed him, he was placed in a cof fin in Egypt.

a

23

That is, were counted as his

560 | JOB 18:12

JOB 20:10 | 561 12 Calamity is hungry for him;

17 My breath is offensive to my wife;

disaster is ready for him when he falls. 13 It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstbor n devours his limbs. 14 He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15 Fire resides a in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. 16 His roots dry up below  and his branches wither above. 17 The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. 18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world. 19 He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no surv ivor where once he lived. 20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror. 21 Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”

I am loathsome to my own family. the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me. 19 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. 20 I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. a

Job

19

Then Job replied: replied:

2 “How long will you torment me

18 Even

21 “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,

for the hand of God has struck me. 22 Why do you pursue me as God does?

Will you never get enough of my flesh? 23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,

that they were written on a scroll, they were inscribed with an iron tool on b lead, or engraved in rock forever! 25 I know that my redeemer c  lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. d  26 And after my skin has been destroyed,   yet e  in f  my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes — I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! 24 that

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound him,

and crush me with words?

since the root of the trouble lies in him, g ’

3 Ten times now you have reproached me;

29 you should fear the sword yourselves;

shamelessl y you attack me.

for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment. h ”

4 If it is true that I have gone astray,

my error remains my concern alone. 5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humilia tion against me, 6 then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.

Zophar Then Zophar Zophar the Naa Naamathite mathite replied: replied:

20

2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer

7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;

because I am greatly disturbed.

though I call for help, there is no justice.

3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,

8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;

and my understand ing inspires me to reply.

he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,

9 He has stripped me of my honor

ever since mankind i  was placed on the earth, the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. 6 Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, 7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, say, ‘Where is he?’ 8 Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night. 9 The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more. 10 His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

and removed the crown from my head.

5 that

10 He tears me down on every side till I am gone;

he uproots my hope like a tree. 11 His anger burns against me;

he counts me among his enemies. 12 His troops advance in force;

they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. 13 “He

has alienated my family from me; my acquaintan ces are completely estrange d from me. 14 My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me. 15 My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger. 16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth. a

15  Or Nothing he had remains

a

b d  20  Or only by my gums 24 Or and  c  25  Or vindicator  25  Or on my grave   f  26  Or And after I awake, / though this body has been dest royed, / then 26  Or destroyed, /  g  apart from 28  Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagi nt and Vulgate; most Hebrew h i  Or manuscripts me  29  Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty  4  Adam e 

560 | JOB 18:12

JOB 20:10 | 561 12 Calamity is hungry for him;

17 My breath is offensive to my wife;

disaster is ready for him when he falls. 13 It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstbor n devours his limbs. 14 He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15 Fire resides a in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. 16 His roots dry up below  and his branches wither above. 17 The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. 18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world. 19 He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no surv ivor where once he lived. 20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror. 21 Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”

I am loathsome to my own family. the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me. 19 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. 20 I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. a

Job

19

Then Job replied: replied:

2 “How long will you torment me

18 Even

21 “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,

for the hand of God has struck me. 22 Why do you pursue me as God does?

Will you never get enough of my flesh? 23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,

that they were written on a scroll, they were inscribed with an iron tool on b lead, or engraved in rock forever! 25 I know that my redeemer c  lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. d  26 And after my skin has been destroyed,   yet e  in f  my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes — I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! 24 that

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound him,

and crush me with words?

since the root of the trouble lies in him, g ’

3 Ten times now you have reproached me;

29 you should fear the sword yourselves;

shamelessl y you attack me.

for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment. h ”

4 If it is true that I have gone astray,

my error remains my concern alone. 5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humilia tion against me, 6 then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.

Zophar Then Zophar Zophar the Naa Naamathite mathite replied: replied:

20

2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer

7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;

because I am greatly disturbed.

though I call for help, there is no justice.

3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,

8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;

and my understand ing inspires me to reply.

he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,

9 He has stripped me of my honor

ever since mankind i  was placed on the earth, the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. 6 Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, 7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, say, ‘Where is he?’ 8 Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night. 9 The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more. 10 His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

and removed the crown from my head.

5 that

10 He tears me down on every side till I am gone;

he uproots my hope like a tree. 11 His anger burns against me;

he counts me among his enemies. 12 His troops advance in force;

they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. 13 “He

has alienated my family from me; my acquaintan ces are completely estrange d from me. 14 My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me. 15 My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger. 16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth. a

15  Or Nothing he had remains

a

b d  20  Or only by my gums 24 Or and  c  25  Or vindicator  25  Or on my grave   f  26  Or And after I awake, / though this body has been dest royed, / then 26  Or destroyed, /  g  apart from 28  Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagi nt and Vulgate; most Hebrew h i  Or manuscripts me  29  Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty  4  Adam e 

562 | JOB 20:11

JOB 21:32 | 563 11 The youthful vigor that fills his

7 Why do the wicked live on,

bones

will lie with him in the dust.

growing old and increasing in power? see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them. 10 Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscar ry. 11 They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about. 12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe. 13 They spend their years in prosperity  and go down to the grave in peace. a 14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’ 16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked. 8 They

12 “Though

evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth, 14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him. 15 He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up. 16 He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him. 17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. 18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading . 19 For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build. 20 “Surely

he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure. 21 Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure. 22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him. 23 When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him. 24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him. 25 He pulls it out of his back, the gleami ng point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him; 26 total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume consume him and devour what is left in his tent. 27 The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him. 28 A flood will carry off his house, rushing watersa on the day of God’s wrath. 29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”

17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?

How often does calam ity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger? often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale? 19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it! 20 Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end? 18 How

22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God,

since he judges even the highest? 23 One person dies in full vigor,

completely secure and at ease, 24 well nourished in body, b

bones rich with marrow. 25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,

never having enjoyed anything good. 26 Side by side they lie in the dust,

and worms cover them both.

Job

21

27 “I know full well what you are thinking,

Then Job replied: replied:

the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,

2 “Listen

carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me. 3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

the tents where the wicked lived?’ 29 Have you never questioned those who travel?

Have you paid no regard to their accounts — 30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from c  the day of wrath? 31 Who denounces their conduct to their face? Who repays them for what they have done? 32 They are carried to the grave, and watch is kept over their tombs.

4 “Is

my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?

5 Look at me and be appalled;

clap your hand over your mouth. terrified;

6 When I think about this, I am

tremblin g seizes my body. a a

28  Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away 

c 

b 13 Or in an instant  24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertai n. 30  Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

562 | JOB 20:11

JOB 21:32 | 563 11 The youthful vigor that fills his

7 Why do the wicked live on,

bones

will lie with him in the dust.

growing old and increasing in power? see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them. 10 Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscar ry. 11 They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about. 12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe. 13 They spend their years in prosperity  and go down to the grave in peace. a 14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’ 16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked. 8 They

12 “Though

evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth, 14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him. 15 He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up. 16 He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him. 17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. 18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading . 19 For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build. 20 “Surely

he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure. 21 Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure. 22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him. 23 When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him. 24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him. 25 He pulls it out of his back, the gleami ng point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him; 26 total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume consume him and devour what is left in his tent. 27 The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him. 28 A flood will carry off his house, rushing watersa on the day of God’s wrath. 29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”

17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?

How often does calam ity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger? often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale? 19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it! 20 Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end? 18 How

22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God,

since he judges even the highest? 23 One person dies in full vigor,

completely secure and at ease, 24 well nourished in body, b

bones rich with marrow. 25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,

never having enjoyed anything good. 26 Side by side they lie in the dust,

and worms cover them both.

Job

21

27 “I know full well what you are thinking,

Then Job replied: replied:

the schemes by which you would wrong me. 28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,

2 “Listen

carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me. 3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

the tents where the wicked lived?’ 29 Have you never questioned those who travel?

Have you paid no regard to their accounts — 30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from c  the day of wrath? 31 Who denounces their conduct to their face? Who repays them for what they have done? 32 They are carried to the grave, and watch is kept over their tombs.

4 “Is

my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?

