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\BibleBook{Mark}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the Gospel that Mark wrote. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Mark }

\BibleSectionHeading{Mark 1:1-8 }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Mark 1:1-8 }

\BibleSectionHeading{The good message about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, began when John, the Baptizer, as was prophesied long ago, announced the coming of Jesus. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The good message about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, began when John, the Baptizer, as was prophesied long ago, announced the coming of Jesus. }
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Listen|strong="H8085"! I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8104" messenger|strong="H4397" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859". He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w*} John|strong="G2491". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} ‘The|strong="G1722" Baptizer’. In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" he|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" telling|strong="H1696" people|strong="G3588", “If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" want|strong="H4270" God|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" forgive|strong="H5545" you|strong="G1722" for|strong="G1519" having|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398", you|strong="G1722" must|strong="G1096" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" sinful|strong="H2400" behavior|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} baptize \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H0430" showed|strong="H7200" Jesus to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G4151" descending|strong="H3381" upon|strong="G1722" him|strong="G1722"; by|strong="G1722" Himself|strong="H5315", God|strong="H0430" the|strong="G1722" Father|strong="H0001", declaring|strong="H5046" it|strong="G1161"; by|strong="G1722" Satan|strong="H7854" testing|strong="H5254" him|strong="G1722"; and|strong="G1161" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" angels|strong="H4397" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4151" him|strong="G1722". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H0430" showed|strong="H7200" Jesus to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="H0430" Spirit|strong="G4151" descending|strong="H3381" upon|strong="G1722" him|strong="G1722"; by|strong="G1722" Himself|strong="H5315", God|strong="H0430" the|strong="G1722" Father|strong="H0001", declaring|strong="H5046" it|strong="G1161"; by|strong="G1722" Satan|strong="H7854" testing|strong="H5254" him|strong="G1722"; and|strong="G1161" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" angels|strong="H4397" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4151" him|strong="G1722". }
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\verseNumber{9}During|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w preaching|strong="H7150"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" Nazareth|strong="G3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}, which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w preaching|strong="H7150"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" baptized by|strong="G1722" John|strong="G2491" {John|strong="G2491" baptized him|strong="G3588"} in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jordan|strong="G2446" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}◄Then|strong="G2532"/Right|strong="G2117" away|strong="G1544"► the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} sent|strong="G1544" Jesus|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" desolate|strong="G2048" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1722" 40 days|strong="G2250". During|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2250", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" tempted|strong="G3985" by|strong="G1722" Satan|strong="G4567" {Satan|strong="G4567" tempted|strong="G3985" him|strong="G3588"}. There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" wild|strong="G2342" animals|strong="H0929" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} also|strong="G2532". But|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" took|strong="G2532" care|strong="G1247" of|strong="G5259" him|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3326" John|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" arrested|strong="H8610", Jesus|strong="G1510" came|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" preached|strong="H1696" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{After|strong="G3326" John|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" arrested|strong="H8610", Jesus|strong="G1510" came|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" preached|strong="H1696" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532". }
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\verseNumber{14}Later|strong="G3326", after|strong="G3326" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G3588" put|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G3860" {after|strong="G3326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} put|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" in|strong="G1519" prison|strong="G3860"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w rebuked|strong="H1605"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w* Herod Antipas \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" preaching|strong="G2784" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w*} from|strong="G2064" God|strong="G2316". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" showed|strong="H7200" his|strong="G1722" authority|strong="H3027" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="H7121" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="H6965" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" showed|strong="H7200" his|strong="G1722" authority|strong="H3027" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="H7121" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="H6965" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*}, while|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056" Lake|strong="G2281", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w*}, Simon|strong="G4613" and|strong="G2532" Simon’s|strong="G4613" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251", Andrew. They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" casting|strong="H4165" their|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fishing|strong="H4365"\+w*} net|strong="H7568" into|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281". They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{earned \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w*} catching|strong="H2480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w selling|strong="H4376"\+w*} fish|strong="H1710". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{People|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="H8539" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" expelling a|strong="G2532" demon from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{People|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="H8539" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" expelling a|strong="G2532" demon from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" healed|strong="H7495" Simon’s mother-in-law|strong="H2545". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G1831" healed|strong="H7495" Simon’s mother-in-law|strong="H2545". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" expelled|strong="H3423" many|strong="H7227" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" from|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" expelled|strong="H3423" many|strong="H7227" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" from|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" throughout|strong="H3605" Galilee|strong="H1551", preaching|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" expelling evil|strong="G2560" spirits|strong="H7307" from|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1492". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" throughout|strong="H3605" Galilee|strong="H1551", preaching|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" expelling evil|strong="G2560" spirits|strong="H7307" from|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1492". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" cured|strong="H8585" a|strong="G2532" leper|strong="H6879" and|strong="G2532" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" again|strong="G1519". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" cured|strong="H8585" a|strong="G2532" leper|strong="H6879" and|strong="G2532" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G1519" associate|strong="H0935" with|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" again|strong="G1519". }
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\verseNumber{42}Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="H7495"! He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G2532" longer|strong="H5750" a|strong="G2532" leper|strong="H6879"! 
\verseNumber{43}Jesus|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="H1696" sternly|strong="G1690" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" before|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G1544" him|strong="G2532" away|strong="G1544". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{By healing a paralyzed man Jesus demonstrated his authority to forgive sins as well as to heal. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{By healing a paralyzed man Jesus demonstrated his authority to forgive sins as well as to heal. }
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\verseNumber{7}“◄Who|strong="G5101" does|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" think|strong="H2803" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588", talking|strong="G2980" like|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3588"/This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" shouldn’t|strong="G3778" talk|strong="G2980" like|strong="G3779" that|strong="G3588"!► [RHQ]? ◄He|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" insulting God|strong="G2316"!/Does|strong="G5101" he|strong="G3778" think|strong="H2803" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316"?► [RHQ] ◄No|strong="G3361" person|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"!/Who|strong="G5101" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"?► [RHQ] Only|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="G1410" forgive|strong="H5545" sins|strong="H2403"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:12  }COL 5:1} The|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453" immediately|strong="G2112"! He|strong="G2532" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="G1453" the|strong="G2532" sleeping|strong="H3463" pad, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831", while|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" watching|strong="H8245". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" amazed|strong="G1839", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" praised|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3763" before|strong="G1715" seen|strong="G3708" anything|strong="G3956" like|strong="G3779" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G3588"\+w*} just|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" invited|strong="H7121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" disciple|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" refuted|strong="H3198" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" objected to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" associating with|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3779" people|strong="G3956". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" invited|strong="H7121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" disciple|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" refuted|strong="H3198" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" objected to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" associating with|strong="G2532" such|strong="G3779" people|strong="G3956". }
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\verseNumber{13}Jesus|strong="G1831" left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Capernaum \+w town|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w again|strong="G3825"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w walked|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} alongside|strong="H5980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*} lake|strong="G2281". A|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" crowd|strong="G3793" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{14}As|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" walked|strong="H1980" on|strong="G1909" further|strong="G1909", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="G3004" Levi|strong="G3018", whose|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3588" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Matthew, and|strong="G2532" whose|strong="G3588" father’s|strong="H0001" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Alpheus. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" office|strong="H0530" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="G2532" collected|strong="H6908" taxes|strong="H4061" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Come|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w disciple|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" eating|strong="H0398" a|strong="G1096" meal|strong="H7058" in|strong="G1722" Levi’s|strong="H3878" house|strong="G3614". Many|strong="G4183" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" collected|strong="H6908" taxes|strong="H4061" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G4183"\+w*} people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w*} sinning|strong="H2398" regularly|strong="H8548" were|strong="G1510" eating|strong="H0398" with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* surprising}, for|strong="G1063" there|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1510" like|strong="H3644" this|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" going|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{17}After|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G1342" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451", “People|strong="G2560" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w consider|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" seek|strong="H1245" a|strong="G2192" doctor|strong="H2280". On|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" sick|strong="G2560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w seek|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w doctor|strong="H2280"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w sinned|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* spiritually}. And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" invite|strong="G2564" people|strong="G2560" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} [IRO] they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" righteous|strong="G1342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sinful|strong="H2400"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}. On|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", I|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w invite|strong="G2564"\+w*} people|strong="G2560" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w*} are|strong="G3588" sinners|strong="H2400", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" inappropriate for|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" disciples|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" show|strong="G2192" sorrow|strong="H3015" by|strong="G2532" fasting|strong="H6685" while|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" requiring|strong="H6963" people|strong="G2560" to|strong="G2532" perform|strong="H6213" rituals like|strong="H3644" fasting|strong="H6685" was|strong="G3588" inconsistent with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" bringing|strong="G2192". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" inappropriate for|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" disciples|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" show|strong="G2192" sorrow|strong="H3015" by|strong="G2532" fasting|strong="H6685" while|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" requiring|strong="H6963" people|strong="G2560" to|strong="G2532" perform|strong="H6213" rituals like|strong="H3644" fasting|strong="H6685" was|strong="G3588" inconsistent with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" bringing|strong="G2192". }
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G1223" John|strong="G2491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Baptizer} and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" belonged|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisee|strong="G5330" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sect} used|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G2064" food|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}. One|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588", some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{critically}, “The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" of|strong="G1223" John|strong="G2491" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" ◄fast|strong="G3522"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G2064" food|strong="H3899"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}, but|strong="G1161" your|strong="G4674" disciples|strong="G3101" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w abstain|strong="H5144"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*. \+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} [RHQ]?” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Pharisees complained|strong="H7878" about|strong="G1519" Jesus’ disciples|strong="G3588" plucking grain|strong="H1715" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" replied|strong="H0559" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" Scriptural precedent for|strong="G1519" ignoring religious laws|strong="H8451" if|strong="G1487" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" physical need|strong="G1487", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3762" to|strong="G1519" decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3361" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Sabbath|strong="H7676". }

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\BibleSectionHeading{After Jesus healed a man with a withered arm on the Sabbath, Jewish leaders began to plan to kill him. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{After Jesus healed a man with a withered arm on the Sabbath, Jewish leaders began to plan to kill him. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Many|strong="G4160" people|strong="G4160" came|strong="G1831" from|strong="G2532" various|strong="G2596" areas|strong="H0776" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" Jesus|strong="G1831", because|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="G4160". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Many|strong="G4160" people|strong="G4160" came|strong="G1831" from|strong="G2532" various|strong="G2596" areas|strong="H0776" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" Jesus|strong="G1831", because|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" many|strong="G4160". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="H8147" apostles. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="H8147" apostles. }
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\verseNumber{18}Philip|strong="G5376"; Bartholomew; Levi|strong="H3878", whose|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3588" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Matthew|strong="G3156"; Thomas|strong="G2381"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="G3588"\+w*} James|strong="G2385", the|strong="G2532" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" Alphaeus; Thaddeus; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="G3588"\+w*} Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w member|strong="H1995"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w party|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" overthrow|strong="H2015" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}; 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" explained|strong="H0560" why|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" expelling evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" by|strong="G2532" Satan’s power|strong="H3027" was|strong="G3739" ridiculous, and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" such|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" claim|strong="H0589" was|strong="G3739" an|strong="G2532" unforgivable sin|strong="H2403". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" explained|strong="H0560" why|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" expelling evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" by|strong="G2532" Satan’s power|strong="H3027" was|strong="G3739" ridiculous, and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" such|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" claim|strong="H0589" was|strong="G3739" an|strong="G2532" unforgivable sin|strong="H2403". }
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\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G3004" summoned|strong="G4341" those|strong="G1722" men|strong="G1722". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spoke|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1438"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" parables|strong="G3850" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w own|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* expelling \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* demonstrating \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G2532"\+w* ridiculous} to|strong="G2532" suggest that|strong="G2532" Satan|strong="G4567" would|strong="G2532" expel|strong="H1644" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G4459" would|strong="G2532" Satan|strong="G4567" expel|strong="H1644" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*}?► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{24}If|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w same|strong="G1565"\+w*} country|strong="H2022" are|strong="G3588" fighting|strong="H3898" one|strong="G1438" another|strong="G1438", they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" cease|strong="H7673" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" single|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" under|strong="G1909" one|strong="G1438" ruler|strong="H4910". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w same|strong="G1565"\+w*} house|strong="G3614" fight|strong="H3898" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1438", they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" certainly|strong="G1909" not|strong="G3756" remain|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w family|strong="H4940"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}Similarly|strong="H2088", if|strong="G1487" Satan|strong="G4567" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" fighting|strong="H3898" one|strong="G1438" another|strong="G1438", instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="G2532" remaining|strong="H8300" strong|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" become|strong="G2192" powerless|strong="H0369". 
