IHCC Daily Bible Reading Plan - July

Spiritual Formation

The Sermon on the Mount

IHCC Daily Bible Reading Plan - March

God's Design for the Church

God's Redemption Story (Revelation)

Acts 10:34-48 | Confronting Your Blind Spots

Every Tribe, Every Tongue: 7 Days to Praying for the Nations

Financial Discipleship – the Bible on Idolatry

In the Arms of Grace: Seeing Jesus Through the Eyes of Mary Magdalene

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Takes His Life</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Saul said to his armor-bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.10.4"><span class="content">But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Saul died because he was unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; he did not keep the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and even consulted a medium for guidance, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and did not inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, &#8220;We are your own flesh and blood. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God said to you, &#8216;You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had promised through Samuel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Conquers Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">said to David, &#8220;You will not get in here.&#8221; Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion&#8212;which is the City of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">David had said, &#8220;Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander in chief.&#8221; Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and so he received the command.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He built up the city around it, from the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And David became more and more powerful, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty was with him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="q2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">whenever I would heal Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">the sins of Ephraim are exposed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">and the crimes of Samaria revealed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">They practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">thieves break into houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">bandits rob in the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but they do not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">that I remember all their evil deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">Their sins engulf them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">they are always before me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;They delight the king with their wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">the princes with their lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are all adulterers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">burning like an oven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">whose fire the baker need not stir</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">from the kneading of the dough till it rises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">On the day of the festival of our king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">the princes become inflamed with wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">and he joins hands with the mockers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their hearts are like an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">they approach him with intrigue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">Their passion smolders all night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All of them are hot as an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">they devour their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">All their kings fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">and none of them calls on me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim mixes with the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Foreigners sap his strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not realize it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">His hair is sprinkled with gray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not notice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s arrogance testifies against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">but despite all this</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">he does not return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">or search for him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim is like a dove,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">easily deceived and senseless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now calling to Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now turning to Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they go, I will throw my net over them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">When I hear them flocking together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will catch them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Woe to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have strayed from me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">Destruction to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have rebelled against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">I long to redeem them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">but they speak about me falsely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They do not cry out to me from their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but wail on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">They slash themselves,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">They gather together</span></span></span><span class="content"> appealing to their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">for grain and new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but they turn away from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I trained them and strengthened their arms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">but they plot evil against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They do not turn to the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">they are like a faulty bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">Their leaders will fall by the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">because of their insolent words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">For this they will be ridiculed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">in the land of Egypt.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel to Reap the Whirlwind</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Put the trumpet to your lips!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">An eagle is over the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">because the people have broken my covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">and rebelled against my law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Israel cries out to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">&#8216;Our God, we acknowledge you!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Israel has rejected what is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">an enemy will pursue him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They set up kings without my consent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they choose princes without my approval.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">With their silver and gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they make idols for themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">to their own destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">My anger burns against them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">How long will they be incapable of purity?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They are from Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">This calf&#8212;a metalworker has made it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">it is not God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">It will be broken in pieces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">that calf of Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;They sow the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">and reap the whirlwind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">The stalk has no head;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">it will produce no flour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">Were it to yield grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">foreigners would swallow it up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Israel is swallowed up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">now she is among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">like something no one wants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For they have gone up to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">like a wild donkey wandering alone.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Although they have sold themselves among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">I will now gather them together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">They will begin to waste away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">under the oppression of the mighty king.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">these have become altars for sinning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I wrote for them the many things of my law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">but they regarded them as something foreign.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and though they eat the meat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not pleased with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">Now he will remember their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and punish their sins:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">They will return to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Israel has forgotten their Maker</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">and built palaces;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">Judah has fortified many towns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">But I will send fire on their cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">that will consume their fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="LUK.6.1+LUK.6.2+LUK.6.3+LUK.6.4+LUK.6.5+LUK.6.6+LUK.6.7+LUK.6.8+LUK.6.9+LUK.6.10+LUK.6.11+LUK.6.12+LUK.6.13+LUK.6.14+LUK.6.15+LUK.6.16+LUK.6.17+LUK.6.18+LUK.6.19+LUK.6.20+LUK.6.21+LUK.6.22+LUK.6.23+LUK.6.24+LUK.6.25+LUK.6.26">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Some of the Pharisees asked, &#8220;Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus answered them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Get up and stand in front of everyone.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he got up and stood there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Stretch out your hand.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> He did so, and his hand was completely restored. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Twelve Apostles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blessings and Woes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.6.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.6.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Looking at his disciples, he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.6.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are you who are poor,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.6.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for yours is the kingdom of God.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.6.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are you who hunger now,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.6.21"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for you will be satisfied.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.6.21"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are you who weep now,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.6.21"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for you will laugh.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.6.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are you when people hate you,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.6.22"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">when they exclude you and insult you</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.6.22"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and reject your name as evil,</span></span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.6.22"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">because of the Son of Man.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.6.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.6.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But woe to you who are rich,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.6.24"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for you have already received your comfort.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.6.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Woe to you who are well fed now,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.6.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for you will go hungry.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.6.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Woe to you who laugh now,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.6.25"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for you will mourn and weep.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.6.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.6.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Request for Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2TH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2TH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2TH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2TH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the Lord direct your hearts into God&#8217;s love and Christ&#8217;s perseverance.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Idleness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2TH.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2TH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">tradition</span></span></span><span class="content"> you received from us. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2TH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2TH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">nor did we eat anyone&#8217;s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2TH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: &#8220;The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2TH.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2TH.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2TH.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TH.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2TH.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2TH.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TH.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2TH.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TH.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2TH.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TH.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2TH.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2TH.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.</span></span></div>
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