5 Look at me and be appalled;

clap your hand over your mouth. terrified;

6 When I think about this, I am

tremblin g seizes my body. a a

28  Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away 

c 

b 13 Or in an instant  24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertai n. 30  Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

790 | I SA I A H 8:4

ISA I A H 9:9 | 791 prophet prophetess, ess, and she conceived con ceived and gave birth to a son. And the L��� said to me, “Name him Maher-Shal Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. al-Hash-Baz. 4 For  For before be fore the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ father’ or ‘My mother,’ mother,’ the wealth of Damas Da mascus cus and the plunder plunder of Samar Sa maria ia will be carried car ried off by the king of Assyr As syria.” ia.” 5 The L��� spoke to me again: 6 “Because

this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwater s of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will overflow overflow all its channels, run over all its banks 8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land,   Immanuel a !” 9 Raise the war cry, b you

nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! 10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us. c  11 This is what the L��� says to me with his strong hand upon me, warn ing me not to follow follow the way of this peo ple: 12 “Do

not call conspiracy  everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. 13 The L��� Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread. 14 He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. 15 Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.” captured.” 16 Bind up this testimony of warning

and seal up God’s instruc tion among my disciples. 17 I will wait for the L���,

who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him. 18 Here am I, and the children chil dren the L��� has given giv en me. We are signs and symbols in Isra Israel el from the L��� Almighty, Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion. a

  means God with us. 8  Immanuel  means

b

9  Or Do your worst 

c 

10   Hebrew Immanuel 

The Darkness Turns to Light 19 When someone someone tells you to consult con sult medi mediums ums and spirit spiritists, ists, who whisper whis per and mutter, mutter, should not a people people inquire inquire of their God? Why consult con sult the dead on 20 behalf behalf of the living? liv ing? C   onsult onsult God’s instruc instruction tion and the testi tes timo mony ny of warning. warning. If anyone anyone does not speak accord ac cording ing to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, fam ished, they will become be come enraged enraged and, looking looking up ward, up ward, wi ll cur se their k ing and t heir to ward the ea rth and se e only dis tress and darkness darkness God. 22 Then they will look to ward and fearful fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter ut ter darkness. darkness. a Never Neverthe theless, less, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. dis tress. In the past he humbled humbled the land of Zebu Zeb ulun and the la nd of Naphta Naphtali, li, but in the future future he will honor hon or Gali Gali lee of the nations, nations, by the Way of the Sea, be yond be yond the Jordan Jordan —

9

2 The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. 3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest , as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. 4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor. 5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire. 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasti ng Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishi ng and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of of the the L��� L��� Almighty  will accomplish this.

The L���’s Anger Against Israel 8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel. 9 All the people will know it — Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria —  who say with pride and arrogance of heart, a In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.

790 | I SA I A H 8:4

ISA I A H 9:9 | 791 prophet prophetess, ess, and she conceived con ceived and gave birth to a son. And the L��� said to me, “Name him Maher-Shal Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. al-Hash-Baz. 4 For  For before be fore the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ father’ or ‘My mother,’ mother,’ the wealth of Damas Da mascus cus and the plunder plunder of Samar Sa maria ia will be carried car ried off by the king of Assyr As syria.” ia.” 5 The L��� spoke to me again: 6 “Because

this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwater s of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will overflow overflow all its channels, run over all its banks 8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land,   Immanuel a !”

The Darkness Turns to Light 19 When someone someone tells you to consult con sult medi mediums ums and spirit spiritists, ists, who whisper whis per and mutter, mutter, should not a people people inquire inquire of their God? Why consult con sult the dead on 20 behalf behalf of the living? liv ing? C   onsult onsult God’s instruc instruction tion and the testi tes timo mony ny of warning. warning. If anyone anyone does not speak accord ac cording ing to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, fam ished, they will become be come enraged enraged and, looking looking up ward, up ward, wi ll cur se their k ing and t heir to ward the ea rth and se e only dis tress and darkness darkness God. 22 Then they will look to ward and fearful fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter ut ter darkness. darkness. a Never Neverthe theless, less, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. dis tress. In the past he humbled humbled the land of Zebu Zeb ulun and the la nd of Naphta Naphtali, li, but in the future future he will honor hon or Gali Gali lee of the nations, nations, by the Way of the Sea, be yond be yond the Jordan Jordan —

9

2 The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. 3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest , as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. 4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor. 5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire. 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasti ng Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishi ng and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of of the the L��� L��� Almighty  will accomplish this.

9 Raise the war cry, b you

nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! 10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us. c  11 This is what the L��� says to me with his strong hand upon me, warn ing me not to follow follow the way of this peo ple: 12 “Do

not call conspiracy  everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. 13 The L��� Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread. 14 He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. 15 Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.” captured.” 16 Bind up this testimony of warning

and seal up God’s instruc tion among my disciples. 17 I will wait for the L���,

who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him. 18 Here am I, and the children chil dren the L��� has given giv en me. We are signs and symbols in Isra Israel el from the L��� Almighty, Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion. a

  means God with us. 8  Immanuel  means

b

9  Or Do your worst 

c 

10   Hebrew Immanuel 

The L���’s Anger Against Israel 8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel. 9 All the people will know it — Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria —  who say with pride and arrogance of heart, a In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.

792 | ISAIA H 9:10

ISAIAH 10:18 | 793 10 “ The bricks have fallen down,

but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.” 11 But the L��� has strengthened Rezin’s foes against them and has spurred their enemies on. 12 Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. 13 But the people have not returned to him who struck

them, nor have they sought the L��� Almig hty. the L��� will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day; 15 the elders and dignitaries are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. 16 Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray. 17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. 14 So

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. 18 S urely wickedness burns like a

fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke. 19 By the wrath of the L��� Almighty  the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another. 20 On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring a: 21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim, and Ephraim on on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah.

4 Nothing

will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain.

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

God’s Judgment on Assyria 5 “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath! 6 I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets. 7 But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations. 8 ‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says. 9 ‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria — 11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’ ” 12 When the Lord has finished fin ished all his work against Mount Zion and Jeru Je rusa salem, lem, he will say, “I will punish pun ish the king of Assyr As syria ia for the willful will ful pride of his heart and the haughty haughty look in his eyes. 13 For he says:

“ ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understand ing. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasure s; like a mighty one I subdued a their kings. 14 As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ” 15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,

or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood! 16 Therefore, the Lord, the L��� Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame. 17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers. 18 The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick person wastes away.

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

10

 Woe to those who make unjust law s, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey  and robbing the fatherless. 3 What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? help? Where will you leave your riches?

a

20  Or arm

a

13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,

792 | ISAIA H 9:10

ISAIAH 10:18 | 793 10 “ The bricks have fallen down,

but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.” 11 But the L��� has strengthened Rezin’s foes against them and has spurred their enemies on. 12 Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. 13 But the people have not returned to him who struck

them, nor have they sought the L��� Almig hty. the L��� will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day; 15 the elders and dignitaries are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. 16 Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray. 17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. 14 So

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. 18 S urely wickedness burns like a

fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke. 19 By the wrath of the L��� Almighty  the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another. 20 On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring a: 21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim, and Ephraim on on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah.

4 Nothing

will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain.

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

God’s Judgment on Assyria 5 “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath! 6 I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets. 7 But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations. 8 ‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says. 9 ‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria — 11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’ ” 12 When the Lord has finished fin ished all his work against Mount Zion and Jeru Je rusa salem, lem, he will say, “I will punish pun ish the king of Assyr As syria ia for the willful will ful pride of his heart and the haughty haughty look in his eyes. 13 For he says:

“ ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understand ing. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasure s; like a mighty one I subdued a their kings. 14 As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.’ ” 15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,

or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood! 16 Therefore, the Lord, the L��� Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame. 17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers. 18 The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick person wastes away.

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

10

 Woe to those who make unjust law s, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey  and robbing the fatherless. 3 What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? help? Where will you leave your riches?

a

20  Or arm

a

13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,

1218 | LUKE 6:26

LUKE 7:31 |  1219  Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,

for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Love for Enemies 27 “But to you who are listen listening ing I say: Love your ene en emies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat mis treat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the oth er also. If someone someone takes your coat, do not withhold with hold your shirt from them. 30 Give to every everyone one who asks you, and if anyone anyone takes what belongs belongs to you, do not demand de mand it back. 31 Do to others others as you  would have them do to you. 32  “If you love those who love you, what credit cred it is that to you? Even sin ners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit credit is that to you? Even sinners sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom  you expect ex pect repay repayment, ment, what credit credit is that to you? Even sin ners lend to sinners, sin ners, expect ex pecting ing to be repaid re paid in full. 35 But love your ene enemies, do good to them, a nd lend to them without with out expect expecting ing to get anything any thing back. Then your re ward re ward will be great , and you will be chil dren of the Most High, because be cause he is kind to the un grateful grateful and wicked. wicked. 36 Be merci merciful, ful, just as your Father Father is merci merciful. ful. Judging Others 37  “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not con demn, and you will not be condemned. condemned. Forgive, Forgive, and you will be forgiv forgiven. en. 38 Give, and it will be giv en to  you. A good measure, mea sure, pressed down, shaken shak en togeth together er and running running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the mea sure you use, it will be mea sured to you.” 39  He also told them this para par able: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 The student student is not above the teacher, teach er, but everyone everyone who is fully fully trained will be like their teacher. teacher. 41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust sawdust in your brother’s brother’s eye and pay no attention tention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you your self fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hyp ocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you  will see cle arly arly to remove remove the speck from your brother’s broth er’s eye.  A Tree and Its Fruit 43  “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 E   ach tree is recog rec ognized nized by its own fruit. People Peo ple do not pick figs from thornbush thorn bushes, es, or grapes from briers. briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of t he good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. The Wise and Foolish Builders 46  “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47As for ever yone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into prac tice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building building a house, who dug down deep and laid the founda foun dation tion on rock. When a flood came, the tor rent struck that house but could not shake it, because be cause it was well built. 49 But the one  who hears my words and does not put them into practice practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without with out a founda foundation. tion. The moment mo ment the torrent torrent struck that house, it collapsed collapsed and its destruc de struction tion was complete.” com plete.” The Faith of the Centurion  When Jesus had fin ished saying saying all this to the people people who were listen listening, ing, he entered entered Caper Caperna naum. um. 2 There a centu cen turi rion’s on’s ser vant, ser vant, whom his mas ter valued valued 3 highly, highly, was sick and about to die.  The centu centuri rion on heard of Jesus and sent some elders elders of the Jews to him, asking ask ing him to come and heal his ser vant. ser vant. 4 When they