\verseNumber{27}Contrary|strong="H7147" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3756"\+w*}, someone|strong="G4632" can|strong="G1410" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G2478" man|strong="G3762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="H7854"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" carry|strong="H5375" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="G1519" possessions|strong="H7399" only|strong="G3756" if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" ties|strong="H0631" up|strong="G1210" the|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G2478" man|strong="G3762". Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w able|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} steal|strong="H1589" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" man’s|strong="G2478" house|strong="G3614".” 
\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, “Consider|strong="H7200" this|strong="G3588" carefully|strong="H6213"! People|strong="G3956" may|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403" in|strong="G2532" many|strong="G3745" ways|strong="H1870" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G3004" evilly about|strong="G3754" God|strong="G3004", but|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G1437"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="G3588" for|strong="G3754" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3754". 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1161" anyone|strong="G3739" speaks|strong="H1696" evil|strong="H7451" words|strong="H1697" about|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1519" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="G2192"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G1519"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" never|strong="G3756" forgive|strong="H5545" that|strong="G3739". That|strong="G3739" person’s|strong="H3820" guilt|strong="H0817" will|strong="G1510" remain|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" forever|strong="G1519".” 
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} because|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w admit|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w helping|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w expel|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w demons|strong="H7700"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*}, they|strong="G3754" were|strong="G2192" saying|strong="G3004", “An|strong="G2192" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="G4151" is|strong="G3748" controlling him|strong="H5414"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3748" who|strong="G3748" obey|strong="H8085" God|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3748" as|strong="G3004" dear|strong="H3357" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="G3004" his|strong="G2192" close|strong="H5980" relatives|strong="H0251". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3748" who|strong="G3748" obey|strong="H8085" God|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3748" as|strong="G3004" dear|strong="H3357" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="G3004" his|strong="G2192" close|strong="H5980" relatives|strong="H0251". }
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\verseNumber{31}Jesus’|strong="G3384" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} siblings arrived|strong="G2064". While|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1854", they|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w inside|strong="H8432"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G4314" to|strong="G4314" call|strong="G2564" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="G1854"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}A|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" around|strong="G4012" Jesus|strong="G3004". One|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4012" them|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Listen|strong="G2400"/Hey|strong="H1945", your|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" sisters|strong="H0269" are|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1854", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" wanting|strong="H6485" ◄to|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708"/to|strong="G2532" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="G2532"► you|strong="G4771"!” 
\verseNumber{33}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w something|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" brothers|strong="H0251".\BibleCharacterStyleADD{/\+w Do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} my|strong="G1473" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" brothers|strong="H0251"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{34}After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" around|strong="G4012" at|strong="G4012" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" around|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w circle|strong="H4570"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Look|strong="G3708" here|strong="H6311"! I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w love|strong="H0157"\+w* \+w these|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w love|strong="H0157"\+w*} my|strong="G3708" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3708" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{35}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" habitually do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" wants|strong="G2307" are|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dear|strong="H3357"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] as|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" brother|strong="H0251", my|strong="G1473" sister|strong="H0269", or|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" mother|strong="G3384"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught the crowds by parables about the various ways that people who hear his message react. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus taught the crowds by parables about the various ways that people who hear his message react. }
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\chapterNumber{4}Another|strong="G3825" time|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G1510" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1519" teach|strong="G1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*} alongside|strong="H5980" Lake|strong="G2281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*. \+w As|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w doing|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w very|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w large|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="G4863"\+w* \+w around|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w Because|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* jostling \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w better|strong="G4183"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sat|strong="G2521"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w began|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w teach|strong="G1321"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w boat|strong="G4143"\+w*}. At|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G2532" time|strong="G1909", the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G1510" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" shore|strong="G1093" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281". 
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\verseNumber{3}“Consider|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* illustration}: A|strong="G3708" man|strong="H0376"/farmer|strong="H0127" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w field|strong="H7704"\+w*} to|strong="G3708" sow|strong="G4687" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w seeds|strong="H2233"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G1325" two|strong="H8147" parables|strong="H4912" to|strong="G2532" show|strong="G2192" them|strong="G1325" how|strong="H4100" the|strong="G2532" number|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" submit|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="G1325" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315" will|strong="G2532" greatly|strong="G3756" increase|strong="H8393". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G1325" two|strong="H8147" parables|strong="H4912" to|strong="G2532" show|strong="G2192" them|strong="G1325" how|strong="H4100" the|strong="G2532" number|strong="G3756" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" submit|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="G1325" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315" will|strong="G2532" greatly|strong="G3756" increase|strong="H8393". }
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\verseNumber{26}Jesus|strong="G3004" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w power|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w change|strong="H5162"\+w*} people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" let|strong="G1510" him|strong="G3588" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315". I|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* illustrate \+w how|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1510"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"]. A|strong="G5613" man|strong="G2316" planted|strong="H5193" seeds|strong="H2233" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093". 
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\verseNumber{28}First|strong="G4413" the|strong="G1722" stalks|strong="H6086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appeared|strong="H7200"\+w*}. Then|strong="G1534" the|strong="G1722" heads|strong="G4719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appeared|strong="H7200"\+w*}. Then|strong="G1534" the|strong="G1722" full|strong="G4134" kernels|strong="H2785" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" heads|strong="G4719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appeared|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}As|strong="G1161" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" grain|strong="G2590" was|strong="G3588" ripe|strong="H1310" he|strong="G1161" sent|strong="G2112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} [MTY] to|strong="G1161" harvest|strong="G2326" it|strong="G3754" because|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="G1161" harvest|strong="G2326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w grain|strong="G2590"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*} another|strong="G1438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w parable|strong="G3850"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w*} said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G1722" [RHQ] how|strong="G4459" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w number|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w*} whose|strong="G5101" lives|strong="H5315" God|strong="G2316" rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" way|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w continue|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2228", each|strong="G1438" continue|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" more|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" more|strong="G2532" influence|strong="H4294" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" world|strong="H8398"). I|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G2532" [RHQ] that|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" illustration will|strong="G2316" show|strong="H7200" this|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{33}Jesus|strong="G2532" used|strong="H6213" many|strong="G4183" such|strong="G5108" illustrations when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G4183" about|strong="G2980" God|strong="G2532". If|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kept|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w telling|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w more|strong="G4183"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{While|strong="G2980" Jesus|strong="G3756" and|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="G3956" lake in|strong="G2596" a|strong="G1161" boat|strong="H0590" and|strong="G1161" while|strong="G2980" Jesus|strong="G3756" slept|strong="H7901", a|strong="G1161" storm|strong="H2230" arose|strong="H6965", so|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101" woke|strong="H3364" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" calmed|strong="H2814" the|strong="G3956" storm|strong="H2230". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{While|strong="G2980" Jesus|strong="G3756" and|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="G3956" lake in|strong="G2596" a|strong="G1161" boat|strong="H0590" and|strong="G1161" while|strong="G2980" Jesus|strong="G3756" slept|strong="H7901", a|strong="G1161" storm|strong="H2230" arose|strong="H6965", so|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101" woke|strong="H3364" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" calmed|strong="H2814" the|strong="G3956" storm|strong="H2230". }
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\verseNumber{35}On|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" same|strong="G1565" day|strong="G2250", when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="G1096" setting|strong="H5414", Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}, “Let’s|strong="H1980" cross|strong="G4008" over|strong="G4008" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" opposite|strong="H5048" side|strong="G4008" of|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lake \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G1722" crowd|strong="G3793", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" where|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} was|strong="G1510", and|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w*} went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3588" boats|strong="G4143". 
\verseNumber{37}A|strong="G1096" strong|strong="G3173" wind|strong="H7307" came|strong="G1096" up|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" waves|strong="G2949" started|strong="G1096" coming|strong="G1096" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143"! The|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1096" soon|strong="G1096" nearly|strong="G2235" full|strong="G1072" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{38}Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" back|strong="H7725" part|strong="G4403" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="H0590". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" sleeping|strong="G2518", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w*} on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" cushion|strong="G4344". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" woke|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320"! ◄You|strong="G4771" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" concerned|strong="G3199" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191"!/Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3756" concerned|strong="G3199" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{39}So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" got|strong="G1326" up|strong="G1326" and|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" lake|strong="G2281", “Be|strong="G1096" quiet|strong="G4623"! Be|strong="G1096" still|strong="G5392"! [DOU]” The|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* }stopped|strong="G2869" blowing|strong="H8628" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lake|strong="G2281"\+w*} became|strong="G1096" very|strong="G2532" calm|strong="G1055". 
