Daily Bible Reading Guide (Protestant)

The Bible Initiative

One Book, One Body

New City Catechism

Everywhere I Go: Learning to See Jesus

Redeemed: Ruth’s Story of Restoration

United in Purpose: Navigating Finances as a Christian Couple

Here and Now: Embracing the Gift of Presence in Marriage

Marriage God's Way

Sing Over Me by Vance K. Jackson

New International Version

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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v145" data-usfm="PSA.119.145"><span class="label">145</span><span class="content">I call with all my heart; answer me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v145" data-usfm="PSA.119.145"><span class="content">and I will obey your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v145" data-usfm="PSA.119.145"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v146" data-usfm="PSA.119.146"><span class="label">146</span><span class="content">I call out to you; save me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v146" data-usfm="PSA.119.146"><span class="content">and I will keep your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v146" data-usfm="PSA.119.146"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v147" data-usfm="PSA.119.147"><span class="label">147</span><span class="content">I rise before dawn and cry for help;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v147" data-usfm="PSA.119.147"><span class="content">I have put my hope in your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v147" data-usfm="PSA.119.147"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v148" data-usfm="PSA.119.148"><span class="label">148</span><span class="content">My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v148" data-usfm="PSA.119.148"><span class="content">that I may meditate on your promises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v148" data-usfm="PSA.119.148"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v149" data-usfm="PSA.119.149"><span class="label">149</span><span class="content">Hear my voice in accordance with your love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v149" data-usfm="PSA.119.149"><span class="content">preserve my life, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, according to your laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v149" data-usfm="PSA.119.149"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v150" data-usfm="PSA.119.150"><span class="label">150</span><span class="content">Those who devise wicked schemes are near,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v150" data-usfm="PSA.119.150"><span class="content">but they are far from your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v150" data-usfm="PSA.119.150"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v151" data-usfm="PSA.119.151"><span class="label">151</span><span class="content">Yet you are near, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v151" data-usfm="PSA.119.151"><span class="content">and all your commands are true.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v151" data-usfm="PSA.119.151"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v152" data-usfm="PSA.119.152"><span class="label">152</span><span class="content">Long ago I learned from your statutes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v152" data-usfm="PSA.119.152"><span class="content">that you established them to last forever.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1512; Resh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v152" data-usfm="PSA.119.152"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v153" data-usfm="PSA.119.153"><span class="label">153</span><span class="content">Look on my suffering and deliver me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v153" data-usfm="PSA.119.153"><span class="content">for I have not forgotten your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v153" data-usfm="PSA.119.153"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v154" data-usfm="PSA.119.154"><span class="label">154</span><span class="content">Defend my cause and redeem me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v154" data-usfm="PSA.119.154"><span class="content">preserve my life according to your promise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v154" data-usfm="PSA.119.154"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v155" data-usfm="PSA.119.155"><span class="label">155</span><span class="content">Salvation is far from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v155" data-usfm="PSA.119.155"><span class="content">for they do not seek out your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v155" data-usfm="PSA.119.155"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"><span class="label">156</span><span class="content">Your compassion, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, is great;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"><span class="content">preserve my life according to your laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v156" data-usfm="PSA.119.156"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"><span class="label">157</span><span class="content">Many are the foes who persecute me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"><span class="content">but I have not turned from your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v157" data-usfm="PSA.119.157"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"><span class="label">158</span><span class="content">I look on the faithless with loathing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"><span class="content">for they do not obey your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v158" data-usfm="PSA.119.158"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"><span class="label">159</span><span class="content">See how I love your precepts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"><span class="content">preserve my life, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in accordance with your love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v159" data-usfm="PSA.119.159"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"><span class="label">160</span><span class="content">All your words are true;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"><span class="content">all your righteous laws are eternal.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1513; Sin and Shin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v160" data-usfm="PSA.119.160"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"><span class="label">161</span><span class="content">Rulers persecute me without cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"><span class="content">but my heart trembles at your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v161" data-usfm="PSA.119.161"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"><span class="label">162</span><span class="content">I rejoice in your promise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"><span class="content">like one who finds great spoil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v162" data-usfm="PSA.119.162"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"><span class="label">163</span><span class="content">I hate and detest falsehood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"><span class="content">but I love your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v163" data-usfm="PSA.119.163"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"><span class="label">164</span><span class="content">Seven times a day I praise you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"><span class="content">for your righteous laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v164" data-usfm="PSA.119.164"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"><span class="label">165</span><span class="content">Great peace have those who love your law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"><span class="content">and nothing can make them stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v165" data-usfm="PSA.119.165"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"><span class="label">166</span><span class="content">I wait for your salvation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"><span class="content">and I follow your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v166" data-usfm="PSA.119.166"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"><span class="label">167</span><span class="content">I obey your statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"><span class="content">for I love them greatly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v167" data-usfm="PSA.119.167"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"><span class="label">168</span><span class="content">I obey your precepts and your statutes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"><span class="content">for all my ways are known to you.