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came to Jesus, they pleaded plead ed earnest earnestly ly with him, “This man de serves to have you do this, 5 because because he loves our nation na tion and has built our syn agogue.” 6 So Jesus  went with them. He was not far from the house when the cen turi tu rion on sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble trouble yourself, yourself, for I do not de serve to have you come under un der my roof. 7That is why I did not even con sider sider myself myself worthy worthy to come to you. But say 8 the word, and my ser vant ser vant will be healed.  For I myself myself am a man under under author authoriity,  with sol diers under under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my ser vant, ser vant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turn ing to the crowd following lowing him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Is rael.” rael.” 10 Then the men who had been sent r e turned to the house and found the ser vant ser vant  well.

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son 11 S oon after af ter ward,  ward, Jesu s went to a town ca lled Na in, and h is dis ciples ciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached ap proached the town gate, a dead person was being be ing carried car ried out — the only son of his moth er, and she was a wid ow.  And a large crowd f rom the town w as wit h her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” 14 Then he went up and touched the bier they were carry car rying ing him on, and the bearers bearers stood stil l. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” 15 The dead man sat up and began began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his moth er. 16 They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his peo ple.” 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout through out Judea Judea and the surround surrounding ing country. coun try. Jesus and John the Baptist 18 John’s  John’s d isci is ciples ples told him about all these things. Calling Call ing two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone someone else?” 20  When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist Bap tist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we ex pect someone someone else?’ ” 21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had dis eases, eases, sickness sick nesses es and evil 22 spirits, spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.  So he replied replied to the messenmessengers, “Go back and report re port to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have lep rosy rosy a are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed pro claimed to the poor. 23 Blessed is anyone anyone who does not stum ble on account ac count of me.” 24 After Af ter John’s messen mes sengers gers left, Jesus began be gan to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilder wil derness ness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 25 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who  wear expen ex pensive sive clothes and indulge in dulge in luxu lux u ry are in palac pal aces. es. 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? proph et? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. prophet. 27 This is the one about whom it is written: writ ten: “ ‘I will send my messenger messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’b 28  I tell you, among those bor n of women women there is no one greater great er than John; yet the

one who is least in the king dom of God is greater great er than he.” 29  (All  (All t he people, people, even the tax collec col lectors, tors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged knowl edged that God’s way was right, be cause they had been baptized bap tized by John. 30 But the Phari Pharisees and the experts ex perts in the law re ject re jected ed God’s purpose purpose for themselves, because because they had not been baptized bap tized by John.) 31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, t hen, can I c ompare om pare the people peo ple of this a traditionally translated leprosy  was  was used for va rious diseases affecting 22  The Greek word traditionally b the skin. 27   Mal . 3:1

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LUKE 7:31 |  1219  Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,

for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Love for Enemies 27 “But to you who are listen listening ing I say: Love your ene en emies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat mis treat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the oth er also. If someone someone takes your coat, do not withhold with hold your shirt from them. 30 Give to every everyone one who asks you, and if anyone anyone takes what belongs belongs to you, do not demand de mand it back. 31 Do to others others as you  would have them do to you. 32  “If you love those who love you, what credit cred it is that to you? Even sin ners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit credit is that to you? Even sinners sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom  you expect ex pect repay repayment, ment, what credit credit is that to you? Even sin ners lend to sinners, sin ners, expect ex pecting ing to be repaid re paid in full. 35 But love your ene enemies, do good to them, a nd lend to them without with out expect expecting ing to get anything any thing back. Then your re ward re ward will be great , and you will be chil dren of the Most High, because be cause he is kind to the un grateful grateful and wicked. wicked. 36 Be merci merciful, ful, just as your Father Father is merci merciful. ful. Judging Others 37  “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not con demn, and you will not be condemned. condemned. Forgive, Forgive, and you will be forgiv forgiven. en. 38 Give, and it will be giv en to  you. A good measure, mea sure, pressed down, shaken shak en togeth together er and running running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the mea sure you use, it will be mea sured to you.” 39  He also told them this para par able: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 The student student is not above the teacher, teach er, but everyone everyone who is fully fully trained will be like their teacher. teacher. 41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust sawdust in your brother’s brother’s eye and pay no attention tention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you your self fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hyp ocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you  will see cle arly arly to remove remove the speck from your brother’s broth er’s eye.  A Tree and Its Fruit 43  “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 E   ach tree is recog rec ognized nized by its own fruit. People Peo ple do not pick figs from thornbush thorn bushes, es, or grapes from briers. briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of t he good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. The Wise and Foolish Builders 46  “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47As for ever yone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into prac tice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building building a house, who dug down deep and laid the founda foun dation tion on rock. When a flood came, the tor rent struck that house but could not shake it, because be cause it was well built. 49 But the one  who hears my words and does not put them into practice practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without with out a founda foundation. tion. The moment mo ment the torrent torrent struck that house, it collapsed collapsed and its destruc de struction tion was complete.” com plete.” The Faith of the Centurion  When Jesus had fin ished saying saying all this to the people people who were listen listening, ing, he entered entered Caper Caperna naum. um. 2 There a centu cen turi rion’s on’s ser vant, ser vant, whom his mas ter valued valued 3 highly, highly, was sick and about to die.  The centu centuri rion on heard of Jesus and sent some elders elders of the Jews to him, asking ask ing him to come and heal his ser vant. ser vant. 4 When they

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came to Jesus, they pleaded plead ed earnest earnestly ly with him, “This man de serves to have you do this, 5 because because he loves our nation na tion and has built our syn agogue.” 6 So Jesus  went with them. He was not far from the house when the cen turi tu rion on sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble trouble yourself, yourself, for I do not de serve to have you come under un der my roof. 7That is why I did not even con sider sider myself myself worthy worthy to come to you. But say 8 the word, and my ser vant ser vant will be healed.  For I myself myself am a man under under author authoriity,  with sol diers under under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my ser vant, ser vant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turn ing to the crowd following lowing him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Is rael.” rael.” 10 Then the men who had been sent r e turned to the house and found the ser vant ser vant  well.

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son 11 S oon after af ter ward,  ward, Jesu s went to a town ca lled Na in, and h is dis ciples ciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached ap proached the town gate, a dead person was being be ing carried car ried out — the only son of his moth er, and she was a wid ow.  And a large crowd f rom the town w as wit h her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” 14 Then he went up and touched the bier they were carry car rying ing him on, and the bearers bearers stood stil l. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” 15 The dead man sat up and began began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his moth er. 16 They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his peo ple.” 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout through out Judea Judea and the surround surrounding ing country. coun try. Jesus and John the Baptist 18 John’s  John’s d isci is ciples ples told him about all these things. Calling Call ing two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone someone else?” 20  When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist Bap tist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we ex pect someone someone else?’ ” 21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had dis eases, eases, sickness sick nesses es and evil 22 spirits, spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind.  So he replied replied to the messenmessengers, “Go back and report re port to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have lep rosy rosy a are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed pro claimed to the poor. 23 Blessed is anyone anyone who does not stum ble on account ac count of me.” 24 After Af ter John’s messen mes sengers gers left, Jesus began be gan to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilder wil derness ness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 25 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who  wear expen ex pensive sive clothes and indulge in dulge in luxu lux u ry are in palac pal aces. es. 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? proph et? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. prophet. 27 This is the one about whom it is written: writ ten: “ ‘I will send my messenger messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’b 28  I tell you, among those bor n of women women there is no one greater great er than John; yet the

one who is least in the king dom of God is greater great er than he.” 29  (All  (All t he people, people, even the tax collec col lectors, tors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged knowl edged that God’s way was right, be cause they had been baptized bap tized by John. 30 But the Phari Pharisees and the experts ex perts in the law re ject re jected ed God’s purpose purpose for themselves, because because they had not been baptized bap tized by John.) 31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, t hen, can I c ompare om pare the people peo ple of this a traditionally translated leprosy  was  was used for va rious diseases affecting 22  The Greek word traditionally b the skin. 27   Mal . 3:1

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LUKE 8:29 |  1221 gener generaation? What are they like? 32 They  They are like children chil dren sitting sitting in the marketmar ketplace and calling calling out to each other: other: “ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’ 33 For John the Baptist Bap tist came neither nei ther eating eating bread nor drink ing wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ demon.’ 34 The Son of Man came eat ing and drinking, drink ing, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton glutton and a drunk ard, a friend of tax collec col lectors tors and sinners.’ sin ners.’ 35 But  wisdom  wis dom is proved right by all her children.” children.”

Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman 36 When one of the Phari Phar i sees in vit in vited ed Jesus to have dinner din ner with him, he went to the Phari Pharisee’s house and reclined reclined at the table. ta ble. 37 A woman wom an in that town who lived a sinful sin ful life learned that Jesus was eating eat ing at the Phari Pharisee’s house, so she 38 came there with an ala alabaster baster jar of perfume. perfume.  As she stood behind be hind him at his feet weeping, weeping, she began be gan to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume per fume on them. 39 W hen the Phari Phar isee who had in vit in vited ed him saw this, he said to himself, him self, “If this man were a prophet, proph et, he would know who is touch ing him and what k ind of woman she is — that she is a sin ner.” 40  Jesus answered an swered him, “Simon, “Si mon, I have something some thing to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” teacher,” he said. 41 “Two people people owed money mon ey to a certain cer tain money mon eylend lender. er. One owed him five hundred denar denarii, ii, a and the other oth er fifty. fifty. 42 Neither either of them had the money money to pay him back, so he forgave forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon Si mon replied, replied, “I suppose sup pose the one who had the bigger big ger debt forgiv for given.” en.” “You have judged correct correctly,” ly,” Jesus said. 44  Then  Then he turned to ward to ward the w oman oman and said to Simon, Si mon, “Do you see this  woman?  woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any wa ter for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You  You did not give me a kiss, but this wom an, from the time I en tered, has not stopped kissing kiss ing my 46 feet.  You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured per fume on my feet. 47 Therefore, herefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiv for given en —as her g reat love ha s shown. But whoev who ever er has been forgiv for given en little little loves little.” little.” 48  Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are for given.” given.” 49  T he other oth er guests began be gan to say among themselves, them selves, “Who is this who even forgives forgives sins?” 50 Jesus said to the wom an, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” The Parable of the Sower  After  Af ter this, Jesus traveled trav eled about from one town and village vil lage to anoth another, er, proclaiming claiming the good news of the king dom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women wom en who had been cured of evil spir its and diseas dis eases: es: Mary (called Magda Magdalene) lene) from whom seven sev en demons demons had come out; 3Joan Joanna na the wife of Chuza, Chuza, the manag man ager er of Herod’s Herod’s household; household; Susan Susanna; na; and many others. oth ers. These  women  women were helping helping to support support them out of their own means. 4 While a large crowd was gath ering er ing and people peo ple were coming coming to Jesus from town after af ter town, he told this para par able: 5 “A  “A fa rmer rmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scatter scattering ing the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled tram pled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants  withered  with ered because because they had no moisture. moisture. 7 Other ther seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other oth er seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded yielded a crop, a hundred hundred times more than was sown.”

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41 A denarius was the usua l daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).

 When he said this, he cal led out, “Whoev “Who ever er has ears to hear, let them hear.” 9 H is disci dis ciples ples asked him what this para parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge knowl edge of the secrets secrets of the kingdom king dom of God has been given given to you, but to oth ers I speak in para parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ a 11 “This is the meaning mean ing of the para par able: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil dev il comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe be lieve and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who re ceive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe be lieve for a while, but in the time of test ing they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s wor ries, riches riches and pleasures, pleasures, and they do not mature. mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a no ble and good heart, who hear the word, retain retain it, and by per se ver se vering ing produce produce a crop.

 A Lamp on a Stand 16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a cla y jar or puts it un der a bed. Instead, In stead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. 17 For there is nothing nothing hidden hidden that will not be dis closed, and nothing nothing concealed concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. 18 Therefore herefore consid consider er careful carefully ly how you listen. listen. Whoever Whoever has will be given giv en more; whoever whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken taken from them.” Jesus’ Mother and Brothers 19 Now Jesus’ mother moth er and brothers broth ers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because be cause of the crowd. 20 Someone omeone told him, “Your moth er and brothers brothers are standing standing outside, outside, wanting wanting to see you.” 21 He replied, replied, “My mother moth er and brothers brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” practice.” Jesus Calms the Storm 22  One day Jesus said to his dis ciples, ci ples, “Let us go over to the other other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. 23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was be ing swamped, and they were in great danger. danger. 24  T he disci dis ciples ples went and woke him, saying, say ing, “Master, “Mas ter, Master, Master, we’re going going to drown!” He got up and rebuked re buked the wind and the raging rag ing waters; waters; the storm subsid sub sided, ed, and all was calm. 25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his disci dis ciples. ples. In fear and amazement amazement they asked one anoth an other, er, “Who is this? He commands com mands even the winds and the wa ter, and they obey him.” Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man 26 They sailed to the region re gion of the Gera Ger asenes, b which is across the lake from Gali Gali lee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a de mon-possessed mon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture tor ture me!” 29 For Jesus had command com manded ed the impure impure spirit spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept un der guard, he had broken bro ken his chains and had been driven driv en by the demon demon into soli sol itary places. places. a 10  Isaiah 6:9  verse 37

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LUKE 8:29 |  1221 gener generaation? What are they like? 32 They  They are like children chil dren sitting sitting in the marketmar ketplace and calling calling out to each other: other: “ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’

“ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ a

33 For John the Baptist Bap tist came neither nei ther eating eating bread nor drink ing wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ demon.’ 34 The Son of Man came eat ing and drinking, drink ing, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton glutton and a drunk ard, a friend of tax collec col lectors tors and sinners.’ sin ners.’ 35 But  wisdom  wis dom is proved right by all her children.” children.”

Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman 36 When one of the Phari Phar i sees in vit in vited ed Jesus to have dinner din ner with him, he went to the Phari Pharisee’s house and reclined reclined at the table. ta ble. 37 A woman wom an in that town who lived a sinful sin ful life learned that Jesus was eating eat ing at the Phari Pharisee’s house, so she 38 came there with an ala alabaster baster jar of perfume. perfume.  As she stood behind be hind him at his feet weeping, weeping, she began be gan to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume per fume on them. 39 W hen the Phari Phar isee who had in vit in vited ed him saw this, he said to himself, him self, “If this man were a prophet, proph et, he would know who is touch ing him and what k ind of woman she is — that she is a sin ner.” 40  Jesus answered an swered him, “Simon, “Si mon, I have something some thing to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” teacher,” he said. 41 “Two people people owed money mon ey to a certain cer tain money mon eylend lender. er. One owed him five hundred denar denarii, ii, a and the other oth er fifty. fifty. 42 Neither either of them had the money money to pay him back, so he forgave forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon Si mon replied, replied, “I suppose sup pose the one who had the bigger big ger debt forgiv for given.” en.” “You have judged correct correctly,” ly,” Jesus said. 44  Then  Then he turned to ward to ward the w oman oman and said to Simon, Si mon, “Do you see this  woman?  woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any wa ter for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You  You did not give me a kiss, but this wom an, from the time I en tered, has not stopped kissing kiss ing my 46 feet.  You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured per fume on my feet. 47 Therefore, herefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiv for given en —as her g reat love ha s shown. But whoev who ever er has been forgiv for given en little little loves little.” little.” 48  Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are for given.” given.” 49  T he other oth er guests began be gan to say among themselves, them selves, “Who is this who even forgives forgives sins?” 50 Jesus said to the wom an, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” The Parable of the Sower  After  Af ter this, Jesus traveled trav eled about from one town and village vil lage to anoth another, er, proclaiming claiming the good news of the king dom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women wom en who had been cured of evil spir its and diseas dis eases: es: Mary (called Magda Magdalene) lene) from whom seven sev en demons demons had come out; 3Joan Joanna na the wife of Chuza, Chuza, the manag man ager er of Herod’s Herod’s household; household; Susan Susanna; na; and many others. oth ers. These  women  women were helping helping to support support them out of their own means. 4 While a large crowd was gath ering er ing and people peo ple were coming coming to Jesus from town after af ter town, he told this para par able: 5 “A  “A fa rmer rmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scatter scattering ing the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled tram pled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants  withered  with ered because because they had no moisture. moisture. 7 Other ther seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other oth er seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded yielded a crop, a hundred hundred times more than was sown.”