\verseNumber{40}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w disappointed|strong="H0954"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G1169" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*}!/Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G3004" afraid|strong="G1169" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*}?► [RHQ] Do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" yet|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" very|strong="G2532" awestruck|strong="G5399". They|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w demons|strong="H7700"\+w* \+w obey|strong="G5219"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* } even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" waves|strong="H1530" obey|strong="G5219" him|strong="G3588"! “◄What|strong="G5101" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532"?/This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w ordinary|strong="H2455"\+w* } people|strong="G1510"!► [RHQ]” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus expelled evil spirits from a Gerasene man and then allowed them to enter a herd of pigs, which then ran down a hill and drowned. As a result, the local people asked Jesus to leave the area. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus expelled evil spirits from a Gerasene man and then allowed them to enter a herd of pigs, which then ran down a hill and drowned. As a result, the local people asked Jesus to leave the area. }
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\verseNumber{6}As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w*} out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590", that|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113". He|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="H6965" ran|strong="G5143" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="H5307" before|strong="G4352" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{7-8}Jesus said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307", “You|strong="H0859" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307", come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* demon \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*}. It|strong="H5414" shouted|strong="H7321" very|strong="H3966" loudly|strong="H6963", “Jesus, I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} ◄Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" also|strong="H1571"► God|strong="H0430", so|strong="H3651" ◄we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" in|strong="H0935" common|strong="H1121"./what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" common|strong="H1121"?► [IDM, RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*} I|strong="H0589" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" promise|strong="H1697", knowing|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0369" listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" torture me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w expel|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* demon \+w more|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G1905", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" your|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686"?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G1473" name|strong="G3686" is|strong="G1510" Crowd|strong="H1995"/Mob because|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirits|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" fervently kept|strong="G2532" begging|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1854" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" region|strong="G5561". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w time|strong="G3173"\+w*}, a|strong="G1510" large|strong="G3173" herd|strong="H1241" of|strong="G3735" pigs|strong="G5519" was|strong="G1510" ◄grazing|strong="H7462"/rooting for|strong="G4314" food|strong="H3899"► nearby|strong="G1563" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" hillside|strong="H6763". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" we|strong="G2249" might|strong="G2532" enter|strong="G1525" them|strong="G3588"!” 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" permitted|strong="G2010" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="G4151" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1722" pigs|strong="G5519". The|strong="G1722" herd|strong="H1241", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w numbered|strong="H6485"\+w*} about|strong="G5613" 2,000, rushed|strong="G3729" down|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" cliff|strong="H5553" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" drowned|strong="G4155" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" tending|strong="H7462" the|strong="G2532" pigs ran|strong="G5343" and|strong="G2532" reported|strong="H5046" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" countryside|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G1096"\+w*. \+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*} went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G3708" what|strong="G5101" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="G2334"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1139" whom|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" had|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" there|strong="G2532" with|strong="G4314" clothes|strong="H0899" on|strong="G2521" and|strong="G2532" mentally sound|strong="G4993". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w property|strong="H0272"\+w*}. (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w must|strong="G5399"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w very|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H2392"\+w*}.) 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" described|strong="G1334" what|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1139" whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662". They|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" described|strong="G1334" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" pigs|strong="G5519". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3870" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="G2532" region|strong="G3725". 
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\verseNumber{18}As|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G1510" got|strong="G1684" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirits|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} controlled|strong="H0662" begged|strong="G3870" Jesus|strong="G1510", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w*} go|strong="G1519" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G1510"!” 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Go|strong="G5217" home|strong="G3624" to|strong="G1519" your|strong="G4674" family|strong="G3624" and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" how|strong="G3745" much|strong="G3745" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} has|strong="G2962" done|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" how|strong="G3745" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G4771".” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3956" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w*} the|strong="G1722" Ten|strong="G1722" Towns|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" people|strong="G3956" how|strong="G3745" much|strong="G3745" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" done|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588". All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w*} were|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G2296". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" cured|strong="H8585" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" suffering|strong="G1722" from|strong="G2532" hemorrhaging, and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" Jairus’ daughter|strong="H1323" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2424" cured|strong="H8585" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G2532" suffering|strong="G1722" from|strong="G2532" hemorrhaging, and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2532" Jairus’ daughter|strong="H1323" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315". }
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\verseNumber{22}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" presided over|strong="G2064" a|strong="G2532" ◄synagogue/Jewish|strong="H3064" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725"►, whose|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" was|strong="G3588" Jairus|strong="G2383", came|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2532". When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2532", he|strong="G2532" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" at|strong="G4314" his|strong="G3708" feet|strong="G4228". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" pleaded|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" earnestly|strong="G4183", “My|strong="G1473" twelve-year old|strong="G2192" daughter|strong="G2365" is|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sick|strong="H2470"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} nearly|strong="H1241" dead|strong="H4191"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w*} come|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" place|strong="G2007" your|strong="G2192" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" her|strong="G3754" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G4982" {to|strong="G2443" heal|strong="H7495" her|strong="G3754"}, so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" she|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2064" die|strong="H4191"!” 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="H3928"\+w*} went|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G2532". 
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A|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" followed|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4183"\+w*} pushed|strong="H1920" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{25}There|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="G1135" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*} who|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" vaginal bleeding [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} for|strong="G1722" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094". 
\verseNumber{26}She|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" suffered|strong="G3958" much|strong="G4183" while|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" doctors|strong="G2395" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w treated|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" although|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" spent|strong="G1159" all|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" pay|strong="G1159" the|strong="G2532" doctors|strong="G2395", she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" been|strong="G2532" helped|strong="G5623" {they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" helped|strong="G5623" her|strong="G1438"}. Instead|strong="G3123", she|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" worse|strong="G5501" [EUP]. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus taught in the synagogue, and the people who heard him were amazed and offended. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus taught in the synagogue, and the people who heard him were amazed and offended. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G1722" apostles returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" report|strong="H8088" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" off|strong="H3772" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" lonely|strong="H3173" place|strong="G5087", but|strong="G2532" many|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="G1722" apostles returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" report|strong="H8088" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" off|strong="H3772" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" lonely|strong="H3173" place|strong="G5087", but|strong="G2532" many|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G5613" it|strong="G2532" became|strong="H3205" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" afternoon|strong="H5186" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" became|strong="H3205" hungry|strong="H7457" and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" place|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" obtain|strong="G2192" food|strong="H3899"; as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G2192" result|strong="H6903", Jesus|strong="G1510" miraculously provided|strong="H3557" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G1438". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{When|strong="G5613" it|strong="G2532" became|strong="H3205" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" afternoon|strong="H5186" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3793" became|strong="H3205" hungry|strong="H7457" and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" place|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" obtain|strong="G2192" food|strong="H3899"; as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G2192" result|strong="H6903", Jesus|strong="G1510" miraculously provided|strong="H3557" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G1438". }
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\verseNumber{35}Late|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}, the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G5117" no|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" live|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4183" late|strong="G5610". 
\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2443"\+w* } send|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2068" away|strong="H5493" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" go|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" surrounding|strong="G2945" farms and|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" can|strong="H4310" buy|strong="H7069" for|strong="G1519" themselves|strong="G1438" something|strong="G5101" to|strong="G1519" eat|strong="G2068"!” 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="G2532"\+w*}, you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yourselves|strong="G4771"\+w*} give|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068"!” They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “◄We|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" enough|strong="H1767" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="G2532" feed|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*}, even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" earns|strong="H7936" by|strong="G2532" working|strong="G2532" 200 days|strong="H3117"!/How|strong="G1161" could|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" buy|strong="H7069" enough|strong="H1767" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="G2532" feed|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* mob}, even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" earns|strong="H7936" by|strong="G2532" working|strong="G2532" 200 days|strong="H3117"?►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{38}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “How|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2192"? Go|strong="G5217" and|strong="G2532" find|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532"!” They|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} found|strong="G1097" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “We|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} five|strong="G4002" flat|strong="H8478" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cooked|strong="H2102"\+w*} fish|strong="G2486"!” 
\verseNumber{39}He|strong="G2532" instructed|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2532" sit|strong="G3956" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" green|strong="G5515" grass|strong="G5528". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="H5971" sat|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2596" groups|strong="G4237". There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" 50 people|strong="H5971" in|strong="G2596" some|strong="H4480" groups|strong="G4237" and|strong="G2532" 100 people|strong="H5971" in|strong="G2596" other|strong="H0312" groups|strong="G4237". 
\verseNumber{41}Jesus|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" five|strong="G4002" flat|strong="H8478" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486". He|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" towards heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} for|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2622" the|strong="G2532" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486" into|strong="G1519" pieces|strong="H5409" and|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" giving|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" distribute|strong="H5414" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{42}Everyone|strong="G3956" ate|strong="G2068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w food|strong="G5315"\+w*} until|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" had|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068"! 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" then|strong="G2532" collected|strong="H6908" twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894" full|strong="G4138" of|strong="G2532" pieces|strong="G2801" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fish|strong="G2486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{44}There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" approximately 5,000 men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w count|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" Bethsaida by|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590" while|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="H6419". Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" difficulty|strong="H3811" due|strong="H2706" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" blowing|strong="H8628" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="G3588", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" Bethsaida by|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590" while|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="H6419". Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" difficulty|strong="H3811" due|strong="H2706" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" wind|strong="H7307" blowing|strong="H8628" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="G3588", so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325". }
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\verseNumber{45}Right|strong="G2117" away|strong="H5493" Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G4314" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" get|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4254" ahead|strong="G4254" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" Bethsaida \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w*} further|strong="H5750" around|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lake \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stayed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*} dismissed|strong="H7971" the|strong="G2532" many|strong="G3793" people|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{46}After|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" goodbye to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hills|strong="H1389" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336". 
\verseNumber{47}When|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" evening|strong="G3798", the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{disciples’} boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281" and|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" by|strong="G1722" himself|strong="G3441" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" land|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{48}He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="H7307" was|strong="G1510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w blowing|strong="H8628"\+w*} against|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" rowed|strong="G1643". As|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" having|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" difficulty|strong="H3811". He|strong="G2532" approached|strong="H5066" them|strong="G3588" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2064" dark|strong="H2822", by|strong="G1722" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" water|strong="H4325". He|strong="G2532" intended|strong="G2309" to|strong="G4314" walk|strong="G4043" by|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{49}They|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="H4325", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G1380" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" ghost|strong="G5326". They|strong="G2532" screamed|strong="H7121" 
\verseNumber{50}because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" were|strong="G1510" terrified|strong="G5399" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" talked|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Be|strong="G1510" calm|strong="H8367"! Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1063"\+w*} it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{51}He|strong="G2532" got|strong="H6965" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" boat|strong="G4143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sat|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w down|strong="G1537"\+w*} with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" wind|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w* }stopped|strong="G2869" blowing|strong="H8628". They|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" completely|strong="G1519" amazed|strong="G1839" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{As|strong="G1063" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="G1063" Jesus|strong="G1510" and|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1909" disciples|strong="G1510" reached|strong="H0935" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="G3588" disembarked, people|strong="G1510" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1909" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G1510", bringing|strong="H0935" sick|strong="H2470" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" might|strong="H1369" heal|strong="H7495" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" healed|strong="H7495" all|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{As|strong="G1063" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="G1063" Jesus|strong="G1510" and|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1909" disciples|strong="G1510" reached|strong="H0935" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="G3588" disembarked, people|strong="G1510" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1909" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G1510", bringing|strong="H0935" sick|strong="H2470" people|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" might|strong="H1369" heal|strong="H7495" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" healed|strong="H7495" all|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some Pharisees and scribes criticized Jesus about his disciples disobeying the traditions of the elders. Jesus replied, showing that their attitudes and practices were mistaken. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Some Pharisees and scribes criticized Jesus about his disciples disobeying the traditions of the elders. Jesus replied, showing that their attitudes and practices were mistaken. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" went|strong="G1831" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Lake Galilee|strong="H1551", some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" deaf-mute man|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" heal|strong="H7495" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G1519", which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532". }

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\BibleSectionHeading{Again Jesus provided food miraculously for a great crowd who gathered to hear him and became hungry. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Again Jesus provided food miraculously for a great crowd who gathered to hear him and became hungry. }
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\chapterNumber{8}During|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", a|strong="G2192" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" of|strong="G2250" people|strong="G3793" gathered|strong="H6960" again|strong="G3825". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w couple|strong="H6776"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" food|strong="G5315" to|strong="G2532" eat|strong="G2068". So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" summoned|strong="G4341" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w closer|strong="H5066"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" insisted|strong="H6484" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" performing|strong="H6213" more|strong="G2532" miracles|strong="H6381", and|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="G1519" not|strong="G2064" having|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" food|strong="H3899" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" insisted|strong="H6484" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" performing|strong="H6213" more|strong="G2532" miracles|strong="H6381", and|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="G1519" not|strong="G2064" having|strong="G2532" enough|strong="H1767" food|strong="H3899" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="G3588". 
