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\BibleBook{The  Good News According to  Luke}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The }
\BibleTitleTwo{Good News According to }
\BibleMainTitle{Luke }

\BibleSectionHeading{Dedication }

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\chapterNumber{1}To|strong="G1722" his|strong="G4012" Excellency|strong="H1347", Theophilus. 
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Many|strong="G4183" attempts|strong="H7972" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G4183" already|strong="H3528" made|strong="H6213" to|strong="G1722" draw|strong="H7579" up|strong="G1722" an|strong="G1722" account|strong="G1335" of|strong="G4012" those|strong="G3588" events|strong="H1697" which|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1473" reached|strong="H0935" their|strong="G1722" conclusion|strong="H5490" among|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249", 
\verseNumber{2}just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" by|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" beginning|strong="H7225" were|strong="G3588" eye-witnesses, and|strong="G2532" afterward|strong="G1096" became|strong="G1096" bearers|strong="H5449" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="G3956", therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="G2504" also|strong="G2504", since|strong="H3588" I|strong="G2504" have|strong="G3956" investigated|strong="G3877" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3956" events|strong="H1697" with|strong="G3956" great|strong="G3956" care|strong="H3027" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="G3956" very|strong="G4771" beginning|strong="H7225", have|strong="G3956" resolved|strong="H0559" to|strong="G1380" write|strong="G1125" a|strong="G1125" connected|strong="H5439" history|strong="H8435" of|strong="G3956" them|strong="G3956" for|strong="G3956" you|strong="G4771", 
\verseNumber{4}in|strong="G4012" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3739" may|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2443" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G2443" satisfy|strong="H7646" yourself|strong="H0859" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" accuracy of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" story|strong="G3056" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" lips|strong="H8193" of|strong="G4012" others|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Birth|strong="H3205", Parentage, Infancy|strong="H0517" and|strong="G3056" Boyhood }

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\verseNumber{5}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" reign|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" Herod|strong="G2264", king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" Judea|strong="G2449", there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" priest|strong="G2409" named|strong="G3686" Zechariah|strong="G2197", who|strong="G3588" belonged|strong="G1537" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" division|strong="G2183" called|strong="G3686" after|strong="G2532" Abijah|strong="H0029". His|strong="G1722" wife|strong="G1135", whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1096" Elizabeth|strong="G1665", was|strong="G1096" also|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="G1537" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" both|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" people|strong="G3956", who|strong="G3588" lived|strong="G1510" blameless|strong="H8549" lives|strong="H5315", guiding|strong="H7919" their|strong="G2532" steps|strong="H4609" by|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" commandments|strong="G1785" and|strong="G2532" ordinances|strong="G1345" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" child|strong="G5043", Elizabeth|strong="G1665" being|strong="G1510" barren|strong="G4723"; and|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" advanced|strong="G4260" in|strong="G1722" years|strong="G2250". 
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\verseNumber{8}One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588", when|strong="G1161" Zechariah|strong="G1096" was|strong="G1096" officiating as|strong="G1722" priest|strong="H3548" before|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316", during|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" turn|strong="H7725" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G1722" division|strong="G2183", 
\verseNumber{9}it|strong="G1525" fell|strong="H5307" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2596" lot|strong="G2975", in|strong="G1519" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1519" practice|strong="H6213" among|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" priests|strong="H3548", to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Temple|strong="G3485" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2962" burn|strong="G2370" incense|strong="G2370"; 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532", as|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Hour|strong="G5610" of|strong="G2532" Incense|strong="G2368", the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" praying|strong="G4336" outside|strong="G1854". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G1161" an|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Lord|strong="G2962" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588", standing|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" right|strong="G1188" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Altar|strong="G2379" of|strong="G1537" Incense|strong="G2368". 
\verseNumber{12}Zechariah|strong="G2197" was|strong="G2532" startled|strong="H2729" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="H5869" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" awe-struck. 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399", Zechariah|strong="G2197"; your|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G1162" has|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G1522", and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" wife|strong="G1135" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" will|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G1080" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207", whom|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" by|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" John|strong="G2491". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" a|strong="G2532" joy|strong="G5479" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" delight|strong="H2654"; and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" will|strong="G1510" rejoice|strong="G5463" over|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" birth|strong="G1078". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" great|strong="G3173" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"; he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" drink|strong="G4095" any|strong="G3361" wine|strong="G3631" or|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G3173" drink|strong="G4095", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" hour|strong="H8160" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2532" birth|strong="G2836", 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" reconcile|strong="H3722" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Israelites|strong="H3478" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" their|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4281" before|strong="G1799" him|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G4151" Elijah|strong="G2243", to|strong="G2532" reconcile|strong="H3722" fathers|strong="G3962" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" disobedient|strong="H4784" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" wisdom|strong="G5428" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" righteous|strong="G1342", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2090" ready|strong="G2090" for|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" a|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" prepared|strong="G2090" for|strong="G1909" him|strong="G2532".” 
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\verseNumber{18}“How|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" be|strong="G1510" sure|strong="G1097" of|strong="G2250" this|strong="G3778"?” Zechariah|strong="G2197" asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397". “For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" old|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" wife|strong="G1135" is|strong="G1510" advanced|strong="G4260" in|strong="G1722" years|strong="G2250".” 
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\verseNumber{19}“I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" Gabriel|strong="G1043",” the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" answered|strong="G3004", “who|strong="G3588" stand|strong="G3936" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" presence|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2316" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" bring|strong="G2097" you|strong="G4771" this|strong="G3778" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1096" silent|strong="G4623" and|strong="G2532" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1519" speak|strong="G2980" until|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" when|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" takes|strong="G1096" place|strong="G1096", because|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" believe|strong="G4100" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G2980", though|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" words|strong="G3056" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1096" fulfilled|strong="G4137" in|strong="G1519" due|strong="H2706" course|strong="H4256".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Meanwhile|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G1510" watching|strong="G4328" for|strong="G1722" Zechariah|strong="G2197", wondering|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" remaining|strong="H8300" so|strong="G2532" long|strong="G5549" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G3485". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" perceived|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3701" there|strong="G2532". But|strong="G1161" Zechariah|strong="H2148" kept|strong="G2532" making|strong="G2532" signs|strong="G1269" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" remained|strong="G1265" dumb|strong="G2974". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G5613" soon|strong="G5613" as|strong="G5613" his|strong="G1519" term of|strong="G2250" service|strong="G3009" was|strong="G1096" finished|strong="G1096", he|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G1096" home|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{24}After|strong="G3326" this|strong="G3778" his|strong="G1438" wife|strong="G1135", Elizabeth|strong="G1665", became|strong="G4815" pregnant|strong="G4815" and|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" seclusion|strong="G4032" for|strong="G1161" five|strong="G4002" months|strong="G3376". 
\verseNumber{25}“The|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" done|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3779" for|strong="G3754" me|strong="G1473",” she|strong="G3754" said|strong="G3754", “he|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2962" shown|strong="G4160" me|strong="G1473" kindness|strong="H2617" and|strong="G2250" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="G1722" public|strong="H1121" disgrace|strong="G3681" of|strong="G2250" childlessness under|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G2962" living|strong="H2416".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Six|strong="H8337" months|strong="G3376" later|strong="H0310" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" Gabriel|strong="G1043" was|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G2316" from|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" town|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" called|strong="G3686" Nazareth|strong="G3478", 
\verseNumber{27}to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" maiden|strong="H5291" there|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" engaged|strong="G3423" to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" named|strong="G3686" Joseph|strong="G2501", a|strong="G2532" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="G1537" David|strong="G1138". Her|strong="G3137" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Mary|strong="G3137". 
\verseNumber{28}Gabriel|strong="H1403" came|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1525" her|strong="G1438" presence|strong="H6440" and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="G3004" her|strong="G1438", saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" shown|strong="H7200" great|strong="G2532" favor|strong="H2580" – the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" is|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\verseNumber{29}Mary was|strong="G1510" much|strong="H7227" disturbed|strong="H1993" at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" words|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" wondering|strong="G1260" to|strong="G2532" herself|strong="H5315" what|strong="G3588" such|strong="G3778" a|strong="G2532" greeting could|strong="G3588" mean|strong="G1510", 
\verseNumber{30}when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" spoke|strong="G3004" again|strong="G2532", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" afraid|strong="G5399", Mary|strong="G3137", for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" favor|strong="G5485" with|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532", you|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2532" conceive|strong="G4815" and|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5088" him|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G2532" child|strong="G5207" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" great|strong="G3173" and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" ‘Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310",’ and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" give|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" David|strong="G1138", 
\verseNumber{33}and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" reign|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" descendants|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G3756"; And|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" kingdom|strong="H4467" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" end|strong="G5056".” 
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\verseNumber{34}“How|strong="G4459" can|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" be|strong="G1510"?” Mary|strong="G3137" asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397". “For|strong="G4314" I|strong="G1161" have|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" husband|strong="H0376".” 
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\verseNumber{35}“The|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" will|strong="G2316" descend|strong="H3381" on|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771",” answered|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397", “and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310" will|strong="G2316" overshadow|strong="G1982" you|strong="G4771"; and|strong="G2532" therefore|strong="G1352" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="G5207" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" ‘holy|strong="G4151",’ and|strong="G2532" ‘Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316".’ 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="G2532" Elizabeth|strong="G1665", your|strong="G2532" cousin|strong="G4773", is|strong="G1510" herself|strong="H5315" also|strong="G2532" expecting a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" in|strong="G1722" her|strong="G3708" old|strong="G2532" age|strong="G1094"; and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" now|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" sixth|strong="G1623" month|strong="G3376" with|strong="G1722" her|strong="G3708", though|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" barren|strong="G4723"; 
\verseNumber{37}for|strong="G3754" no|strong="G3756" promise|strong="H1697" from|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" fail|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" fulfilled|strong="H4390".” 
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\verseNumber{38}“I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" the|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G1399" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962",” exclaimed|strong="G3004" Mary|strong="G3137". “Let|strong="G1096" it|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" as|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004".” Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" left|strong="H7604" her|strong="G3708". 
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\verseNumber{39}Soon|strong="G1722" after|strong="G3326" this|strong="G3778" Mary|strong="G3137" set|strong="H7760" out|strong="G1519", and|strong="G1161" made|strong="G1161" her|strong="G1519" way|strong="G4198" quickly|strong="G1722" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" hill-country, to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" town|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1722" Judah|strong="G2455"; 
\verseNumber{40}and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" Zechariah’s|strong="G2197" house|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="H7592" Elizabeth|strong="G1665". 
\verseNumber{41}When|strong="G5613" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" heard|strong="H8085" Mary’s|strong="G3137" greeting, the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G1722" moved|strong="H4131" within|strong="G1722" her|strong="G3137", and|strong="G2532" Elizabeth|strong="G1665" herself|strong="H5315" was|strong="G1096" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", 
\verseNumber{42}and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2532" aloud|strong="H7442", “Blessed|strong="G2127" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" among|strong="G1722" women|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" blessed|strong="G2127" is|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2532" unborn child|strong="G1722"! 
\verseNumber{43}But|strong="G2532" how|strong="G4159" have|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" this|strong="G3778" honor|strong="H3519", that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" Lord|strong="G2962" should|strong="G3588" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"? 
\verseNumber{44}For|strong="G1063", as|strong="G5613" soon|strong="G1722" as|strong="G5613" your|strong="G3708" greeting reached|strong="G1096" my|strong="G3708" ears|strong="G3775", the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G1722" moved|strong="H4131" within|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473" with|strong="G1722" delight|strong="H2654"! 
\verseNumber{45}Happy|strong="G3107" indeed|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" she|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="H1697" which|strong="G3588" she|strong="G2532" received|strong="H3947" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" fulfilled|strong="G5050".” 
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\verseNumber{46}And|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" said|strong="G3004": 
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“My|strong="G1473" soul|strong="G5590" exalts|strong="G3170" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", 
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\verseNumber{47}and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" spirit|strong="G4151" delights|strong="H2654" in|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316" my|strong="G1473" Savior|strong="G4990", 
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\verseNumber{48}for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3754" has|strong="G3708" looked|strong="G3708" with|strong="G1909" favor|strong="H2580" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G3956" humble|strong="G5014" servant|strong="G1399" girl|strong="H5291". 
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From|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3568" on|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" generations|strong="G1074" will|strong="G1473" call|strong="G3106" me|strong="G1473" blessed|strong="G3106"! 
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\verseNumber{49}“For|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Almighty|strong="H7706" has|strong="G3748" done|strong="G4160" great|strong="G3173" things|strong="G3588" for|strong="G3754" me|strong="G1473", 
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and|strong="G2532" holy|strong="H6944" is|strong="G3588" his|strong="G4160" name|strong="G3686". 
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\verseNumber{50}He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" mercy|strong="G1656" on|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="G3588" 
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in|strong="G1519" every|strong="G2532" generation|strong="G1074". 
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\verseNumber{51}“Mighty|strong="G2904" are|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" deeds|strong="G4160" of|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" arm|strong="G1023"! 
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He|strong="G4160" has|strong="H3068" scattered|strong="G1287" the|strong="G1722" self-satisfied proud|strong="G5244", 
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\verseNumber{52}he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" cast|strong="G2532" down|strong="G2507" the|strong="G2532" mighty|strong="G1413" from|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" thrones|strong="G2362", 
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and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" uplifts the|strong="G2532" humble|strong="G5011", 
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\verseNumber{53}he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G1705" the|strong="G2532" hungry|strong="G3983" with|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2532" things|strong="G2756", 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rich|strong="G4147" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G1821" away|strong="G1821" empty|strong="G2756". 
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\verseNumber{54}“He|strong="G2474" has|strong="H3068" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H3318" his|strong="G3403" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="G1656" his|strong="G3403" servant|strong="G3816" Israel|strong="G2474", 
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ever|strong="H5769" mindful|strong="G3403" of|strong="G3816" his|strong="G3403" mercy|strong="G1656", 
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\verseNumber{55}as|strong="G2531" he|strong="G2532" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962", 
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to|strong="G1519" Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" descendants|strong="G4690" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G1519".” 
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\verseNumber{56}Mary|strong="G3137" stayed|strong="G3306" with|strong="G4862" Elizabeth about|strong="G5613" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1519" home|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{57}When|strong="G1161" Elizabeth’s time|strong="G5550" came|strong="G2532", she|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207"; 
\verseNumber{58}and|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3754" neighbors|strong="G4040" and|strong="G2532" relatives|strong="G4773", hearing|strong="H0241" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3170" goodness|strong="H2898" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3754", came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" share|strong="G4796" her|strong="G3754" joy|strong="G4796". 
\verseNumber{59}A|strong="G1096" week|strong="H7620" later|strong="H0310" they|strong="G2532" met|strong="H6298" to|strong="G2532" circumcise|strong="G4059" the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G3813", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588" Zechariah|strong="G2197" after|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" father|strong="G3962", 
\verseNumber{60}when|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" spoke|strong="G3004" up|strong="G2532", “No|strong="G3780", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" John|strong="G2491".” 
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\verseNumber{61}“You|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3762" relation of|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3754" name|strong="G3686"!” they|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004"; 
\verseNumber{62}and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" made|strong="G1161" signs|strong="G1770" to|strong="G2309" the|strong="G1161" child’s|strong="H3206" father|strong="G3962", to|strong="G2309" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" wished|strong="G2309" the|strong="G1161" child|strong="H3206" to|strong="G2309" be|strong="G3588" called|strong="G2564". 
\verseNumber{63}Asking|strong="G3004" for|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" writing|strong="G1125" tablet|strong="G4093", he|strong="G2532" wrote|strong="G1125" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" – ‘His|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" is|strong="G1510" John|strong="G2491".’ Everyone|strong="G3956" was|strong="G1510" surprised|strong="G2296" 
\verseNumber{64}and|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G3916" Zechariah|strong="H2148" recovered|strong="H7725" his|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G4750" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" use|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G2532" tongue|strong="G1100", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" bless|strong="G2127" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{65}All|strong="G3956" their|strong="G1438" neighbors|strong="G4039" were|strong="G3588" awe-struck at|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" throughout|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hill-country of|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3650" story|strong="H4605" was|strong="G1096" much|strong="H7227" talked|strong="G1255" about|strong="G1909". 
\verseNumber{66}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G5101" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G5087" it|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" mind|strong="G2588", asking|strong="G3004" one|strong="G3956" another|strong="G3588" – “What|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" child|strong="G3813" be|strong="G1510" destined|strong="G5087" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510"?” For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" Power|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{67}Then|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" Zechariah|strong="G2197" was|strong="G3588" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532", speaking|strong="G3004" under|strong="H8478" inspiration|strong="H3820", said|strong="G3004": 
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\verseNumber{68}“Blessed|strong="G2128" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Israel|strong="G2474", 
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who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" visited|strong="G1980" his|strong="G4160" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" wrought|strong="G4160" their|strong="G2532" deliverance|strong="H8668", 
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\verseNumber{69}and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" for|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249" the|strong="G1722" strength|strong="H5797" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991" 
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in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G3816" David|strong="G1138" – 
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\verseNumber{70}as|strong="G2531" he|strong="G3588" promised|strong="H1696" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" lips|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" holy|strong="H6944" prophets|strong="G4396" of|strong="G1223" old|strong="H1121" – 
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\verseNumber{71}salvation|strong="G4991" from|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2532" enemies|strong="G2190" and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" hate|strong="G3404" us|strong="G2249", 
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\verseNumber{72}showing|strong="H6213" mercy|strong="G1656" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962", 
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and|strong="G2532" mindful|strong="G3403" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4160" sacred|strong="H6944" covenant|strong="G1242". 
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\verseNumber{73}This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G4314" oath|strong="G3727" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" swore|strong="G3660" to|strong="G4314" our|strong="G4314" ancestor|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085" – 
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\verseNumber{74}that|strong="G1537" we|strong="H0587" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="G2190" rescued|strong="G4506" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G1537" enemies|strong="G2190", 
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\verseNumber{75}and|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="G3588" without|strong="G2532" fear|strong="H3372" in|strong="G1722" holiness|strong="G3742" and|strong="G2532" righteousness|strong="G1343", 
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in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" presence|strong="G1799" all|strong="G3956" our|strong="G2532" days|strong="G2250". 
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\verseNumber{76}And|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771", child|strong="G3813", will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" prophet|strong="G4396" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310", 
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for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4313" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2090" ready|strong="G2090" his|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598", 
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\verseNumber{77}to|strong="G1722" give|strong="G1325" his|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" the|strong="G1722" knowledge|strong="G1108" of|strong="G1722" salvation|strong="G4991" 
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through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" forgiveness|strong="H5547" of|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" sins|strong="H2403", 
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\verseNumber{78}through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" tender|strong="G4698" mercy|strong="G1656" of|strong="G1537" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", 
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whereby|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" dawn|strong="H7837" will|strong="G2316" break|strong="H7665" on|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", 
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\verseNumber{79}to|strong="G1519" give|strong="G1473" light|strong="G2014" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" live|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" darkness|strong="G4655" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" shadow|strong="G4639" of|strong="G2532" death|strong="G2288", 
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and|strong="G2532" guide|strong="G2720" our|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515".” 
