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         <div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;You shall not covet your neighbor&#8217;s house. You shall not covet your neighbor&#8217;s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture</span></span></span><span class="content"> among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, &#8220;It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, &#8220;There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, the man who did this must die! </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Nathan said to David, &#8220;You are the man! This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I gave your master&#8217;s house to you, and your master&#8217;s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Why did you despise the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. </span></span></div>
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