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\BibleBook{The Good News According to Matthew}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Good News According to }
\BibleMainTitle{Matthew }
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\chapterNumber{1}The|strong="G2424" book|strong="G0976" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2424" genealogy|strong="G1078" of|strong="G5207" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:1  }Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”} the|strong="G2424" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138", the|strong="G2424" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Abraham|strong="G0011". 
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\verseNumber{2}Abraham|strong="G0011" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Isaac|strong="G2464". Isaac|strong="G2464" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Jacob|strong="G2384". Jacob|strong="G2384" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Judah|strong="G2455" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080". 
\verseNumber{3}Judah|strong="G2455" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Perez|strong="G5329" and|strong="G2532" Zerah|strong="G2196" by|strong="G1537" Tamar|strong="G2283". Perez|strong="G5329" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Hezron|strong="G2074". Hezron|strong="G2074" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Ram|strong="G0689". 
\verseNumber{4}Ram|strong="G0689" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Amminadab|strong="G0284". Amminadab|strong="G0284" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Nahshon|strong="G3476". Nahshon|strong="G3476" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Salmon|strong="G4533". 
\verseNumber{5}Salmon|strong="G4533" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Boaz|strong="G1003" by|strong="G1537" Rahab|strong="G4477". Boaz|strong="G1003" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Obed by|strong="G1537" Ruth|strong="G4503". Obed became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Jesse|strong="G2421". 
\verseNumber{6}Jesse|strong="G2421" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" King|strong="G0935" David|strong="G1138". David|strong="G1138" the|strong="G3588" king|strong="G0935"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:6  }NU omits “the king”.} became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Solomon|strong="G4672" by|strong="G1537" her who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" been Uriah’s wife. 
\verseNumber{7}Solomon|strong="G4672" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Rehoboam|strong="G4497". Rehoboam|strong="G4497" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Abijah|strong="G0007". Abijah|strong="G0007" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Asa|strong="G0760". 
\verseNumber{8}Asa|strong="G0760" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Jehoshaphat|strong="G2498". Jehoshaphat|strong="G2498" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Joram|strong="G2496". Joram|strong="G2496" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Uzziah|strong="G3604". 
\verseNumber{9}Uzziah|strong="G3604" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Jotham|strong="G2488". Jotham|strong="G2488" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Ahaz|strong="G0881". Ahaz|strong="G0881" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Hezekiah|strong="G1478". 
\verseNumber{10}Hezekiah|strong="G1478" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Manasseh|strong="G3128". Manasseh|strong="G3128" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Amon|strong="G0301". Amon|strong="G0301" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Josiah|strong="G2502". 
\verseNumber{11}Josiah|strong="G2502" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Jechoniah and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" time|strong="G1909" of|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" exile to|strong="G1909" Babylon|strong="G0897". 
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\verseNumber{12}After|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" exile to|strong="G3326" Babylon|strong="G0897", Jechoniah became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Shealtiel|strong="G4528". Shealtiel|strong="G4528" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Zerubbabel|strong="G2216". 
\verseNumber{13}Zerubbabel|strong="G2216" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Abiud|strong="G0010". Abiud|strong="G0010" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Eliakim|strong="G1662". Eliakim|strong="G1662" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Azor|strong="G0107". 
\verseNumber{14}Azor|strong="G0107" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Zadok|strong="G4524". Zadok|strong="G4524" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Achim|strong="G0885". Achim|strong="G0885" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Eliud|strong="G1664". 
\verseNumber{15}Eliud|strong="G1664" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Eleazar|strong="G1648". Eleazar|strong="G1648" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Matthan|strong="G3157". Matthan|strong="G3157" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1080" Jacob|strong="G2384". 