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\verseNumber{80}The|strong="G1722" child|strong="G3813" grew|strong="H1431" and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" strong|strong="G2901" in|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wilds until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" came|strong="G2532" for|strong="G4314" his|strong="G1722" appearance|strong="H4758" before|strong="G4314" Israel|strong="G2474". 
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\chapterNumber{2}About|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" an|strong="G1722" edict|strong="H1697" was|strong="G1096" issued|strong="H7761" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Emperor Augustus that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" census|strong="H7218" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1096" taken|strong="G1096" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" Empire|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{2}(This|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" census|strong="H7218" taken|strong="G1096" while|strong="G1096" Quirinius|strong="G2958" was|strong="G1096" Governor|strong="G2230" of|strong="G3588" Syria|strong="G4947"). 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" town|strong="G4172" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" registered|strong="H3789". 
\verseNumber{4}Among|strong="G1519" others|strong="G3588" Joseph|strong="G2501" went|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" of|strong="G1537" Nazareth|strong="G3478" in|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" to|strong="G1519" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" of|strong="G1537" David|strong="G1138", in|strong="G1519" Judea|strong="G2449" – because|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" belonged|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" family|strong="G3965" and|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G1537" David|strong="G1138" – 
\verseNumber{5}to|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" registered|strong="H3789" with|strong="G4862" Mary|strong="G3137", his|strong="G3588" engaged|strong="G3423" wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{6}While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" her|strong="G1438" time|strong="G2250" came|strong="G1096", 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" first|strong="G3588" child|strong="G1722", a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207". And|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1360" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" room|strong="G5117" for|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" inn|strong="G2646", she|strong="G2532" swathed him|strong="G3588" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" manger|strong="G5336". 
\verseNumber{8}In|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" same|strong="G2532" countryside|strong="G5561" were|strong="G1510" shepherds|strong="G4166" out|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" open|strong="H6605" fields|strong="G5561", watching|strong="G5442" their|strong="G2532" flocks|strong="H6629" that|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571", 
\verseNumber{9}when|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" suddenly|strong="G2962" stood|strong="G2186" by|strong="G2532" them|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" shone|strong="G4034" around|strong="G4034" them|strong="G1438"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" seized|strong="H8610" with|strong="G2532" fear|strong="G5401". 
\verseNumber{10}“Have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3361" fear|strong="G5399",” the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="G3004". “For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2097" you|strong="G5210" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" joy|strong="G5479" in|strong="G2532" store|strong="H4543" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" nation|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="G3739" day|strong="G4594" there|strong="G3754" has|strong="G2962" been|strong="G1510" born|strong="G5088" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" town|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2962" David|strong="G1138", a|strong="G1722" Savior|strong="G4990", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" Christ|strong="G5547" and|strong="G2962" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" sign|strong="G4592" for|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210". You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" the|strong="G1722" infant|strong="H3243" swathed, and|strong="G2532" lying|strong="G2749" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" manger|strong="G5336".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" suddenly|strong="G1810" there|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G1096" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G2532" angel|strong="H4397" a|strong="G1096" multitude|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" heavenly|strong="G3770" Host|strong="G4756", praising|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" singing|strong="H7440" – 
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\verseNumber{14}“glory|strong="G1391" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" on|strong="G1909" high|strong="G5310", 
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and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093" peace|strong="G1515" among|strong="G1722" those|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="G2532" finds|strong="H4672" pleasure|strong="G2107".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="G2532", when|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" had|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" gone|strong="G1330" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772", the|strong="G2532" shepherds|strong="G4166" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3739" another|strong="G3739", “Let|strong="G1096" us|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1330" at|strong="G1519" once|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1519" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", and|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3778" thing|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2962" happened|strong="G1096", of|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" told|strong="G2980" us|strong="G1519".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" quickly|strong="G4692", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" and|strong="G2532" Joseph|strong="G2501", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" infant|strong="H3243" lying|strong="G2749" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" manger|strong="G5336"; 
\verseNumber{17}and|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" told|strong="G2980" of|strong="G4012" all|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="H1961" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2980" them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778" child|strong="G3813". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="G2532" shepherds|strong="G4166" were|strong="G3588" astonished|strong="G2296" at|strong="G4314" their|strong="G1438" story|strong="H4605", 
\verseNumber{19}while|strong="G1722" Mary|strong="G3137" treasured|strong="G4933" in|strong="G1722" her|strong="G3956" heart|strong="G2588" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G1161", and|strong="G1161" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="G1722" it|strong="G1161" often|strong="H1767". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" shepherds|strong="G4166" went|strong="G2532" back|strong="G5290", giving|strong="H5414" glory|strong="G1392" and|strong="G2532" praise|strong="G1392" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" and|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708". It|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" happened|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2531" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2980". 
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\verseNumber{21}Eight|strong="G3638" days|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3753" the|strong="G1722" birth|strong="G2836" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G1722", when|strong="G3753" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" to|strong="G2532" circumcise|strong="G4059" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424" – the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" given|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" angel|strong="H4397" before|strong="G4253" his|strong="G1722" conception|strong="H2032". 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G3753" the|strong="G2532" period|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2250" purification|strong="G2512" of|strong="G2250" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="G2532" child|strong="H3206", required|strong="H7592" by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G2250" Moses|strong="G3475", came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" an|strong="G2532" end|strong="G1519", his|strong="G1519" parents|strong="H0001" took|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="H3206" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" to|strong="G1519" present|strong="G3936" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", 
\verseNumber{23}in|strong="G1722" compliance with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" that|strong="G3754" every|strong="G3956" firstborn|strong="G3388" male|strong="H2145" will|strong="G2962" be|strong="G3956" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" offer|strong="G1325" the|strong="G1722" sacrifice|strong="G2378" required|strong="H7592" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" – a|strong="G2532" pair|strong="G2201" of|strong="G2532" turtle-doves or|strong="G2228" two|strong="G1417" young|strong="G3502" pigeons|strong="G4058". 
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\verseNumber{25}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" time|strong="G1909" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" named|strong="G3686" Simeon|strong="G4826", a|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" and|strong="G2532" devout|strong="G2126" man|strong="G3778", who|strong="G3739" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" constant|strong="H2956" expectation|strong="H8615" of|strong="G4151" Israel’s|strong="H3478" consulation, and|strong="G2532" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" guidance|strong="H8458" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{26}It|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" revealed|strong="G5537" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" die|strong="G2288" until|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{27}Moved|strong="H4131" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151", Simeon|strong="H8095" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts|strong="H2691", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" parents|strong="G1118" brought|strong="G1521" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G3813" Jesus|strong="G2424", to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" customary|strong="H3117" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551", 
\verseNumber{28}Simeon|strong="H8095" himself|strong="G1519" took|strong="G1209" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="H3206" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" arms|strong="H2220", and|strong="G2532" blessed|strong="G2127" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004": 
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\verseNumber{29}“Now|strong="G3568", Lord|strong="G1203", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1401" let|strong="H7971" your|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G1401" go|strong="H1980", 
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according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" your|strong="G1722" word|strong="G4487", in|strong="G1722" peace|strong="G1515", 
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\verseNumber{30}for|strong="G3754" my|strong="G3708" eyes|strong="G3788" have|strong="G1473" seen|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" salvation|strong="G4992" 
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\verseNumber{31}which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3956" prepared|strong="G2090" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" sight|strong="G4383" of|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3956" nations|strong="H1471" – 
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\verseNumber{32}a|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484", 
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and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" Israel|strong="G2474".” 
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\verseNumber{33}While|strong="G2980" the|strong="G2532" child’s|strong="H3206" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" were|strong="G1510" wondering|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" said|strong="G2980" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{34}Simeon|strong="G4826" gave|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" blessing|strong="G2127", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Mary|strong="G3137", the|strong="G1722" child’s|strong="H3206" mother|strong="G3384", “This|strong="G3778" child|strong="G1722" is|strong="G3588" appointed|strong="G2749" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" cause|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" fall|strong="G4431" and|strong="G2532" rise|strong="H6965" of|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" in|strong="G1722" Israel|strong="G2474", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="G4592" much|strong="G4183" spoken|strong="G3004" against|strong="G4314" – 
\verseNumber{35}Yes|strong="G1161", the|strong="G2532" sword|strong="G4501" will|strong="G2532" pierce|strong="G1330" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" heart|strong="G2588" – and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" thoughts|strong="G1261" in|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" minds|strong="G2588" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" disclosed|strong="H5046".” 
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\verseNumber{36}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="H5030" named|strong="H7121" Hannah|strong="H2584", a|strong="G2532" daughter|strong="G2364" of|strong="G1537" Phanuel|strong="G5323" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" tribe|strong="G5443" of|strong="G1537" Asher|strong="H0836". She|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" far|strong="G3588" advanced|strong="G4260" in|strong="G1722" years|strong="G2094", having|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G2198" with|strong="G3326" her|strong="G3588" husband|strong="H0376" for|strong="G1722" seven|strong="G2033" years|strong="G2094" after|strong="G3326" marriage|strong="G3932", 
\verseNumber{37}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" widow|strong="G5503", until|strong="G2193" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" reached|strong="H0935" the|strong="G2532" age|strong="G2094" of|strong="G2250" eighty-four|strong="G3589". She|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts|strong="H2691", but|strong="G2532", fasting|strong="G3521" and|strong="G2532" praying|strong="H6419", worshiped|strong="H7812" God|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{38}At|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588" moment|strong="G5610" she|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" publicly|strong="H3318" to|strong="G2532" thank|strong="H3034" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="H3206" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" looking|strong="G4327" for|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" deliverance|strong="H8668" of|strong="G4012" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" child’s|strong="H3206" parents|strong="H0001" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213" everything|strong="G3956" required|strong="H7592" by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G1994" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" town|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3478". 
\verseNumber{40}The|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" grew|strong="H1431" and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" strong|strong="G2901" and|strong="G2532" wise|strong="H2450", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G5485" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{41}Every|strong="G2596" year|strong="G2094" the|strong="G2532" child’s|strong="H3206" parents|strong="G1118" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" Festival|strong="G1859". 
\verseNumber{42}When|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094" old|strong="G2094", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2532" custom|strong="G1485" to|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
\verseNumber{43}and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" finished|strong="G5048" their|strong="G1438" visit|strong="H6485"; but|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" started|strong="G5290" to|strong="G2532" return|strong="G5290", the|strong="G1722" boy|strong="G3816" Jesus|strong="G2424" remained|strong="G5278" behind|strong="G5278" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", without|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" knowing|strong="G1097" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{44}Thinking|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" travelers|strong="H5674", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" one|strong="G3588" day’s|strong="G2250" journey|strong="G3598" before|strong="G1722" searching|strong="H2664" for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" among|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" relatives|strong="G4773" and|strong="G2532" acquaintances|strong="G1110"; 
\verseNumber{45}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" find|strong="G2147" him|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", searching|strong="H2664" everywhere|strong="H3605" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{46}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" not|strong="G2532" until|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts|strong="H2691", sitting|strong="G2516" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" teachers|strong="G1320", now|strong="G2532" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", now|strong="G2532" asking|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588" questions|strong="G1905". 
\verseNumber{47}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" marveled at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G3956" intelligence|strong="H7919" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" answers|strong="H6030". 
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\verseNumber{48}His|strong="G4160" parents|strong="G3962" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1605" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4160" mother|strong="G3384" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “My|strong="G3708" child|strong="G5043", why|strong="G5101" have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" treated|strong="G4160" us|strong="G3004" like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3588"? Your|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" searching|strong="G2212" for|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" in|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" distress|strong="H6869".” 
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\verseNumber{49}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w made|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w search|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*?”} he|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Father’s|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{50}His|strong="G2532" parents|strong="H0001" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G4920" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" meant|strong="H2803". 
\verseNumber{51}However|strong="H0389" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2597" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" Nazareth|strong="G3478", and|strong="G2532" submitted|strong="H5414" himself|strong="G2588" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" control|strong="G5293"; and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" mother|strong="G3384" treasured|strong="G1301" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" said|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" her|strong="G1519" heart|strong="G2588". 
\verseNumber{52}And|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" grew|strong="H1431" in|strong="G1722" wisdom|strong="G4678" as|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" grew|strong="H1431" in|strong="G1722" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="G2532" gained|strong="H1214" the|strong="G1722" blessing|strong="G5485" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588". 

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\chapterNumber{3}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" fifteenth|strong="G4003" year|strong="G2094" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" reign|strong="G2231" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Emperor Tiberius|strong="G5086", when|strong="G1161" Pontius|strong="G4194" Pilate|strong="G4091" was|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2230" of|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449", Herod|strong="G2264" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056", his|strong="G1722" brother|strong="H0251" Philip|strong="G5376" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" territory|strong="H1366" comprising Ituraea|strong="G2484" and|strong="G2532" Trachonitis|strong="G5139", and|strong="G2532" Lysanias|strong="G3078" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="G2532" Abilene, 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" Annas and|strong="G2532" Caiaphas|strong="G2533" were|strong="G3588" high|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", a|strong="G1096" command|strong="G4487" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", the|strong="G1722" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Zechariah|strong="G2197", while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wilderness|strong="G2048". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3956" district|strong="G4066" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jordan|strong="G2446", proclaiming|strong="G2784" a|strong="G2532" baptism of|strong="G2532" repentance|strong="G3341", for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" forgiveness|strong="H5547" of|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{4}This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G3056" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3056" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" writings of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268" – 
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‘The|strong="G1722" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G3056" one|strong="G3588" crying|strong="H1058" aloud|strong="H7442" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wilderness|strong="G2048": 
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“Make|strong="G4160" ready|strong="G2090" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", 
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make|strong="G4160" his|strong="G1722" paths|strong="G5147" straight|strong="G2117". 
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\verseNumber{5}Every|strong="G3956" chasm|strong="H6354" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" filled|strong="G4137", 
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every|strong="G3956" mountain|strong="G3735" and|strong="G2532" hill|strong="G3735" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" leveled|strong="H6424". 
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The|strong="G2532" winding|strong="H3883" ways|strong="G3598" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" straightened|strong="H8626", 
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the|strong="G2532" rough|strong="G5138" roads|strong="G3598" made|strong="G4137" smooth|strong="G3006", 
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\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4992" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".”’ 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="G3767" John|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" crowds|strong="G3793" that|strong="G3588" went|strong="G1607" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3195" baptized by|strong="G5259" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="G5259" snakes|strong="H5175"! Who|strong="G5101" has|strong="G5101" prompted|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G3004" seek|strong="G5101" refuge|strong="H4733" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G3195" judgment|strong="H4941"? 
\verseNumber{8}Let|strong="G1063" your|strong="G2192" lives|strong="H5315", then|strong="G3767", prove|strong="H5254" your|strong="G2192" repentance|strong="G3341"; and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" among|strong="G1722" yourselves|strong="G1438" ‘Abraham|strong="H0085" is|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" ancestor|strong="G3962",’ for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" these|strong="G3778" stones|strong="G3037" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" raise|strong="G1453" descendants|strong="G2590" for|strong="G1063" Abraham|strong="H0085"! 
\verseNumber{9}Already|strong="G2235", indeed|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" axe|strong="H1631" is|strong="G3588" lying|strong="G2749" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" root|strong="G4491" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" trees|strong="G1186". Therefore|strong="G3767" every|strong="G3956" tree|strong="G1186" that|strong="G3588" fails|strong="H3615" to|strong="G1519" bear|strong="G4160" good|strong="G2570" fruit|strong="G2590" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G1581" down|strong="G1581" and|strong="G2532" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442".” 
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\verseNumber{10}“What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" then|strong="G3767"?” the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" asked|strong="G1905". 
\verseNumber{11}“Let|strong="G1161" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" two|strong="G1417" coats|strong="G5509",” answered|strong="G3004" John|strong="G3004", “share|strong="G3330" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" none|strong="G3361"; and|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" food|strong="G1033" do|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3668".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Even|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" baptized, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" John|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" are|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4160"?” 
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\verseNumber{13}“Do|strong="G4238" not|strong="G3367" collect|strong="G4238" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G3844" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G5210" authority|strong="H3027" to|strong="G4314" demand|strong="H7592",” John|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4754" on|strong="G1161" active|strong="G4754" service|strong="G4754" asked|strong="G1905" “And|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" – what|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4160"?” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Never|strong="G3367" use|strong="G3588" violence|strong="H2555", or|strong="G2532" exact|strong="H5065" anything|strong="G3367" by|strong="G4314" false|strong="H8267" accusation|strong="G4811"; and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" content|strong="G4160" with|strong="G4314" your|strong="G2532" pay|strong="H7999".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="G2532", while|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" suspense, and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" debating with|strong="G1722" themselves|strong="G1722" whether|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" could|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547", 
\verseNumber{16}John|strong="G2491", addressing|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473", indeed|strong="G2532", baptize you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204"; but|strong="G1161" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" coming|strong="G2064" one|strong="G3739" more|strong="G2532" powerful|strong="G2478" than|strong="G2478" I|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" fit|strong="G2425" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" unfasten his|strong="G3956" sandals|strong="G5266". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" baptize you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" fire|strong="G4442". 
\verseNumber{17}His|strong="G1519" winnowing-fan is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G5495" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" clear|strong="G1245" his|strong="G1519" threshing-floor, and|strong="G2532" store|strong="G4863" the|strong="G1722" grain|strong="G4621" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" barn|strong="H4035", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" chaff|strong="H4671" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" burn|strong="G2618" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442" that|strong="G3739" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532".” 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3767" with|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" different|strong="G2087" appeals John|strong="G2097" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G1651" Herod|strong="G2264" the|strong="G2532" ruler|strong="H4910", for|strong="G4012" Herodia his|strong="G3956" brother’s|strong="H0251" wife|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G4190" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160", 
\verseNumber{20}Herod crowned|strong="H5849" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" by|strong="G1722" shutting|strong="H5462" John|strong="G2491" up|strong="G2623" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438". 
