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 <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1">The Ten Commandments</div><div class="p"> 1And God spoke all these words:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi3"> 2&#8220;I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.</div><div class="li1"> 3&#8220;You shall have no other gods before#20:3 Or besides me.</div><div class="li1"> 4&#8220;You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.</div><div class="li1"> 7&#8220;You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.</div><div class="li1"> 8&#8220;Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.</div><div class="li1"> 12&#8220;Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.</div><div class="li1"> 13&#8220;You shall not murder.</div><div class="li1"> 14&#8220;You shall not commit adultery.</div><div class="li1"> 15&#8220;You shall not steal.</div><div class="li1"> 16&#8220;You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.</div><div class="li1"> 17&#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;</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"> 18When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19and said to Moses, &#8220;Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 20Moses said to the people, &#8220;Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 21The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.</div><div class="s1">Idols and Altars</div><div class="p"> 22Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Tell the Israelites this: &#8216;You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: 23Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.</div><div class="p"> 24&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. 26And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.&#8217;</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">23</div><div class="p"> 1Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. 2And they began to accuse him, saying, &#8220;We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 3So Pilate asked Jesus, &#8220;Are you the king of the Jews?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> &#8220;You have said so,&#8221; Jesus replied.</div><div class="p"> 4Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, &#8220;I find no basis for a charge against this man.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 5But they insisted, &#8220;He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 6On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. 7When he learned that Jesus was under Herod&#8217;s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.</div><div class="p"> 8When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. 9He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. 11Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. 12That day Herod and Pilate became friends&#8212;before this they had been enemies.</div><div class="p"> 13Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, 14and said to them, &#8220;You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. 15Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. 16Therefore, I will punish him and then release him.&#8221; [17]#23:17 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 27:15 and Mark 15:6.</div><div class="p"> 18But the whole crowd shouted, &#8220;Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!&#8221; 19(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)</div><div class="p"> 20Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. 21But they kept shouting, &#8220;Crucify him! Crucify him!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 22For the third time he spoke to them: &#8220;Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 23But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. 24So Pilate decided to grant their demand. 25He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.</div><div class="s1">The Crucifixion of Jesus</div><div class="p"> 26As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28Jesus turned and said to them, &#8220;Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For the time will come when you will say, &#8216;Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!&#8217; 30Then</div><div class="q1"> &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;they will say to the mountains, &#8220;Fall on us!&#8221;</div><div class="q2"> and to the hills, &#8220;Cover us!&#8221;&#8198;&#8217; # 23:30 
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 </div><div class="m"> 31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 32Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals&#8212;one on his right, the other on his left. 34Jesus said, &#8220;Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.&#8221;#23:34 Some early manuscripts do not have this sentence. And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.</div><div class="p"> 35The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, &#8220;He saved others; let him save himself if he is God&#8217;s Messiah, the Chosen One.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 36The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37and said, &#8220;If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 38There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.</div><div class="p"> 39One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 40But the other criminal rebuked him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you fear God,&#8221; he said, &#8220;since you are under the same sentence? 41We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 42Then he said, &#8220;Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.#23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 43Jesus answered him, &#8220;Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">The Death of Jesus</div><div class="p"> 44It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46Jesus called out with a loud voice, &#8220;Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.&#8221;#23:46 Psalm 31:5 When he had said this, he breathed his last.</div><div class="p"> 47The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, &#8220;Surely this was a righteous man.&#8221; 48When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.</div><div class="s1">The Burial of Jesus</div><div class="p"> 50Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus&#8217; body. 53Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.</div><div class="p"> 55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.</div>