\verseNumber{16}Jacob|strong="G2384" became|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3588" father|strong="G1080" of|strong="G1537" Joseph|strong="G2501", the|strong="G3588" husband|strong="G0435" of|strong="G1537" Mary|strong="G3137", from|strong="G1537" whom|strong="G3739" was|strong="G2424" born|strong="G1080" Jesus|strong="G2424",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:16  }“Jesus” means “Salvation”.} who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3739" called|strong="G3004" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="G3767" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" generations|strong="G1074" from|strong="G0575" Abraham|strong="G0011" to|strong="G2193" David|strong="G1138" are|strong="G3956" fourteen|strong="G1180" generations|strong="G1074"; from|strong="G0575" David|strong="G1138" to|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3956" exile to|strong="G2193" Babylon|strong="G0897" fourteen|strong="G1180" generations|strong="G1074"; and|strong="G2532" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" carrying away|strong="G0575" to|strong="G2193" Babylon|strong="G0897" to|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3956" Christ|strong="G5547", fourteen|strong="G1180" generations|strong="G1074". 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" birth|strong="G1078" of|strong="G1537" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" was|strong="G1510" like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3779": After|strong="G1161" his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384", Mary|strong="G3137", was|strong="G1510" engaged|strong="G3423" to|strong="G1722" Joseph|strong="G2501", before|strong="G4250" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905", she|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" found|strong="G2147" pregnant|strong="G1064" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{19}Joseph|strong="G2501", her|strong="G0846" husband|strong="G0435", being|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" righteous|strong="G1342" man|strong="G0435", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" willing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" make|strong="G3361" her|strong="G0846" a|strong="G1510" public example, intended|strong="G1014" to|strong="G2309" put her|strong="G0846" away|strong="G0630" secretly|strong="G2977". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" thought|strong="G3004" about|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", behold|strong="G2400",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:20  }“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} an|strong="G1510" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1510" dream|strong="G3677", saying|strong="G3004", “Joseph|strong="G2501", son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138", don’t|strong="G3361" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399" to|strong="G3004" take|strong="G3880" to|strong="G3004" yourself|strong="G4771" Mary|strong="G3137" as|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2962" wife|strong="G1135", for|strong="G1063" that|strong="G3004" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" conceived|strong="G1080" in|strong="G1722" her|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{21}She|strong="G0846" shall|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207". You|strong="G2564" shall|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" him|strong="G0846" Jesus|strong="G2424",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:21  }“Jesus” means “Salvation”.} for|strong="G1063" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" shall|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" his|strong="G0846" people|strong="G2992" from|strong="G0575" their|strong="G0846" sins|strong="G0266".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Now|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3650" this|strong="G3778" has|strong="G2962" happened|strong="G1096" that|strong="G2443" it|strong="G1223" might be|strong="G1096" fulfilled|strong="G4137" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{23}“Behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" virgin|strong="G3933" shall|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" child|strong="G5088", 
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and|strong="G2532" shall|strong="G2532" give|strong="G5088" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" son|strong="G5207". 
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They|strong="G0846" shall|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" his|strong="G0846" name|strong="G3686" Immanuel|strong="G1694",” 
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which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510", being|strong="G1510" interpreted, “God|strong="G2316" with|strong="G3326" us|strong="G1722".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{1:23  }Isaiah 7:14} 
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\verseNumber{24}Joseph|strong="G2501" arose from|strong="G0575" his|strong="G0846" sleep|strong="G5258", and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" commanded|strong="G4367" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135" to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G0846"; 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1097" her|strong="G0846" sexually until|strong="G2193" she|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2424" given|strong="G2564" birth|strong="G5088" to|strong="G2193" her|strong="G0846" firstborn son|strong="G5207". He|strong="G2532" named|strong="G3686" him|strong="G0846" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G2424" born|strong="G1080" in|strong="G1722" Bethlehem|strong="G0965" of|strong="G1080" Judea|strong="G2449" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250" of|strong="G1080" King|strong="G0935" Herod|strong="G2264", behold|strong="G2400", wise men\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:1  }The word for “wise men” (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.} from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" east|strong="G0395" came|strong="G3854" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", saying, 
\verseNumber{2}“Where|strong="G4226" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" born|strong="G5088" King|strong="G0935" of|strong="G0935" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453"? For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" his|strong="G0846" star|strong="G0792" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" east|strong="G0395", and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G1510" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G3004" worship|strong="G4352" him|strong="G0846".” 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="G2532" King|strong="G0935" Herod|strong="G2264" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" troubled|strong="G5015", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{4}Gathering|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" scribes|strong="G1122" of|strong="G1080" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992", he|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G4441" them|strong="G0846" where|strong="G4226" the|strong="G3956" Christ|strong="G5547" would|strong="G5547" be|strong="G2532" born|strong="G1080". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “In|strong="G1722" Bethlehem|strong="G0965" of|strong="G1223" Judea|strong="G2449", for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3779" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", 
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\verseNumber{6}‘You|strong="G4771" Bethlehem|strong="G0965", land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1537" Judah|strong="G2455", 