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\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="G1161" after|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" baptism of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1096" baptized and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" still|strong="H5750" praying|strong="G4336", the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772" opened|strong="H6605", 
\verseNumber{22}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" came|strong="G1096" down|strong="G2597" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" form|strong="G1491" of|strong="G1537" a|strong="G1096" dove|strong="G4058", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772" came|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" voice|strong="G5456" – “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" dearly|strong="H0157" loved|strong="H0157" son|strong="G5207"; you|strong="G4771" bring|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" great|strong="G2532" joy|strong="H8057".” 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G5613" beginning|strong="H7225" his|strong="G2532" work|strong="H4399", Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5613" thirty|strong="G5144" years|strong="G2094" old|strong="G2094". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" regarded|strong="H2803" as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Joseph|strong="G2501", whose|strong="G3588" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="G1510" – 
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Eli|strong="G2242", 
\verseNumber{24}Mattith, Levi|strong="G3017", Melchiah|strong="H4441", Janna|strong="G2388", Joseph|strong="G2501", 
\verseNumber{25}Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Amos|strong="H5986", Nahum|strong="G3486", Azaliah|strong="H0683", Nogah|strong="H5052", 
\verseNumber{26}Mattith, Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Shimei|strong="H8096", Joseph|strong="G2501", Josheh, 
\verseNumber{27}Johanan|strong="H3110", Rhesa|strong="G4488", Zerubbabel|strong="G2216", Salathiel|strong="G4528", Neriah|strong="H5374", 
\verseNumber{28}Melchiah|strong="H4441", Addi, Cosam|strong="G2973", Elmodam|strong="G1678", Er|strong="G2262", 
\verseNumber{29}Joshua|strong="G2424", Eliezer|strong="G1663", Joram|strong="H3141", Mattith, Levi|strong="G3017", 
\verseNumber{30}Simeon|strong="G4826", Judah|strong="G2455", Joseph|strong="G2501", Jonam|strong="G2494", Eliakim|strong="G1662", 
\verseNumber{31}Meleah, Menan|strong="G3104", Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Nathan|strong="G3481", David|strong="G1138", 
\verseNumber{32}Jesse|strong="G2421", Obed|strong="G5601", Boaz|strong="G1003", Salah|strong="H7974", Nahshon|strong="G3476", 
\verseNumber{33}Aminadab, Arni, Hezron|strong="G2074", Perez|strong="G5329", Judah|strong="G2455", 
\verseNumber{34}Jacob|strong="G2384", Isaac|strong="G2464", Abraham|strong="H0085", Terah|strong="G2291", Nahor|strong="G3493", 
\verseNumber{35}Serug|strong="H8286", Reu|strong="G4466", Peleg|strong="G5317", Eber|strong="H5677", Shelah|strong="G4527", 
\verseNumber{36}Kenan|strong="H7018", Arpachshad|strong="H0775", Shem|strong="G4590", Noah|strong="G3575", Lamech|strong="G2984", 
\verseNumber{37}Methuselah|strong="G3103", Enoch|strong="G1802", Jared|strong="G2391", Mahalalel|strong="H4111", Kenan|strong="H7018", 
\verseNumber{38}Enosh|strong="G1800", Seth|strong="G4589", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2316" Adam|strong="H0121", and|strong="G2316" Adam|strong="H0121", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
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\chapterNumber{4}On|strong="G1722" returning|strong="G5290" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="G2446", full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" led|strong="G2424" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wilderness|strong="G2048" for|strong="G1161" forty|strong="H0705" days|strong="H3117", tempted|strong="H5254" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" devil. 
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\verseNumber{2}All|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" he|strong="G2532" ate|strong="G2068" nothing|strong="G3762"; and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" over|strong="G1722", he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" hungry|strong="G3983". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1161" devil|strong="G1228" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" Son|strong="G5207", tell|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" stone|strong="G3037" to|strong="G2443" become|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="G5207" bread|strong="H3899".” 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Scripture|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* – ‘\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w alone|strong="G3441"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2198"\+w*.’”} 
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\verseNumber{5}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" devil led|strong="H1980" Jesus|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" showing|strong="H6213" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" single|strong="H0259" moment|strong="G4743" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" earth|strong="G3625", said|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{6}“I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2309" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" all|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" power|strong="G1849", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" splendor|strong="H1926" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588"; for|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" into|strong="G3860" my|strong="G1325" hands|strong="G3860" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" give|strong="G1325" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" wish|strong="G2309". 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" worship|strong="G4352" me|strong="G1473", it|strong="G1437" will|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" be|strong="G1510" yours|strong="G4771".” 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Scripture|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w* – ‘\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w worship|strong="G4352"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w worship|strong="G4352"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3441"\+w*.’”} 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" devil next|strong="G1519" led|strong="H1980" him|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532", placing|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" parapet|strong="H4624" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411", said|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" Son|strong="G5207" throw|strong="H7993" yourself|strong="G4572" down|strong="G2736" from|strong="G2532" here|strong="G1782", 
\verseNumber{10}for|strong="G1063" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘He|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3748" give|strong="G1781" his|strong="G4012" angels|strong="H4397" commands|strong="H6680" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771", to|strong="G1063" guard|strong="G1314" you|strong="G4771" safely|strong="H0983",’ 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G2532" ‘On|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" lift|strong="H5375" you|strong="G4771" up|strong="G2532", otherwise|strong="G3379" you|strong="G4771" might|strong="G2532" strike|strong="G4350" your|strong="G2532" foot|strong="G4228" against|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G3037".’” 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* – ‘\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w must|strong="G2046"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w tempt|strong="G1598"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.’”} 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" every|strong="G3956" kind|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" temptation|strong="G3986", the|strong="G2532" devil|strong="G1228" left|strong="H7604" Jesus|strong="G2532", until|strong="G2532" another|strong="G3588" opportunity|strong="G2540". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" Work|strong="G3956" in|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="H1551" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="G2532" Work|strong="G3956" in|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="H1551" }
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\verseNumber{14}Moved|strong="H4131" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151", Jesus|strong="G2424" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056". Reports|strong="H1697" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588" spread|strong="G1831" through|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3650" that|strong="G3588" region|strong="G4066"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" synagogues|strong="G4864", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" honored|strong="G1392" by|strong="G1722" everyone|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{16}Coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Nazareth|strong="G3478", where|strong="G3757" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" brought|strong="G2064" up|strong="G1519", Jesus|strong="G1525", as|strong="G1519" was|strong="G1510" his|strong="G1519" custom|strong="G1486", went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864", and|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="G1722" scriptures. 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" given|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" book|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268"; and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="G2532" book|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3757" it|strong="G2532" says|strong="H0559" – 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w The|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, }
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w proclaim|strong="G2784"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w year|strong="G1763"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Lord’s|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w favor|strong="G1184"\+w*.’} 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532", closing the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" returning|strong="H7725" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" attendant|strong="G5257", he|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523". The|strong="G1722" eyes|strong="G3788" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864" were|strong="G1510" fixed|strong="H3559" on|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" began|strong="G1161", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w very|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w passage|strong="H4569"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w hearing|strong="G3775"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{22}All|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" present|strong="G3778" spoke|strong="G3004" well|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" astonished|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" beautiful|strong="H3303" words|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3588" fell|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3956" lips|strong="G4750". “Isn’t|strong="G3780" Joseph’s|strong="G2501" son|strong="G5207"?” they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Doubtless|strong="H3588"\+w*,”} said|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w remind|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* – ‘\+w Doctor|strong="H2280"\+w*, \+w cure|strong="G2323"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4572"\+w*;’ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* ‘\+w Do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w own|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w country|strong="G3968"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*,”} he|strong="G1161" continued|strong="H5674", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w acceptable|strong="G1184"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w own|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w country|strong="G3968"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w There|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w doubtless|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w widows|strong="G5503"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Elijah’s|strong="G2243"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G3753"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heavens|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w closed|strong="G2808"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5140"\+w* \+w years|strong="G2094"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w six|strong="G1803"\+w* \+w months|strong="G3376"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w severe|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w famine|strong="G3042"\+w* \+w prevailed|strong="H1396"\+w* \+w throughout|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w country|strong="G1093"\+w*;} 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="G2243"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G3992"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w widow|strong="G5503"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Zarephath|strong="G4558"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* Sidonia.} 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w lepers|strong="G3015"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w time|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="G1666"\+w*, \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2511"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Naaman|strong="G3497"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="G4948"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{28}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864", as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778", became|strong="G3588" enraged|strong="H2196". 
\verseNumber{29}Starting|strong="H4161" up|strong="G3618", they|strong="G2532" drove|strong="G1544" Jesus|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1544" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172", and|strong="G2532" led|strong="H1980" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" brow|strong="G3790" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" hill|strong="G3735" on|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3739" their|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" stood|strong="G3588", intending|strong="H0559" to|strong="G2532" hurl|strong="H2904" him|strong="G3588" down|strong="G2193". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" passed|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" crowd|strong="H1995" and|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4198" on|strong="G4198" his|strong="G1223" way|strong="G4198". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" went|strong="G2532" down|strong="G2718" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584", a|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056". On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="G1605" at|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1909" teaching|strong="G1322", because|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1909" words|strong="G3056" were|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="H1696" with|strong="G1722" authority|strong="G1849". 
\verseNumber{33}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" a|strong="G2192" foul|strong="H0887" demon|strong="G1140" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532" loudly|strong="G3173", 
\verseNumber{34}“Stop|strong="H2308"! What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="H4270" with|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249", Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G2316" Nazareth|strong="G3479"? Have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" destroy|strong="H7843" us|strong="G2249"? I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" who|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" – the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="H6944" One|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"!” 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" demon|strong="G1140". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w silent|strong="H2790"\+w*! \+w Come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004". The|strong="G2532" demon|strong="G1140" flung the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3367" down|strong="G4496" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", without|strong="G3367" causing|strong="H7462" him|strong="G3588" further|strong="H5750" harm|strong="H7463". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" lost|strong="H0006" in|strong="G1722" amazement|strong="G2285", and|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3956" another|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" words|strong="G3056" are|strong="G3588" these|strong="G3778"? For|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" gives|strong="G3004" his|strong="G3956" commands|strong="G2004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" foul|strong="H0887" spirits|strong="G4151" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" marvelous|strong="H6381" authority|strong="G1849", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1096" out|strong="G1831".” 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="G2532" rumors|strong="H8052" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" through|strong="H3027" every|strong="G3956" place|strong="G5117" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" region|strong="G4066". 
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\verseNumber{38}On|strong="G1519" leaving|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864", Jesus|strong="G1525" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" Simon’s|strong="G4613" house|strong="G3614". Now|strong="G1161" Simon’s|strong="G4613" mother-in-law|strong="G3994" was|strong="G1510" suffering|strong="G4912" from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" severe|strong="G3173" attack|strong="H5221" of|strong="G4012" fever|strong="G4446", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G2065" Jesus|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" cure|strong="H0622" her|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{39}Bending|strong="H7817" over|strong="G1883" her|strong="G1438", he|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" fever|strong="G4446"; the|strong="G2532" fever|strong="G4446" left|strong="H7604" her|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G3916" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1161" care|strong="G1247" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{40}At|strong="G4314" sunset|strong="H8121", all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" friends|strong="H7453" suffering|strong="H6040" from|strong="G3588" various|strong="G4164" diseases|strong="G3554" took|strong="G2192" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2323"; and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" placed|strong="G2007" his|strong="G1438" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" everyone|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1520" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" cured|strong="G2323" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{41}And|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" demons|strong="G1140" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1492", screaming ‘You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316".’ Jesus|strong="G3004" rebuked|strong="G2008" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="G1439" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\verseNumber{42}At|strong="G1519" daybreak|strong="G2250", Jesus|strong="G1831" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" walked|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" lonely|strong="H3173" spot|strong="H0934". But|strong="G1161" crowds|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2250" people|strong="G3793" began|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" look|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" where|strong="G5117" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" and|strong="G2532" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G1519" detain|strong="H6113" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" prevent|strong="H6923" his|strong="G1519" leaving|strong="G4198" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{43}Jesus|strong="G3004", however|strong="G1161", said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w good|strong="G2097"\+w* \+w news|strong="G2097"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w towns|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w too|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w why|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2316"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{44}And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" proclamation|strong="G2784" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" synagogues|strong="G4864" of|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Once|strong="H6471", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" were|strong="G1510" pressing|strong="G1945" around|strong="G1945" Jesus|strong="G1510" as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056", he|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" standing|strong="G2476" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" Lake|strong="G3041" of|strong="G3056" Gennesaret|strong="G1082", and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" boats|strong="H0591" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" shore|strong="H8193". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="G2532" fishermen|strong="H1728" had|strong="G2532" gone|strong="H1980" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" washing|strong="G4150" the|strong="G2532" nets|strong="G1350". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="G1161", getting|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1093" the|strong="G1722" boats|strong="G4143", which|strong="G3739" belonged|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" Simon|strong="G4613", Jesus|strong="G1510" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" push|strong="H5055" off|strong="H3772" a|strong="G1519" little|strong="G3641" way|strong="G1722" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" shore|strong="G1093", and|strong="G1161" then|strong="G1161" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" and|strong="G1161" taught|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" finished|strong="G3973" speaking|strong="G2980", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Simon|strong="G4613", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Push|strong="H5055"\+w* \+w off|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w deep|strong="H8415"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w throw|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nets|strong="G1350"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w haul|strong="H5267"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{5}“We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" hard|strong="G2872" at|strong="G1909" work|strong="G2872" all|strong="G3650" night|strong="G3571", Sir|strong="H0113",” answered|strong="G3004" Simon|strong="G4613", “and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" caught|strong="G2983" anything|strong="G3762", but|strong="G1161", at|strong="G1909" your|strong="G3650" bidding|strong="H1697", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" throw|strong="H7993" out|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" nets|strong="G1350".” 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" so|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" enclosed|strong="G4788" such|strong="G3778" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" shoal of|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486" that|strong="G3588" their|strong="G2532" nets|strong="G1350" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" break|strong="G1284". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" signaled|strong="G2656" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" partners|strong="G3353" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G2087" boat|strong="G4143" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="G4815" them|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" filled|strong="G4130" both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" boats|strong="G4143" so|strong="G2532" full|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" fish|strong="H1710" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" almost|strong="H4592" sinking. 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="G1161" Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3588", he|strong="G1161" threw|strong="H7993" himself|strong="H5315" down|strong="G4363" at|strong="G1161" Jesus’|strong="G2424" knees|strong="G1119", exclaiming, “Master|strong="G2962", leave|strong="G1831" me|strong="G1473", for|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" sinful|strong="H2400" man|strong="H0376"!” 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" lost|strong="H0006" in|strong="G1909" amazement|strong="G2285" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" haul|strong="H5267" of|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G3956"; 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", too|strong="G2532", were|strong="G1510" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", Zebedee’s|strong="G2199" sons|strong="G5207", who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" Simon’s|strong="G4613" partners|strong="G2844". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*,”} Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Simon|strong="G4613", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w today|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w catch|strong="G2221"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2609" their|strong="G2532" boats|strong="G4143" to|strong="G2532" shore|strong="G1093", they|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" everything|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{12}On|strong="G1909" one|strong="G1520" occasion|strong="H5931" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" town|strong="G4172", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G1096" man|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" covered|strong="G1096" with|strong="G1722" leprosy|strong="G3014". When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" leper|strong="H6879" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G4098" himself|strong="H5315" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" face|strong="G4383" and|strong="G2532" implored|strong="G1189" his|strong="G1909" help|strong="H5826", “Master|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1437" only|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1437" are|strong="G1510" willing|strong="G2309", you|strong="G1437" are|strong="G1510" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2511" me|strong="G1473" clean|strong="G2511".” 
\verseNumber{13}Stretching|strong="G1614" out|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495", Jesus|strong="G3004" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588", saying|strong="G3004" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w willing|strong="G2309"\+w*; \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2511"\+w*.”} 
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Instantly|strong="H7281" the|strong="G2532" leprosy|strong="G3014" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" impressed|strong="H1419" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004" a|strong="G2532" word|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" anyone|strong="G3367", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w but|strong="G2532"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" added|strong="H3254", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w set|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="G1166"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4572"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priest|strong="G2409"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w make|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w offerings|strong="G4374"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cleansing|strong="G2512"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w manner|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w directed|strong="G3853"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="G3475"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G2531"\+w* \+w evidence|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cure|strong="H0622"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{15}However|strong="G1161", the|strong="G2532" story|strong="G3056" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2532" spread|strong="G1330" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" more|strong="G3123", and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" crowds|strong="G3793" came|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905" to|strong="G2532" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2323" of|strong="G4012" their|strong="G2532" illnesses|strong="H2483"; 
\verseNumber{16}but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1510" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" withdraw|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" lonely|strong="H3173" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336". 
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\verseNumber{17}On|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="G1321", some|strong="G3739" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" Doctors of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3547" were|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="G2521" near|strong="G1519" by|strong="G1722". (They|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" villages|strong="G2968" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" and|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2419"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G1510", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" work|strong="G1411" cures.) 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3739" men|strong="G3739" brought|strong="G5342" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" bed|strong="G2825" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" paralyzed|strong="G3886". They|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" get|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1909" and|strong="G2532" lay|strong="G5087" him|strong="G3739" before|strong="G1799" Jesus|strong="G1510"; 
\verseNumber{19}but|strong="G2532", finding|strong="G2147" no|strong="G3361" way|strong="G3319" of|strong="G1223" getting|strong="H7075" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" owing to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" up|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" roof|strong="G1430" and|strong="G2532" lowered|strong="G2524" him|strong="G3588" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" tiles|strong="G2766", with|strong="G4862" his|strong="G1223" pallet, into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" front|strong="G1715" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" their|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102", Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Friend|strong="H7453"\+w*, \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" began|strong="H2490" debating about|strong="G2980" this|strong="G3778". “Who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" speaks|strong="G2980" so|strong="G2532" blasphemously?” they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004". “Who|strong="G3739" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403" except|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" became|strong="G3588" aware|strong="G1921" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" debating, he|strong="G1161" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" exclaimed|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* debating \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="G1438"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w easier|strong="G2123"\+w*? – \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* ‘\+w Your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="H5545"\+w* you’? \+w Or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* ‘\+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* walk’?} 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*”} – he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" paralyzed|strong="G3886" man|strong="G1519" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w To|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* pallet, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w home|strong="G3624"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{25}Instantly|strong="H7281" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" before|strong="G1799" their|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="H5869", took|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" lying|strong="G2621" on|strong="G1909", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" home|strong="G3624", praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2983", one|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532", were|strong="G3588" lost|strong="H0006" in|strong="G2532" amazement|strong="G1611", and|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316"; and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" awe|strong="G5401" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" marvelous|strong="H6381" things|strong="G3588" today|strong="G4594"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}After|strong="G3326" this|strong="G3778", Jesus|strong="G3004" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" noticed|strong="G2300" a|strong="G2532" tax-gatherer, named|strong="G3686" Levi|strong="G3018", sitting|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5057" office|strong="H0530", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Follow|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{28}Levi|strong="H3878" left|strong="G2641" everything|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="G2532" Levi|strong="G3018" gave|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" banquet|strong="G1403" at|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614", in|strong="G1722" honor|strong="H3519" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510"; and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" number|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" having|strong="G2532" dinner|strong="H0737" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="H8451" belonging to|strong="G4314" their|strong="G2532" party|strong="H1870" complained|strong="G1111" of|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{31}In|strong="G2532" answer|strong="H6030" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w well|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w need|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w doctor|strong="H2280"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ill|strong="G2192"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w I|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w call|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* religious, \+w but|strong="G1342"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w outcast|strong="H5080"\+w*, \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w repent|strong="H5162"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{33}“John’s|strong="G2491" disciples|strong="G3101",” they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Often|strong="G4437" fast|strong="G3522" and|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" prayers|strong="G1162", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330", while|strong="G1161" yours|strong="G4674" are|strong="G3588" eating|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2532" drinking|strong="G4095"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Can|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w make|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* groom’s \+w friends|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w fast|strong="G3522"\+w* \+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w groom|strong="H2860"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* – \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w groom|strong="H2860"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fast|strong="G3522"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1161" an|strong="G2532" illustration, Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w No|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w ever|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w tears|strong="G4977"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w piece|strong="G1915"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w garment|strong="G2440"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w puts|strong="G1911"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w*; \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w only|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w tear|strong="G4977"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w garment|strong="G2440"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w piece|strong="G1915"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w match|strong="G4856"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w*.} 
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\chapterNumber{6}One|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" walking|strong="H1980" through|strong="G1223" cornfields, and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" picking|strong="G5089" the|strong="G1722" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="G1223" wheat|strong="H2406", and|strong="G2532" rubbing|strong="G5597" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" eating|strong="G2068" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{2}“Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3739" doing|strong="G4160" what|strong="G5101" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" allowable to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Sabbath|strong="G4521"?” asked|strong="G3004" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1161" Pharisees|strong="G5330". 