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1514; Taw</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v168" data-usfm="PSA.119.168"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"><span class="label">169</span><span class="content">May my cry come before you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"><span class="content">give me understanding according to your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v169" data-usfm="PSA.119.169"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"><span class="label">170</span><span class="content">May my supplication come before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"><span class="content">deliver me according to your promise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v170" data-usfm="PSA.119.170"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"><span class="label">171</span><span class="content">May my lips overflow with praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"><span class="content">for you teach me your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v171" data-usfm="PSA.119.171"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"><span class="label">172</span><span class="content">May my tongue sing of your word,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"><span class="content">for all your commands are righteous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v172" data-usfm="PSA.119.172"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"><span class="label">173</span><span class="content">May your hand be ready to help me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"><span class="content">for I have chosen your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v173" data-usfm="PSA.119.173"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"><span class="label">174</span><span class="content">I long for your salvation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"><span class="content">and your law gives me delight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v174" data-usfm="PSA.119.174"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"><span class="label">175</span><span class="content">Let me live that I may praise you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"><span class="content">and may your laws sustain me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v175" data-usfm="PSA.119.175"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="label">176</span><span class="content">I have strayed like a lost sheep.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="content">Seek your servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v176" data-usfm="PSA.119.176"><span class="content">for I have not forgotten your commands.</span></span></div>
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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">128</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 128</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed are all who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="content">who walk in obedience to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.128.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You will eat the fruit of your labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="content">blessings and prosperity will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.128.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your wife will be like a fruitful vine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">within your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">your children will be like olive shoots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">around your table.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.128.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Yes, this will be the blessing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="content">for the man who fears 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 v4" data-usfm="PSA.128.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you from Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.128.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May you live to see your children&#8217;s children&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.128.6"><span class="content">peace be on Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">129</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 129</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="content">let Israel say;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="content">but they have not gained the victory over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Plowmen have plowed my back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="content">and made their furrows long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But 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 v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="content">he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May all who hate Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="content">be turned back in shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May they be like grass on the roof,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="content">which withers before it can grow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="content">nor one who gathers fill his arms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May those who pass by not say to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="content">&#8220;The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be on you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="content">we bless you in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">130</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 130</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.130.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Out of the depths I cry to you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.130.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lord, hear my voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">Let your ears be attentive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">to my cry for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.130.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, kept a record of sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="content">Lord, who could stand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.130.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But with you there is forgiveness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="content">so that we can, with reverence, serve you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.130.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, my whole being waits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="content">and in his word I put my hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.130.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I wait for the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">more than watchmen wait for the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">more than watchmen wait for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.130.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Israel, put your hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">for with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">and with him is full redemption.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.130.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.130.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself will redeem Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.130.8"><span class="content">from all their sins.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch34" data-usfm="EZK.34.1+EZK.34.2+EZK.34.3+EZK.34.4+EZK.34.5+EZK.34.6+EZK.34.7+EZK.34.8+EZK.34.9+EZK.34.10+EZK.34.11+EZK.34.12+EZK.34.13+EZK.34.14+EZK.34.15+EZK.34.16">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;For this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="1JN.2.12+1JN.2.13+1JN.2.14+1JN.2.15+1JN.2.16+1JN.2.17">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="content">because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">I am writing to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I write to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know the Father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you are strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and the word of God lives in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On Not Loving the World</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">world, the Father&#8217;s love</span></span></span><span class="content"> is not in them. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1JN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For everything in the world&#8212;the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life&#8212;comes not from the Father but from the world. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="MAT.10.5+MAT.10.6+MAT.10.7+MAT.10.8+MAT.10.9+MAT.10.10+MAT.10.11+MAT.10.12+MAT.10.13+MAT.10.14+MAT.10.15">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As you go, proclaim this message: &#8216;The kingdom of heaven has come near.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word traditionally translated </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As you enter the home, give it your greeting.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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