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are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" no|strong="G3760" way|strong="G1722" least|strong="G1646" amongst the|strong="G3588" princes of|strong="G1537" Judah|strong="G2455"; 
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for|strong="G1063" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G4771" shall|strong="G2532" come|strong="G1831" a|strong="G1510" governor|strong="G2232" 
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who|strong="G3588" shall|strong="G2532" shepherd|strong="G4165" my|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", Israel|strong="G2474".’”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{2:6  }Micah 5:2} 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="G5119" Herod|strong="G2264" secretly|strong="G2977" called|strong="G2564" the|strong="G3588" wise men|strong="G0846", and|strong="G0846" learnt from|strong="G3844" them|strong="G0846" exactly what|strong="G3588" time|strong="G5550" the|strong="G3588" star|strong="G0792" appeared|strong="G5316". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3992" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" Bethlehem|strong="G0965", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Go|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" search|strong="G1833" diligently for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813". When|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" him|strong="G0846", bring|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" word|strong="G0518", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4352" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="G0846", having heard|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" king|strong="G0935", went|strong="G2064" their|strong="G0846" way|strong="G4198"; and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" star|strong="G0792", which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" east|strong="G0395", went|strong="G2064" before|strong="G4254" them|strong="G0846" until|strong="G2193" it|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" stood|strong="G2476" over|strong="G1883" where|strong="G3757" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813" was|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" star|strong="G0792", they|strong="G1161" rejoiced|strong="G5463" with|strong="G4970" exceedingly|strong="G4970" great|strong="G3173" joy|strong="G5479". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813" with|strong="G3326" Mary|strong="G3137", his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" fell|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" and|strong="G2532" worshipped him|strong="G0846". Opening|strong="G0455" their|strong="G0846" treasures|strong="G2344", they|strong="G0846" offered|strong="G4374" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" gifts|strong="G1435": gold|strong="G5557", frankincense|strong="G3030", and|strong="G2532" myrrh|strong="G4666". 
\verseNumber{12}Being warned|strong="G5537" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" dream|strong="G3677" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" return|strong="G0344" to|strong="G1519" Herod|strong="G2264", they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G0402" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G0846" own|strong="G0846" country|strong="G5561" another|strong="G0243" way|strong="G3598". 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" departed|strong="G0402", behold|strong="G2400", an|strong="G1510" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G1519" Joseph|strong="G2501" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" dream|strong="G3677", saying|strong="G3004", “Arise|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" take|strong="G3880" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384", and|strong="G2532" flee|strong="G5343" into|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="G0125", and|strong="G2532" stay there|strong="G1563" until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771", for|strong="G1063" Herod|strong="G2264" will|strong="G1510" seek|strong="G2212" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813" to|strong="G1519" destroy|strong="G0622" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" arose and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384" by|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G0402" into|strong="G1519" Egypt|strong="G0125", 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3588" death|strong="G5054" of|strong="G5207" Herod|strong="G2264", that|strong="G2443" it|strong="G1223" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" fulfilled|strong="G4137" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G3004" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", saying|strong="G3004", “Out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G5207" Egypt|strong="G0125" I|strong="G1473" called|strong="G2564" my|strong="G5259" son|strong="G5207".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{2:15  }Hosea 11:1} 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" mocked|strong="G1702" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" wise men|strong="G3956", was|strong="G3739" exceedingly|strong="G3029" angry, and|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G0649" out|strong="G0649" and|strong="G2532" killed|strong="G0337" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" male|strong="G3816" children|strong="G3816" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" Bethlehem|strong="G0965" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" surrounding countryside, from|strong="G0575" two|strong="G1332" years|strong="G1332" old|strong="G1332" and|strong="G2532" under|strong="G5259", according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" exact|strong="G5550" time|strong="G5550" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" learnt from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" wise men|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="G5119" that|strong="G3004" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" by|strong="G1223" Jeremiah|strong="G2408" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396" was|strong="G3588" fulfilled|strong="G4137", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{18}“A|strong="G1510" voice|strong="G5456" was|strong="G1510" heard|strong="G0191" in|strong="G1722" Ramah|strong="G4471", 
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lamentation, weeping|strong="G2799" and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G4183" mourning|strong="G3602", 
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Rachel|strong="G4478" weeping|strong="G2799" for|strong="G3754" her|strong="G0846" children|strong="G5043"; 
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she|strong="G0846" wouldn’t be|strong="G1510" comforted|strong="G3870", 
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because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" are|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4183".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{2:18  }Jeremiah 31:15} 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Herod|strong="G2264" was|strong="G3588" dead, behold|strong="G2400", an|strong="G0032" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" appeared|strong="G3708" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3708" dream|strong="G3677" to|strong="G2596" Joseph|strong="G2501" in|strong="G1722" Egypt|strong="G0125", saying, 
\verseNumber{20}“Arise|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" take|strong="G3880" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384", and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1093" Israel|strong="G2474", for|strong="G1063" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sought|strong="G2212" the|strong="G3588" young child’s|strong="G3813" life|strong="G5590" are|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G2348".” 