\verseNumber{3}Jesus’|strong="G2424" answer|strong="H6030" was|strong="G1510", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Haven’t|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w David|strong="G1138"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="G3983"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w companions|strong="G3588"\+w* –} 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w That|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w consecrated|strong="G4286"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ate|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w companions|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w though|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3441"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w priests|strong="G2409"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" added|strong="H3254", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{6}On|strong="G1722" another|strong="G2087" Sabbath|strong="G4521" Jesus|strong="G1525" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" synagogue|strong="G4864" and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321"; and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G1563" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" man|strong="G2087" there|strong="G1563" whose|strong="G3588" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G5495" was|strong="G1510" withered|strong="G3584". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="G1722" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Pharisees|strong="G5330" watched|strong="G3906" Jesus|strong="G2532" closely|strong="G3906", to|strong="G2443" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" work|strong="H4399" cures on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2532" charge|strong="G2723" to|strong="G2443" bring|strong="G2532" against|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{8}Jesus|strong="G3004", however|strong="G1161", knew|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" minds|strong="H5315", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" whose|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495" was|strong="G3588" withered|strong="G3584", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Stand|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w middle|strong="G3319"\+w*.”} The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" stood|strong="G2476" up|strong="G1453"; 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G1905"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* allowable \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* – \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w harm|strong="G2554"\+w*? \+w To|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w save|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w perish|strong="H0006"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532", looking|strong="G4017" around|strong="G4017" at|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Stretch|strong="G1614"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w*.”} The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" did|strong="G4160" so|strong="G2532"; and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" hand|strong="G5495" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1161" sound|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees were|strong="G3588" mad|strong="H1984" with|strong="G4314" rage|strong="H2534", and|strong="G2532" consulted|strong="H3289" together|strong="G4314" what|strong="G5101" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="G1161" about|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250", Jesus|strong="G1510" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" hill|strong="G3735", to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336", and|strong="G2532" spent|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G1273" night|strong="G1273" in|strong="G1722" prayer|strong="G4335" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G3753" day|strong="G2250" came|strong="G1096", he|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" chose|strong="G1586" twelve|strong="G1427" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588", whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" named|strong="G3687" ‘apostles.’ 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" Simon|strong="G4613" (whom|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" named|strong="G3687" Peter|strong="G4074"), and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" brother|strong="H0251" Andrew, James|strong="G2385", John|strong="G2491", Philip|strong="G5376", Bartholomew, 
\verseNumber{15}Matthew|strong="G3156", Thomas|strong="G2381", James|strong="G2385" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" Alphaeus, Simon|strong="G4613" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Zealot|strong="G2208", 
\verseNumber{16}Judas|strong="G2455" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" James|strong="G2385", and|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455" Iscariot|strong="G2469", who|strong="G3739" proved|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" traitor|strong="G4273". 
\verseNumber{17}Afterward|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2597" the|strong="G2532" hill|strong="H2022" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" stand|strong="G2476" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" level|strong="G3977" place|strong="G5117". With|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" numbers|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449", Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coast|strong="G5117" district|strong="H6418" of|strong="G2532" Tyre|strong="G5184" and|strong="G2532" Sidon|strong="G4605", 
\verseNumber{18}who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" restored|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" health|strong="H4832". Those|strong="G3588", too|strong="G2532", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" troubled|strong="G1776" with|strong="G2532" foul|strong="H0887" spirits|strong="G4151" were|strong="G3588" cured|strong="G2323"; 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G3588" trying|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" a|strong="G2532" power|strong="G1411" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" restored|strong="H7725" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532", raising|strong="H6965" his|strong="G1519" eyes|strong="G3788" and|strong="G2532" looking|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101", Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004": 
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\chapterNumber{7}When|strong="G1525" Jesus|strong="G1525" had|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" conclusion|strong="H5490" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" then|strong="G3956" had|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G4487" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G2992", he|strong="G3588" entered|strong="G1525" Capernaum|strong="G2584". 
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\verseNumber{2}A|strong="G2192" centurion|strong="G1543" in|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Roman army|strong="H2428" had|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" slave|strong="G1401" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" valued|strong="H5541", and|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" seriously|strong="H3820" ill|strong="G2192" – almost|strong="G3195" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" point|strong="G3195" of|strong="G1401" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="G1161", hearing|strong="H0241" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G1161" sent|strong="G2424" some|strong="G3588" Jewish|strong="G2453" elders|strong="G4245" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" request|strong="G2065" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" would|strong="G2064" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G1161" save|strong="G1295" his|strong="G4012" slave’s|strong="G1401" life|strong="G1295". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" found|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G2424", they|strong="G1161" earnestly|strong="G4709" implored|strong="G3870" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G3004" so|strong="G1161". “He|strong="G1161" deserves|strong="H1288" the|strong="G1161" favor|strong="H2580" from|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3739",” they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{5}“For|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" nation|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" himself|strong="H5315" built|strong="G3618" our|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="G2249".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G4198" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" great|strong="G3756" distance|strong="G3112" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" house|strong="G3614", the|strong="G1161" centurion|strong="G1543" sent|strong="G3992" some|strong="G3588" friends|strong="G5384" with|strong="G4862" the|strong="G1161" message|strong="H1697" – “Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" trouble|strong="G4660" yourself|strong="H0859", Sir|strong="G2962"; for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" unworthy|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2443" receive|strong="H3947" you|strong="G3004" under|strong="G5259" my|strong="G1525" roof|strong="G4721". 
\verseNumber{7}That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" why|strong="G1352" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" even|strong="G2532" venture|strong="H8537" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" myself|strong="G1683"; but|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" manservant|strong="H5650" be|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1683" am|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="G3778" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" orders|strong="H0560" of|strong="G5259" others|strong="G3588", with|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757" under|strong="G5259" me|strong="G1473"; and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5259" them|strong="G3588" ‘Go|strong="G4198",’ he|strong="G2532" goes|strong="G4198", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" another|strong="G3588" ‘Come|strong="G2064",’ he|strong="G2532" comes|strong="G2064", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" slave|strong="G1401" ‘Do|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778",’ he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{9}Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G3588" surprised|strong="G2296" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532", turning|strong="G4762" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" following|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w nowhere|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w met|strong="H6298"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w such|strong="G5118"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*!”} 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" messengers|strong="H4397" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624", they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" slave|strong="G1401" recovered|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{11}Shortly|strong="H7138" after|strong="G2532", Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" town|strong="G4172" called|strong="G2564" Nain|strong="G3484", his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" going|strong="G4198" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{12}Just|strong="G5613" as|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" approached|strong="G1448" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G4439" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172", there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" dead|strong="G2348" man|strong="G2348" being|strong="G1510" carried|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1161" burial|strong="H6900" – an|strong="G2532" only|strong="G3439" son|strong="G5207", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" mother|strong="G3384" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G5613" widow|strong="G5503". A|strong="G5613" large|strong="G2425" number|strong="G3793" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" her|strong="G3708". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" her|strong="G1438", the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" was|strong="G3588" moved|strong="G4697" with|strong="G2532" compassion|strong="G4697" for|strong="G1909" her|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1438", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w weep|strong="G2799"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4334" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="G2532" bier|strong="G4673", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" bearers|strong="H5449" stopped|strong="G2476"; and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Young|strong="G3495"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3495"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* – \+w Rise|strong="G1453"\+w*!”} 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498" man|strong="G3498" sat|strong="G3498" up|strong="G1325" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="G2980", and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" restored|strong="H7725" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384". 
\verseNumber{16}Everyone|strong="G3956" was|strong="G3588" awe-struck and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". “A|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" prophet|strong="G4396" has|strong="G2316" arisen|strong="G1453" among|strong="G1722" us|strong="G3004",” they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004". “God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" visited|strong="G1980" his|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992".” 
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\verseNumber{17}And|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" story|strong="G3056" about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G1831" spread|strong="G1831" all|strong="G3956" through|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" neighboring|strong="H0776" countries|strong="H0776" as|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{18}All|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" events|strong="H1697" were|strong="G3588" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" by|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G4341" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3992" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" to|strong="G4314" ask|strong="G3004" – “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" ‘the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G2064" one|strong="G5100",’ or|strong="G2228" are|strong="G1510" we|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" look|strong="G4328" for|strong="G4314" someone|strong="G5100" else|strong="G2228"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" found|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G3004", they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G1161" Baptist has|strong="G1510" sent|strong="H7971" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G4314" ask|strong="G3004" – Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" ‘the|strong="G1161" coming|strong="G2064" one|strong="G3588",’ or|strong="G2228" are|strong="G1510" we|strong="G2249" to|strong="G4314" look|strong="G4328" for|strong="G4314" somebody else|strong="G2228"?” 
\verseNumber{21}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G4183" time|strong="G5610" Jesus|strong="G1565" had|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2323" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" of|strong="G4151" diseases|strong="G3554", afflictions|strong="G3148", and|strong="G2532" wicked|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" given|strong="G5483" many|strong="G4183" blind|strong="G5185" people|strong="G4183" their|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" question|strong="H1697" was|strong="G3739", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w witnessed|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* – \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w blind|strong="G5185"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sight|strong="H5869"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lame|strong="G5560"\+w* \+w walk|strong="G4043"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lepers|strong="G3015"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w made|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2511"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w deaf|strong="G2974"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w raised|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w life|strong="G4043"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w good|strong="G2097"\+w* \+w news|strong="G2097"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w poor|strong="G4434"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w blessed|strong="G3107"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w person|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w finds|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w* hindrance \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G1161" John’s|strong="G2491" messengers|strong="H4397" had|strong="G3588" left|strong="G1831", Jesus|strong="G3004", speaking|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" crowds|strong="G3793", began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004" with|strong="G4314" reference|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" John|strong="G2491", 
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\verseNumber{29}(All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057", having|strong="G2532" accepted|strong="H7521" John’s|strong="G2491" baptism, acknowledged|strong="G1344" the|strong="G2532" justice|strong="G1344" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Pharisee|strong="G5330" who|strong="G5101" had|strong="G2532" invited|strong="G2564" Jesus|strong="G3004" saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3778", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438", “Had|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" been|strong="G1510" ‘the|strong="G1722" prophet|strong="G4396",’ he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" known|strong="G1097" who|strong="G5101", and|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" sort|strong="G4217" of|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" touching|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" outcast|strong="H5080".” 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161", addressing|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Simon|strong="G4613"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w something|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.”} 
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“Pray|strong="H6419" do|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", teacher|strong="G1320",” Simon|strong="G4613" answered|strong="G3004"; and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" began|strong="G2192", 
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\verseNumber{43}“I|strong="G3739" suppose|strong="G5274",” answered|strong="G3004" Simon|strong="G4613", “it|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3739" to|strong="G3004" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" forgave|strong="G5483" the|strong="G1161" greater|strong="G4183" debt|strong="H5386".” 
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\verseNumber{49}The|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3739" guests|strong="G4873" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" another|strong="G1438", “Who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" even|strong="G2532" pardons|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"?” 
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\chapterNumber{8}Shortly|strong="H7138" afterward|strong="G2517", Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" journey|strong="H1870" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" towns|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968", proclaiming|strong="G2784" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". With|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Twelve|strong="G1427", 
\verseNumber{2}as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" cured|strong="G2323" of|strong="G4151" wicked|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4151" infirmities. They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" Mary|strong="G3137", known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137" of|strong="G4151" Magdala (from|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" seven|strong="G2033" demons|strong="G1140" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" expelled|strong="H3423"), 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2532" Joanna|strong="G2489" (the|strong="G2532" wife|strong="G1135" of|strong="G1537" Herod’s|strong="G2264" steward|strong="G2012", Chuza|strong="G5529"), and|strong="G2532" Susannah, and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" others|strong="G2087" – all|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" whom|strong="G3588" provided|strong="G1247" for|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" apostles out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" resources. 
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\verseNumber{4}Once|strong="H6471", when|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G3588" collecting|strong="H4723", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" of|strong="G1223" town|strong="G4172" after|strong="G2596" town|strong="G4172" were|strong="G3588" flocking to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004", he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G2532" parable|strong="G3850", 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Other|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w seed|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w fell|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rich|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w soil|strong="G1093"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w grew|strong="G5453"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w hundredfold|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w*.”} After|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778", Jesus|strong="G3004" cried|strong="G5455" aloud|strong="H7442", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Let|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w ears|strong="G3775"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{9}His|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G3101" this|strong="G3778" parable|strong="G3850". 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Nothing|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w hidden|strong="G2927"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w brought|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w light|strong="G5318"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*, \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w ever|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w kept|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w hidden|strong="G2927"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w known|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w light|strong="G5318"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Take|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w*, \+w then|strong="G3767"\+w*, \+w how|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w*. \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w*, \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w*, \+w more|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w given|strong="G1325"\+w*; \+w while|strong="G3739"\+w*, \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seem|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{19}Presently|strong="H3117" Jesus’|strong="G3384" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" brothers|strong="H0251" came|strong="G3854" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G4314" join|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G2532" word|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" – ‘Your|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" brothers|strong="H0251" are|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476" outside|strong="G1854", wanting|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" you|strong="G4771".’ 
\verseNumber{21}His|strong="G1438" reply|strong="G3004", spoken|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532", was|strong="G1510", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w My|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H0251"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{22}One|strong="G1520" day|strong="G2250" about|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250", Jesus|strong="G3004" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" boat|strong="G4143" with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Let|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1330"\+w* \+w across|strong="G4008"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w lake|strong="G3041"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772". While|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" sailing|strong="G4126", Jesus|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G2597" asleep|strong="H3463". A|strong="G2532" squall swept|strong="H5595" down|strong="G2597" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G3041", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590" was|strong="G3588" filling|strong="H4390" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" danger|strong="G2793". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" roused|strong="H5782" him|strong="G3588". “Sir|strong="H0113", Sir|strong="H0113",” they|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2532", “we|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" lost|strong="H0006"!” Jesus|strong="G3004" rose|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" rushing|strong="H7494" waves|strong="G2830", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G1096", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" calm|strong="G1055" followed|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Where|strong="G4226"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w*?”} he|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004". But|strong="G1161" in|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" awe|strong="H1481" and|strong="G2532" amazement|strong="G2296" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588", “Who|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" be|strong="G1510", who|strong="G5101" commands|strong="G2004" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" winds|strong="H7307" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" waves|strong="H1530", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" obey|strong="G5219" him|strong="G3588"?” 
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\verseNumber{26}They|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" region|strong="G5561" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gerasenes|strong="G1086", which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" opposite|strong="H5048" side|strong="H6285" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056", 
\verseNumber{27}and|strong="G2532", on|strong="G1909" getting|strong="H7075" ashore|strong="G1831", Jesus|strong="G1831" met|strong="G5221" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="G5100", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" demons|strong="G1140" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", coming|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" town|strong="G4172". For|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2192" long|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550" this|strong="G3588" man|strong="G5100" had|strong="G2192" worn|strong="H1086" no|strong="G3756" clothing|strong="G2440", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3756" lived|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2192" house|strong="G3614", but|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" tombs|strong="G3418". 
\verseNumber{28}Catching|strong="H2480" sight|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5207" Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G2532" shrieked out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" himself|strong="H5315" down|strong="G4363" before|strong="G4363" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="H4270" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", Jesus|strong="G2424", Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310" God|strong="G2316"? I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G1189" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" torment|strong="H6887" me|strong="G1473".” 
\verseNumber{29}For|strong="G1063" Jesus|strong="G1831" was|strong="G3588" commanding|strong="G3853" the|strong="G2532" foul|strong="H0887" spirit|strong="G4151" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519". On|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183" occasions|strong="H8569" it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G4884" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532", even|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" secured|strong="H2388" with|strong="G2532" chains|strong="G1199" and|strong="G2532" fetters|strong="G3976", and|strong="G2532" watched|strong="H7200", he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" break|strong="G1284" through|strong="H3027" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="G3588" bound|strong="G1195" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" driven|strong="G1643" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" demon|strong="G1140" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" wilds. 
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w*?”} Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G1905". 
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“Legion|strong="G3003",” he|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G3004" (for|strong="G3754" many|strong="G4183" demons|strong="G1140" had|strong="G2424" taken|strong="H3947" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="G3686" him|strong="G3588"); 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" demons|strong="H7700" begged|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" them|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" bottomless pit|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{32}There|strong="G1563" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="G2532" many|strong="G2425" pigs|strong="G5519" close|strong="H5980" by|strong="G1722" feeding|strong="G1006" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hill-side; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" demons|strong="H7700" begged|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G1565" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" leave|strong="G2010" to|strong="G1519" enter|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". Jesus|strong="G1565" gave|strong="G2010" them|strong="G3588" leave|strong="G2010". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" herd|strong="H1241" rushed|strong="G3729" down|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" steep|strong="G2911" slope|strong="H3802" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G3041" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" drowned|strong="H2883". 
\verseNumber{34}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" tended them|strong="G3588" saw|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096", they|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5343" away|strong="G5343", and|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" news|strong="H1319" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" country|strong="H2022" around|strong="H5439". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2424" happened|strong="G1096", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424", they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" from|strong="G3844" whom|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" demons|strong="G1140" had|strong="G2424" gone|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", sitting|strong="G2521", clothed|strong="G2439" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" right|strong="G4993" mind|strong="G4993", at|strong="G4314" Jesus’|strong="G2424" feet|strong="G4228"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" awe-struck. 
