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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gatekeepers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The divisions of the gatekeepers:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.26.1"><span class="content">From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Meshelemiah had sons:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.26.2"><span class="content">Zechariah the firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.26.2"><span class="content">Jediael the second,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.26.2"><span class="content">Zebadiah the third,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.26.2"><span class="content">Jathniel the fourth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Elam the fifth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.26.3"><span class="content">Jehohanan the sixth</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.26.3"><span class="content">and Eliehoenai the seventh.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Obed-Edom also had sons:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.26.4"><span class="content">Shemaiah the firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.26.4"><span class="content">Jehozabad the second,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.26.4"><span class="content">Joah the third,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.26.4"><span class="content">Sakar the fourth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.26.4"><span class="content">Nethanel the fifth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ammiel the sixth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.26.5"><span class="content">Issachar the seventh</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.26.5"><span class="content">and Peullethai the eighth.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.26.5"><span class="content">(For God had blessed Obed-Edom.)</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Obed-Edom&#8217;s son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in their father&#8217;s family because they were very capable men. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also able men. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All these were descendants of Obed-Edom; they and their sons and their relatives were capable men with the strength to do the work&#8212;descendants of Obed-Edom, 62 in all.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, who were able men&#8212;18 in all.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hosah the Merarite had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him the first), </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives of Hosah were 13 in all.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their leaders, had duties for ministering in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as their relatives had. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:14 </span><span class="ft">A variant of </span><span class="fqa">Meshelemiah</span></span></span><span class="content"> Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-Edom, and the lot for the storehouse fell to his sons. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The lots for the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road fell to Shuppim and Hosah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.26.16"><span class="content">Guard was alongside of guard: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">There were six Levites a day on the east, four a day on the north, four a day on the south and two at a time at the storehouse. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As for the court</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the west, there were four at the road and two at the court</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> itself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Treasurers and Other Officials</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Their fellow Levites were</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:20 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">As for the Levites, Ahijah was</span></span></span><span class="content"> in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and who were heads of families belonging to Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CH.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CH.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CH.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Shubael, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the official in charge of the treasuries. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CH.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">His relatives through Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son and Shelomith his son. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CH.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and by the other army commanders. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CH.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Some of the plunder taken in battle they dedicated for the repair of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And everything dedicated by Samuel the seer and by Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner and Joab son of Zeruiah, and all the other dedicated things were in the care of Shelomith and his relatives.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CH.26.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.26.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CH.26.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CH.26.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives&#8212;seventeen hundred able men&#8212;were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and for the king&#8217;s service. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CH.26.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">As for the Hebronites, Jeriah was their chief according to the genealogical records of their families. In the fortieth year of David&#8217;s reign a search was made in the records, and capable men among the Hebronites were found at Jazer in Gilead. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CH.26.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Jeriah had twenty-seven hundred relatives, who were able men and heads of families, and King David put them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better the poor whose walk is blameless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">than a fool whose lips are perverse.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Desire without knowledge is not good&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">how much more will hasty feet miss the way!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s own folly leads to their ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">yet their heart rages against 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 v3" data-usfm="PRO.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth attracts many friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will not go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many curry favor with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned by all their relatives&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">how much more do their friends avoid them!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">Though the poor pursue them with pleading,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">they are nowhere to be found.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The one who gets wisdom loves life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A false witness will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">and whoever pours out lies will perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s wisdom yields patience;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">it is to one&#8217;s glory to overlook an offense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s rage is like the roar of a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">but his favor is like dew on the grass.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish child is a father&#8217;s ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">and a quarrelsome wife is like</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">the constant dripping of a leaky roof.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">but a prudent wife is from 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 v14" data-usfm="PRO.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Laziness brings on deep sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">and the shiftless go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">and he will reward them for what they have done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">do not be a willing party to their death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">rescue them, and you will have to do it again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Listen to advice and accept discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">and at the end you will be counted among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Many are the plans in a person&#8217;s heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">but it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s purpose that prevails.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">What a person desires is unfailing love</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Greed is a person&#8217;s shame</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">better to be poor than a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> leads to life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">then one rests content, untouched by trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">he will not even bring it back to his mouth!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">is a child who brings shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Stop listening to instruction, my son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">and you will stray from the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A corrupt witness mocks at justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Penalties are prepared for mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.19.29"><span class="content">and beatings for the backs of fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">speak to his disciples, saying: &#8220;First of all, be</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don&#8217;t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Rich Fool</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Someone in the crowd said to him, &#8220;Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And he told them this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He thought to himself, &#8216;What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he said, &#8216;This is what I&#8217;ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And I&#8217;ll say to myself, &#8220;You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But God said to him, &#8216;You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Do Not Worry</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his disciples: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">single cubit to your height</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you&#8212;you of little faith!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.12.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Doing Good for the Sake of the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="TIT.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="TIT.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="TIT.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="TIT.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="TIT.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="TIT.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="TIT.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="TIT.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="TIT.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="TIT.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="TIT.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="TIT.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="TIT.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="TIT.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="TIT.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="TIT.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It teaches us to say &#8220;No&#8221; to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="TIT.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">while we wait for the blessed hope&#8212;the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="TIT.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="TIT.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="TIT.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.</span></span></div>
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