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\verseNumber{21}He|strong="G2532" arose and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" the|strong="G3588" young child|strong="G3813" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1093" Israel|strong="G2474". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" Archelaus|strong="G0745" was|strong="G3588" reigning|strong="G0936" over|strong="G2596" Judea|strong="G2449" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G1563" of|strong="G3962" his|strong="G0846" father|strong="G3962", Herod|strong="G2264", he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G0565" there|strong="G1563". Being warned|strong="G5537" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G0191" dream|strong="G3677", he|strong="G0846" withdrew|strong="G0402" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" region of|strong="G3962" Galilee|strong="G1056", 
\verseNumber{23}and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" lived|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G3004" city|strong="G4172" called|strong="G2564" Nazareth|strong="G3478"; that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G1223" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" fulfilled|strong="G4137" which|strong="G3748" was|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3748" be|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" a|strong="G3004" Nazarene|strong="G3480". 
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\chapterNumber{3}In|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250", John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptiser came|strong="G3854", preaching|strong="G2784" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048" of|strong="G2250" Judea|strong="G2449", saying, 
\verseNumber{2}“Repent|strong="G3340", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" Kingdom|strong="G0932" of|strong="G0932" Heaven|strong="G3772" is|strong="G3772" at|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G1448"!” 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" he|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" spoken|strong="G3004" of|strong="G1223" by|strong="G1722" Isaiah|strong="G2268" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", saying|strong="G3004", 
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“The|strong="G3588" voice|strong="G5456" of|strong="G1223" one|strong="G3778" crying|strong="G0994" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048", 
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make|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" ready|strong="G2090"! 
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Make|strong="G4160" his|strong="G0846" paths|strong="G5147" straight|strong="G2117"!”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{3:3  }Isaiah 40:3} 
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\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2491" himself|strong="G0846" wore|strong="G2192" clothing|strong="G1742" made of|strong="G0575" camel’s|strong="G2574" hair|strong="G2359" with|strong="G0575" a|strong="G2192" leather|strong="G1193" belt|strong="G2223" around|strong="G4012" his|strong="G0846" waist|strong="G3751". His|strong="G0846" food|strong="G5160" was|strong="G1510" locusts|strong="G0200" and|strong="G2532" wild|strong="G0066" honey|strong="G3192". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" from|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" region|strong="G4066" around|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3956" Jordan|strong="G2446" went|strong="G1607" out|strong="G1607" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" baptised by|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Jordan|strong="G2446", confessing|strong="G1843" their|strong="G0846" sins|strong="G0266". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523" coming|strong="G2064" for|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" baptism|strong="G0908", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G5210" offspring|strong="G1081" of|strong="G0575" vipers|strong="G2191", who|strong="G3588" warned|strong="G5263" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G3004" flee|strong="G5343" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" wrath|strong="G3709" to|strong="G3004" come|strong="G2064"? 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="G3767" produce|strong="G4160" fruit|strong="G2590" worthy|strong="G0514" of|strong="G0514" repentance|strong="G3341"! 
\verseNumber{9}Don’t|strong="G3361" think|strong="G1380" to|strong="G3004" yourselves|strong="G1438", ‘We|strong="G3778" have|strong="G2192" Abraham|strong="G0011" for|strong="G1063" our|strong="G2316" father|strong="G3962",’ for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G2316" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G3004" raise|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" children|strong="G5043" to|strong="G3004" Abraham|strong="G0011" from|strong="G1537" these|strong="G3778" stones|strong="G3037". 