\verseNumber{36}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" seen|strong="G3708" it|strong="G1161" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" how|strong="G4459" the|strong="G1161" possessed|strong="H3423" man|strong="G1139" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="H1961" delivered|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4128" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" region|strong="G4066" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gerasenes|strong="G1086" asked|strong="G2065" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" leave|strong="H5800" them|strong="G3588", for|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" terrified|strong="H0926". Jesus|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290". 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3739" from|strong="G1831" whom|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1161" demons|strong="G1140" had|strong="G1510" gone|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" begged|strong="G1189" Jesus|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" let|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588"; but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="G1831". 
\verseNumber{39}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w back|strong="G5290"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w home|strong="G3624"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w relate|strong="G1334"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w story|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.” \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w through|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whole|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w town|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w proclaimed|strong="G2784"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2424"\+w*, \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{40}On|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" return|strong="G5290", Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" welcomed|strong="H8085" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793"; for|strong="G1063" everyone|strong="G3956" was|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G4328" out|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1063" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{41}And|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" named|strong="G3686" Jairus|strong="G2383", who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864" leader|strong="H5387", came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G4098" himself|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Jesus’|strong="G2424" feet|strong="G4228", with|strong="G3844" entreaties that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" house|strong="G3624", 
\verseNumber{42}because|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1722" only|strong="G3439" daughter|strong="G2364", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5613" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094" old|strong="G2094", was|strong="G1510" dying|strong="H0006". As|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="G5217", the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793" were|strong="G1510" pressing|strong="G4846" closely|strong="H1692" around|strong="G4846" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" suffered|strong="H5414" from|strong="G2532" hemorrhage|strong="G4511" for|strong="G1722" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094", and|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3762" could|strong="G2480" cure|strong="G2323", 
\verseNumber{44}came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G2476" behind|strong="G3693" and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="G2532" tassel|strong="H6734" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" cloak|strong="G2440". Instantly|strong="H7281" the|strong="G2532" hemorrhage|strong="G4511" ceased|strong="H2308". 
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\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w touched|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*?”} Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G3004"; and|strong="G2532", while|strong="G1161" everyone|strong="G3956" was|strong="G3588" denying|strong="H3584" having|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213" so|strong="G2532", Peter|strong="G4074" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101", Sir|strong="H0113", the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" are|strong="G3588" crowding|strong="G4912" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" pressing|strong="H4330" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="G4771"!” 
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\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Somebody|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w touched|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*,”} said|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w felt|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1411"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w gone|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{47}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135", when|strong="G1161" she|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" discovered|strong="H1540", came|strong="G2064" forward|strong="H5265" trembling|strong="G5141", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="H7993" herself|strong="H5315" down|strong="G4363" before|strong="G1799" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" presence|strong="G1799" of|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", she|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" her|strong="G3708" reason|strong="G1223" for|strong="G3754" touching|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390" instantly|strong="H7281". 
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\verseNumber{48}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Daughter|strong="G2364"\+w*,”} he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w your|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w has|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w delivered|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*. \+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w peace|strong="G1515"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{49}Before|strong="G3844" he|strong="G3754" had|strong="G3588" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="G2980", someone|strong="G5100" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" synagogue leader|strong="H5387" and|strong="G2064" said|strong="G3004", “Your|strong="G3588" daughter|strong="G2364" is|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G2348"! Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3371" trouble|strong="G4660" the|strong="G3588" teacher|strong="G1320" further|strong="G2089".” 
\verseNumber{50}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424", hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3588", spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" leader|strong="H5387", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*; \+w only|strong="G3440"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4100"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w delivered|strong="H5414"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{51}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614", he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="G5100" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1519" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588", except|strong="G1487" Peter|strong="G4074", John|strong="G2491", and|strong="G2532" James|strong="G2385", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" child’s|strong="H3206" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384". 
\verseNumber{52}And|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" was|strong="G3588" weeping|strong="G2799" and|strong="G2532" mourning|strong="G2875" for|strong="G1063" her|strong="G1438". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w weep|strong="G2799"\+w*,”} Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*; \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w asleep|strong="G2518"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{53}They|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" laugh|strong="H7832" at|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", for|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{54}But|strong="G1161", taking|strong="G2902" her|strong="G3588" by|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" hand|strong="G5495", Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" in|strong="G3004" a|strong="G1161" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Child|strong="G3816"\+w*, \+w rise|strong="G1453"\+w*!”} 
\verseNumber{55}The|strong="G2532" child’s|strong="H3206" spirit|strong="G4151" returned|strong="G1994" to|strong="G2532" her|strong="G1325", and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" instantly|strong="H7281" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1325"; and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" ordered|strong="G1299" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" her|strong="G1325" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068". 
\verseNumber{56}Her|strong="G3588" parents|strong="G1118" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1839", but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" impressed|strong="H1419" on|strong="G1161" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Jesus|strong="G2532" called|strong="G4779" the|strong="G2532" Twelve|strong="G1427" together|strong="G4779", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" power|strong="G1411" and|strong="G2532" authority|strong="G1849" over|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" demons|strong="G1140", as|strong="G1161" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" cure|strong="G2323" diseases|strong="G3554". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2316" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" messengers|strong="H4397", to|strong="G2532" proclaim|strong="G2784" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" work|strong="H4399" cures. 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3367"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w take|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w journey|strong="G3598"\+w*; \+w not|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w staff|strong="G4464"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w bag|strong="G4082"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w silver|strong="H3701"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w clothes|strong="G5509"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Whatever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w stay|strong="G3306"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w*, \+w remain|strong="G3306"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1563"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w welcome|strong="G1209"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w town|strong="G4172"\+w*, \+w shake|strong="H7493"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dust|strong="G2868"\+w* \+w off|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w protest|strong="H5749"\+w* \+w against|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" from|strong="G2532" village|strong="G2968" to|strong="G2532" village|strong="G2968", telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" and|strong="G2532" curing people|strong="G3837" everywhere|strong="G3837". 
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\verseNumber{7}Herod|strong="G2264" the|strong="G2532" ruler|strong="H4910" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1096" happening|strong="G1096", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" perplexed|strong="G1280", because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" said|strong="G3004" by|strong="G1223" some|strong="G5100" that|strong="G3754" John|strong="G2491" must|strong="G5100" be|strong="G1096" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{8}Some|strong="G5100" again|strong="H7725" said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3754" Elijah|strong="G2243" had|strong="G3588" appeared|strong="G5316", and|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1161" old|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="G4396" had|strong="G3588" risen|strong="H6965" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264" himself|strong="H5315" said|strong="G3004", “John|strong="G2491" I|strong="G1473" beheaded|strong="H5493"; but|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" of|strong="G4012" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" hear|strong="G5101" such|strong="G5108" things|strong="G3778"?” And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" endeavored to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3739". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles returned|strong="G5290", they|strong="G2532" related|strong="G1334" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160". Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" privately|strong="G2398" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" called|strong="G2564" Bethsaida, taking|strong="G3880" the|strong="G2532" apostles with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" recognized|strong="G1097" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793"; and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" welcomed|strong="H8085" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316", while|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" need|strong="G5532" of|strong="G4012" help|strong="G4012". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" was|strong="G1510" drawing|strong="H5472" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" close|strong="H5980", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" twelve|strong="G1427" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Send|strong="H7971" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" away|strong="G4198", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" make|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" villages|strong="G2968" and|strong="G2532" farms around|strong="G2945" about|strong="G1722", and|strong="G2532" find|strong="G2147" themselves|strong="G1519" lodgings|strong="H4411" and|strong="G2532" provisions|strong="H6720", for|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" lonely|strong="H3173" spot|strong="H0934" here|strong="G5602".” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w something|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*.”} 
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“We|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G2228" five|strong="G4002" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486",” they|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004". “Unless|strong="G1487" indeed|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="G1033" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" people|strong="G2992".” 
\verseNumber{14}(For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1161" men|strong="G3588" among|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" five|strong="G4000" thousand|strong="G4000".) \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w seated|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w companies|strong="H7218"\+w*,”} was|strong="G1510" his|strong="G1438" reply|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w about|strong="G5616"\+w* \+w fifty|strong="G4004"\+w* \+w in|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1438"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{15}This|strong="G3779" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160", and|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4160" seated|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{16}Taking|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" five|strong="G4002" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486", Jesus|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G2127" over|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2622" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" pieces|strong="H5409", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" set|strong="G3908" before|strong="G3908" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{17}Everyone|strong="G3956" had|strong="G2532" sufficient|strong="H1767" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068", and|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" left|strong="G4052" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" broken|strong="G2801" pieces|strong="G2801" was|strong="G3588" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="G2532" – twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894". 
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\verseNumber{18}Afterward|strong="G1096", when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" alone|strong="G3441", praying|strong="G4336", his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3101" joined|strong="G1096" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" question|strong="G1905" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{19}“John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G1161" Baptist,” was|strong="G3588" their|strong="G3588" answer|strong="H6030". “Others|strong="G3588", however|strong="G1161", say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" Elijah|strong="G2243", while|strong="G1161" others|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G1161" old|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="G4396" has|strong="G5100" risen|strong="H6965" again|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*,”} he|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4074" on|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*?”} And|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G1161" Christ|strong="G5547" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G3004", however|strong="G1161", strictly|strong="H7650" charged|strong="G2008" them|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" to|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367"; 
\verseNumber{22}he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Man|strong="G5207" must|strong="G1163" undergo|strong="H7845" much|strong="G4183" suffering|strong="G3958", and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", and|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="H8451", and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194", and|strong="G2532" rise|strong="G1453" on|strong="G1210" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" all|strong="G3956" present|strong="G2596" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w any|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w one|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w wishes|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w walk|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w must|strong="G5100"\+w* renounce self, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w up|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w cross|strong="G4716"\+w* \+w daily|strong="G2250"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w follow|strong="G3694"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w wishes|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w save|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w lose|strong="H0622"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w sake|strong="G1752"\+w*, \+w loses|strong="H0582"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w* – \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w person|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w save|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w good|strong="G5623"\+w* \+w does|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w has|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w gained|strong="G2770"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w whole|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w world|strong="G2889"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w has|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w lost|strong="H0006"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w forfeited|strong="H2763"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="G1438"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w ashamed|strong="G1870"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1699"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G3056"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ashamed|strong="G1870"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w glory|strong="G1391"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w glory|strong="G1391"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w holy|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Indeed|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w some|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w standing|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w before|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w death|strong="G2288"\+w*, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{28}About|strong="G5616" eight|strong="G3638" days|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" speaking|strong="G3056" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" mountain|strong="G3735" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336", taking|strong="G1096" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G4074", John|strong="G2491", and|strong="G2532" James|strong="G2385". 
\verseNumber{29}As|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" praying|strong="G4336", the|strong="G1722" aspect of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" face|strong="G4383" was|strong="G1096" changed|strong="H8133", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" clothing|strong="G2441" became|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" dazzling|strong="H6703" white|strong="G3022". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" at|strong="G2532" once|strong="H6471" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417" were|strong="G1510" talking|strong="G4814" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510"; they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" Elijah|strong="G2243", 
\verseNumber{31}who|strong="G3739" appeared|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" glorified|strong="H6286" state|strong="H1696", and|strong="G1391" spoke|strong="G3004" of|strong="G1391" his|strong="G1722" departure|strong="G1841", which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" destined|strong="H3651" to|strong="G3004" take|strong="H3947" place|strong="G1722" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{32}Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" companions|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" overpowered|strong="H7981" by|strong="G2532" sleep|strong="G5258" but|strong="G1161", suddenly|strong="H6597" becoming|strong="H5000" wide|strong="H7341" awake|strong="G1235", they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G1510" glorified|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G1417" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G4921" beside|strong="H5921" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{33}And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1722" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" Elijah|strong="G2243" were|strong="G1510" passing|strong="G4074" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", Peter|strong="G4074" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “Sir|strong="H0113", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G2570" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G1096" here|strong="G5602"; let|strong="G1096" us|strong="G3004" make|strong="G4160" three|strong="G5140" tents|strong="G4633", one|strong="G1520" for|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" for|strong="G4314" Moses|strong="G3475", and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" for|strong="G4314" Elijah|strong="G2243".” He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004"; 
\verseNumber{34}and|strong="G2532", while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" speaking|strong="G3004", a|strong="G1096" cloud|strong="G3507" came|strong="G1096" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="G2532" enveloped them|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399", as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G3588" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" cloud|strong="G3507"; 
\verseNumber{35}and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" cloud|strong="G3507" came|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" voice|strong="G5456" which|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" – “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1473" Son|strong="G5207", the|strong="G2532" Chosen|strong="G1586" One|strong="G3588"; him|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" must|strong="G1096" hear|strong="G5456".” 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" voice|strong="G5456" ceased|strong="H2308", Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1096" found|strong="G2147" alone|strong="G3441". The|strong="G1722" apostles kept|strong="G4601" silence|strong="G4601", and|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" about|strong="G1722" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" seen|strong="G3708". 
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="G1161" next|strong="G1836" day|strong="G2250", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G1096" down|strong="G2718" from|strong="G2718" the|strong="G1161" mountain|strong="G3735", a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" met|strong="G4876" Jesus|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5207" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" shouted|strong="H7321" out|strong="G2532", “Teacher|strong="G1320", I|strong="G1473" entreat|strong="H2470" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2532" look|strong="G2400" at|strong="G1909" my|strong="G3708" son|strong="G5207", for|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G3708" only|strong="G3439" child|strong="G5207"; 
\verseNumber{39}all|strong="G2532" at|strong="G2532" once|strong="H6471" a|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" will|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" him|strong="G3708", suddenly|strong="G1810" shriek out|strong="G2896", and|strong="G2532" throw|strong="H7993" him|strong="G3708" into|strong="G3708" convulsions|strong="G4682" until|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" foams|strong="H2560", and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" him|strong="G3708" only|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" utterly|strong="H2763" exhausted|strong="H6296". 
\verseNumber{40}I|strong="G2532" entreated|strong="H2470" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G2443" drive|strong="G1544" the|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1544", but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756".” 
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\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Faithless|strong="H4878"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w perverse|strong="G1294"\+w* \+w generation|strong="G1074"\+w*!”} Jesus|strong="G2424" exclaimed|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w How|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w patience|strong="H3811"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*? \+w Lead|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{42}While|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="G3816" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G2532" demon|strong="G1140" dashed|strong="H7376" him|strong="G3588" down|strong="G4486" and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G4952" him|strong="G3588" into|strong="G2424" convulsions. But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" foul|strong="H0887" spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="G3816", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962". 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" present|strong="G4160" were|strong="G3588" struck|strong="H5221" with|strong="G4314" awe|strong="H1481" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" majesty|strong="G3168" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
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In|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3956" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3956" general|strong="H8269" astonishment|strong="H8047" at|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4160", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101", 
\verseNumber{44}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w carefully|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w my|strong="G5087"\+w* \+w words|strong="G3056"\+w*. \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w destined|strong="G5087"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w betrayed|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3778"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" understand|strong="H0995" the|strong="G2532" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778"; it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" concealed|strong="G3871" from|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" to|strong="G2443" question|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2443" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" meant|strong="G1510". 
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\verseNumber{46}A|strong="G1722" discussion arose|strong="G1525" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" as|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" greatest|strong="G3173"; 
\verseNumber{47}and|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424", knowing|strong="G1492" of|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1161" discussion that|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" occupying|strong="H3423" their|strong="G1438" thoughts|strong="G1261", took|strong="G1949" hold|strong="G1949" of|strong="G3844" a|strong="G3708" little|strong="H4592" child|strong="G3813", and|strong="G1161" placed|strong="G2476" it|strong="G1161" beside|strong="G3844" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{48}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Anyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sake|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w*, \+w welcomes|strong="G1209"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w little|strong="G3398"\+w* \+w child|strong="G3813"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* welcoming \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w welcomes|strong="G1209"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* welcoming \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w*. \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w least|strong="G3398"\+w* \+w among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* – \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w person|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w great|strong="G3173"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{49}John|strong="G2491" said|strong="G3004", “Sir|strong="H0113", we|strong="G2249" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" driving|strong="H4491" out|strong="G1544" demons|strong="G1140" by|strong="G1722" using|strong="G3004" your|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="G2532" prevent|strong="G2967" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" follow|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{50}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w None|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w prevent|strong="G2967"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3739"\+w*,”} Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" John|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w against|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*.”} 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1161" Journey|strong="H1870" to|strong="G4314" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="G1161" Journey|strong="H1870" to|strong="G4314" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{51}As|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" days|strong="G2250" before|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" being|strong="G1096" taken|strong="G1096" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="H8064" were|strong="G3588" growing|strong="G1722" few|strong="G1722", Jesus|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" face|strong="G4383" resolutely|strong="G4198" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" direction|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2250" Jerusalem|strong="G2419"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" messengers|strong="H4397" in|strong="G1722" advance|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{52}On|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G4198", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5613" Samaritan|strong="G4541" village|strong="G2968" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G2090" preparations|strong="H3559" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{53}but|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" welcome|strong="G1209" him|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1519" face|strong="G4383" was|strong="G1510" set|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" direction|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{54}When|strong="G1161" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Master|strong="G2962", do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" wish|strong="G2309" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" call|strong="G3004" for|strong="G1161" fire|strong="G4442" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G2597" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" consume|strong="H0398" them|strong="G3588"?” 
\verseNumber{55}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G4762" turned|strong="G4762" and|strong="G1161" rebuked|strong="G2008" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{56}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w another|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w village|strong="G2968"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{57}And|strong="G2532", while|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598", a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G4198" you|strong="G4771" wherever|strong="G3699" you|strong="G4771" go|strong="G4198".” 
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\verseNumber{58}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Foxes|strong="H7776"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w holes|strong="G5454"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wild|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w birds|strong="G4071"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nests|strong="G2682"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w nowhere|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lay|strong="G2827"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w head|strong="G2776"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{59}To|strong="G4314" another|strong="G2087" man|strong="G4413" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Follow|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.”} 
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“Let|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473" first|strong="G4413" go|strong="G2010" and|strong="G1161" bury|strong="G2290" my|strong="G1473" father|strong="G3962",” said|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G4413". 
\verseNumber{60}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w bury|strong="G2290"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w carry|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w far|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w wide|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w news|strong="H1319"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{61}“Master|strong="G2962",” said|strong="G3004" another|strong="G2087", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771"; but|strong="G1161" first|strong="G4413" let|strong="G1161" me|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004" goodbye to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" family|strong="G3624".” 