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He|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" boat|strong="H0590" again|strong="G3825", along|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" further|strong="H5750" around|strong="H5439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Lake \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}◄I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G2532", although|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" eyes|strong="G3788", you|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} see|strong="H7200"!/Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532", although|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" eyes|strong="G3788", you|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w understand|strong="H0995"\+w* \+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w*} see|strong="H7200"?► [RHQ] You|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" ears|strong="G3775", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G2532"\+w*} [RHQ]!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w*}, “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" remember|strong="G3421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*} 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" kept|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3004", “◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disappointed|strong="H0954"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*} you|strong="G3004" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3768" understand|strong="G4920" yet|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worry|strong="H2347"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3768"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}!/Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3768" understand|strong="G4920" yet|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w worry|strong="H2347"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3768"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}?►” [RHQ] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="H0376". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" healed|strong="H7495" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="H0376". }
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\verseNumber{22}They|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boat|strong="H0590"\+w*} at|strong="G1519" Bethsaida \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. People|strong="G3870" brought|strong="G5342" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185" and|strong="G2532" earnestly|strong="G2532" requested|strong="G3870" that|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2532" touch|strong="H5060" him|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2532" took|strong="G1949" the|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5100", led|strong="H1980" him|strong="G3588" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G2968", he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" saliva|strong="H7388" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" man’s|strong="G5100" eyes|strong="G3659", he|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" his|strong="G2007" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5100", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1487" see|strong="H7200" anything|strong="G5100"?” 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" looked|strong="G3708" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, I|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" people|strong="G3004"! They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" around|strong="G4043", but|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="G3708" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clearly|strong="H3045"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" look|strong="G3708" like|strong="G5613" trees|strong="G1186"!” 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="H0376". The|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" looked|strong="G1689" intently|strong="G1227" and|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1909" that|strong="G3588" moment|strong="H7281" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" completely|strong="H3617" healed|strong="H7495"! He|strong="G2532" could|strong="G1689" see|strong="G1227" everything|strong="H3605" clearly|strong="G5081". 
\verseNumber{26}Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" town|strong="G2968"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w First|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w straight|strong="H3474"\+w* \+w home|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" home|strong="G3624". 

\BibleSectionHeading{On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968" near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="G2532" Caesarea Philippi, Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1525" were|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" who|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532", then|strong="G2532", what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3004". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" villages|strong="G2968" near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="G2532" Caesarea Philippi, Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G3004" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1525" were|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519" who|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532", then|strong="G2532", what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" thought|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{27}Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="G1831"\+w* Bethsaida \+w town|strong="G2968"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w villages|strong="G2968"\+w* \+w near|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\+w* \+w Philippi|strong="G5376"\+w* \+w town|strong="G2968"\+w*}. On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G3598" he|strong="G2532" questioned|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", “Who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" people|strong="G1510" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} am|strong="G1510"?” 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G2532" Baptizer, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w*} Elijah|strong="G2243" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w*}. And|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w former|strong="G3588"\+w*} prophets|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w life|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" about|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210"? Who|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510"?” Peter|strong="G4074" replied|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believe|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547"!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="G2008" them|strong="G3004" strongly|strong="H3966" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" tell|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" spoke|strong="G3004" plainly|strong="H5046" to|strong="G2443" his|strong="G4012" disciples|strong="H3928" about|strong="G4012" his|strong="G4012" coming|strong="H0935" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="G2532" resurrection. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" spoke|strong="G3004" plainly|strong="H5046" to|strong="G2443" his|strong="G4012" disciples|strong="H3928" about|strong="G4012" his|strong="G4012" coming|strong="H0935" death|strong="H4194" and|strong="G2532" resurrection. }
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w though|strong="G2532"\+w*} I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="H8064", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" necessary|strong="G1163" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G3958" very|strong="G4183" much|strong="G4183". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" necessary|strong="G1163" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" rejected|strong="H3988" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" teach|strong="G1321" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" {that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" teach|strong="G1321" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="G1163"}, and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" {they|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1163"}. But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="G2250" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532".” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" explained|strong="H0560" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" required|strong="H7592" if|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" Jesus’ disciple|strong="G3101". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" explained|strong="H0560" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="H1995" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" required|strong="H7592" if|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" Jesus’ disciple|strong="G3101". }
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\chapterNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*}, “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213"! Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" here|strong="G5602" now|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" God|strong="G2316" ruling|strong="H4910" powerfully in|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ways|strong="H1870"\+w*}. You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" it|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" die|strong="G2288"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" took|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G2532", James and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G3004" up|strong="G2476" a|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" mountain|strong="H2022" where|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" appearance|strong="H4758" changed|strong="H8133", and|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" Elijah|strong="H0452" appeared|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004". }

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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3762" like|strong="H3644" Elijah|strong="H0452" has|strong="G3762" already|strong="H3528" come|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" evilly treated|strong="H3190", but|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" would|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" evilly treated|strong="H3190". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2424" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3762" like|strong="H3644" Elijah|strong="H0452" has|strong="G3762" already|strong="H3528" come|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" evilly treated|strong="H3190", but|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" would|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" evilly treated|strong="H3190". }
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\verseNumber{9}While|strong="G3752" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" the|strong="G2532" mountain|strong="G3735", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G1334" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" tell|strong="G1334" anyone|strong="G3367" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w*} what|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", “You|strong="G3739" may|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G1334" them|strong="G3588" after|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3367" who|strong="G3739" came|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="H8064", ◄rise|strong="H6965" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498"/become|strong="G3361" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"► after|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1510" tell|strong="H5046" others|strong="G3588" about|strong="G4314" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}. But|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" discussed among|strong="G1537" themselves|strong="G1438" what|strong="G5101" it|strong="G2532" meant|strong="G1510" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" ◄rise|strong="H6965" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498"/become|strong="G1510" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"► after|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" died|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="G2243"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="G2243"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G4413" who|strong="G3588" teach|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" Elijah|strong="G2243" must|strong="G1163" come|strong="G2064" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G2532" before|strong="G4413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G2532"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="G4413"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="G2243"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w just|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w today|strong="H3117"\+w*. \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w*?}” 
\verseNumber{12-13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jesus \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* John \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Baptizer \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* represented \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3651"\+w*} he|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H5414", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w*} first|strong="H7223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w came|strong="H0935"\+w*}. Elijah’s|strong="H0452" representative|strong="H5012" has|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H3967" our|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218" treated|strong="H3190" him|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" badly|strong="H3966", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" they|strong="H1992" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" prophesied|strong="H5012" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} prophesied|strong="H5012"} long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350". But|strong="H3588", ◄I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" consider|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" {what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789"} in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Scriptures about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H0413", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064"./why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0859" not|strong="H3808" thought|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" {what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789"} about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H0413", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064"?► [RHQ] It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" {They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789"} that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" suffer|strong="H5414" much|strong="H7227" and|strong="H3967" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" {that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} would|strong="H0014" reject|strong="H3988" me|strong="H0413"}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus expelled|strong="H3423" an|strong="H1129" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" and|strong="H3967" later|strong="H0310" explained|strong="H0560" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" disciples|strong="H3928" why|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" failed|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus expelled|strong="H3423" an|strong="H1129" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" and|strong="H3967" later|strong="H0310" explained|strong="H0560" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" disciples|strong="H3928" why|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3068" failed|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834". }
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3101"\+w*} returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G4183"\+w*} disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588". They|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G4183" crowd|strong="G3793" around|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G4183" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" arguing|strong="G4802" with|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" surprised|strong="H8610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G4370" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" greeted|strong="H7592" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G1438", “What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1438" arguing|strong="G4802" about|strong="G4314"?” 
\verseNumber{17}A|strong="G2192" man|strong="G1520" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", I|strong="G1473" brought|strong="G5342" my|strong="G1473" son|strong="G5207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2192" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" in|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w makes|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*} unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G4314" talk|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{18}Whenever|strong="G1437" the|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588" attacks|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588", it|strong="G2532" throws|strong="G1544" him|strong="G3588" down|strong="G4486". He|strong="G2532" foams|strong="H2560" at|strong="G3756" the|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="H6310", he|strong="G2532" grinds|strong="G5149" his|strong="G2532" teeth|strong="G3599" together|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" becomes|strong="H1961" stiff|strong="H7185". I|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" your|strong="G1437" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G2443" expel|strong="H1644" the|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G2480" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G3004" replied|strong="G3004" by|strong="G4314" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510", “◄I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" very|strong="G3588" disappointed|strong="H0954" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w although|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} have|strong="G1473" observed|strong="H6213" how|strong="G2193" I|strong="G1473" help|strong="H5826" people|strong="G1510", you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G2193"\+w*}!/Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w although|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*} have|strong="G1473" observed|strong="H6213" how|strong="G2193" I|strong="G1473" help|strong="H5826" people|strong="G1510", you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="H0539" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G2193"\+w*}?► [RHQ] ◄I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G1510" long|strong="G2193" time|strong="G1074", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w still|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}!/How|strong="G2193" long|strong="G2193" do|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}?► [RHQ] Bring|strong="G5342" the|strong="G1161" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2532". As|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" saw|strong="G3708" Jesus|strong="G2532", it|strong="G2532" shook|strong="G4952" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" severely|strong="H5953", and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boy|strong="H5288"\+w*} fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093". He|strong="G2532" rolled|strong="H1556" around|strong="G4314", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" foamed at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" mouth|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G3004" asked|strong="G1905" the|strong="G2532" boy’s|strong="H5288" father|strong="G3962", “How|strong="G5613" long|strong="G5550" has|strong="G3962" he|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" this|strong="G3778"?” He|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w started|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w*} when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" child|strong="G3812". 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w only|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G1519"\+w*}, but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" often|strong="G4178" throws|strong="H7993" him|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442" or|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" water|strong="G5204" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G2532". But|strong="G2532", pity|strong="G4697" us|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="G1519", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" can|strong="G1410"!” 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" exclaimed|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*} [RHQ] ‘If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" can’, for|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w I|strong="G1161"\+w*} can|strong="G1410" do|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G3956" for|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*/\+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{24}Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G3588" child’s|strong="G3813" father|strong="G3962" shouted|strong="G2896", “I|strong="G1473" believe|strong="G4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w strongly|strong="H3966"\+w*}. Help|strong="H5826" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" believe|strong="G4100" more|strong="H3254" strongly|strong="H3966"!” 