\verseNumber{10}Even|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" axe|strong="G0513" lies|strong="G2749" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" root|strong="G4491" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" trees|strong="G1186". Therefore|strong="G3767" every|strong="G3956" tree|strong="G1186" that|strong="G3956" doesn’t|strong="G3361" produce|strong="G4160" good|strong="G2570" fruit|strong="G2590" is|strong="G3588" cut|strong="G1581" down|strong="G1581", and|strong="G2532" cast|strong="G0906" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" fire|strong="G4442". 
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\verseNumber{11}“I|strong="G1473" indeed|strong="G2532" baptise you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" for|strong="G1519" repentance|strong="G3341", but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" comes|strong="G2064" after|strong="G3694" me|strong="G1473" is|strong="G1510" mightier|strong="G2478" than|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473", whose|strong="G3739" sandals|strong="G5266" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="G2425" to|strong="G1519" carry|strong="G0941". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" baptise you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:11  }TR and NU add “and with fire” } 
\verseNumber{12}His|strong="G0846" winnowing|strong="G4425" fork|strong="G4425" is|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3739" thoroughly cleanse his|strong="G0846" threshing|strong="G0257" floor|strong="G0257". He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3739" gather|strong="G4863" his|strong="G0846" wheat|strong="G4621" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" barn|strong="G0596", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" chaff|strong="G0892" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3739" burn|strong="G2618" up|strong="G1519" with|strong="G1722" unquenchable|strong="G0762" fire|strong="G4442".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G5119" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G3854" from|strong="G0575" Galilee|strong="G1056" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" Jordan|strong="G2446"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:13  }i.e., the Jordan River} to|strong="G4314" John|strong="G2491", to|strong="G4314" be baptised by|strong="G5259" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2491" would|strong="G0846" have|strong="G2192" hindered him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" need|strong="G5532" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" baptised by|strong="G5259" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" me|strong="G3004"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424", answering|strong="G0611", said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Allow|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w fitting|strong="G4241"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* fulfil \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w righteousness|strong="G1343"\+w*.”} Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G0846" allowed|strong="G0863" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{16}Jesus|strong="G2424", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2424" baptised, went|strong="G2064" up|strong="G0305" directly from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" water|strong="G5204": and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" heavens|strong="G3772" were|strong="G3588" opened|strong="G0455" to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316" descending|strong="G2597" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3708" dove|strong="G4058", and|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{17}Behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G1510" voice|strong="G5456" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" heavens|strong="G3772" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G3708" beloved|strong="G0027" Son|strong="G5207", with|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" well|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G2106".” 
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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="G5119" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G2424" led|strong="G0321" up|strong="G1519" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" wilderness|strong="G2048" to|strong="G1519" be tempted|strong="G3985" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" devil|strong="G1228". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2250" fasted|strong="G3522" forty|strong="G5062" days|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" forty|strong="G5062" nights|strong="G3571", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" hungry|strong="G3983" afterward|strong="G5305". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="G3588" tempter|strong="G3985" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G0846", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316", command|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2443" these|strong="G3778" stones|strong="G3037" become|strong="G1096" bread|strong="G0740".” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w is|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w*, ‘\+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2198"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w bread|strong="G0740"\+w* \+w alone|strong="G3441"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w word|strong="G4487"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w proceeds|strong="G1607"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1607"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w*.’”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{4:4  }Deuteronomy 8:3} 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" devil|strong="G1228" took|strong="G3880" him|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" holy|strong="G0040" city|strong="G4172". He|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2476" him|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" pinnacle|strong="G4419" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413", 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316", throw|strong="G0906" yourself|strong="G4572" down|strong="G2736", for|strong="G1063" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" written|strong="G1125", 
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‘He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" command|strong="G1781" his|strong="G0846" angels|strong="G0032" concerning|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771",’ and|strong="G2532", 
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‘On|strong="G1909" their|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" they|strong="G0846" will|strong="G2316" bear|strong="G0142" you|strong="G4771" up|strong="G0142", 
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so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" don’t dash your|strong="G1487" foot|strong="G4228" against|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1510" stone|strong="G3037".’”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{4:6  }Psalm 91:11-12 } 
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\verseNumber{7}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G3825" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Again|strong="G3825"\+w*, \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w*, ‘\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w test|strong="G1598"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*.’”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{4:7  }Deuteronomy 6:16} 
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\verseNumber{8}Again|strong="G3825", the|strong="G3956" devil|strong="G1228" took|strong="G3880" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" an|strong="G2532" exceedingly|strong="G3029" high|strong="G5308" mountain|strong="G3735", and|strong="G2532" showed|strong="G1166" him|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" kingdoms|strong="G0932" of|strong="G0932" the|strong="G3956" world|strong="G2889" and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" glory|strong="G1391". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3778" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G3778" fall|strong="G4098" down|strong="G4098" and|strong="G2532" worship|strong="G4352" me|strong="G1325".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Get|strong="G5217"\+w* behind \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*,}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:10  }TR and NU read “Go away” instead of “Get behind me”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w*! \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w*, ‘\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w worship|strong="G4352"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w serve|strong="G3000"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3441"\+w*.’”} \BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{4:10  }Deuteronomy 6:13} 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" devil|strong="G1228" left|strong="G0863" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", angels|strong="G0032" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" served|strong="G1247" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G0191" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" John|strong="G2491" was|strong="G3588" delivered|strong="G3860" up|strong="G1519", he|strong="G3754" withdrew|strong="G0402" into|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056". 
