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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Saul was afraid of David, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with David but had departed from Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In everything he did he had great success, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was with him. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 11</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">How then can you say to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Flee like a bird to your mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For look, the wicked bend their bows;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">they set their arrows against the strings</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">to shoot from the shadows</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">at the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When the foundations are being destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">what can the righteous do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on his heavenly throne.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">He observes everyone on earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">his eyes examine them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> examines the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked, those who love violence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">he hates with a passion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On the wicked he will rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">fiery coals and burning sulfur;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">a scorching wind will be their lot.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">he loves justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.11.7"><span class="content">the upright will see his face.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Prepares the Way</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and saying, &#8220;Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John&#8217;s clothes were made of camel&#8217;s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: &#8220;You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And do not think you can say to yourselves, &#8216;We have Abraham as our father.&#8217; I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit and fire. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Baptism of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But John tried to deter him, saying, &#8220;I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Then John consented.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And a voice from heaven said, &#8220;This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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