\verseNumber{62}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w No|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w looks|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w back|strong="G3694"\+w*, \+w after|strong="G3694"\+w* \+w putting|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w plow|strong="H2790"\+w*, \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w fitted|strong="H7947"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.”} 
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\chapterNumber{10}After|strong="G3326" this|strong="G3778", the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" appointed|strong="H4150" seventy-two|strong="G1440" other|strong="G2087" disciples|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" messengers|strong="H4397", two|strong="G1417" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417", in|strong="G1519" advance|strong="H0935", to|strong="G1519" every|strong="G3956" town|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" himself|strong="G1438" intending|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" visit|strong="G2064". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="G2326"\+w*,”} he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w abundant|strong="G4183"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w laborers|strong="G2040"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w few|strong="G3641"\+w*. \+w Therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w pray|strong="G1189"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w owner|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="G2326"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w send|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w laborers|strong="G2040"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="G2326"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" seventy-two|strong="G1440" returned|strong="G5290", they|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004" joyfully|strong="G5479", “Master|strong="G2962", even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" demons|strong="G1140" submit|strong="G5293" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" use|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2962" name|strong="G3686".” 
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\verseNumber{27}His|strong="G1722" reply|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" – 
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“You|strong="G4771" must|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" your|strong="G3650" God|strong="G2316" with|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3650" your|strong="G3650" heart|strong="G2588", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3650" your|strong="G3650" soul|strong="G5590", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3650" your|strong="G3650" strength|strong="G2479", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3650" your|strong="G3650" mind|strong="G1271"; and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G3650" neighbor|strong="G4139" as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G4771" love|strong="H0157" yourself|strong="G4572".” 
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\verseNumber{37}“The|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" took|strong="G2532" pity|strong="H2347" on|strong="G4198" him|strong="G3588",” was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" answer|strong="H6030"; at|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w same|strong="G3668"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4771"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{38}As|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" continued|strong="G1096" their|strong="G1438" journey|strong="G4198", Jesus|strong="G1525" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" village|strong="G2968", where|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" woman|strong="G1135" named|strong="G3686" Martha|strong="G3136" welcomed|strong="G5264" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" her|strong="G1438" house|strong="G3614". 
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\chapterNumber{11}One|strong="G5100" day|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" certain|strong="G5100" place|strong="G5117" praying|strong="G4336", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" finished|strong="G1096", one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Master|strong="G2962", teach|strong="G1321" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" pray|strong="G4336", as|strong="G5613" John|strong="G2491" taught|strong="G1321" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101".” 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w suppose|strong="G1380"\+w*,”} replied|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w Galileans|strong="G1057"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w suffered|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3956"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worse|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w sinners|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w than|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Galileans|strong="G1057"\+w*?} 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w eighteen|strong="H8083"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Siloam|strong="G4611"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w tower|strong="G4444"\+w* \+w fell|strong="G4098"\+w*, \+w killing|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w*, \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w suppose|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worse|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w offenders|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w any|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w inhabitants|strong="G2730"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w No|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w unless|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w repent|strong="G3340"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w perish|strong="H0006"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w same|strong="G5615"\+w* \+w manner|strong="G5615"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{6}And|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" parable|strong="G3850" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w A|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5100"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w growing|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w*, \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w look|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w could|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w any|strong="G5100"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w Leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w year|strong="G2094"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w Sir|strong="G2962"\+w*,’ \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w answered|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dug|strong="G4626"\+w* \+w around|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* manured \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Then|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w bears|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w future|strong="G3195"\+w*, \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w good|strong="G3588"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w can|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w cut|strong="G1581"\+w* \+w down|strong="G1581"\+w*.’”} 
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\verseNumber{10}Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" teaching|strong="G1321" on|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521" in|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G1722" synagogues|strong="G4864", 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" her|strong="G1438", he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" her|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Woman|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w released|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w weakness|strong="H4816"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" her|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" instantly|strong="H7281" made|strong="G2316" straight|strong="H3474", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" praise|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" synagogue leader|strong="H5387", indignant|strong="H2194" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" worked|strong="G2038" the|strong="G1722" cure|strong="G2323" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521", intervened and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793", “There|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" six|strong="G1803" days|strong="G2250" on|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" work|strong="G2038" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" done|strong="G2038"; come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" cured|strong="G2323" on|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2250" those|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Sabbath|strong="G4521".” 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\+w*!”} the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" answered|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Does|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G1538"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w ox|strong="G1016"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="G3688"\+w* \+w loose|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w its|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w manger|strong="G5336"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4222"\+w*, \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G3778"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w daughter|strong="G2364"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="H0085"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w kept|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bondage|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w eighteen|strong="G1176"\+w* \+w years|strong="G2094"\+w*, \+w ought|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w she|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w released|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w her|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w bondage|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{17}As|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778", his|strong="G3956" opponents|strong="H3401" all|strong="G3956" felt|strong="H4959" ashamed|strong="G2617"; but|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" rejoiced|strong="G5463" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" doing|strong="G1096". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G3767" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w*? \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w liken|strong="H1819"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w mustard|strong="G4615"\+w* \+w seed|strong="G2848"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w garden|strong="G2779"\+w*. \+w The|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w seed|strong="G2848"\+w* \+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w became|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G1186"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w wild|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w birds|strong="G4071"\+w* roosted \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w branches|strong="G2798"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w To|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w liken|strong="H1819"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w It|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w yeast|strong="G2219"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w covered|strong="H3680"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5140"\+w* \+w pecks|strong="G4568"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w flour|strong="H5560"\+w*, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w whole|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w had|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w risen|strong="H6965"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{22}Jesus|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" through|strong="G2596" towns|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968", teaching|strong="G1321" as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" making|strong="G4160" his|strong="G1519" way|strong="G2596" towards Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 
\verseNumber{23}“Master|strong="G2962",” someone|strong="G5100" asked|strong="G3004", “are|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" but|strong="G1161" few|strong="G3641" in|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" path|strong="H0734" of|strong="G2962" salvation|strong="G4982"?” And|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{31}Just|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" Pharisees|strong="G5330" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Go|strong="G4198" away|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" leave|strong="G1831" this|strong="G3588" place|strong="G1722", for|strong="G3754" Herod|strong="G2264" wants|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Observing|strong="H0995" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" guests|strong="G2564" were|strong="G3588" choosing|strong="H0977" the|strong="G1161" best|strong="H2459" places|strong="G4411" for|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G1438", Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850" – 
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\verseNumber{11}On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" Jesus|strong="G2532" passed|strong="G1330" between|strong="G3319" Samaria|strong="G4540" and|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056". 
\verseNumber{12}As|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" entering|strong="G1525" a|strong="G2532" village|strong="G2968", ten|strong="G1176" lepers|strong="G3015" met|strong="G5221" him|strong="G3739". 
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w of|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w women|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w grinding|strong="H2912"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w together|strong="G1909"\+w*, \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w taken|strong="G3880"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w other|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{36}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17.36  }Some later manuscripts add: There will be two in the field; one will be taken and the other left.} 
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\verseNumber{37}“Where|strong="G3699" will|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532", Master|strong="G2962"?” asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Where|strong="G3699"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w body|strong="G4983"\+w*,”} said|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w there|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vultures|strong="H5404"\+w* \+w flock|strong="H6629"\+w*.”} 
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\chapterNumber{18}Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" parable|strong="G3850" to|strong="G4314" show|strong="H7200" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G1163" always|strong="G3842" pray|strong="G4336" and|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3361" despair|strong="G1573". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w In|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w same|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w town|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w widow|strong="G5503"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* ‘\+w Grant|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w justice|strong="G1556"\+w* \+w against|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w opponent|strong="H7453"\+w*.’} 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Master|strong="G2962" added|strong="H3254", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* iniquitous \+w judge|strong="G2923"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w*!} 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* – \+w won’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w people|strong="G4160"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w night|strong="G3571"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w*, \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w justice|strong="G1557"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* – \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w holds|strong="H4013"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1161"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w He|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1093"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w give|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w justice|strong="G1557"\+w* \+w soon|strong="G5034"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w*! \+w Yet|strong="G4133"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w*, \+w will|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{9}Another|strong="G1438" time|strong="G1909", speaking|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" satisfied|strong="H7646" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" religious, and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="H2803" everyone|strong="G3748" else|strong="G3062" with|strong="G4314" scorn|strong="H2781", Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" parable|strong="G3850" – 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w men|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="G2411"\+w* \+w Courts|strong="H2691"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w pray|strong="G4336"\+w*. \+w One|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* tax-gatherer.} 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w I|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w fast|strong="G3522"\+w* \+w twice|strong="G1364"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2932"\+w* \+w week|strong="G4521"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2932"\+w* \+w tenth|strong="H6224"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w everything|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2932"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Meanwhile|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* tax-gatherer \+w stood|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w distance|strong="G3113"\+w*, \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* venturing \+w even|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w raise|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="G3788"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w kept|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w striking|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w breast|strong="G4738"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* ‘\+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w have|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w mercy|strong="H2617"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sinner|strong="H2398"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w went|strong="G2597"\+w* \+w home|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w pardoned|strong="H5545"\+w*, \+w rather|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w*. \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w exalts|strong="G5312"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w humbled|strong="G5013"\+w*, \+w while|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w humbles|strong="G5013"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w exalted|strong="G5312"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{15}Some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4374" were|strong="G3588" bringing|strong="G4374" even|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" babies|strong="G1025" to|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2532", for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" touch|strong="H5060" them|strong="G3588"; but|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2443" find|strong="H4672" fault|strong="H3972" with|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G4374" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}Jesus|strong="G2424", however|strong="G1161", called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" little|strong="H4592" children|strong="G3813" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w little|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w children|strong="G3813"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w hinder|strong="G2967"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* childlike \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="G1510"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w unless|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w receives|strong="G1209"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w child|strong="G3813"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w it|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3361"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="G2532" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G3004" this|strong="G2532" question|strong="G1905" – “Good|strong="G5101" teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" must|strong="G4160" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" if|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" gain|strong="H1215" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w call|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w good|strong="G5101"\+w*?”} answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w No|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w good|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{21}“I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" observed|strong="G5442" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778",” he|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004", “from|strong="G1537" childhood|strong="H3208".” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3778" became|strong="G1096" greatly|strong="G4970" distressed|strong="H6887" on|strong="G1161" hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3778", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" extremely|strong="G4970" rich|strong="G4145". 
\verseNumber{24}Seeing|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w How|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w hard|strong="G1423"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w wealthy|strong="G5536"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1531"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*!} 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w It|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w easier|strong="G2123"\+w*, \+w indeed|strong="G1063"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w camel|strong="G2574"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w through|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* needle’s \+w eye|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rich|strong="G4145"\+w* \+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*!”} 
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\verseNumber{26}“Then|strong="G2532" who|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982"?” asked|strong="G3004" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w impossible|strong="H1219"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w possible|strong="G1415"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{28}“But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249",” said|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074", “we|strong="G2249" left|strong="H7604" what|strong="G3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" and|strong="G1161" followed|strong="H0310" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*,”} he|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="H0251"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w parents|strong="G1118"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w children|strong="G5043"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1752"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w sake|strong="G1752"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*,} 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w receive|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4179"\+w* \+w times|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w much|strong="G4179"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w present|strong="G3778"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w age|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w life|strong="G2222"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{31}Gathering|strong="H4723" the|strong="G2532" Twelve|strong="G1427" around|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Listen|strong="G2400"\+w*! \+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w going|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w everything|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G3956"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w given|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w up|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*, \+w mocked|strong="G1702"\+w*, \+w insulted|strong="H3637"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spat|strong="G1716"\+w* \+w on|strong="G3588"\+w*;} 
\verseNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w scourge|strong="G3146"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w on|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w third|strong="G5154"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rise|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="G2532" apostles did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" comprehend|strong="G1097" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778". His|strong="G2532" meaning|strong="H0998" was|strong="G1510" unintelligible|strong="H6012" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G4920" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" saying|strong="G3004". 
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\verseNumber{35}As|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G1448" was|strong="G1096" getting|strong="H7075" near|strong="G1448" Jericho|strong="G2410", a|strong="G1096" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G1096" sitting|strong="G2521" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" roadside, begging|strong="G1871". 
\verseNumber{36}Hearing|strong="H0241" a|strong="G1510" crowd|strong="G3793" going|strong="G3778" by|strong="G1510", the|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3778" asked|strong="G4441" what|strong="G5101" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" matter|strong="H1697"; 
\verseNumber{37}and|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G2424" Nazareth|strong="G3480" was|strong="G3588" passing|strong="G3928", 
\verseNumber{38}he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="H7321" out|strong="G2532", “Jesus|strong="G2424", Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138", take|strong="G2532" pity|strong="H2347" on|strong="G1653" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{39}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="G4254" kept|strong="G4601" telling|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2532" quiet|strong="G4601", but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2443" call|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2896" the|strong="G2532" louder|strong="H3966", “Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138", take|strong="G3123" pity|strong="H2347" on|strong="G1653" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" stopped|strong="G2476" and|strong="G1161" ordered|strong="G2753" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588". And|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G1448" close|strong="G1448" up|strong="G2476" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*?”} 
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“Master|strong="G2962",” he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1161" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2443" recover|strong="H2421" my|strong="G4160" sight|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Recover|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sight|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w has|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w delivered|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{43}Instantly|strong="H7281" he|strong="G2532" recovered|strong="H7725" his|strong="G3956" sight|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" follow|strong="H0310" Jesus|strong="G2532", praising|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316". And|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", on|strong="G3588" seeing|strong="G3708" it|strong="G2532", gave|strong="G1325" glory|strong="G1392" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
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\chapterNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G1525" entered|strong="G1525" Jericho|strong="G2410" and|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1330" his|strong="G2532" way|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{2}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G4145" there|strong="G2532", known|strong="H3045" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" Zacchaeus|strong="G2195", who|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" senior|strong="H2205" tax|strong="H4061" collector and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" rich|strong="G4145" man|strong="G4145". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G2532" tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" what|strong="G5101" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" like|strong="H3644"; but|strong="G2532", being|strong="G1510" short|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101" so|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G4390" on|strong="G1909" ahead|strong="G1715" and|strong="G2532" climbed|strong="H5927" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" mulberry tree|strong="G4809" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G1565", for|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" must|strong="G3195" pass|strong="G1330" that|strong="G3754" way|strong="G1330". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117", he|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1210" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Zacchaeus|strong="G2195"\+w*, \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w quick|strong="H4241"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w down|strong="G2597"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="G2532" Zacchaeus got|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" quickly|strong="G4692", and|strong="G2532" joyfully|strong="G5463" welcomed|strong="G5264" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{7}On|strong="G3004" seeing|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3748", everyone|strong="G3956" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" complain|strong="H7378", “He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3708" gone|strong="G1525" to|strong="G2532" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="G3844" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3748" is|strong="G3956" an|strong="G2532" outcast|strong="H5080".” 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" Zacchaeus|strong="G2195" stood|strong="G2476" forward|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962", “Listen|strong="G2400", Master|strong="G2962"! I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" half|strong="G2255" my|strong="G3708" property|strong="G5225" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" poor|strong="G4434", and|strong="G2532", if|strong="G1487" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" defrauded|strong="G4811" anyone|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" anything|strong="G5100", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" him|strong="G3588" back|strong="G4314" four|strong="G5073" times|strong="G5073" as|strong="G1161" much|strong="G5073".” 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Salvation|strong="G4991"\+w* \+w has|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w*,”} answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="H0085"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w search|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lost|strong="H0006"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w save|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778", Jesus|strong="G3004" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" parable|strong="G3850". He|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" near|strong="G1451" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="G3195" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" proclaimed|strong="H7121" at|strong="G1161" once|strong="G3916". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w A|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nobleman|strong="G2104"\+w* \+w once|strong="H6471"\+w* \+w went|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w distant|strong="G3117"\+w* \+w country|strong="G5561"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w appointment|strong="H3259"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w return|strong="G5290"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w called|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w ten|strong="G1176"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w ten|strong="G1176"\+w* \+w pounds|strong="G3414"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w silver|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1438"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w trade|strong="H5503"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w during|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* absence.} 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w subjects|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w hated|strong="G3404"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w envoys|strong="H6735"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3694"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* ‘\+w We|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w On|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w return|strong="G1880"\+w*, \+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w having|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w directed|strong="H5090"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w given|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w summoned|strong="G5455"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w learn|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w amount|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trade|strong="H5503"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{28}After|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778", Jesus|strong="G3004" went|strong="G4198" on|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" front|strong="G1715", going|strong="G4198" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". 

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\verseNumber{29}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" when|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" almost|strong="H4592" reached|strong="G1096" Bethphage and|strong="G2532" Bethany, near|strong="G1448" the|strong="G2532" Mount|strong="G3735" of|strong="G2532" Olives|strong="G1636", that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w village|strong="G2968"\+w* \+w facing|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*,”} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w foal|strong="H5895"\+w* tethered, \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ridden|strong="H7392"\+w*; \+w untie|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lead|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1519"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* anybody \+w asks|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* ‘\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w untying|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*?’, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* – ‘\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Master|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w wants|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*.’”} 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" two|strong="H8147" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sent|strong="H7971" went|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" found|strong="G2147" it|strong="G1161" as|strong="G2531" Jesus|strong="G3004" had|strong="G3588" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{33}While|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" untying|strong="G3089" the|strong="G1161" foal|strong="H5895", the|strong="G1161" owners|strong="G2962" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" – “Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" untying|strong="G3089" the|strong="G1161" foal|strong="H5895"?” 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" two|strong="H8147" disciples|strong="G3588" answered|strong="G3004" – “The|strong="G1161" Master|strong="G2962" wants|strong="G5532" it|strong="G3754".” 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" led|strong="G2424" it|strong="G2532" back|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G1977" their|strong="G2532" cloaks|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" foal|strong="H5895" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G1913" Jesus|strong="G2424" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{36}As|strong="G1722" he|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4198" along|strong="G1722", the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" kept|strong="H8104" spreading|strong="G5291" their|strong="G1438" cloaks|strong="G2440" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{37}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2316" almost|strong="H4592" reached|strong="H0935" the|strong="G3956" place|strong="G3739" where|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3956" road|strong="H1870" led|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="G3956" Mount|strong="G3735" of|strong="G4012" Olives|strong="G1636", everyone|strong="G3956" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3956" many|strong="G4012" disciples|strong="G3101" began|strong="G1161" in|strong="G2316" their|strong="G3956" joy|strong="G5463" to|strong="G4314" praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="G2316" loudly|strong="G3173" for|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" miracles|strong="G1411" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2316" seen|strong="G3708": 
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\verseNumber{38}“Blessed|strong="G2127" is|strong="G3588" He|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G2064" – our|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" – in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962"! 
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Peace|strong="G1515" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", 
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and|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" on|strong="G1722" high|strong="G5310".” 
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\verseNumber{39}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", restrain|strong="H3607" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101".” 
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\verseNumber{41}When|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" drew|strong="G2532" near|strong="G1448", on|strong="G1909" seeing|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172", he|strong="G2532" wept|strong="G2799" over|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{44}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trample|strong="H7429"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w children|strong="G5043"\+w* \+w within|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w another|strong="G3037"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w visitation|strong="G1984"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{45}Jesus|strong="G1525" went|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" Courts|strong="H2691" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G1519" drive|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1544" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" selling|strong="G4453", 
\verseNumber{46}saying|strong="G3004" as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" so|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Scripture|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w* – ‘\+w My|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* prayer’; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w den|strong="G4693"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w robbers|strong="G3027"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{47}Jesus|strong="G1510" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" each|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" Courts|strong="H2691"; but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G4413" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="H8451" were|strong="G1510" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1722" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" leaders|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{48}Yet|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2147" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="G5101" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" all|strong="G2532" hung|strong="H8518" on|strong="G4160" his|strong="G4160" words|strong="G2532". 
