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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Naboth&#8217;s Vineyard</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Ahab said to Naboth, &#8220;Let me have your vineyard to use for a vegetable garden, since it is close to my palace. In exchange I will give you a better vineyard or, if you prefer, I will pay you whatever it is worth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Naboth replied, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my ancestors.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Ahab went home, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said, &#8220;I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors.&#8221; He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, &#8220;Why are you so sullen? Why won&#8217;t you eat?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He answered her, &#8220;Because I said to Naboth the Jezreelite, &#8216;Sell me your vineyard; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.&#8217; But he said, &#8216;I will not give you my vineyard.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jezebel his wife said, &#8220;Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I&#8217;ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So she wrote letters in Ahab&#8217;s name, placed his seal on them, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth&#8217;s city with him. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In those letters she wrote:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.21.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth&#8217;s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, &#8220;Naboth has cursed both God and the king.&#8221; So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then they sent word to Jezebel: &#8220;Naboth has been stoned to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, &#8220;Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite that he refused to sell you. He is no longer alive, but dead.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of Naboth&#8217;s vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Elijah the Tishbite: </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He is now in Naboth&#8217;s vineyard, where he has gone to take possession of it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Say to him, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?&#8217; Then say to him, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth&#8217;s blood, dogs will lick up your blood&#8212;yes, yours!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Ahab said to Elijah, &#8220;So you have found me, my enemy!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.21.20"><span class="content">&#8220;I have found you,&#8221; he answered, &#8220;because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He says, &#8216;I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel&#8212;slave or free.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Israel&#8212;every ruler or leader</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;And also concerning Jezebel the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:23 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:26) </span><span class="fqa">the plot of ground at</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jezreel.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">(There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, urged on by Jezebel his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> drove out before Israel.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Elijah the Tishbite: </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring this disaster in his day, but I will bring it on his house in the days of his son.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">136</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 136</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.136.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of gods.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.136.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the Lord of lords:</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.136.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">to him who alone does great wonders,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.136.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who by his understanding made the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.136.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who spread out the earth upon the waters,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.136.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who made the great lights&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.136.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the sun to govern the day,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.136.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the moon and stars to govern the night;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.136.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.136.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and brought Israel out from among them</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.136.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.136.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">to him who divided the Red Sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">136:13 </span><span class="ft">Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15</span></span></span><span class="content"> asunder</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.136.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and brought Israel through the midst of it,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.136.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.136.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to him who led his people through the wilderness;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.136.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to him who struck down great kings,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.136.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and killed mighty kings&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.136.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Sihon king of the Amorites</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.136.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and Og king of Bashan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.136.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and gave their land as an inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.136.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">an inheritance to his servant Israel.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.136.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He remembered us in our low estate</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.136.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and freed us from our enemies.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.136.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He gives food to every creature.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.136.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the God of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.136.26"><span class="content">His love endures forever.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">137</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 137</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">when we remembered Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There on the poplars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">we hung our harps,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for there our captors asked us for songs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">our tormentors demanded songs of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">they said, &#8220;Sing us one of the songs of Zion!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How can we sing the songs of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">while in a foreign land?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If I forget you, Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">may my right hand forget its skill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not remember you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not consider Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">my highest joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what the Edomites did</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">on the day Jerusalem fell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Tear it down,&#8221; they cried,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;tear it down to its foundations!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">happy is the one who repays you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">according to what you have done to us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Happy is the one who seizes your infants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="content">and dashes them against the rocks.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Changes Water Into Wine</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus&#8217; mother was there, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the wine was gone, Jesus&#8217; mother said to him, &#8220;They have no more wine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman,</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fq">Woman </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">does not denote any disrespect.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">why do you involve me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My hour has not yet come.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">His mother said to the servants, &#8220;Do whatever he tells you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Or from about 75 to about 115 liters</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jesus said to the servants, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Fill the jars with water&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">; so they filled them to the brim.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then he told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.2.8"><span class="content">They did so, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Clears the Temple Courts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To those who sold doves he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father&#8217;s house into a market!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">His disciples remembered that it is written: &#8220;Zeal for your house will consume me.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Jews then responded to him, &#8220;What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus answered them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But the temple he had spoken of was his body. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in him</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GAL.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GAL.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GAL.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">&#8220;Be glad, barren woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">you who never bore a child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">shout for joy and cry aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">you who were never in labor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">because more are the children of the desolate woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">than of her who has a husband.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:27 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 54:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.4.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GAL.4.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GAL.4.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GAL.4.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But what does Scripture say? &#8220;Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman&#8217;s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman&#8217;s son.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:30 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 21:10</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GAL.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.</span></span></div>
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