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      <div class="chapter ch41" data-usfm="GEN.41.1+GEN.41.2+GEN.41.3+GEN.41.4+GEN.41.5+GEN.41.6+GEN.41.7+GEN.41.8+GEN.41.9+GEN.41.10+GEN.41.11+GEN.41.12+GEN.41.13+GEN.41.14+GEN.41.15+GEN.41.16+GEN.41.17+GEN.41.18+GEN.41.19+GEN.41.20+GEN.41.21+GEN.41.22+GEN.41.23+GEN.41.24+GEN.41.25+GEN.41.26+GEN.41.27+GEN.41.28+GEN.41.29+GEN.41.30+GEN.41.31+GEN.41.32+GEN.41.33+GEN.41.34+GEN.41.35+GEN.41.36+GEN.41.37">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted&#8212;thin and scorched by the east wind. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, &#8220;Today I am reminded of my shortcomings. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.41.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.41.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;I cannot do it,&#8221; Joseph replied to Pharaoh, &#8220;but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.41.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, &#8220;In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After them, seven other cows came up&#8212;scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.41.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">After them, seven other heads sprouted&#8212;withered and thin and scorched by the east wind. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.41.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, &#8220;The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.41.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.41.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.41.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.41.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.41.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.41.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.41.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.41.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.41.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.41.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.41.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.41.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.41.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.41.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Song of Praise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">We have a strong city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">God makes salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">its walls and ramparts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Open the gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">that the righteous nation may enter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">the nation that keeps faith.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will keep in perfect peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">those whose minds are steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">because they trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself, is the Rock eternal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He humbles those who dwell on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he lays the lofty city low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he levels it to the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">and casts it down to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Feet trample it down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the feet of the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the footsteps of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The path of the righteous is level;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="content">you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yes, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, walking in the way of your laws,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">judgments</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">we wait for you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">your name and renown</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">are the desire of our hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">My soul yearns for you in the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">in the morning my spirit longs for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">When your judgments come upon the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">the people of the world learn righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But when grace is shown to the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">they do not learn righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">and do not regard the majesty of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your hand is lifted high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">but they do not see it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you establish peace for us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="content">all that we have accomplished you have done for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="content">but your name alone do we honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are now dead, they live no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">their spirits do not rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">You punished them and brought them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">you wiped out all memory of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You have enlarged the nation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have enlarged the nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">You have gained glory for yourself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have extended all the borders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, they came to you in their distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">when you disciplined them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">they could barely whisper a prayer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:16 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As a pregnant woman about to give birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">writhes and cries out in her pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">so were we in your presence, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We were with child, we writhed in labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">but we gave birth to wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">We have not brought salvation to the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">and the people of the world have not come to life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But your dead will live, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">their bodies will rise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">let those who dwell in the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">wake up and shout for joy&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">your dew is like the dew of the morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">the earth will give birth to her dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Go, my people, enter your rooms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">and shut the doors behind you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">hide yourselves for a little while</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">until his wrath has passed by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming out of his dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">to punish the people of the earth for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">the earth will conceal its slain no longer.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="MAT.26.69"><span class="label">69</span><span class="content">Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. &#8220;You also were with Jesus of Galilee,&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v69" data-usfm="MAT.26.69"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="MAT.26.70"><span class="label">70</span><span class="content">But he denied it before them all. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v70" data-usfm="MAT.26.70"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="MAT.26.71"><span class="label">71</span><span class="content">Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, &#8220;This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v71" data-usfm="MAT.26.71"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="MAT.26.72"><span class="label">72</span><span class="content">He denied it again, with an oath: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know the man!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v72" data-usfm="MAT.26.72"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="MAT.26.73"><span class="label">73</span><span class="content">After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, &#8220;Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v73" data-usfm="MAT.26.73"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="MAT.26.74"><span class="label">74</span><span class="content">Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know the man!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v74" data-usfm="MAT.26.74"><span class="content">Immediately a rooster crowed. </span></span><span class="verse v75" data-usfm="MAT.26.75"><span class="label">75</span><span class="content">Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And he went outside and wept bitterly.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch27" data-usfm="MAT.27.1+MAT.27.2+MAT.27.3+MAT.27.4+MAT.27.5+MAT.27.6+MAT.27.7+MAT.27.8+MAT.27.9+MAT.27.10+MAT.27.11+MAT.27.12+MAT.27.13+MAT.27.14+MAT.27.15+MAT.27.16+MAT.27.17+MAT.27.18+MAT.27.19+MAT.27.20+MAT.27.21+MAT.27.22+MAT.27.23+MAT.27.24+MAT.27.25+MAT.27.26">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have sinned,&#8221; he said, &#8220;for I have betrayed innocent blood.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.27.4"><span class="content">&#8220;What is that to us?&#8221; they replied. &#8220;That&#8217;s your responsibility.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The chief priests picked up the coins and said, &#8220;It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So they decided to use the money to buy the potter&#8217;s field as a burial place for foreigners. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: &#8220;They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and they used them to buy the potter&#8217;s field, as the Lord commanded me.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:10 </span><span class="ft">See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Before Pilate</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, &#8220;Are you the king of the Jews?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.27.11"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have said so,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Pilate asked him, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge&#8212;to the great amazement of the governor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now it was the governor&#8217;s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:16 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">Jesus</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 17.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Barabbas. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, &#8220;Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">While Pilate was sitting on the judge&#8217;s seat, his wife sent him this message: &#8220;Don&#8217;t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Which of the two do you want me to release to you?&#8221; asked the governor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.27.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Barabbas,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?&#8221; Pilate asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.27.22"><span class="content">They all answered, &#8220;Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why? What crime has he committed?&#8221; asked Pilate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.27.23"><span class="content">But they shouted all the louder, &#8220;Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. &#8220;I am innocent of this man&#8217;s blood,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is your responsibility!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">All the people answered, &#8220;His blood is on us and on our children!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Nature of True Apostleship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, &#8220;Do not go beyond what is written.&#8221; Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign&#8212;and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world&#8212;right up to this moment.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Appeal and Warning</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore I urge you to imitate me. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?</span></span></div>
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