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 When he said this, he cal led out, “Whoev “Who ever er has ears to hear, let them hear.” 9 H is disci dis ciples ples asked him what this para parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge knowl edge of the secrets secrets of the kingdom king dom of God has been given given to you, but to oth ers I speak in para parables, so that,

11 “This is the meaning mean ing of the para par able: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil dev il comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe be lieve and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who re ceive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe be lieve for a while, but in the time of test ing they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s wor ries, riches riches and pleasures, pleasures, and they do not mature. mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a no ble and good heart, who hear the word, retain retain it, and by per se ver se vering ing produce produce a crop.

 A Lamp on a Stand 16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a cla y jar or puts it un der a bed. Instead, In stead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. 17 For there is nothing nothing hidden hidden that will not be dis closed, and nothing nothing concealed concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. 18 Therefore herefore consid consider er careful carefully ly how you listen. listen. Whoever Whoever has will be given giv en more; whoever whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken taken from them.” Jesus’ Mother and Brothers 19 Now Jesus’ mother moth er and brothers broth ers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because be cause of the crowd. 20 Someone omeone told him, “Your moth er and brothers brothers are standing standing outside, outside, wanting wanting to see you.” 21 He replied, replied, “My mother moth er and brothers brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” practice.” Jesus Calms the Storm 22  One day Jesus said to his dis ciples, ci ples, “Let us go over to the other other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. 23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was be ing swamped, and they were in great danger. danger. 24  T he disci dis ciples ples went and woke him, saying, say ing, “Master, “Mas ter, Master, Master, we’re going going to drown!” He got up and rebuked re buked the wind and the raging rag ing waters; waters; the storm subsid sub sided, ed, and all was calm. 25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his disci dis ciples. ples. In fear and amazement amazement they asked one anoth an other, er, “Who is this? He commands com mands even the winds and the wa ter, and they obey him.” Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man 26 They sailed to the region re gion of the Gera Ger asenes, b which is across the lake from Gali Gali lee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a de mon-possessed mon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torture tor ture me!” 29 For Jesus had command com manded ed the impure impure spirit spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept un der guard, he had broken bro ken his chains and had been driven driv en by the demon demon into soli sol itary places. places. a 10  Isaiah 6:9  verse 37

41 A denarius was the usua l daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).

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 ACTS 17:13 |  1303 chose Silas Silas and left, commend com mended ed by the believ be lievers ers to the grace of the Lord.  went through Sy r ia and Cili Cilicia, cia, strengthen strength ening ing the churches. churches.

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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas Paul came to Derbe Derbe and then to Lystra, Lystra, where a disci dis ciple ple named Timo Timothy lived, whose mother moth er was Jewish Jew ish and a believ be liever er but whose father father was a 2 3 Greek.  The believ be lievers ers at Lystra Lystra and Iconi Iconium um spoke well of him.  Paul wanted want ed to take him along on the journey, jour ney, so he circum circumcised cised him because be cause of the Jews who 4 lived in that area, for they all knew that his fa ther was a Greek.  As  As they traveled trav eled from town to town, they de livered livered the deci decisions sions reached by the apostles apos tles and elders in Jeru Je rusa salem lem for the people peo ple to obey. 5 So the churches churches were strengthened strengthened in the faith and grew dai ly in numbers. numbers.

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Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia 6 Paul and his compan com panions ions traveled traveled throughout throughout the region re gion of Phrygia Phryg ia and Gala Ga latia, tia, having hav ing been kept by the Holy Spir it from preaching preach ing the word in the 7 province province of Asia.  When  When they ca me to the bor der of Mysia, Mysia, they tried to en ter Bithyn Bithynia, ia, but the Spirit Spir it of Jesus would not allow allow them to. 8 So  So they passed by 9 Mysia Mysia and went down to Troas. Tro as.  During uring the night Paul had a vision vi sion of a man of Mace Macedonia donia standing standing and begging beg ging him, “Come over to Mace Mac edonia donia and help us.” 10Af ter Paul had seen the vi sion, we got ready at once to leave for Mace Mac edonia, donia, conclud concluding ing that God had called us to preach the gospel gospel to them. Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi 11 From Troas Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Sam othrace, and the next day we went on to Ne apo apolis. 12 From there we traveled traveled to Philip Phi lippi, pi, a Roman Ro man colo colony and the leading leading city of that district dis trict a of Mace Macedonia. donia. And we stayed there sever several al days. 13 On the Sabbath Sab bath we went outside out side the city gate to the riv er, where we expect ex pected ed to find a place of prayer. We sat down and be gan to speak to the women women who had gathered gathered there. 14 One of those listen lis tening ing was a woman wom an from the city of Thya Thyatira ti ra named Lydia, Lydia, a dealer dealer in purple purple cloth. She was a wor shiper shiper of God. The Lord 15 opened her heart to respond re spond to Paul’s message. mes sage.  When she and the members mem bers of her household household were baptized, bap tized, she in vit in vited ed us to her home. “If you consid consider er me a believ believer er in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she per suaded us. Paul and Silas in Prison 16 Once when we were go ing to the place of prayer, we were met by a fe male slave who had a spirit spirit by which she pre dicted dicted the future. fu ture. She earned a great deal of money money for her owners own ers by fortune-tell fortune-telling. ing. 17 She followed fol lowed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, shout ing, “These men are ser vants ser vants of the Most High God, who are telling telling you the  way to be sav ed.” 18 She kept this up for many days. Fi nally nally Paul became became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spir it, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command command you to come out of her!” At that moment mo ment the spirit spir it left her. 19 When her owners owners real realized ized that their hope of mak ing money money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas Silas and dragged them into the market marketplace place to face the authorau thorities. 20 They brought them be fore the magis magistrates trates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing throw ing our city into an uproar uproar 21 by ad vo ad vocat cating ing customs cus toms unlaw unlawful ful for us Romans Romans to accept ac cept or practice.” prac tice.” 22 The crowd joined in the attack attack against Paul and Silas, Si las, and the magis mag istrates trates ordered ordered them to be stripped and beat en with rods. 23 After Af ter they had been se vere se verely ly flogged, they were thrown into pris on, and the jailer jailer was command commanded ed to guard them careful carefully. ly. 24 When he received received these orders, or ders, he put them in the in ner cell and fastened fastened their feet in the stocks. a

12  The text and meaning of the Greek for the leading city of that district  are uncertain.

25 About midnight midnight Paul and Silas Silas were praying praying and singing sing ing hymns to God, and the other other prison prisoners ers were listen listening ing to them. 26 Sudden uddenly ly there was such a vio violent earthquake earthquake that the founda foundations tions of the prison pris on were shaken. shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and ev eryone’s eryone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer jail er woke up, and  when he saw the prison pris on doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because because he thought the pris oners oners had escaped. es caped. 28 But Paul shouted, shouted, “Don’t harm yourself yourself ! We are all here!” 29 T he jailer jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trem bling before before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They  They replied, re plied, “Believe “Be lieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved — you and  your house hold.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer jail er took them and washed their wounds; then imme im medi diate ately ly he and all his household household were baptized. baptized. 34 The  jailer  jail er brought them into his house and set a meal be fore them; he was filled with  joy because because he had come to believe be lieve in God — he and his whole house hold. 35 When it was daylight, daylight, the magis mag istrates trates sent their offi of ficers cers to the jailer jailer with the 36 order: order: “Release “Release those men.”  The jailer jailer told Paul, “The magis magistrates trates have ordered ordered that you and Silas Silas be released. re leased. Now you can leave. Go in peace.” 37 But Paul said to the of ficers: ficers: “They beat us public pub licly ly without without a trial, tri al, even though we are Roman Ro man citi citizens, and threw us into pris on. And now do they want to get rid of us qui etly? et ly? No! Let them come themselves themselves and escort es cort us out.” 38 T he offi of ficers cers report reported ed this to the magis mag istrates, trates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas Si las were Roman Ro man citi citi zens, they were alarmed. 39 They came to appease ap pease them and escort escorted ed them from the prison, pris on, request requesting ing them to leave the city. 40 After Paul and Silas Silas came out of the pris on, they went to Lydia’s Lyd ia’s house, where they met with the brothers broth ers and sisters sisters and encour encouraged aged them. Then they left.