\verseNumber{25}Because|strong="G3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w boy|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w before|strong="G1519"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" got|strong="G1831" bigger|strong="H1419", he|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151", saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151", you|strong="G4771" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w boy|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w*} deaf|strong="G2974" and|strong="G2532" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="G1519" talk|strong="H1696"! I|strong="G1473" command|strong="G2004" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3371" enter|strong="G1525" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3371"!” 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588" shouted|strong="G2896", it|strong="G2532" shook|strong="H1607" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" violently|strong="H3966", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288". The|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" move|strong="H5472". He|strong="G2532" seemed|strong="H5869" like|strong="G5616" a|strong="G1096" dead|strong="G3498" body|strong="H1320". So|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" there|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498"!” 
\verseNumber{27}However|strong="G1161", Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G2902" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" helped|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453". Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" boy|strong="H5288" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1453". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w healed|strong="H7495"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{28}Later|strong="H0310", when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" alone|strong="G2398" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624", one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G1519" were|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" not|strong="G3756" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" expel|strong="H1644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G1487" can|strong="G1410" expel|strong="H1644" this|strong="G3778" kind|strong="G1085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="G3588"\+w*} only|strong="G1487" by|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" praying|strong="G4335" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3762" other|strong="G3361" way|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1487" can|strong="G1410" expel|strong="H1644" them|strong="G3588".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="H8451" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" handed|strong="H3027" over|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3361" men|strong="G3778", killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="G2532" become|strong="G3361" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"; but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="H8451" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" handed|strong="H3027" over|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3361" men|strong="G3778", killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="G2532" become|strong="G3361" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"; but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{30}After|strong="G1223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w* } left|strong="G1831" that|strong="G2443" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}, they|strong="G2532" traveled|strong="H5265" through|strong="G1223" Galilee|strong="G1056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. Jesus|strong="G1831" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="G2309" anyone|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w else|strong="G2532"\+w* } to|strong="G2443" know|strong="G1097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}; he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" want|strong="G2309" 
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\verseNumber{32}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" telling|strong="H1696" them|strong="G3588". Also|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" to|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" illustration about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315" God|strong="G2532" considers|strong="H7919" important|strong="H5704". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" illustration about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315" God|strong="G2532" considers|strong="H7919" important|strong="H5704". }
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\verseNumber{33}Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" disciples|strong="G3588" returned|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3614", he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" discussing|strong="G1260" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w*} on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598"?” 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" a|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" and|strong="G2532" placed|strong="G2476" him|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G1722". He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" child|strong="G3813" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" arms|strong="G1723" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G1722", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" his|strong="G1909" disciples|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1909" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" against|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" his|strong="G1909" disciples|strong="G3588" about|strong="G1909" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" against|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{38}John|strong="G2491" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532", “Teacher|strong="G1320", we|strong="G2249" saw|strong="G3708" someone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" expelling demons|strong="G1140", ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{claiming \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w*} authority|strong="H3027" from|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*/\+w while|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w*} that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}►. So|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" stop|strong="G2967" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}.” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1722" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="G5204" its|strong="G3754" result|strong="H6903". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" taught|strong="H3925" his|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G1510" about|strong="G1722" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="G5204" its|strong="G3754" result|strong="H6903". }
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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" must|strong="G3588" endure|strong="H5975" trials|strong="H4531" to|strong="G2532" remain|strong="H3427" useful|strong="H5532" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Some Pharisees asked him if the law permitted a man to divorce his wife. Jesus answered and supported his answer from Scripture. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Some Pharisees asked him if the law permitted a man to divorce his wife. Jesus answered and supported his answer from Scripture. }
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3588" alone|strong="H0905" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3614", they|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825" about|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3778". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w marriage|strong="G1060"\+w* \+w lasts|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w either|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} that|strong="G3739" any|strong="G1909" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" divorces|strong="H7971" his|strong="G1438" wife|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" marries|strong="G1060" another|strong="G1438" woman|strong="G1135" is|strong="G3588" committing|strong="H6213" adultery|strong="G3429", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="G2532"\+w*} if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" divorces|strong="H7971" his|strong="G1438" first|strong="G3588" wife|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="G3588" divorces|strong="H7971" her|strong="G1437" first|strong="G3588" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" committing|strong="H6213" adultery|strong="G3429" if|strong="G1437" she|strong="G2532" marries|strong="G1060" another|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" indignant|strong="H2194" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" scolding people|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" bringing|strong="H0935" children|strong="H1121" for|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" indignant|strong="H2194" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" scolding people|strong="G3588" for|strong="G2532" bringing|strong="H0935" children|strong="H1121" for|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="G3588"\+w*}, some|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4374" were|strong="G3588" bringing|strong="G4374" children|strong="G3813" to|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" touch|strong="H5060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w*} them|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" scolded|strong="G2008" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4374" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bothered|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w spending|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w*/\+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w concerned|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w children|strong="G3813"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G3588" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w*}, “Allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G1473"! Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" forbid|strong="G2967" them|strong="G3588" [DOU]! It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w humble|strong="H6035"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" can|strong="G3004" experience|strong="H7200" ◄God’s|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}/God|strong="G2316" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2316" them|strong="G3588"► [MET|strong="G3708"]. 
\verseNumber{15}Note|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3588": Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{trustingly} allow|strong="H5414" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" direct|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}, as|strong="G5613" children|strong="G3813" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G3004"\+w*}, will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" enter|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1519" place|strong="G3739" where|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" rules|strong="H4910".” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" embraced|strong="H2263" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" his|strong="G1909" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} bless|strong="G2127" them|strong="G3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" sell|strong="H4376" all|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" possessions|strong="H7399", which|strong="G3588" astonished|strong="H8074" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{After|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" eternally|strong="H5331", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" sell|strong="H4376" all|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" possessions|strong="H7399", which|strong="G3588" astonished|strong="H8074" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{17}As|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" starting|strong="H4161" to|strong="G1519" travel|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="H3928"\+w*}, a|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w young|strong="H5288"\+w*} man|strong="G1520" ran|strong="G4370" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G1905". He|strong="G2532" knelt|strong="G1120" before|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G1905", “Good|strong="G5101" teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" must|strong="G4160" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G1519" have|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222"/in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w*} eternally|strong="H5331"?” 
\verseNumber{18}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “◄You|strong="G1487" should|strong="G2316" consider|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* implying} (OR|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* implying \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*}) \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3004"\+w*} calling|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" good|strong="G5101", because|strong="G1161" only|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G5101"!/Do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G1487" realize|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* implying} (OR|strong="G1161", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* implying \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*}) \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="G3004"\+w*} calling|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" good|strong="G5101", because|strong="G1161" only|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G5101"?► [RHQ] No|strong="G3762" other|strong="G1161" person|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G5101" 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*}, you|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" commandments|strong="G1785" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eternally|strong="H5331"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w perfectly|strong="H3632"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G1785" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w such|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w*} ‘do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" murder|strong="G5407" anyone|strong="H3605", do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" commit|strong="G3431" adultery|strong="G3431", do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" steal|strong="G2813", do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" ◄testify|strong="H6030" falsely|strong="H8267"/lie|strong="H7901"►, do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3361" cheat|strong="H5791" anyone|strong="H3605", and|strong="G2532" honor|strong="G5091" your|strong="G5091" father|strong="G3962" and|strong="G2532" mother’.” 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="G3956" man|strong="G3778" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" commandments|strong="H4687" ever|strong="H5769" since|strong="G1537" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" young|strong="H5288". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enough|strong="H1767"\+w*/\+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w else|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1320"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}►?” 
\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G1689" at|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="G3588". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" thing|strong="G1520" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2192" not|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. You|strong="G4771" must|strong="G2192" go|strong="G5217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*}, sell|strong="G4453" all|strong="G3745" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" possess|strong="G2192", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" poor|strong="G4434" people|strong="G3004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" spiritually rich|strong="G2192" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772". After|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*}, come|strong="G1204" with|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w disciple|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" became|strong="G3076" disappointed|strong="H0954" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3588". He|strong="G1161" went|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" sad|strong="G3076", because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" very|strong="G4183" rich|strong="G2192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w give|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G4017" around|strong="G4017" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="G1519" people|strong="G1525" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" wealthy|strong="G5536" to|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w*} let|strong="G2192" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="H5315"!” 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G1510" surprised|strong="H8610" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w thought|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w favored|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w rich|strong="H6223"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w so|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w save|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w*}. So|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “My|strong="G1525" dear|strong="H3357" friends|strong="H7453", it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" very|strong="G3588" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="G1519" anyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" let|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" his|strong="G1519" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{25}It|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" camel|strong="G2574" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" eye|strong="G5168" of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1519" needle|strong="G4476". It|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" almost|strong="H4592" as|strong="G1519" difficult|strong="H6381" [HYP] for|strong="G1519" rich|strong="G4145" people|strong="G4145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" let|strong="G1510" God|strong="G2316" rule|strong="H4910" their|strong="G1519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" astonished|strong="G1605". So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1161", “If|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2532", ◄it|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G2532" unlikely that|strong="G3588" anyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982" {that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" will|strong="G5101" save|strong="G4982" anyone|strong="H3605"}!/will|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} save|strong="G4982" anyone|strong="H3605"?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{27}Jesus|strong="G2424" looked|strong="G1689" at|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2316" then|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="G1063"\+w*}, it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" impossible|strong="G3756" for|strong="G1063" people|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w save|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H0905"\+w*}! But|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" certainly|strong="G1063" can|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w save|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" can|strong="G3004" do|strong="G3004" anything|strong="G3956"!” 
\verseNumber{28}Peter|strong="G4074" exclaimed|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" behind|strong="H0310" everything|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w*}, ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* <\+w accept|strong="H7521"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*/\+w reward|strong="H7939"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*>}►?” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{As|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" traveling|strong="H1980" toward|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Jesus|strong="G1510" took|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G1510" aside|strong="H5493" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" again|strong="G2532" about|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588". }

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\verseNumber{34}Those|strong="G2532" men|strong="H0376" will|strong="G2532" ridicule|strong="G1702" me|strong="H0413". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" spit|strong="G1716" on|strong="G3326" me|strong="H0413". They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" ◄scourge|strong="G3146" me|strong="H0413"/whip|strong="H7752" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" leaded whip|strong="H7752".► Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413". But|strong="G2532" on|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="G2250" after|strong="G3326" that|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3326" James and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2532" requested|strong="H7592" to|strong="G2532" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" right|strong="H3225" and|strong="G2532" left|strong="H7604" of|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" rules|strong="H4910", Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G2250" what|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="H1961" and|strong="G2532" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213". }

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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Along|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3739"\+w*}, James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Zebedee|strong="G2199", approached|strong="H5066" Jesus|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Teacher|strong="G1320", please|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G3004" what|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G2309" ask|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160"!” 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210"?” 
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\verseNumber{43}But|strong="G1161" do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1096" like|strong="G3779" them|strong="G1722"! On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" contrary|strong="H7147", all|strong="G1722" those|strong="G1722" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" want|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w consider|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w them|strong="G1722"\+w*} great|strong="G3173" must|strong="G1096" become|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G3779"\+w*} servants|strong="G1249" to|strong="G2309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w*} you|strong="G5210". 
