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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.18.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Elijah said to all the people, &#8220;Come here to me.&#8221; They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which had been torn down. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.18.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had come, saying, &#8220;Your name shall be Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.18.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">With the stones he built an altar in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:32 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably about 24 pounds or about 11 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of seed. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.18.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, &#8220;Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.18.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.18.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do it again,&#8221; he said, and they did it again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.18.34"><span class="content">&#8220;Do it a third time,&#8221; he ordered, and they did it the third time. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.18.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.18.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1KI.18.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1KI.18.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Answer me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, answer me, so these people will know that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1KI.18.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1KI.18.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the fire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1KI.18.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1KI.18.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;he is God! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;he is God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1KI.18.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.18.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Then Elijah commanded them, &#8220;Seize the prophets of Baal. Don&#8217;t let anyone get away!&#8221; They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.18.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1KI.18.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">And Elijah said to Ahab, &#8220;Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1KI.18.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1KI.18.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go and look toward the sea,&#8221; he told his servant. And he went up and looked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="content">&#8220;There is nothing there,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="content">Seven times Elijah said, &#8220;Go back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.18.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1KI.18.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The seventh time the servant reported, &#8220;A cloud as small as a man&#8217;s hand is rising from the sea.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1KI.18.44"><span class="content">So Elijah said, &#8220;Go and tell Ahab, &#8216;Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1KI.18.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="1KI.18.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="1KI.18.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The power of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah Flees to Horeb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, &#8220;May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Elijah was afraid</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Elijah saw</span></span></span><span class="content"> and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">while he himself went a day&#8217;s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. &#8220;I have had enough, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.19.5"><span class="content">All at once an angel touched him and said, &#8220;Get up and eat.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came back a second time and touched him and said, &#8220;Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">There he went into a cave and spent the night.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Appears to Elijah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.19.9"><span class="content">And the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to him: &#8220;What are you doing here, Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I have been very zealous for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is about to pass by.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.19.11"><span class="content">Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not in the earthquake. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After the earthquake came a fire, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.19.13"><span class="content">Then a voice said to him, &#8220;What are you doing here, Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I have been very zealous for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel&#8212;all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Call of Elisha</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. &#8220;Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and then I will come with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="content">&#8220;Go back,&#8221; Elijah replied. &#8220;What have I done to you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">131</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 131</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My heart is not proud, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">my eyes are not haughty;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">I do not concern myself with great matters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">or things too wonderful for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.131.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.131.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But I have calmed and quieted myself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.131.2"><span class="content">I am like a weaned child with its mother;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.131.2"><span class="content">like a weaned child I am content.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.131.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.131.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Israel, put your hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.131.3"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">132</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 132</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.132.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, remember David</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.132.1"><span class="content">and all his self-denial.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.132.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.132.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He swore an oath to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.132.2"><span class="content">he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.132.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.132.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will not enter my house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.132.3"><span class="content">or go to my bed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.132.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.132.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will allow no sleep to my eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.132.4"><span class="content">or slumber to my eyelids,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.132.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.132.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">till I find a place for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.132.5"><span class="content">a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.132.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.132.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We heard it in Ephrathah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.132.6"><span class="content">we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">132:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. </span><span class="ft">(See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.132.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.132.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us go to his dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.132.7"><span class="content">let us worship at his footstool, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.132.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.132.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8216;Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and come to your resting place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.132.8"><span class="content">you and the ark of your might.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.132.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.132.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.132.9"><span class="content">may your faithful people sing for joy.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.132.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.132.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For the sake of your servant David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.132.10"><span class="content">do not reject your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.132.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> swore an oath to David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">a sure oath he will not revoke:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">&#8220;One of your own descendants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">I will place on your throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.132.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If your sons keep my covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">and the statutes I teach them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">then their sons will sit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">on your throne for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.132.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.132.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has chosen Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.132.13"><span class="content">he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.132.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.132.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is my resting place for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.132.14"><span class="content">here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.132.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.132.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will bless her with abundant provisions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.132.15"><span class="content">her poor I will satisfy with food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.132.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.132.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will clothe her priests with salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.132.16"><span class="content">and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.132.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.132.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here I will make a horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">132:17 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.</span></span></span><span class="content"> grow for David</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.132.17"><span class="content">and set up a lamp for my anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.132.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.132.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will clothe his enemies with shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.132.18"><span class="content">but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">133</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 133</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.133.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How good and pleasant it is</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.133.1"><span class="content">when God&#8217;s people live together in unity!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.133.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is like precious oil poured on the head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">running down on the beard,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">running down on Aaron&#8217;s beard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">down on the collar of his robe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.133.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">It is as if the dew of Hermon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="content">were falling on Mount Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="content">For there the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bestows his blessing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.133.3"><span class="content">even life forevermore.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">134</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 134</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you servants of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="content">who minister by night in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.134.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lift up your hands in the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="content">and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.134.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.134.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.134.3"><span class="content">he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1+JHN.1.2+JHN.1.3+JHN.1.4+JHN.1.5+JHN.1.6+JHN.1.7+JHN.1.8+JHN.1.9+JHN.1.10+JHN.1.11+JHN.1.12+JHN.1.13+JHN.1.14+JHN.1.15+JHN.1.16+JHN.1.17+JHN.1.18+JHN.1.19+JHN.1.20+JHN.1.21+JHN.1.22+JHN.1.23+JHN.1.24+JHN.1.25+JHN.1.26+JHN.1.27+JHN.1.28">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was with God in the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understood</span></span></span><span class="content"> it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There was a man sent from God whose name was John. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband&#8217;s will, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, &#8220;This is the one I spoke about when I said, &#8216;He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but the only Son, who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now this was John&#8217;s testimony when the Jewish leaders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">The Greek term traditionally translated </span><span class="fqa">the Jews </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">hoi Ioudaioi</span>) refers here and elsewhere in John&#8217;s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15,16; 7:1,11,13; 9:22; 18:14,28,36; 19:7,12,31,38; 20:19.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, &#8220;I am not the Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They asked him, &#8220;Then who are you? Are you Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;I am not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Finally they said, &#8220;Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, &#8220;I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, &#8216;Make straight the way for the Lord.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now the Pharisees who had been sent </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">questioned him, &#8220;Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)</span></span></span><span class="content"> water,&#8221; John replied, &#8220;but among you stands one you do not know. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="GAL.3.15+GAL.3.16+GAL.3.17+GAL.3.18+GAL.3.19+GAL.3.20+GAL.3.21+GAL.3.22+GAL.3.23+GAL.3.24+GAL.3.25+GAL.3.26+GAL.3.27+GAL.3.28+GAL.3.29">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say &#8220;and to seeds,&#8221; meaning many people, but &#8220;and to your seed,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7</span></span></span><span class="content"> meaning one person, who is Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Children of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Before the coming of this faith,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:22,23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">through the faithfulness of Jesus&#8230; </span><span class="fv">23 </span><span class="fqa">Before faith came</span></span></span><span class="content"> we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GAL.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GAL.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GAL.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GAL.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GAL.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GAL.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham&#8217;s seed, and heirs according to the promise.</span></span></div>
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