In Thessalonica  When Paul and h is compan companions ions had passed through Amphip Amphipo olis and Apollo ol lonia, nia, they came to Thessa Thessalo loni nica, ca, where there was a Jew ish syna syn agogue. 2 As was his cus tom, Paul went into the syna syn agogue, and on three Sab bath days he reasoned reasoned with them from the Scriptures, Scrip tures, 3 explain ex plaining ing and proving prov ing that the Messi Messiah ah had to suffer suf fer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am pro claiming claim ing to 4  you is the Messi Mes siah,” ah,” he said.  Some of the Jews were per suaded suaded and joined Paul and Silas, Silas, as did a large number number of God-fearing God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prom inent women. women. 5 But other other Jews were jealous; jeal ous; so they rounded rounded up some bad charac characters ters from the market marketplace, place, formed a mob and started started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Si las in order order to bring them out to the crowd. a 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason Ja son and some other oth er believbelievers before before the city offi of ficials, cials, shouting: shout ing: “These men who have caused trouble trou ble all 7 over the world have now come here,  and Jason Ja son has welcomed welcomed them into his house. They are all de fy ing Caesar’s Caesar’s decrees, decrees, saying say ing that there is an other other king, 8 one called Jesus.”  When  When they heard t his, the crowd and the city of ficials fi cials were thrown into turmoil. tur moil. 9 Then they made Jason Jason and the others oth ers post bond and let them go.

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In Berea 10 As soon as it was night, the be lievers lievers sent Paul and Silas Silas away to Berea. Be rea. On arriv ar riving ing there, they went to the Jew ish syna syn agogue. 11 Now the Bere Be rean an Jews were of more noble noble charac character ter than those in Thessa Thessalo loni nica, ca, for they received re ceived the message with great eager ea gerness ness and exam examined ined the Scriptures Scrip tures every every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, result, many of them believed, believed, as did also a number num ber of promi prominent Greek women women and many Greek men. 13 But when the Jews in Thes salo sa loni nica ca learned that Paul was preaching preach ing the a

5  Or the assembly of the people 

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 ACTS 17:13 |  1303 chose Silas Silas and left, commend com mended ed by the believ be lievers ers to the grace of the Lord.  went through Sy r ia and Cili Cilicia, cia, strengthen strength ening ing the churches. churches.

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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas Paul came to Derbe Derbe and then to Lystra, Lystra, where a disci dis ciple ple named Timo Timothy lived, whose mother moth er was Jewish Jew ish and a believ be liever er but whose father father was a 2 3 Greek.  The believ be lievers ers at Lystra Lystra and Iconi Iconium um spoke well of him.  Paul wanted want ed to take him along on the journey, jour ney, so he circum circumcised cised him because be cause of the Jews who 4 lived in that area, for they all knew that his fa ther was a Greek.  As  As they traveled trav eled from town to town, they de livered livered the deci decisions sions reached by the apostles apos tles and elders in Jeru Je rusa salem lem for the people peo ple to obey. 5 So the churches churches were strengthened strengthened in the faith and grew dai ly in numbers. numbers.

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Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia 6 Paul and his compan com panions ions traveled traveled throughout throughout the region re gion of Phrygia Phryg ia and Gala Ga latia, tia, having hav ing been kept by the Holy Spir it from preaching preach ing the word in the 7 province province of Asia.  When  When they ca me to the bor der of Mysia, Mysia, they tried to en ter Bithyn Bithynia, ia, but the Spirit Spir it of Jesus would not allow allow them to. 8 So  So they passed by 9 Mysia Mysia and went down to Troas. Tro as.  During uring the night Paul had a vision vi sion of a man of Mace Macedonia donia standing standing and begging beg ging him, “Come over to Mace Mac edonia donia and help us.” 10Af ter Paul had seen the vi sion, we got ready at once to leave for Mace Mac edonia, donia, conclud concluding ing that God had called us to preach the gospel gospel to them. Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi 11 From Troas Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Sam othrace, and the next day we went on to Ne apo apolis. 12 From there we traveled traveled to Philip Phi lippi, pi, a Roman Ro man colo colony and the leading leading city of that district dis trict a of Mace Macedonia. donia. And we stayed there sever several al days. 13 On the Sabbath Sab bath we went outside out side the city gate to the riv er, where we expect ex pected ed to find a place of prayer. We sat down and be gan to speak to the women women who had gathered gathered there. 14 One of those listen lis tening ing was a woman wom an from the city of Thya Thyatira ti ra named Lydia, Lydia, a dealer dealer in purple purple cloth. She was a wor shiper shiper of God. The Lord 15 opened her heart to respond re spond to Paul’s message. mes sage.  When she and the members mem bers of her household household were baptized, bap tized, she in vit in vited ed us to her home. “If you consid consider er me a believ believer er in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she per suaded us. Paul and Silas in Prison 16 Once when we were go ing to the place of prayer, we were met by a fe male slave who had a spirit spirit by which she pre dicted dicted the future. fu ture. She earned a great deal of money money for her owners own ers by fortune-tell fortune-telling. ing. 17 She followed fol lowed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, shout ing, “These men are ser vants ser vants of the Most High God, who are telling telling you the  way to be sav ed.” 18 She kept this up for many days. Fi nally nally Paul became became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spir it, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command command you to come out of her!” At that moment mo ment the spirit spir it left her. 19 When her owners owners real realized ized that their hope of mak ing money money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas Silas and dragged them into the market marketplace place to face the authorau thorities. 20 They brought them be fore the magis magistrates trates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing throw ing our city into an uproar uproar 21 by ad vo ad vocat cating ing customs cus toms unlaw unlawful ful for us Romans Romans to accept ac cept or practice.” prac tice.” 22 The crowd joined in the attack attack against Paul and Silas, Si las, and the magis mag istrates trates ordered ordered them to be stripped and beat en with rods. 23 After Af ter they had been se vere se verely ly flogged, they were thrown into pris on, and the jailer jailer was command commanded ed to guard them careful carefully. ly. 24 When he received received these orders, or ders, he put them in the in ner cell and fastened fastened their feet in the stocks. a

12  The text and meaning of the Greek for the leading city of that district  are uncertain.

25 About midnight midnight Paul and Silas Silas were praying praying and singing sing ing hymns to God, and the other other prison prisoners ers were listen listening ing to them. 26 Sudden uddenly ly there was such a vio violent earthquake earthquake that the founda foundations tions of the prison pris on were shaken. shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and ev eryone’s eryone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer jail er woke up, and  when he saw the prison pris on doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because because he thought the pris oners oners had escaped. es caped. 28 But Paul shouted, shouted, “Don’t harm yourself yourself ! We are all here!” 29 T he jailer jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trem bling before before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They  They replied, re plied, “Believe “Be lieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved — you and  your house hold.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer jail er took them and washed their wounds; then imme im medi diate ately ly he and all his household household were baptized. baptized. 34 The  jailer  jail er brought them into his house and set a meal be fore them; he was filled with  joy because because he had come to believe be lieve in God — he and his whole house hold. 35 When it was daylight, daylight, the magis mag istrates trates sent their offi of ficers cers to the jailer jailer with the 36 order: order: “Release “Release those men.”  The jailer jailer told Paul, “The magis magistrates trates have ordered ordered that you and Silas Silas be released. re leased. Now you can leave. Go in peace.” 37 But Paul said to the of ficers: ficers: “They beat us public pub licly ly without without a trial, tri al, even though we are Roman Ro man citi citizens, and threw us into pris on. And now do they want to get rid of us qui etly? et ly? No! Let them come themselves themselves and escort es cort us out.” 38 T he offi of ficers cers report reported ed this to the magis mag istrates, trates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas Si las were Roman Ro man citi citi zens, they were alarmed. 39 They came to appease ap pease them and escort escorted ed them from the prison, pris on, request requesting ing them to leave the city. 40 After Paul and Silas Silas came out of the pris on, they went to Lydia’s Lyd ia’s house, where they met with the brothers broth ers and sisters sisters and encour encouraged aged them. Then they left.

In Thessalonica  When Paul and h is compan companions ions had passed through Amphip Amphipo olis and Apollo ol lonia, nia, they came to Thessa Thessalo loni nica, ca, where there was a Jew ish syna syn agogue. 2 As was his cus tom, Paul went into the syna syn agogue, and on three Sab bath days he reasoned reasoned with them from the Scriptures, Scrip tures, 3 explain ex plaining ing and proving prov ing that the Messi Messiah ah had to suffer suf fer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am pro claiming claim ing to 4  you is the Messi Mes siah,” ah,” he said.  Some of the Jews were per suaded suaded and joined Paul and Silas, Silas, as did a large number number of God-fearing God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prom inent women. women. 5 But other other Jews were jealous; jeal ous; so they rounded rounded up some bad charac characters ters from the market marketplace, place, formed a mob and started started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Si las in order order to bring them out to the crowd. a 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason Ja son and some other oth er believbelievers before before the city offi of ficials, cials, shouting: shout ing: “These men who have caused trouble trou ble all 7 over the world have now come here,  and Jason Ja son has welcomed welcomed them into his house. They are all de fy ing Caesar’s Caesar’s decrees, decrees, saying say ing that there is an other other king, 8 one called Jesus.”  When  When they heard t his, the crowd and the city of ficials fi cials were thrown into turmoil. tur moil. 9 Then they made Jason Jason and the others oth ers post bond and let them go.