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\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w imitate|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w*}. Even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2064" come|strong="G2064" from|strong="G2064" heaven|strong="H8064", I|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" served|strong="G1247" {for|strong="G1063" others|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G1247" me|strong="G1325"}. On|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", I|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G1247" others|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" allow|strong="G1325" others|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="G1325", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1325" dying|strong="H0006" for|strong="G1063" people|strong="G5590" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" like|strong="G5207" a|strong="G2532" payment|strong="H0868" to|strong="G2532" rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w people|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w being|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*} {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punishing|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="G3756" called|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" mercy|strong="H2617" on|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" him|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{After|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="H5787" man|strong="G3756" called|strong="G3588" out|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" mercy|strong="H2617" on|strong="G3588" him|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2532" healed|strong="H7495" him|strong="G3588". }
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\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w On|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\+w*, \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3101"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="G2410"\+w* \+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Afterwards|strong="H0310", while|strong="G2425" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" leaving|strong="G1607" Jericho|strong="G2410" along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3844" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793", a|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185" who|strong="G3588" habitually begged|strong="G4319" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*} was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" beside|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598". His|strong="G1519" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Bartimaeus and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" father’s|strong="H0001" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="G3588" Timaeus|strong="G5090". 
\verseNumber{47}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="G1510" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3479" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w passing|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w by|strong="G2532"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896", “Jesus|strong="G2424"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138", ◄be|strong="G1510" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="G2532"/help|strong="H5826"► me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{48}Many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" rebuked|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2008" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" quiet|strong="G4623". But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" shouted|strong="G2896" even|strong="G2532" more|strong="G3123", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Messiah|strong="H4899"\+w*} descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w David|strong="G1138"\+w*}, ◄be|strong="G2532" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="G2443"/help|strong="H5826"► me|strong="G1473"!” 
\verseNumber{49}Jesus|strong="G2424" stopped|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Call|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*}!” They|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G5455" the|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185", saying|strong="G3004", “Jesus|strong="G2424" is|strong="G3588" calling|strong="G5455" you|strong="G4771"! So|strong="G2532" cheer|strong="H2895" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" get|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{50}He|strong="G1161" threw|strong="H7993" aside|strong="H5493" his|strong="G4314" cloak|strong="G2440" as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" jumped up|strong="G2064", and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{51}Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771"?” The|strong="G2532" blind|strong="G5185" man|strong="G5185" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w able|strong="G4160"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" see|strong="H7200" again|strong="G2532"!” 
\verseNumber{52}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w*} healing|strong="H4832" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1722"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" believed|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" go|strong="G5217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w home|strong="H1004"\+w*}!” He|strong="G2532" could|strong="G3588" see|strong="H7200" immediately|strong="G2112". And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2424" with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" road|strong="G3598". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They brought a young donkey to Jesus; then Jesus mounted it and rode to Jerusalem with people shouting and praising him as they went along. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They brought a young donkey to Jesus; then Jesus mounted it and rode to Jerusalem with people shouting and praising him as they went along. }
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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" near|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" Bethphage and|strong="G2532" Bethany \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w villages|strong="H2691"\+w*} near|strong="G1448" Olive|strong="G1636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="G1636"\+w*} Hill|strong="G3735". Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Go|strong="G5217" to|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3739" village|strong="G2968" just|strong="G2532" ahead|strong="G2713" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". As|strong="G1519" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" enter|strong="G1531" it|strong="G2532", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="G2532" donkey|strong="H2543" that|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" has|strong="G3739" ever|strong="G1519" ridden|strong="H7392", that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G2532" tied|strong="G1210" {people|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2532" tied|strong="G1210"} up|strong="G1210". Untie|strong="G3089" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G5342" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="G1437" anyone|strong="G5100" says|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", ‘Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" doing|strong="G4160" that|strong="G3588"?’, say|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{‘\+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*}, our|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", needs|strong="G5532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w use|strong="G2192"\+w*} it|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" send|strong="H7971" it|strong="G2532" back|strong="G3825" here|strong="G5602" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w someone|strong="G5100"\+w*} as|strong="G2532" soon|strong="G2117" as|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w needs|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}.’” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} went|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" the|strong="G2532" young|strong="H5288" donkey|strong="H2543". It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" tied|strong="G1210" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" door|strong="G2374" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" beside|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" street|strong="H2351". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" untied|strong="G3089" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{5}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w*} said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “Why|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" untying|strong="G3089" the|strong="G2532" donkey|strong="H2543"?” 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004". So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" permitted|strong="H5117" them|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="H2543"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G2532" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} put|strong="G1911" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" clothes|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w order|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w sit|strong="G2523"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G4183" spread|strong="G4766" their|strong="G2532" cloaks|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*}. Others|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}, spread|strong="G4766" along|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" road|strong="G3598" branches|strong="G4746" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w palm|strong="H8561"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fields|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w road|strong="G3598"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G4254" in|strong="G1722" front|strong="G4254" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" shouting|strong="G2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*}, “Praise|strong="G2127" God|strong="G2532"!” “May|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" bless|strong="G2127" this|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G2064" ◄with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" authority|strong="H3027"/as|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" representative|strong="H5012"► [MTY].” 
\verseNumber{10}“May|strong="G2064" you|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3588" blessed|strong="G2127" {May|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} bless|strong="G2127" you|strong="G1722"} when|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" rule|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} our|strong="G1722" ancestor|strong="G3962" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="G3588"\+w*} David|strong="G1138" ruled|strong="H4427"!” “Praise|strong="G2127" God|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" highest|strong="G5310" heaven|strong="H8064"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. After|strong="G3326" he|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G4017" around|strong="G4017" at|strong="G1519" everything|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} because|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" late|strong="G5610" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" returned|strong="G1525" to|strong="G1519" Bethany with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1525" cursed|strong="H0779" a|strong="G2532" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="H0226" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" Israel|strong="H3478". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G1525" cursed|strong="H0779" a|strong="G2532" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="H0226" of|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" Israel|strong="H3478". }
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G2532" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", as|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" leaving|strong="G3588" Bethany, Jesus|strong="G1831" was|strong="G3588" hungry|strong="G3983". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* illustrate \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*,} he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" tree|strong="H6086", “No|strong="G3367" one|strong="G3367" shall|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G1519" eat|strong="G2068" from|strong="G1537" you|strong="G4771" again|strong="G3371" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w longer|strong="G3371"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w figs|strong="H8384"\+w*}.” The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" expelled|strong="H3423" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" buying|strong="H7069" and|strong="G2532" selling|strong="H4376" goods|strong="H7399" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="G1537" prayer|strong="H8605". These|strong="G3588" actions|strong="H5949" angered|strong="H2734" the|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" scribes|strong="H5608" who|strong="G3588", then|strong="G2532", looked|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3367" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" Jesus|strong="G3004". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" expelled|strong="H3423" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" buying|strong="H7069" and|strong="G2532" selling|strong="H4376" goods|strong="H7399" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="H3925" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="G1537" prayer|strong="H8605". These|strong="G3588" actions|strong="H5949" angered|strong="H2734" the|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" scribes|strong="H5608" who|strong="G3588", then|strong="G2532", looked|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3367" to|strong="G1519" kill|strong="H2026" Jesus|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{15}Jesus|strong="G1525" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="G1519"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="G1525"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" selling|strong="G4453" and|strong="G2532" buying|strong="H7069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w spoiling|strong="H7701"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" chased|strong="H7291" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="G2413"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*.} He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" overturned|strong="G2690" the|strong="G1722" tables|strong="G5132" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" giving|strong="H5414" Temple|strong="G2413" tax|strong="H4061" money|strong="G2855" in|strong="G1722" exchange|strong="H4171" for|strong="G1519" Roman coins. He|strong="G2532" overturned|strong="G2690" the|strong="G1722" seats|strong="G2515" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" selling|strong="G4453" doves|strong="G4058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" carrying|strong="H5375" anything|strong="G5100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w sell|strong="H4376"\+w*} to|strong="G2443" go|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1484", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} wrote|strong="G1125"} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*}, ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} my|strong="G3956" house|strong="G3624" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1484"\+w*} to|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" my|strong="G3956" house|strong="G3624"} a|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" where|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*} all|strong="G3956" nations|strong="G1484" may|strong="G2532" pray’, but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G5210" bandits|strong="H1416" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" cave|strong="G4693" where|strong="G3956" you|strong="G5210" can|strong="G3004" hide|strong="H5641"! ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*!/\+w Do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*}?► [RHQ]” 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="G1322" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" planned|strong="H3289" how|strong="G4459" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w difficult|strong="H6381"\+w*}, because|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G3588" amazed|strong="G1605" at|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1322" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" feared|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w over|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w*} (OR|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w feared|strong="G5399"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tried|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* arrest \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w*}). 
\verseNumber{19}That|strong="G3588" evening|strong="G3796", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} left|strong="H7604" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w again|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w slept|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* Bethany}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="G3752" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" passed|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" cursed|strong="H0779", they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" withered|strong="H3001". Jesus|strong="G2532" used|strong="G4172" this|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" illustration for|strong="G2532" trusting|strong="H0982" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G1096" answer|strong="H6030" prayer|strong="H8605". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{When|strong="G3752" Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" passed|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" cursed|strong="H0779", they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" withered|strong="H3001". Jesus|strong="G2532" used|strong="G4172" this|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" illustration for|strong="G2532" trusting|strong="H0982" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2532" would|strong="G1096" answer|strong="H6030" prayer|strong="H8605". }
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w*} morning|strong="G4404", while|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2532" along|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cursed|strong="H0779"\+w*} had|strong="G2532" withered|strong="G3583" completely|strong="H3617". 
\verseNumber{21}Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" exclaimed|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="H4175", look|strong="G3708"! The|strong="G2532" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" cursed|strong="G2672" has|strong="G3739" withered|strong="G3583"!” 
\verseNumber{22}Jesus|strong="G2424" replied|strong="G3004", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w should|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w not|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w surprised|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asked|strong="G3004"\+w*}! You|strong="G3004" must|strong="G2192" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*}! 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Also|strong="G2532"\+w*} note|strong="H3045" this|strong="G3778": If|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="G3739" says|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" hill|strong="G3735", ‘Be|strong="G1096" raised|strong="G2532" up|strong="G1519" {Rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="G1519"} and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" thrown|strong="H7993" {throw|strong="H7993" yourself|strong="G4771"} into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" lake|strong="G2281"!’ and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" doubt|strong="G1252" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w asks|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1096"\+w*}, that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510", if|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" believes|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" asks|strong="H7592" for|strong="G3754" will|strong="G1510" happen|strong="G1096", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" do|strong="G1096" it|strong="G2532" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210", whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="G5210" ask|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} for|strong="G3754" something|strong="G1510" when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" pray|strong="G4336", believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" receive|strong="G2983" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*} will|strong="G1510" do|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25-26}Now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*}: Whenever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" praying|strong="H6419", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" grudge|strong="H7852" against|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w harmed|strong="H2255"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*}, forgive|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5414", in|strong="H0935" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" Father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w likewise|strong="H3651"\+w*} forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548", scribes|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3967" elders|strong="H2205" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus by|strong="H0801" what|strong="H4100" authority|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697". He|strong="H0834", then|strong="H0227", asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" question|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030"; so|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" theirs|strong="H1992". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" priests|strong="H3548", scribes|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3967" elders|strong="H2205" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus by|strong="H0801" what|strong="H4100" authority|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697". He|strong="H0834", then|strong="H0227", asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" question|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030"; so|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" theirs|strong="H1992". }
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\verseNumber{27}Jesus|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3588" arrived|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2411" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" again|strong="G3825". While|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" walking|strong="G4043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* consisting \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w*} men|strong="G4245" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451", and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{28}“By|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" authority|strong="G1849" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" doing|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"? Who|strong="G5101" authorized|strong="H5425" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" things|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w here|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{29}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G1905" you|strong="G5210" one|strong="G1520" question|strong="G1905". If|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" answer|strong="G3056" me|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" authorized|strong="H5425" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778". 