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\chapterNumber{20}On|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2250" these|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" teaching|strong="G1321" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" Courts|strong="H2691" and|strong="G2532" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097", the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="G2409" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="H8451", joined|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" elders|strong="G4245", confronted|strong="G2186" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" addressing|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", said|strong="G3004", “Tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G1325" what|strong="G5101" authority|strong="G1849" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". Who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" who|strong="G5101" has|strong="G5101" given|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" this|strong="G3778" authority|strong="G1849"?” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w too|strong="G2532"\+w*,”} said|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2532" reply|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w question|strong="G2065"\+w*. \+w Give|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answer|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w It|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w John’s|strong="G2491"\+w* baptism – \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w divine|strong="H7080"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w human|strong="H0120"\+w* \+w origin|strong="H4351"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" arguing|strong="H3198" together|strong="G4314", “If|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" say|strong="G3004" ‘divine|strong="H7080",’ he|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5101" say|strong="G3004" ‘Why|strong="G5101" didn’t|strong="G3756" you|strong="G1437" believe|strong="G4100" him|strong="G3588"?’ 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1437" we|strong="G2249" say|strong="G3004" ‘human|strong="H0120",’ the|strong="G1537" people|strong="G2992" will|strong="G1510" all|strong="G1161" stone|strong="G2642" us|strong="G3004", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" persuaded|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" prophet|strong="G4396".” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" answered|strong="H6030" that|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1492" its|strong="H3605" origin|strong="H4351". 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*,”} said|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w refuse|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w what|strong="G4169"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" this|strong="G3778" parable|strong="G3850" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w A|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w once|strong="H6471"\+w* \+w planted|strong="G5452"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w tenants|strong="G1092"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w abroad|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2425"\+w* \+w while|strong="G5550"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w At|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w proper|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tenants|strong="G1092"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w share|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w produce|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w*. \+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tenants|strong="G1092"\+w*, \+w however|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w beat|strong="G1194"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w away|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w empty-handed|strong="G2756"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w owner|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w afterward|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G3992"\+w* \+w another|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G1401"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tenants|strong="H8453"\+w* \+w beat|strong="G1194"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w insulted|strong="H3637"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G2087"\+w* \+w too|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G3992"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w away|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w empty-handed|strong="G2756"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G3992"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w third|strong="G5154"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wounded|strong="G5135"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w threw|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w outside|strong="G1544"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*?’ \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w owner|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w*. ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w send|strong="G3992"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w dear|strong="H3357"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*. \+w Perhaps|strong="G2481"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w respect|strong="G1788"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w tenants|strong="G1092"\+w* \+w consulted|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w another|strong="G3588"\+w*. ‘\+w Here|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w heir|strong="G2818"\+w*!’ \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*. ‘\+w Let|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w then|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w inheritance|strong="G2817"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w ours|strong="G1473"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w So|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w threw|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w outside|strong="G1854"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w Now|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w owner|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w tenants|strong="G1092"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w death|strong="H4194"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w*.”} 
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“Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"!” they|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" looked|strong="G1689" at|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w then|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2776"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w passage|strong="H4569"\+w*? – }
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w The|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w builders|strong="G3618"\+w* \+w despised|strong="H0959"\+w* \+w has|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w itself|strong="H0905"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w cornerstone|strong="G2776"\+w*.’} 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Everyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w falls|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w dashed|strong="H7376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="G4917"\+w*, \+w while|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w falls|strong="G4098"\+w* – \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w scatter|strong="G3039"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w dust|strong="G3039"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{19}After|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3778" the|strong="G1722" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="H8451" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" were|strong="G3588" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="G4314" lay|strong="G1911" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G3004" then|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532", but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992"; for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" aimed|strong="H1869" this|strong="G3778" parable|strong="G3850". 
\verseNumber{20}Having|strong="G2532" watched|strong="G3906" their|strong="G1438" opportunity, they|strong="G2532" afterward|strong="H0310" sent|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" spies|strong="G1455", who|strong="G3588" pretended|strong="G5271" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1510" good|strong="G3588" men|strong="G1342", to|strong="G2443" catch|strong="G1949" Jesus|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" course|strong="H4256" of|strong="G3056" conversation|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2443" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" give|strong="G1949" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G3860" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" Governor’s|strong="G2232" jurisdiction|strong="G1849" and|strong="G2532" authority|strong="G1849". 
\verseNumber{21}These|strong="G3588" spies|strong="H7270" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G3004" a|strong="G2532" question|strong="G1905". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", we|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" right|strong="G3723" in|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3754" say|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" take|strong="G2983" any|strong="G3756" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" person’s|strong="H3820" position|strong="H3678", but|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" honestly|strong="H8549"; 
\verseNumber{22}are|strong="G2249" we|strong="G2249" right|strong="G3756" in|strong="G3756" paying|strong="H1576" tribute|strong="G5411" to|strong="G1325" the|strong="G3756" Emperor or|strong="G2228" not|strong="G3756"?” 
\verseNumber{23}Seeing|strong="H7200" through|strong="G3004" their|strong="G1438" deceitfulness|strong="H8649", Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Show|strong="G1166"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* coin. \+w Whose|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w title|strong="H3655"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{25}“The|strong="G2532" Emperor’s,” they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004"; and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Well|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Emperor \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Emperor, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2480" not|strong="G3756" object|strong="H8047" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" answer|strong="H6030" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992"; and|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1909" their|strong="G2532" wonder|strong="G2296" at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" reply|strong="H7725", they|strong="G2532" held|strong="G4601" their|strong="G2532" tongues|strong="H3956". 
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\verseNumber{27}Presently|strong="H3117" there|strong="G1161" came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4334" some|strong="G5100" Sadducees|strong="G4523", who|strong="G3588" maintain|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" resurrection. Their|strong="G3588" question|strong="G1905" was|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3588" – 
\verseNumber{28}“Teacher|strong="G1320", Moses|strong="G3475" laid|strong="G2532" down|strong="G1125" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2983" writings that|strong="G2443" – 
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‘Should|strong="G5100" a|strong="G2192" man’s|strong="G5100" married|strong="G2983" brother|strong="H0251" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="G2532" should|strong="G5100" he|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" childless|strong="H6185", the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100" should|strong="G5100" take|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" widow|strong="H0490" as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2983" wife|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" raise|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1817" a|strong="G2192" family|strong="H4940" for|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2983" brother|strong="H0251".’ 
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\verseNumber{29}Well|strong="G2532", there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" once|strong="H6471" seven|strong="G2033" brothers|strong="H0251"; of|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" eldest|strong="H1419", after|strong="G2532" taking|strong="G2983" a|strong="G2532" wife|strong="G1135", died|strong="G3588" childless|strong="H6185". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" and|strong="G2532" third|strong="H7992" brothers|strong="H0251" both|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" her|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" wife|strong="H0802"; 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", too|strong="G2532", did|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" seven|strong="G2033" – dying|strong="H0006" without|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" herself|strong="H5315" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" last|strong="G5305" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{33}About|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" woman|strong="G1135", then|strong="G3767" – at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" resurrection, whose|strong="G5101" wife|strong="G1135" is|strong="G3588" she|strong="G1063" to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G1096", all|strong="G1722" seven|strong="G2033" brothers|strong="H0251" having|strong="G2192" had|strong="G2192" her|strong="G1438" as|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" wife|strong="G1135"?” 
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\chapterNumber{21}Looking|strong="H2370" up|strong="G1519", Jesus saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G1519" rich|strong="G4145" people|strong="G4145" putting|strong="H5414" their|strong="G1519" gifts|strong="G1435" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" chests|strong="H5458" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Temple|strong="H1004" offerings|strong="G1435". 
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\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="G1161" Satan|strong="G4567" took|strong="G1161" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="G1537" Judas|strong="G2455", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" known|strong="H3045" as|strong="G1519" Iscariot|strong="G2469", and|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" belonged|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Twelve|strong="G1427"; 
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\verseNumber{9}“Where|strong="G4226" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" wish|strong="G2309" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" make|strong="G2090" preparations|strong="H3559"?” they|strong="G1161" asked|strong="G3004". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G3004" went|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" everything|strong="H3605" just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" Jesus|strong="G3004" had|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="G2090" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G3753" the|strong="G2532" time|strong="G5610" came|strong="G1096", Jesus|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1096" his|strong="G2532" place|strong="G1096" at|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" table|strong="H7979", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w*, \+w after|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w today|strong="H3117"\+w*, \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G1081"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w vine|strong="H1612"\+w*, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{22.20  }Some later manuscripts add: which is now to be given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me. And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying: “This cup is the New Covenant made by my blood which is being poured out on your behalf.”} 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" questioning|strong="G4802" one|strong="G1438" another|strong="G1438" which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1510" who|strong="G5101" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="G3195" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4238" this|strong="G3778". 
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\verseNumber{24}And|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" dispute|strong="G5379" arose|strong="G1096" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" regarded|strong="G1380" as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" greatest|strong="G3173". 
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\verseNumber{33}“Master|strong="G2962",” said|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G2532", “with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G4771" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" ready|strong="G2092" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4198" both|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" death|strong="G2288".” 
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\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*,”} replied|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* cock \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w crow|strong="G5455"\+w* \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* disowned \+w all|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w knowledge|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5151"\+w* \+w times|strong="G5151"\+w*.”} 
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“No|strong="G3762"; nothing|strong="G3762",” they|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004". 
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\verseNumber{38}“Master|strong="G2962",” they|strong="G1161" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “look|strong="G2400", here|strong="G5602" are|strong="G1510" two|strong="G1417" swords|strong="G3162"!” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Enough|strong="G2425"\+w*!”} said|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004". 
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\verseNumber{39}Jesus|strong="G1831" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", and|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1519" way|strong="G4198" as|strong="G1519" usual|strong="H3117" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Mount|strong="G3735" of|strong="G2532" Olives|strong="G1636", followed|strong="H0310" by|strong="G2596" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" reached|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1519" spot|strong="H0934", he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Pray|strong="G4336"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w may|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w fall|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w temptation|strong="G3986"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" withdrew|strong="H7725" about|strong="G5616" a|strong="G2532" stone’s|strong="G3037" throw|strong="G1000", and|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1119" down|strong="G5087" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{42}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*,”} he|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4674"\+w* \+w pleasure|strong="G2307"\+w*, \+w spare|strong="H2550"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w cup|strong="G4221"\+w*; \+w only|strong="G1487"\+w*, \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w but|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4674"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{43}Presently|strong="H3117" there|strong="G1161" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3708" an|strong="G1161" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="G3772" heaven|strong="G3772", who|strong="H0834" strengthened|strong="G1765" him|strong="G3708".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{22.43  }Some later manuscripts do not contain verses 43 or 44.} 
\verseNumber{44}And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1909" anguish|strong="H2342" became|strong="G1096" intense|strong="H7068", he|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" still|strong="H5750" more|strong="G2532" earnestly|strong="G1617", while|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1909" sweat|strong="G2402" was|strong="G1096" like|strong="G5616" great|strong="G2532" drops|strong="G2361" of|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" falling|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" ground|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" rose|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2064" praying|strong="G4335", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" them|strong="G3588" sleeping|strong="G2837" for|strong="G4314" sorrow|strong="G3077". 
\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w asleep|strong="G2518"\+w*?”} he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Rise|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pray|strong="G4336"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w fall|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w temptation|strong="G3986"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{47}While|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", a|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" appeared|strong="G3708" in|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3588", led|strong="G2424" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1520" called|strong="G3004" Judas|strong="G2455", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Twelve|strong="G1427". Judas|strong="G2455" approached|strong="G1448" Jesus|strong="G2424", to|strong="G2532" kiss|strong="G5368" him|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{48}at|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Judas|strong="G2455"\+w*, \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w by|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w kiss|strong="G5370"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w betray|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{49}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" around|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G3004" saw|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="G3004" happen|strong="G1510", they|strong="G1161" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “Master|strong="G2962", should|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1161" use|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2962" swords|strong="G3162"?” 
\verseNumber{50}And|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" struck|strong="G3960" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest’s|strong="H3548" servant|strong="G1401" and|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" ear|strong="G3775"; 
\verseNumber{51}at|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Let|strong="G1439"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w least|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*”; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w touching|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ear|strong="G5621"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w healed|strong="G2390"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wound|strong="H4347"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{52}Then|strong="G2532", turning|strong="H5437" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G4755" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" officers|strong="G4755" in|strong="G1909" charge|strong="G1909" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2413" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G1831" for|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w if|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w robber|strong="G3027"\+w*, \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w swords|strong="G3162"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w clubs|strong="G3586"\+w*?} 
\verseNumber{53}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="G2413"\+w* \+w Courts|strong="H2691"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w lay|strong="G1614"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w now|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4655"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{54}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" taken|strong="G4815" Jesus|strong="G2532" prisoner|strong="H0615" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="G3113" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548". Peter|strong="G4074" followed|strong="H0310" at|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113". 
\verseNumber{55}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" lit|strong="H0215" a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" centre of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2521" down|strong="G2521" there|strong="G2532", Peter|strong="G4074" seated|strong="G2521" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{56}Presently|strong="H3117" a|strong="G2532" maidservant|strong="H0519" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" near|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" blaze|strong="H8316" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G5457". She|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" carefully|strong="H6213" at|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="H4100", this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100" was|strong="G1510" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" companions|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{57}But|strong="G1161" Peter denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G1161". “I|strong="G1161" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" him|strong="G3588",” he|strong="G1161" replied|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{58}A|strong="G2532" little|strong="G1024" while|strong="G1161" afterward|strong="G3326" someone|strong="G2087" else|strong="G2087" – a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G2087" – saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “Why|strong="H4100", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588"!” 
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“No|strong="G3756",” Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G5346", “I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756".” 
\verseNumber{59}About|strong="G5616" an|strong="G2532" hour|strong="G5610" later|strong="G3326" another|strong="G1520" man|strong="G5100" declared|strong="H5046" positively, “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100" also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" certainly|strong="G1909" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G2532". Why|strong="G1063", he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Galilean|strong="G1057"!” 
\verseNumber{60}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" about|strong="G2980".” Instantly|strong="H7281", while|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", a|strong="G2532" cock crowed|strong="G5455". 
\verseNumber{61}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" turned|strong="G4762" and|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G1689" at|strong="G1689" Peter|strong="G4074"; and|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="G5279" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" – \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Before|strong="G4250"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* cock \+w has|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w crowed|strong="G5455"\+w* \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* disown \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5151"\+w* \+w times|strong="G5151"\+w*”;} 
\verseNumber{62}and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" outside|strong="G1854" and|strong="G2532" wept|strong="G2799" bitterly|strong="G4090". 
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\verseNumber{63}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" held|strong="G4912" Jesus|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" making|strong="G2532" sport|strong="H7832" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" beating|strong="G1194" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{64}They|strong="G2532" blindfolded|strong="G4028" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" questioned|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588". “Now|strong="G2532" play|strong="H2181" the|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="H5030",” they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004". “Who|strong="G5101" was|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" struck|strong="G3817" you|strong="G4771"?” 
\verseNumber{65}And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heaped many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G2087" insults|strong="H3639" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G2532". 
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\verseNumber{66}At|strong="G1519" daybreak|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4244" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" met|strong="G4863" – both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="H8451" – and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1096" Jesus|strong="G3004" before|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" High|strong="G2532" Council|strong="G4892". 
\verseNumber{67}“If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" Christ|strong="G5547",” they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" so|strong="G1161".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*,”} replied|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*;} 
\verseNumber{68}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w question|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{69}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hour|strong="H8160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w seated|strong="G2521"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w right|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Almighty|strong="H7706"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{70}“Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210", then|strong="G3767", the|strong="G3956" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"?” they|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" asked|strong="G3004". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*,”} answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{71}At|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" we|strong="G1063" want|strong="H4270" any|strong="G2089" more|strong="G2089" evidence|strong="G3141"? We|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2192" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="G1161" ourselves|strong="H0587" from|strong="G3588" his|strong="G2192" own|strong="H1961" lips|strong="G4750"!” 
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\chapterNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" rose|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4128" and|strong="G2532" led|strong="H1980" Jesus|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1909" Pilate|strong="G4091". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" accuse|strong="G2723" him|strong="G3588", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" found|strong="G2147" misleading|strong="G1294" our|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1484", preventing them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" paying|strong="H1576" taxes|strong="G5411" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Emperor, and|strong="G2532" giving|strong="G1325" out|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438" is|strong="G1510" ‘Christ|strong="G5547", a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588".’” 
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\verseNumber{3}“Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G1161" king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" Jews|strong="G2453"?” Pilate|strong="G4091" asked|strong="G2065" him|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*,”} replied|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" Pilate|strong="G4091", turning|strong="G1722" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3793", said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" see|strong="H7200" anything|strong="G3762" to|strong="G4314" find|strong="G2147" fault|strong="H3972" with|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778".” 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" insisted|strong="H6484", “He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" stirring|strong="H6696" up|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" by|strong="G2596" his|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1321" all|strong="G3650" through|strong="G2596" Judea|strong="G2449"; he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" with|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056" and|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3748" now|strong="G1161" come|strong="G2532" here|strong="G5602".” 