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In Berea 10 As soon as it was night, the be lievers lievers sent Paul and Silas Silas away to Berea. Be rea. On arriv ar riving ing there, they went to the Jew ish syna syn agogue. 11 Now the Bere Be rean an Jews were of more noble noble charac character ter than those in Thessa Thessalo loni nica, ca, for they received re ceived the message with great eager ea gerness ness and exam examined ined the Scriptures Scrip tures every every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, result, many of them believed, believed, as did also a number num ber of promi prominent Greek women women and many Greek men. 13 But when the Jews in Thes salo sa loni nica ca learned that Paul was preaching preach ing the a

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 ACTS 19: 6 |  1305  word of God at Berea, Berea, some of them went there too, ag itating tating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believ be lievers ers imme immedi diate ately ly sent Paul to the coast, but Silas Si las and Timo Tim othy stayed at Berea. Be rea. 15 Those who escort escorted ed Paul brought him to Athens Ath ens and then left with instruc in structions tions for Silas Si las and Timo Tim othy to join him as soon as possi pos sible. ble. In Athens 16 W hile Paul was waiting wait ing for them in Athens, Ath ens, he was greatly greatly distressed distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned rea soned in the syna syn agogue with both Jews and God-fearing God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the market mar ketplace place day by day with those who happened happened to be there. 18 A group of Epi Ep icure cu rean an and Stoic Stoic philos philoso ophers began began to debate debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this bab bler trying trying to say?” Others remarked, remarked, “He seems to be ad vo ad vocat cating ing foreign foreign gods.” They said this because be cause Paul was preaching preaching the good news about Jesus and the res urrec ur rection. tion. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting meet ing of the Are Ar eopa opagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching teach ing is that you are pre senting? sent ing? 20 You are bringing bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they 21 mean.”  (All  (All t he Atheni Athe nians ans and the foreign for eigners ers who lived there spent their time doing doing nothing nothing but talking talk ing about and lis tening ten ing to the latest lat est ideas.) 22  Paul  Paul then stood up in the meet ing of the Are Ar eopa opagus and said: “People “Peo ple of  Athens!  Ath ens! I see that in every ev ery way you are very reli religious. gious. 23 For as I walked around and looked careful carefully ly at your ob jects ob jects of wor ship, I even found an al tar with this inscrip in scription: tion: �� �� ������� �� ����� ���. So you are igno ig norant rant of the very thing you worship — and this is what I am go ing to proclaim proclaim to you. 24  “The God who made the world and every ev erything thing in it is the L ord of heaven heaven and earth and does not live in tem ples built by human hu man hands. 25 And he is not served by human human hands, as if he need ed anything. anything. Rather, Rath er, he himself him self gives every ev eryone one life and breath and ev erything erything else. 26 From one man he made all t he nations, na tions, that they should inhab inhabit it the whole earth; and he marked out their ap pointed point ed times in his tory tory and the boundaries boundaries of their lands. 27 God  God did this so that they  would seek him and perhaps per haps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our be ing.’ a As some of your own poets poets have said, ‘We are his off spring.’ b 29“   Therefore Therefore since we are God’s offspring, offspring, we should not think that the di vine di vine being being is like gold or sil ver sil ver or stone —an image im age made by human hu man design design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked over looked such igno ignorance, rance, but now he commands com mands all people peo ple every every where  where to re pent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with  justice  jus tice by the man he has appoint ap pointed. ed. He has given giv en proof of this to every everyone one by raising raising him from the dead.” 32  When they heard about the resur resurrec rection tion of the dead, some of t hem sneered, but others others said, “We want to hear you again on this sub ject.” sub ject.” 33 At  At that, Paul left the Council. Coun cil. 34 Some of the peo ple became became follow followers ers of Paul and believed. believed.  Among them was Di onysi ny sius, us, a member mem ber of the Are Ar eopa opagus, also a woman wom an named Dama Dam aris, and a number num ber of others. others. In Corinth  After  Af ter this, Paul left Athens Athens and went to Corinth. Cor inth. 2 There h e met a Jew named Aqui Aq uila, la, a native native of Pontus, Pontus, who had recent recently ly come from Ita It aly with his wife Priscil Pris cilla, la, because because Claudi Claudius us had ordered or dered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul  went to see them, 3 and because because he was a tentmak tentmaker er as they were, he stayed and  worked with them. 4Every Ev ery Sabbath Sabbath he reasoned reasoned in the syn agogue, trying trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas Si las and Timo Timothy came from Mace Mac edonia, donia, Paul de vot de voted ed himself himself excluexclusively sively to preaching, preaching, testi tes tify fying ing to the Jews that Jesus was the Mes siah. si ah. 6 But when they opposed opposed Paul and became became abusive, abusive, he shook out his clothes in pro test and

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said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am in nocent nocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” Gen tiles.” 7 Then Paul left the syna synagogue and went next door to the house of Ti tius ti us Justus, a worship worshiper er of God. 8 Crispus, rispus, the syna synagogue leader, leader, and his entire en tire household believed believed in the Lord; and many of the Co rinthi rinthians ans who heard Paul believed be lieved and were baptized. baptized. 9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: vi sion: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, speaking, do not be si lent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is go ing to attack at tack and harm you, because because I have many people people in this city.” 11 So Paul stayed in Corinth Corinth for a year and a half, teaching teaching them the word of God. 12 While Gallio Gallio was procon proconsul sul of Achaia, Achaia, the Jews of Corinth Corinth made a unit ed attack at tack on Paul and brought him to the place of judg ment. 13 “This man,” they charged, “is persuad persuading ing the people peo ple to worship worship God in ways contrary con trary to the law.” 14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio Gal lio said to them, “If you Jews were making a complaint complaint about some misde mis demean meanor or or seri serious ous crime, it would be rea sonable for me to listen lis ten to you. 15 But since it in volves in volves que stions about words and names and your own law — settle set tle the matter mat ter yourselves. yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.” 16 So he drove them off. 17 Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes thenes the syna synagogue leader leader and beat him in front of the procon pro consul; sul; and Gallio Gallio showed no concern concern whatev whatever. er. Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos 18 Paul stayed on in Corinth Cor inth for some time. Then he left the broth ers and sisters and sailed for Syria, Syr ia, accom accompa panied nied by Priscil Pris cilla la and Aqui Aquila. la. Before Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cen chreae because because of a vow he had taken. tak en. 19 They arrived at Ephe Ephesus, where Paul left Priscil Pris cilla la and Aqui Aquila. la. He himself himself went into the syna syn agogue and reasoned reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to spend more time with them, he de clined. 21 But as he left, he prom ised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephe Eph esus. 22 When he landed land ed at Caesa Caesarea, he  went up to Jeru Jerusa salem lem and greeted greet ed the church and then went down to An tioch. ti och. 23 After Af ter spending spending some time in An tioch, ti och, Paul set out from there and traveled traveled from place to place throughout throughout the region region of Gala Ga latia tia and Phrygia, Phrygia, strengthen strengthening ing all the disci dis ciples. ples. 24 M   ean while ean while a Jew named A pollos, pol los, a native native of Alex Al exan andria, dria, came to EpheEph esus. He was a learned man, with a thor ough knowledge knowledge of the Scriptures. Scrip tures. 25 He had been instruct in structed ed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fer vor fer vor a and taught about Jesus accu ac curate rately, ly, though he knew only the baptism bap tism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly boldly in the syna syn agogue. When Priscil Priscilla la and Aqui Aq uila la heard him, they in vit in vited ed him to their home and ex plained to him the w ay of God more ade adequately. quately. 27 When Apollos Apol los wanted wanted to go to Achaia, Acha ia, the brothers brothers and sisters sisters encour encouraged aged him and wrote to the disci dis ciples ples there to welcome welcome him. When he arrived, ar rived, he was 28 a great help to those who by grace had believed. be lieved.  For he vigor vig orous ously ly refut refuted ed his Jewish Jewish oppo opponents nents in public pub lic debate, debate, proving proving from the Scriptures Scriptures that Jesus was the Messi Messiah. ah. Paul in Ephesus  While Apol los was at Corinth, Corinth, Paul took the road through the in teri terior or and arrived ar rived at Ephe Ephesus. There he found some dis ciples ci ples 2 and asked them, “Did b  you receive receive the Holy Spirit Spirit when  you believed?” believed?” They answered, answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spir it.” 3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism bap tism did you receive?” re ceive?” “John’s baptism,” baptism,” they replied. replied. 4Paul sa id, “John’s baptism baptism was a baptism bap tism of repen repentance. tance. He told the people people to believe believe in the one com ing after af ter him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 On hearing hearing this, they  were baptized bap tized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 When Paul placed his hands on