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\verseNumber{32}On|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" other|strong="G3588" hand|strong="H3027", if|strong="G3748" we|strong="G3754" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G1510" people|strong="G2992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w authorized|strong="H5425"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w*, \+w then|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w happen|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” They|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w authority|strong="H3027"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} the|strong="G1537" people|strong="G2992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w very|strong="G3793"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w*} all|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" people|strong="G2992" truly|strong="H3588" believed|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" prophet|strong="G4396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", “We|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w John|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w*}.” Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" authorized|strong="H5425" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w yesterday|strong="H8543"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{After Jesus told the Jewish leaders a parable, they realized that he was accusing them of wanting to kill him, but they feared how the people would react if they arrested Jesus. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{After Jesus told the Jewish leaders a parable, they realized that he was accusing them of wanting to kill him, but they feared how the people would react if they arrested Jesus. }
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\chapterNumber{12}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="G2980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" parable|strong="G3850". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w who|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rejected|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w former|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H5315"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2980"\+w*}, “A|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" planted|strong="G5452" a|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754". He|strong="G2532" built|strong="G3618" a|strong="G2532" fence|strong="H1447" around|strong="G4060" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" made|strong="G2980" a|strong="G2532" stone|strong="H0068" tank \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w collect|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w juice|strong="H6071"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2532"\+w*} they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" press|strong="G5276" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" built|strong="G3618" a|strong="G2532" tower|strong="G4444" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sit|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guard|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="H3754"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" leased|strong="G1554" the|strong="G1722" vineyard|strong="H3754" to|strong="G2532" some|strong="G1722" men|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2532" care|strong="H3027" for|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" him|strong="G2532" some|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*} in|strong="G1722" return|strong="H7725". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G2532" another|strong="G1722" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{5}Later|strong="H0310" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" another|strong="G3739" servant|strong="H5650". That|strong="G3739" man|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026". They|strong="G2532" mistreated|strong="H0854" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G1161" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Some|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G1194" and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G4314" man|strong="G1520" still|strong="G2089" had|strong="G2192" one|strong="G1520" other|strong="G1520" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w person|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w with|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. It|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" son|strong="G5207". He|strong="G3754" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="G3588" very|strong="G3588" much|strong="H7227". So|strong="G4314", finally|strong="G2078" he|strong="G3754" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="G1438" son|strong="G5207" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588" because|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" thought|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1438" respect|strong="G1788" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w give|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G1161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H0935"\+w*}, those|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" looking|strong="G2532" after|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1161", ‘Look|strong="H7200"! Here|strong="G1510" comes|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" inherit|strong="H5157" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754"! So|strong="G2532" let’s|strong="H1980" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G4314" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" vineyard|strong="H3754" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" ours|strong="G1473"!’ 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="G2532" seized|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G1544" his|strong="G2983" body|strong="H1320" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="G2532" ◄do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G1325" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" owns|strong="H3426" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" will|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160"?/I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="G1325" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" owns|strong="H3426" the|strong="G2532" vineyard|strong="H3754" will|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" [RHQ]►. He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" come|strong="G2064", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" kill|strong="H2026" those|strong="G3588" evil|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" taking|strong="G1325" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4160" vineyard|strong="H3754". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="G2532" other|strong="G3588" people|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2532" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532". 
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The|strong="G1519" men|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" building|strong="G3618" the|strong="G1519" building|strong="G3618" rejected|strong="H3988" one|strong="G3739" stone|strong="G3037". But|strong="G3588" others|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w put|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w same|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w proper|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1096"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G3037"\+w*} it|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3739" become|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1519" most|strong="G3037" important|strong="H5704" stone|strong="G3037" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" building|strong="G3618" [MET|strong="H6298"]! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" foiled the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders’ attempt|strong="H6113" to|strong="G4314" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G4314" their|strong="G1438" question|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2532" whether|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" pay|strong="H7999" taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Roman government|strong="H4951". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G3004" foiled the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders’ attempt|strong="H6113" to|strong="G4314" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G4314" their|strong="G1438" question|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2532" whether|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3588" pay|strong="H7999" taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G2532" Roman government|strong="H4951". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1510" commended|strong="H1984" a|strong="G1510" scribe|strong="H5608" who|strong="G2316" accepted|strong="H7521" Jesus’ assessment|strong="H6187" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2316" two|strong="H8147" greatest|strong="H1419" commandments|strong="H4687", after|strong="H0310" which|strong="G2316" they|strong="G1510" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4183" questions|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3756" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="H5414". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G1510" commended|strong="H1984" a|strong="G1510" scribe|strong="H5608" who|strong="G2316" accepted|strong="H7521" Jesus’ assessment|strong="H6187" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2316" two|strong="H8147" greatest|strong="H1419" commandments|strong="H4687", after|strong="H0310" which|strong="G2316" they|strong="G1510" asked|strong="H7592" Jesus|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4183" questions|strong="H1697" to|strong="G3756" trap|strong="H4170" him|strong="H5414". }
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\verseNumber{28}A|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jewish|strong="H3064"\+w*} laws|strong="H8451" heard|strong="H8085" their|strong="G2532" discussion. He|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G1510" answered|strong="H6030" the|strong="G2532" question|strong="G1905" well|strong="G2573". So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" stepped|strong="H3318" forward|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G1510", “Which|strong="G3588" commandment|strong="G1785" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704"?” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" showed|strong="H7200" from|strong="G2532" Scripture|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" must|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" David’s|strong="H1732" Lord|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" descendant|strong="H2233". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2424" showed|strong="H7200" from|strong="G2532" Scripture|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="H4899" must|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" David’s|strong="H1732" Lord|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" descendant|strong="H2233". }
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God|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" my|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962", ‘Sit|strong="G2521" here|strong="G1722" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="G1473" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5087" where|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2962" highly|strong="H3966" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="G4771"! Sit|strong="G2521" here|strong="G1722" while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" completely|strong="G2193" defeat|strong="H5221" your|strong="G2962" enemies|strong="G2190"! [MTY]’ 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G3004" warned|strong="H2094" them|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" scribes’ hypocritical|strong="H2611" actions|strong="H5949". }

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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" poor|strong="H6041" widow’s|strong="H0490" tiny sacrificial|strong="H2077" offering|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" worth|strong="H1929" more|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="G3588" than|strong="G2532" large|strong="H1419" amounts|strong="H4948" of|strong="G2532" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="G2532" rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="G2983". }

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\BibleSectionHeading{The Jewish leaders planned how they could arrest Jesus without starting a riot. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Jewish leaders planned how they could arrest Jesus without starting a riot. }
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Two|strong="G2090"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, when|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" killed|strong="G2380" the|strong="G2532" lambs|strong="H3532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w*} festival|strong="H2282" at|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" beginning|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" week|strong="H7620" when|strong="G3753" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w ate|strong="G2068"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="G2443" had|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" yeast|strong="H7603" in|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", Jesus’ disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G3588", “Where|strong="G4226" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" want|strong="G2309" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" go|strong="G2309" and|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="G2090" the|strong="G2532" meal|strong="H7058" for|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*} in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3004" can|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" enters|strong="G1525" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3617"\+w*}, say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" owns|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3617", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Our|strong="G2532"\+w*} teacher|strong="G1320" wants|strong="H2656" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="H3559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" celebration|strong="H8057" so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068" it|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G3004" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101". ◄Please|strong="H4994" show|strong="H7200" us|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" room|strong="G2646" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3754"\+w*}./Where|strong="G3699" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" room|strong="G2646" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3754"\+w*}?► [RHQ]’ 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1166" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G2532" large|strong="G3173" room|strong="H2315" that|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" on|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" upper|strong="H5944" floor|strong="H1637" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G2546"\+w*}. It|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" furnished|strong="G4766" and|strong="G2532" ready|strong="G2092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w meal|strong="H7058"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" prepare|strong="G2090" the|strong="G2532" meal|strong="H7058" there|strong="G1563" for|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" evening|strong="G3798", Jesus|strong="G2532" arrived|strong="G1096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{During|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058", Jesus|strong="G2532" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" disciple|strong="H3928" would|strong="G1096" betray|strong="H1540" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" wine|strong="H3196" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" represented his|strong="G2532" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" which|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" sacrificed|strong="H2076". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{During|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058", Jesus|strong="G2532" prophesied|strong="H5012" that|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588" disciple|strong="H3928" would|strong="G1096" betray|strong="H1540" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" wine|strong="H3196" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532" represented his|strong="G2532" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" which|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" sacrificed|strong="H2076". }
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\verseNumber{18}As|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" sitting|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eating|strong="G2068"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “Listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H6213" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588": One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" enable|strong="H7980" my|strong="G1473" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="G2532" seize|strong="H0962" me|strong="G1473". Specifically|strong="H0559", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spite|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fact|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w*} is|strong="G3588" eating|strong="G2068" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w right|strong="H3225"\+w* \+w now|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="H3928" became|strong="G3076" very|strong="G2532" sad|strong="G3076" and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" by|strong="G2596" one|strong="G1520", “Surely|strong="G3385" ◄it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3385" I|strong="G1473"!/I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" not|strong="G3385" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520", am|strong="G1473" I|strong="G1473"?► [RHQ]” 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="G1510" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" eating|strong="G2068", he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w flat|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w loaf|strong="H3603"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="G2532" thanked|strong="H1288" God|strong="G3004" for|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5409"\+w*} and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “This|strong="G3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w represents|strong="G1510"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] my|strong="G1325" body|strong="G4983". Take|strong="G2983" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="G3754" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G3004" know|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588": I|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" drink|strong="G4095" any|strong="G3361" more|strong="G3765" wine|strong="H3196" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" way|strong="G1722" until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G2250" when|strong="G3752" I|strong="G3754" drink|strong="G4095" it|strong="G3754" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" new|strong="G2537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w meaning|strong="H0998"\+w*} when|strong="G3752" I|strong="G3754" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="G3004" rule|strong="H4910" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" king|strong="G3588".” 