\verseNumber{6}Hearing|strong="H0241" this|strong="G3588", Pilate|strong="G4091" asked|strong="G1905" if|strong="G1487" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Galilean|strong="G1057"; 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="G2532", having|strong="G2532" satisfied|strong="H7646" himself|strong="H5315" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1510" came|strong="G2532" under|strong="G1722" Herod’s|strong="G2264" jurisdiction|strong="G1849", he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" Herod|strong="G2264", who|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" exceedingly|strong="G3029" pleased|strong="H3190", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" wanting|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1096" long|strong="G2425" time|strong="G5550", having|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G2532" deal|strong="H6213" about|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" hoping|strong="G1679" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" some|strong="G5100" sign|strong="G4592" given|strong="H5414" by|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" questioned|strong="G1905" him|strong="G1905" at|strong="G1722" some|strong="G1722" length|strong="G3056", but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1905" made|strong="G1161" no|strong="G3762" reply|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{10}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" teachers|strong="H3384" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="H8451" stood|strong="G2476" by|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" vehemently|strong="G2159" accused|strong="G2723" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264", with|strong="G4862" his|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4753", treated|strong="G1848" Jesus|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4862" scorn|strong="H2781"; he|strong="G2532" mocked|strong="G1702" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" throwing|strong="H3027" a|strong="G2532" gorgeous|strong="G2986" robe|strong="G2066" around|strong="G4016" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264" and|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091" became|strong="G1096" friends|strong="G5384" that|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", for|strong="G1063" before|strong="G4314" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" ill-will between|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="G2532" Pilate|strong="G4091" summoned|strong="G4779" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" leading|strong="H7218" men|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" brought|strong="G4374" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" before|strong="G1799" me|strong="G1473" charged|strong="H6680" with|strong="G1722" misleading|strong="H5496" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992"; and|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532", for|strong="G4314" my|strong="G3708" part|strong="G1473", though|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" examined|strong="H3947" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1799" you|strong="G5210", I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" find|strong="G2147" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" blame|strong="H2398" for|strong="G4314" any|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3778" of|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" accuse|strong="G2723" him|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{15}nor|strong="G3761" did|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264" either|strong="G3761"; for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3762" sent|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3708" back|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G2249". And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" fact|strong="H1589", he|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3762" not|strong="G3761" done|strong="G4238" anything|strong="G3762" deserving|strong="H4941" death|strong="G2288"; 
\verseNumber{16}so|strong="G3767" I|strong="G3767" will|strong="G3767" have|strong="G3811" him|strong="H5414" scourged|strong="H5217", and|strong="G3767" then|strong="G3767" release|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23.17  }Some later manuscripts add: He had to release someone to them at the feast.} 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G3004" shout|strong="H7321" as|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3778", “Kill|strong="H2026" this|strong="G3778" fellow|strong="H7453", but|strong="G1161" release|strong="H7971" Barabbas for|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3004".” 
\verseNumber{19}(Barabbas was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" man|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438" for|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1096" riot|strong="G4714" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" broken|strong="H7665" out|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1223" murder|strong="G5408".) 
\verseNumber{20}Pilate|strong="G4091", however|strong="G1161", wanting|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" release|strong="H7971" Jesus|strong="G2424", called|strong="G4377" to|strong="G2309" them|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825"; 
\verseNumber{21}but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" kept|strong="H8104" calling|strong="G3004" out|strong="H3318", “Crucify|strong="G4717", crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}“Why|strong="G5101", what|strong="G5101" harm|strong="G2556" has|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" done|strong="G4160"?” Pilate|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" third|strong="G5154" time|strong="G5154". “I|strong="G1161" have|strong="G4160" found|strong="G2147" nothing|strong="G3762" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" could|strong="G2147" be|strong="G3588" condemned|strong="H7561" to|strong="G4314" death|strong="G2288". So|strong="G3767" I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5101" have|strong="G4160" him|strong="G3588" scourged|strong="H5217", and|strong="G1161" then|strong="G3767" release|strong="H7971" him|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" persisted|strong="H2974" in|strong="G2532" loudly|strong="G3173" demanding his|strong="G2532" crucifixion|strong="G4717"; and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" clamor|strong="H7588" gained|strong="H1214" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{24}Pilate|strong="G4091" decided|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3588" their|strong="G2532" demand|strong="H7592" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1096" granted|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G2532" released|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G5438" for|strong="G1519" riot|strong="G4714" and|strong="G2532" murder|strong="G5408", as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" demanded|strong="H7592", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G3860" Jesus|strong="G2424" up|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" dealt|strong="H6213" with|strong="G1223" as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="H3190". 
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\verseNumber{26}And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" leading|strong="G5342" Jesus|strong="G2424" away|strong="H5493", they|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" hold|strong="G1949" of|strong="G2532" Simon|strong="G4613" from|strong="G2064" Cyrene|strong="G2956", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1949" his|strong="G2007" way|strong="G5613" in|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" the|strong="G2532" cross|strong="G4716" on|strong="G1949" his|strong="G2007" shoulders|strong="H3802", for|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" carry|strong="G5342" it|strong="G2532" behind|strong="G3693" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{27}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G4128" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" following|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588", many|strong="G4183" being|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" beating|strong="H8608" their|strong="G2532" breasts|strong="H7699" and|strong="G2532" wailing|strong="G2875" for|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" turned|strong="G4762" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w weep|strong="G2799"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w weep|strong="G2799"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w children|strong="G5043"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w A|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2250"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w*, \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G2064"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* – ‘\+w Happy|strong="G3107"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w barren|strong="G4723"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w borne|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w children|strong="G1080"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nursed|strong="G5142"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*!’} 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w At|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w begin|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="G3735"\+w* ‘\+w Fall|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*,’ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hills|strong="G1015"\+w* ‘\+w Cover|strong="G2572"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*.’} 
\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G3586"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w green|strong="G5200"\+w*, \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w dry|strong="G3584"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{32}There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" others|strong="G2087" also|strong="G2532", criminals|strong="G2557", led|strong="H1980" out|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" executed|strong="H6213" with|strong="G4862" Jesus|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" reached|strong="G2064" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" called|strong="G2564" ‘The|strong="G2532" Skull|strong="G2898",’ there|strong="G1563" they|strong="G2532" crucified|strong="G4717" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" criminals|strong="G2557", one|strong="G3739" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188", and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*; \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="G4160"\+w*.”} His|strong="G4160" clothes|strong="G2440" they|strong="G1161" divided|strong="G1266" among|strong="G1266" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G3004" casting|strong="H4165" lots|strong="G2819". 
\verseNumber{35}Meanwhile|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" stood|strong="G2476" looking|strong="G2334" on|strong="G1161". Even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" leading|strong="H7218" men|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" sneer|strong="H3932", “He|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982" others|strong="G3588", let|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588" save|strong="G4982" himself|strong="G1438", if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" Christ|strong="G5547", his|strong="G1438" chosen|strong="G1588" one|strong="G1438".” 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="G4757", too|strong="G2532", came|strong="G4334" up|strong="G4374" in|strong="G2532" mockery|strong="H5953", bringing|strong="G4374" him|strong="G3588" common|strong="H1121" wine|strong="G3690", 
\verseNumber{37}and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" as|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453", save|strong="G4982" yourself|strong="G4572".” 
\verseNumber{38}Above|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" – 
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‘THIS|strong="G3778" IS|strong="G1510" THE|strong="G2532" KING|strong="G3588" OF|strong="G2532" THE|strong="G2532" JEWS|strong="G2453".’ 
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\verseNumber{39}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" criminals|strong="G2557" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" hanging|strong="G2910" beside|strong="H5921" Jesus|strong="G3004" railed|strong="H5860" at|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588". “Aren’t|strong="G3780" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547"? Save|strong="G4982" yourself|strong="G4572" and|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004",” he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G2087" rebuked|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588". “Haven’t|strong="G3761" you|strong="G4771",” he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G5346", “any|strong="G1722" fear|strong="G5399" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", now|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="H1931" sentence|strong="G2917"? 
\verseNumber{41}And|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" justly|strong="G1346" so|strong="G2532", for|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3739" only|strong="G2532" reaping|strong="H7114" our|strong="G2532" deserts|strong="H6160", but|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3762" done|strong="G4238" anything|strong="G3762" wrong|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{42}Jesus|strong="G2424",” he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1722", “do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2064" forget|strong="H7911" me|strong="G1473" when|strong="G3752" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467".” 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Paradise|strong="G3857"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{44}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" nearly|strong="G2235" midday|strong="H6672", when|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" darkness|strong="G4655" came|strong="G1096" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" country|strong="G1093", lasting|strong="H5769" until|strong="G2193" three|strong="G1766" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" afternoon|strong="H5186", 
\verseNumber{45}the|strong="G1161" sun|strong="G2246" being|strong="G1161" eclipsed; and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Temple|strong="G3485" curtain|strong="G2665" was|strong="G3588" torn|strong="G4977" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="G1161" middle|strong="G3319". 
\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" loud|strong="G3173" cry|strong="G5456", said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w commit|strong="G3908"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="G4151"\+w*.”} And|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" expired|strong="H4390". 
\verseNumber{47}The|strong="G1161" Roman centurion|strong="G1543", on|strong="G1161" seeing|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" happened|strong="G1096", praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316", exclaiming, “This|strong="G3778" must|strong="G1096" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" good|strong="G3588" man|strong="G3778"!” 
\verseNumber{48}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" collected|strong="H6908" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G2334" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G2335" watched|strong="G2334" what|strong="G3588" occurred|strong="G1096", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" home|strong="G5290" beating|strong="G5180" their|strong="G2532" breasts|strong="G4738". 
\verseNumber{49}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" friends|strong="H7453" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" standing|strong="G2476" at|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113", with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" accompanied|strong="G4870" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056", watching|strong="H8245" all|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3778". 
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\verseNumber{50}Now|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1342" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" Joseph|strong="G2501", who|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" member|strong="G1010" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Council|strong="G1010", and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G2532" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" upright|strong="G1342" character|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{51}(This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" assented to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" decision|strong="G1012" and|strong="G2532" action|strong="G4234" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Council|strong="H5475".) He|strong="G2532" belonged|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" Arimathea, a|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" in|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" expectation|strong="H8615" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="G3778" now|strong="H6258" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G4334" see|strong="H7200" Pilate|strong="G4091", and|strong="G4334" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="G3778" the|strong="G3588" body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G4983" Jesus|strong="G2424"; 
\verseNumber{53}and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" it|strong="G2532" down|strong="G5087", he|strong="G2532" wrapped|strong="G1794" it|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" linen|strong="G4616" sheet|strong="G4616", and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" him|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3418" cut|strong="G2532" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" stone|strong="G2991", in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3762" had|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" buried|strong="H6912". 
\verseNumber{54}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Preparation|strong="G3904" day|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" before|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521" began|strong="H2490". 
\verseNumber{55}The|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" accompanied|strong="G4905" Jesus|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" Galilee|strong="G1056" followed|strong="G2628", and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2300" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419" and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G1537" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" laid|strong="G5087", 
\verseNumber{56}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" home|strong="G5290", and|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="G2090" spices|strong="H1314" and|strong="G2532" perfumes|strong="G3464". 

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During|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="G4521" they|strong="G2532" rested|strong="G2270", as|strong="G1161" directed|strong="H5090" by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" commandment|strong="G1785". 
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\chapterNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" very|strong="G3588" early|strong="G3722" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" first|strong="G1520" day|strong="G4521" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" week|strong="G4521" they|strong="G1161" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" tomb|strong="G3418", taking|strong="G5342" with|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" spices|strong="H1314" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3739" prepared|strong="G2090". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="G1161" found|strong="G2147" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" stone|strong="G3037" had|strong="G3588" been|strong="H1961" rolled|strong="G3037" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" tomb|strong="G3419"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G1161", on|strong="G1161" going|strong="G2424" into|strong="G1525" it|strong="G1161", they|strong="G1161" could|strong="G2147" not|strong="G3756" find|strong="G2147" the|strong="G1161" body|strong="G4983"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.3  }Some later manuscripts add: of the Lord Jesus.}. 
\verseNumber{4}While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" loss|strong="H2398" to|strong="G2532" account|strong="H5921" for|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778", all|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" once|strong="H6471" two|strong="G1417" men|strong="G3778" stood|strong="G2186" beside|strong="H5921" them|strong="G3588", in|strong="G1722" dazzling|strong="H6703" clothing|strong="G2066". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" fear|strong="H3372" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="H0802" bowed|strong="G2827" their|strong="G1438" faces|strong="G4383" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093", the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" looking|strong="G2212" among|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" living|strong="G2198"? 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.6  }Some later manuscripts add: He is not here but he has risen.} Remember|strong="G3403" how|strong="G5613" he|strong="G3588" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" before|strong="G1722" he|strong="G3588" left|strong="H7604" Galilee|strong="G1056" – 
\verseNumber{7}How|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Man|strong="G1519" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G2532" betrayed|strong="G3860" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G5207" wicked|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" crucified|strong="G4717", and|strong="G2532" rise|strong="G2250" again|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250".” 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" remembered|strong="G3403" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G4487" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2532", on|strong="G3062" returning|strong="G5290" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419", they|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" all|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3778" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Eleven|strong="G1733" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="G3062". 
\verseNumber{10}There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" Mary|strong="G3137" of|strong="G2532" Magdala, and|strong="G2532" Joanna|strong="G2489", and|strong="G2532" Mary|strong="G3137", the|strong="G2532" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="G2532" James|strong="G2385". The|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3062" women|strong="G3062", too|strong="G2532", spoke|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4314" this|strong="G3778" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" apostles. 
\verseNumber{11}What|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" seemed|strong="G5316" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" apostles mere|strong="H1892" nonsense|strong="G3026", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" believe|strong="H0539" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.12  }Some later manuscripts add: Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping down he saw nothing but the linen wrappings, and he went away, wondering to himself at what had taken place.} 
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\verseNumber{13}It|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" that|strong="G3739" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" going|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" village|strong="G2968" called|strong="G3686" Emmaus|strong="G1695", which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1722" seven|strong="G2250" miles|strong="G4712" from|strong="G1537" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", 
\verseNumber{14}talking|strong="G3656" together|strong="G4314", as|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532", about|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" taken|strong="G4819" place|strong="G4819". 
\verseNumber{15}While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3656" about|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" discussing|strong="G4802" them|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" himself|strong="G1438" came|strong="G1096" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" on|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" way|strong="G1722" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{16}but|strong="G1161" their|strong="G3588" eyes|strong="G3788" were|strong="G3588" blinded|strong="H5786" so|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" could|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" recognize|strong="G1921" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w walk|strong="G4043"\+w* \+w along|strong="G2532"\+w*?”} Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004". They|strong="G2532" stopped|strong="G2476", with|strong="G4314" sad|strong="G4659" looks|strong="H7200" on|strong="G1161" their|strong="G1438" faces|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2250" them|strong="G3588", whose|strong="G3739" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G1096" Cleopas|strong="G2810", said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" staying|strong="H3427" by|strong="G1722" yourself|strong="G4771" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" heard|strong="G1097" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" there|strong="G2532" within|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" last|strong="G3778" few|strong="G3756" days|strong="G2250"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w mean|strong="G3004"\+w*?”} asked|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424". “Why|strong="G3739", about|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G4012" Nazareth|strong="G3479",” they|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004", “who|strong="G3739", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", was|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" prophet|strong="G4396", whose|strong="G3739" power|strong="G1415" was|strong="G1096" felt|strong="H4959" in|strong="G1722" both|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" words|strong="G3056" and|strong="G2532" actions|strong="G2041"; 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G3704" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" leading|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3588" gave|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G3860" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" sentenced|strong="H4941" to|strong="G1519" death|strong="G2288", and|strong="G2532" afterward|strong="H0310" crucified|strong="G4717" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G1510" hoping|strong="G1679" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Destined|strong="H3651" Deliverer|strong="H6403" of|strong="G2250" Israel|strong="G2474"; yes|strong="G1161", and|strong="G2532" besides|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" this|strong="G3778", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" three|strong="G1096" days|strong="G2250" since|strong="G3754" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3956" occurred|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" more|strong="G2532", some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" among|strong="G1537" us|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" greatly|strong="H3966" astonished|strong="G1839" us|strong="G2249". They|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419" at|strong="G1909" daybreak|strong="H7837" 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="G2532", not|strong="G3361" finding|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" there|strong="G2532", came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" vision|strong="G3701" of|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="G3739" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G3779" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" number|strong="G3756" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" tomb|strong="G3419" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" everything|strong="H3605" just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" see|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Foolish|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3956"\+w*, \+w slow|strong="G1021"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*!} 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w Was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3780"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Christ|strong="G5547"\+w* \+w bound|strong="H0631"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w undergo|strong="H7845"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w suffering|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w entering|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w glory|strong="G1391"\+w*?”} 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G2532", beginning|strong="H7225" with|strong="G1722" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396", he|strong="G2532" explained|strong="G1329" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" scriptures|strong="G1124" the|strong="G1722" passages|strong="H4569" that|strong="G3588" referred to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" near|strong="G1448" the|strong="G2532" village|strong="G2968" to|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4198", Jesus|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" going|strong="G4198" further|strong="G4208"; 
\verseNumber{29}but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" pressed|strong="H6555" him|strong="G3588" not|strong="G1510" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532". “Stay|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004",” they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “for|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" getting|strong="H7075" towards evening|strong="G2073", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sun|strong="H8121" in|strong="G1525" already|strong="G2235" low|strong="H8213".” So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" went|strong="G1525" in|strong="G1525" to|strong="G4314" stay|strong="G3306" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{30}After|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" taken|strong="G2983" his|strong="G1722" place|strong="G1096" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" table|strong="H7979" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" blessing|strong="G2127", and|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788" were|strong="G3588" opened|strong="G1272" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" recognized|strong="G1921" him|strong="G3588"; but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" disappeared|strong="H0369" from|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3788". 
\verseNumber{32}“How|strong="G5613" our|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" glowed,” the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G3588", “while|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" talking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598", and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" explained|strong="H0560" the|strong="G1722" scriptures|strong="G1124" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", where|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" Eleven|strong="G1733" and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" companions|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" together|strong="G4867", 
\verseNumber{34}who|strong="G3588" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962" had|strong="G2532" really|strong="G3689" risen|strong="G1453", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" Simon|strong="G4613". 
\verseNumber{35}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" related|strong="G1834" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" during|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" walk|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" how|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" recognized|strong="G1097" Jesus|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" breaking|strong="G2800" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{36}While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3778" still|strong="G2476" talking|strong="G2980" about|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", Jesus|strong="G3778" himself|strong="H5315" stood|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G1722".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.36  }Some later manuscripts add: and said, “Peace be with you.”} 
\verseNumber{37}In|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" terror|strong="H2851" and|strong="G2532" alarm|strong="H8643" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G1380" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" a|strong="G1096" ghost|strong="G4151", 
\verseNumber{38}but|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w startled|strong="H2729"\+w*? \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w doubts|strong="G1261"\+w* \+w arise|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w minds|strong="G2588"\+w*?} 
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\verseNumber{40}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.40  }Some later manuscripts add: After saying this he showed them his hands and his feet.} 
\verseNumber{41}While|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G2532" believe|strong="H0539" it|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532", overcome|strong="H3201" with|strong="G2532" joy|strong="G5479", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" wondering|strong="G2296" if|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1759"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G1034"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{49}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{\+w And|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w myself|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w send|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w promised|strong="G1860"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w must|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* invested \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1411"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w above|strong="G1909"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{50}After|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" led|strong="G1806" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1806" as|strong="G1161" far|strong="G2193" as|strong="G1161" Bethany, and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" raised|strong="G1869" his|strong="G1438" hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" blessed|strong="G2127" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{51}As|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" act|strong="H6213" of|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G2127" them|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.51  }Some later manuscripts add: and was carried up into heaven.} 
\verseNumber{52}They|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G5290"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24.52  }Some later manuscripts read: They bowed to the ground before him and returned.} to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="G2532" joy|strong="G5479"; 
\verseNumber{53}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" constantly|strong="G1223" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" Courts|strong="H2691", blessing|strong="G2127" God|strong="G2316".
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