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 ACTS 19: 6 |  1305  word of God at Berea, Berea, some of them went there too, ag itating tating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believ be lievers ers imme immedi diate ately ly sent Paul to the coast, but Silas Si las and Timo Tim othy stayed at Berea. Be rea. 15 Those who escort escorted ed Paul brought him to Athens Ath ens and then left with instruc in structions tions for Silas Si las and Timo Tim othy to join him as soon as possi pos sible. ble. In Athens 16 W hile Paul was waiting wait ing for them in Athens, Ath ens, he was greatly greatly distressed distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned rea soned in the syna syn agogue with both Jews and God-fearing God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the market mar ketplace place day by day with those who happened happened to be there. 18 A group of Epi Ep icure cu rean an and Stoic Stoic philos philoso ophers began began to debate debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this bab bler trying trying to say?” Others remarked, remarked, “He seems to be ad vo ad vocat cating ing foreign foreign gods.” They said this because be cause Paul was preaching preaching the good news about Jesus and the res urrec ur rection. tion. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting meet ing of the Are Ar eopa opagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching teach ing is that you are pre senting? sent ing? 20 You are bringing bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they 21 mean.”  (All  (All t he Atheni Athe nians ans and the foreign for eigners ers who lived there spent their time doing doing nothing nothing but talking talk ing about and lis tening ten ing to the latest lat est ideas.) 22  Paul  Paul then stood up in the meet ing of the Are Ar eopa opagus and said: “People “Peo ple of  Athens!  Ath ens! I see that in every ev ery way you are very reli religious. gious. 23 For as I walked around and looked careful carefully ly at your ob jects ob jects of wor ship, I even found an al tar with this inscrip in scription: tion: �� �� ������� �� ����� ���. So you are igno ig norant rant of the very thing you worship — and this is what I am go ing to proclaim proclaim to you. 24  “The God who made the world and every ev erything thing in it is the L ord of heaven heaven and earth and does not live in tem ples built by human hu man hands. 25 And he is not served by human human hands, as if he need ed anything. anything. Rather, Rath er, he himself him self gives every ev eryone one life and breath and ev erything erything else. 26 From one man he made all t he nations, na tions, that they should inhab inhabit it the whole earth; and he marked out their ap pointed point ed times in his tory tory and the boundaries boundaries of their lands. 27 God  God did this so that they  would seek him and perhaps per haps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our be ing.’ a As some of your own poets poets have said, ‘We are his off spring.’ b 29“   Therefore Therefore since we are God’s offspring, offspring, we should not think that the di vine di vine being being is like gold or sil ver sil ver or stone —an image im age made by human hu man design design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked over looked such igno ignorance, rance, but now he commands com mands all people peo ple every every where  where to re pent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with  justice  jus tice by the man he has appoint ap pointed. ed. He has given giv en proof of this to every everyone one by raising raising him from the dead.” 32  When they heard about the resur resurrec rection tion of the dead, some of t hem sneered, but others others said, “We want to hear you again on this sub ject.” sub ject.” 33 At  At that, Paul left the Council. Coun cil. 34 Some of the peo ple became became follow followers ers of Paul and believed. believed.  Among them was Di onysi ny sius, us, a member mem ber of the Are Ar eopa opagus, also a woman wom an named Dama Dam aris, and a number num ber of others. others. In Corinth  After  Af ter this, Paul left Athens Athens and went to Corinth. Cor inth. 2 There h e met a Jew named Aqui Aq uila, la, a native native of Pontus, Pontus, who had recent recently ly come from Ita It aly with his wife Priscil Pris cilla, la, because because Claudi Claudius us had ordered or dered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul  went to see them, 3 and because because he was a tentmak tentmaker er as they were, he stayed and  worked with them. 4Every Ev ery Sabbath Sabbath he reasoned reasoned in the syn agogue, trying trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas Si las and Timo Timothy came from Mace Mac edonia, donia, Paul de vot de voted ed himself himself excluexclusively sively to preaching, preaching, testi tes tify fying ing to the Jews that Jesus was the Mes siah. si ah. 6 But when they opposed opposed Paul and became became abusive, abusive, he shook out his clothes in pro test and

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said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am in nocent nocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” Gen tiles.” 7 Then Paul left the syna synagogue and went next door to the house of Ti tius ti us Justus, a worship worshiper er of God. 8 Crispus, rispus, the syna synagogue leader, leader, and his entire en tire household believed believed in the Lord; and many of the Co rinthi rinthians ans who heard Paul believed be lieved and were baptized. baptized. 9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: vi sion: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, speaking, do not be si lent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is go ing to attack at tack and harm you, because because I have many people people in this city.” 11 So Paul stayed in Corinth Corinth for a year and a half, teaching teaching them the word of God. 12 While Gallio Gallio was procon proconsul sul of Achaia, Achaia, the Jews of Corinth Corinth made a unit ed attack at tack on Paul and brought him to the place of judg ment. 13 “This man,” they charged, “is persuad persuading ing the people peo ple to worship worship God in ways contrary con trary to the law.” 14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio Gal lio said to them, “If you Jews were making a complaint complaint about some misde mis demean meanor or or seri serious ous crime, it would be rea sonable for me to listen lis ten to you. 15 But since it in volves in volves que stions about words and names and your own law — settle set tle the matter mat ter yourselves. yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.” 16 So he drove them off. 17 Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes thenes the syna synagogue leader leader and beat him in front of the procon pro consul; sul; and Gallio Gallio showed no concern concern whatev whatever. er. Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos 18 Paul stayed on in Corinth Cor inth for some time. Then he left the broth ers and sisters and sailed for Syria, Syr ia, accom accompa panied nied by Priscil Pris cilla la and Aqui Aquila. la. Before Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cen chreae because because of a vow he had taken. tak en. 19 They arrived at Ephe Ephesus, where Paul left Priscil Pris cilla la and Aqui Aquila. la. He himself himself went into the syna syn agogue and reasoned reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to spend more time with them, he de clined. 21 But as he left, he prom ised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephe Eph esus. 22 When he landed land ed at Caesa Caesarea, he  went up to Jeru Jerusa salem lem and greeted greet ed the church and then went down to An tioch. ti och. 23 After Af ter spending spending some time in An tioch, ti och, Paul set out from there and traveled traveled from place to place throughout throughout the region region of Gala Ga latia tia and Phrygia, Phrygia, strengthen strengthening ing all the disci dis ciples. ples. 24 M   ean while ean while a Jew named A pollos, pol los, a native native of Alex Al exan andria, dria, came to EpheEph esus. He was a learned man, with a thor ough knowledge knowledge of the Scriptures. Scrip tures. 25 He had been instruct in structed ed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fer vor fer vor a and taught about Jesus accu ac curate rately, ly, though he knew only the baptism bap tism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly boldly in the syna syn agogue. When Priscil Priscilla la and Aqui Aq uila la heard him, they in vit in vited ed him to their home and ex plained to him the w ay of God more ade adequately. quately. 27 When Apollos Apol los wanted wanted to go to Achaia, Acha ia, the brothers brothers and sisters sisters encour encouraged aged him and wrote to the disci dis ciples ples there to welcome welcome him. When he arrived, ar rived, he was 28 a great help to those who by grace had believed. be lieved.  For he vigor vig orous ously ly refut refuted ed his Jewish Jewish oppo opponents nents in public pub lic debate, debate, proving proving from the Scriptures Scriptures that Jesus was the Messi Messiah. ah. Paul in Ephesus  While Apol los was at Corinth, Corinth, Paul took the road through the in teri terior or and arrived ar rived at Ephe Ephesus. There he found some dis ciples ci ples 2 and asked them, “Did b  you receive receive the Holy Spirit Spirit when  you believed?” believed?” They answered, answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spir it.” 3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism bap tism did you receive?” re ceive?” “John’s baptism,” baptism,” they replied. replied. 4Paul sa id, “John’s baptism baptism was a baptism bap tism of repen repentance. tance. He told the people people to believe believe in the one com ing after af ter him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 On hearing hearing this, they  were baptized bap tized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 When Paul placed his hands on

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