\verseNumber{26}After|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" sang|strong="H7891" a|strong="G2532" hymn|strong="G5214", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" toward|strong="G1519" Olive|strong="G1636" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tree|strong="G1636"\+w*} Hill|strong="G3735". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G1831" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G1831" would|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G1831". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G1831" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G1831" would|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G1831". }
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w on|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3956"\+w*}, Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588", “It|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3748" been|strong="G2532" {\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*} have|strong="G2532"} written|strong="G1125" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Scriptures \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, ‘I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="G2532" shepherd|strong="G4166" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" sheep|strong="G4263" will|strong="G2532" scatter|strong="G1287".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w words|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w true|strong="G3588"\+w*. \+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w about|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w capture|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*}, all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" me|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="G4624". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “Perhaps|strong="H0194" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} will|strong="G2532" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="G1487", but|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3756" I|strong="G1473"! I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “The|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571", before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455" a|strong="G2532" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H6256", you|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*} me|strong="G1473"!” 
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\BibleSectionHeading{While|strong="G2980" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" slept|strong="H7901", Jesus|strong="G3004" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" would|strong="G2532" spare|strong="H2550" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="H0935" suffering|strong="H6040". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{While|strong="G2980" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" slept|strong="H7901", Jesus|strong="G3004" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G3004" would|strong="G2532" spare|strong="H2550" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="H0935" suffering|strong="H6040". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Judas betrayed|strong="G3860" Jesus|strong="G1448". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Judas betrayed|strong="G3860" Jesus|strong="G1448". }
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\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w crowd|strong="H1995"\+w*} seized|strong="G2902" Jesus|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="G1161" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w disciples|strong="G3588"\+w*} who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G3936" nearby|strong="G3936" drew|strong="G4685" his|strong="G2532" short|strong="G3588" sword|strong="G3162". He|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G3817" the|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" with|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G2532"\+w*} cut|strong="G2532" off|strong="H3772" his|strong="G2532" ear|strong="G5621". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G1161" witnesses|strong="H5707" accusing|strong="H7760" Jesus contradicted each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1161", Jesus said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1161" Messiah|strong="H4899", after|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="G3588" Jesus must|strong="G3588" die|strong="H4191". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{After|strong="G1161" witnesses|strong="H5707" accusing|strong="H7760" Jesus contradicted each|strong="H0376" other|strong="G1161", Jesus said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3588", the|strong="G1161" Messiah|strong="H4899", after|strong="G1161" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="G3588" Jesus must|strong="G3588" die|strong="H4191". }
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\verseNumber{53}The|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3956" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w seized|strong="H8610"\+w*} Jesus|strong="G2424" led|strong="G2424" him|strong="G3588" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="G4314" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w where|strong="G3956"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="G2532"\+w*}. All|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" Council|strong="H5475" were|strong="G3588" gathering|strong="G4905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{54}Peter|strong="G4074" followed|strong="H0310" Jesus|strong="G1510" at|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G3113". He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2532" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*} where|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="G1510"\+w*}, and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G4775" there|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" guarded|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* supreme \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" warming|strong="G2328" himself|strong="G2328" beside|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G5457". 
\verseNumber{55}The|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G2532" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" council|strong="G4892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} tried|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" find|strong="G2147" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2424" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w could|strong="G2147"\+w* convince \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w authorities|strong="H7984"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" execute|strong="G2289" him|strong="G3588". But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" succeed|strong="H6743", 
\verseNumber{56}because|strong="G1063", although|strong="G1063" many|strong="G4183" people|strong="G1510" spoke|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" contradicted each|strong="G2596" other|strong="G4183". 
\verseNumber{57}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Finally|strong="H5704"\+w*}, some|strong="G5100" stood|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" accused|strong="H7170" him|strong="G2532" falsely|strong="H8267" by|strong="G2596" saying|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{58}“We|strong="G2249" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" destroy|strong="G2647" this|strong="G3778" Temple|strong="G3485" that|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" built|strong="G3618" by|strong="G1223" men|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" within|strong="G1223" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" build|strong="G3618" another|strong="G2250" temple|strong="G3485" ◄without|strong="G2532" help|strong="H5826" from|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="G2532"/that|strong="G3754" human|strong="G5499" hands|strong="G5499" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G1223" build|strong="G3618"►.’” 
\verseNumber{59}But|strong="G2532", what|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} these|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3588" said|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3761" agree|strong="G1510" with|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w others|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="G2532"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{60}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w himself|strong="G1519"\+w*} stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" not|strong="G3756" going|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" reply|strong="G3004"? What|strong="G5101" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w about|strong="G1519"\+w*} all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" accuse|strong="H7378" you|strong="G4771"?” 
\verseNumber{61}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1510" silent|strong="G4623" and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" reply|strong="G3004" [DOU]. Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" supreme priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w again|strong="G3825"\+w*}. He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" Messiah|strong="G5547"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w*} ◄the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G3004"/the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004"►?” 
\verseNumber{62}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510". Furthermore|strong="G2532", you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G1510" see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473", the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2064" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} beside|strong="H5921" God|strong="G3004", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" completely|strong="H3617" powerful|strong="G1411". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*} coming|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2521" through|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" clouds|strong="G3507" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sky|strong="G3772"!” 
\verseNumber{63}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w response|strong="H7182"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* Jesus’ \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w*}, the|strong="G1161" supreme priest|strong="H3548" tore|strong="G1284" his|strong="G2192" outer|strong="H2435" garment|strong="G5509". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w their|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w custom|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w show|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w shocked|strong="H8074"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3004"\+w*}. Then|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G1161" certainly|strong="G2192" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G2192" [RHQ] need|strong="G5532" any|strong="G2089" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="G2089"\+w*} people|strong="G3004" who|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" testify|strong="G3144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5101"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{64}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="G1161"\+w*} you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G1510" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="G5101" he|strong="G1161" said|strong="G1161" against|strong="H5921" God|strong="G3588"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w claimed|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w equal|strong="H8505"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w God|strong="G3588"\+w*} Therefore|strong="G1161", what|strong="G5101" have|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" decided|strong="H3289"?” They|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" said|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" guilty|strong="G1777" and|strong="G1161" deserved|strong="H1576" ◄to|strong="G1161" be|strong="G1510" executed|strong="H6213"/that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3588" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="G3588"►. 
\verseNumber{65}Then|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" began|strong="G2983" spitting|strong="G1716" on|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G3004". They|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" blindfold|strong="G4028" on|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G2983" striking|strong="H5221" him|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w*} a|strong="G2532" prophet|strong="H5030", tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w*}!” And|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" guarding|strong="H8104" Jesus|strong="G3004" struck|strong="G2983" him|strong="G3588" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G4475". 

\BibleSectionHeading{As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" predicted|strong="H1696", Peter|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G3004". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" predicted|strong="H1696", Peter|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" knew|strong="H3045" Jesus|strong="G3004". }
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\verseNumber{66}While|strong="G1722" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" outside|strong="H2351" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" courtyard|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* supreme \+w priest’s|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" girls|strong="H3207" who|strong="G3588" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" supreme priest|strong="H3548" came|strong="G2064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{67}When|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Peter|strong="G4074" warming|strong="G2328" himself|strong="G2328" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}, she|strong="G2532" looked|strong="G3708" at|strong="G1689" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w closely|strong="H1692"\+w*}. Then|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" also|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424", that|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="G2532" Nazareth|strong="G3479" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="G2532"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{68}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3777" know|strong="G1492" or|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G1492" [DOU] what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1519"!” Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" away|strong="G1831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w*} to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="H8179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{69}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* } servant|strong="G3588" girl|strong="H5291" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G3936" nearby|strong="G3936", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w arrested|strong="H8610"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{70}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" denied|strong="H3584" it|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825". After|strong="G3326" a|strong="G2532" little|strong="G3398" while|strong="G3398", one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" standing|strong="G3936" there|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" again|strong="G3825", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G2981"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w shows|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*} you|strong="G4771" also|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" Galilee|strong="G1057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. So|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" certain|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w accompanied|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G3004"\+w*!}” 
\verseNumber{71}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" exclaim, “I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3754"! Because|strong="G3754" God|strong="G3004" knows|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G3004" truthfully|strong="H0530", may|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="G3004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w am|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{72}Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crowed|strong="G5455" a|strong="G5613" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208". Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="H2142" what|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="G4250"\+w*}, “Before|strong="G4250" the|strong="G2532" rooster|strong="H4975" crows|strong="G5455" a|strong="G5613" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208", you|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2532" deny|strong="G3588" three|strong="G5151" times|strong="G5151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.” \+w When|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w denied|strong="H3584"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5151"\+w* \+w times|strong="G5151"\+w*}, he|strong="G2532" started|strong="H2490" crying|strong="G2799". 

\BibleSectionHeading{In the governor Pilate’s presence Jesus refused to answer accusations against him. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{In the governor Pilate’s presence Jesus refused to answer accusations against him. }
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\chapterNumber{15}Very|strong="G2532" early|strong="G4404" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" morning|strong="G4404" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" met|strong="H6298" together|strong="G4824" with|strong="G3326" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="H3064" council|strong="G4892", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w how|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accuse|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w before|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* Roman \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w*. \+w Their|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guards|strong="H7323"\+w*} tied|strong="G1210" Jesus’|strong="G2424" hands|strong="G3860" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="G2532"\+w*}. They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w*} Pilate|strong="G4091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w governor|strong="H6346"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w accuse|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w*} “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w claiming|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w king|strong="G3588"\+w*!}!” 
\verseNumber{2}Pilate|strong="G4091" asked|strong="G1905" Jesus|strong="G3004", “Do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w claim|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*} the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453"?” Jesus|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G4771" yourself|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" so|strong="G2532".” 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" chief|strong="G2532" priests|strong="H3548" claimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="H6213" many|strong="G4183" bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="G3588". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" ridiculed Jesus|strong="G2424" as|strong="G1161" being|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" ridiculed Jesus|strong="G2424" as|strong="G1161" being|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{After|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" crucified|strong="G4717" Jesus|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" soldiers|strong="H5650" gambled for|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" clothing|strong="G2440". }

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\BibleSectionHeading{Two days later several women were astonished to find Jesus’ tomb empty. }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Two days later several women were astonished to find Jesus’ tomb empty. }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" not|strong="G3762" believing the|strong="G2532" reports|strong="H1697" of|strong="G4012" his|strong="G1438" being|strong="G2532" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="H1605" the|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" not|strong="G3762" believing the|strong="G2532" reports|strong="H1697" of|strong="G4012" his|strong="G1438" being|strong="G2532" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="G2532". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{Miracles|strong="H6381" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" happen|strong="H1961" after|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2532" instructed|strong="H6680" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" preach|strong="H5197" the|strong="G2532" gospel everywhere|strong="H3605" and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" miracles|strong="H6381" would|strong="G2532" accompany|strong="H0935" their|strong="G2532" ministry|strong="H5656". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Miracles|strong="H6381" began|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" happen|strong="H1961" after|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2532" instructed|strong="H6680" his|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" preach|strong="H5197" the|strong="G2532" gospel everywhere|strong="H3605" and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" miracles|strong="H6381" would|strong="G2532" accompany|strong="H0935" their|strong="G2532" ministry|strong="H5656". }
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