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 <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1">The Lord Speaks</div><div class="p"> 1Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:</div><div class="q1"> 2&#8220;Who is this that obscures my plans</div><div class="q2">with words without knowledge?</div><div class="q1"> 3Brace yourself like a man;</div><div class="q2">I will question you,</div><div class="q2">and you shall answer me.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4&#8220;Where were you when I laid the earth&#8217;s foundation?</div><div class="q2">Tell me, if you understand.</div><div class="q1"> 5Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</div><div class="q2">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</div><div class="q1"> 6On what were its footings set,</div><div class="q2">or who laid its cornerstone&#8212;</div><div class="q1"> 7while the morning stars sang together</div><div class="q2">and all the angels#38:7 Hebrew the sons of God shouted for joy?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8&#8220;Who shut up the sea behind doors</div><div class="q2">when it burst forth from the womb,</div><div class="q1"> 9when I made the clouds its garment</div><div class="q2">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</div><div class="q1"> 10when I fixed limits for it</div><div class="q2">and set its doors and bars in place,</div><div class="q1"> 11when I said, &#8216;This far you may come and no farther;</div><div class="q2">here is where your proud waves halt&#8217;?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12&#8220;Have you ever given orders to the morning,</div><div class="q2">or shown the dawn its place,</div><div class="q1"> 13that it might take the earth by the edges</div><div class="q2">and shake the wicked out of it?</div><div class="q1"> 14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</div><div class="q2">its features stand out like those of a garment.</div><div class="q1"> 15The wicked are denied their light,</div><div class="q2">and their upraised arm is broken.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 16&#8220;Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</div><div class="q2">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</div><div class="q1"> 17Have the gates of death been shown to you?</div><div class="q2">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</div><div class="q1"> 18Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</div><div class="q2">Tell me, if you know all this.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 19&#8220;What is the way to the abode of light?</div><div class="q2">And where does darkness reside?</div><div class="q1"> 20Can you take them to their places?</div><div class="q2">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</div><div class="q1"> 21Surely you know, for you were already born!</div><div class="q2">You have lived so many years!</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 22&#8220;Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</div><div class="q2">or seen the storehouses of the hail,</div><div class="q1"> 23which I reserve for times of trouble,</div><div class="q2">for days of war and battle?</div><div class="q1"> 24What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,</div><div class="q2">or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?</div><div class="q1"> 25Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,</div><div class="q2">and a path for the thunderstorm,</div><div class="q1"> 26to water a land where no one lives,</div><div class="q2">an uninhabited desert,</div><div class="q1"> 27to satisfy a desolate wasteland</div><div class="q2">and make it sprout with grass?</div><div class="q1"> 28Does the rain have a father?</div><div class="q2">Who fathers the drops of dew?</div><div class="q1"> 29From whose womb comes the ice?</div><div class="q2">Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens</div><div class="q1"> 30when the waters become hard as stone,</div><div class="q2">when the surface of the deep is frozen?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 31&#8220;Can you bind the chains#38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty of the Pleiades?</div><div class="q2">Can you loosen Orion&#8217;s belt?</div><div class="q1"> 32Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons#38:32 Or the morning star in its season</div><div class="q2">or lead out the Bear#38:32 Or out Leo with its cubs?</div><div class="q1"> 33Do you know the laws of the heavens?</div><div class="q2">Can you set up God&#8217;s#38:33 Or their dominion over the earth?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 34&#8220;Can you raise your voice to the clouds</div><div class="q2">and cover yourself with a flood of water?</div><div class="q1"> 35Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?</div><div class="q2">Do they report to you, &#8216;Here we are&#8217;?</div><div class="q1"> 36Who gives the ibis wisdom#38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile</div><div class="q2">or gives the rooster understanding?#38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</div><div class="q1"> 37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?</div><div class="q2">Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens</div><div class="q1"> 38when the dust becomes hard</div><div class="q2">and the clods of earth stick together?</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 39&#8220;Do you hunt the prey for the lioness</div><div class="q2">and satisfy the hunger of the lions</div><div class="q1"> 40when they crouch in their dens</div><div class="q2">or lie in wait in a thicket?</div><div class="q1"> 41Who provides food for the raven</div><div class="q2">when its young cry out to God</div><div class="q2">and wander about for lack of food?</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1">The Collection for the Lord&#8217;s People</div><div class="p"> 1And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord&#8217;s people. 5And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 6So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7But since you excel in everything&#8212;in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you#8:7 Some manuscripts and in your love for us&#8212;see that you also excel in this grace of giving.</div><div class="p"> 8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.</div><div class="p"> 10And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.</div><div class="p"> 13Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. 14At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, 15as it is written: &#8220;The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.&#8221;#8:15 Exodus 16:18</div><div class="s1">Titus Sent to Receive the Collection</div><div class="p"> 16Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. 17For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. 18And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel. 19What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. 20We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. 21For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.</div><div class="p"> 22In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you. 23As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ. 24Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.</div>
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