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\verseNumber{15}“The|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1093" Zebulun|strong="G2194" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1093" Naphtali|strong="G3508", 
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towards the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", beyond|strong="G4008" the|strong="G3588" Jordan|strong="G2446", 
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Galilee|strong="G1056" of|strong="G1093" the|strong="G3588" Gentiles|strong="G1484", 
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\verseNumber{16}the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" who|strong="G3588" sat|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1722" darkness|strong="G4655" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G3708" great|strong="G3173" light|strong="G5457"; 
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to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sat|strong="G2521" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" region|strong="G5561" and|strong="G2532" shadow|strong="G4639" of|strong="G1722" death|strong="G2288", 
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to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846" light|strong="G5457" has|strong="G3708" dawned|strong="G0393".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{4:16  }Isaiah 9:1-2} 
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\verseNumber{17}From|strong="G0575" that|strong="G3004" time|strong="G5119", Jesus|strong="G2424" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G3004" preach|strong="G2784", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Repent|strong="G3340"\+w*! \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1448"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{18}Walking|strong="G4043" by|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281" of|strong="G2281" Galilee|strong="G1056", he|strong="G2532"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:18  }TR reads “Jesus” instead of “he” } saw|strong="G3708" two|strong="G1417" brothers|strong="G0080": Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" called|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074", and|strong="G2532" Andrew|strong="G0406", his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080", casting|strong="G0906" a|strong="G1510" net into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281"; for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" fishermen|strong="G0231". 
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\verseNumber{20}They|strong="G0846" immediately|strong="G2112" left|strong="G0863" their|strong="G0846" nets|strong="G1350" and|strong="G1161" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G0846" went|strong="G4013" about|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" Galilee|strong="G1056", teaching|strong="G1321" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G0846" synagogues|strong="G4864", preaching|strong="G2784" the|strong="G3956" Good|strong="G2098" News|strong="G2098" of|strong="G0932" the|strong="G3956" Kingdom|strong="G0932", and|strong="G2532" healing|strong="G2323" every|strong="G3956" disease|strong="G3554" and|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" sickness|strong="G3119" amongst the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Seeing|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" onto|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735". When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" sat|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523", his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" opened|strong="G0455" his|strong="G0846" mouth|strong="G4750" and|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w narrow|strong="G4728"\+w* \+w gate|strong="G4439"\+w*; \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gate|strong="G4439"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w wide|strong="G4116"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w broad|strong="G2149"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w leads|strong="G0520"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w destruction|strong="G0684"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w How|strong="G3754"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:14  }TR reads “Because” instead of “How”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w narrow|strong="G4728"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gate|strong="G4439"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* restricted \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w leads|strong="G0520"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w life|strong="G2222"\+w*! \+w There|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w few|strong="G3641"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Beware|strong="G4337"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w false|strong="G5578"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="G5578"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sheep’s|strong="G4263"\+w* \+w clothing|strong="G1742"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w inwardly|strong="G2081"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* ravening \+w wolves|strong="G3074"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w By|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w fruits|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w will|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1921"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*. \+w Do|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w gather|strong="G4816"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="G4718"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w thorns|strong="G0173"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w figs|strong="G4810"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w thistles|strong="G5146"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Even|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w*, \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w good|strong="G0018"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G1186"\+w* \+w produces|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w good|strong="G0018"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* corrupt \+w tree|strong="G1186"\+w* \+w produces|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w A|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w good|strong="G0018"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G1186"\+w* \+w can’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w produce|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w*, \+w neither|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w can|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* corrupt \+w tree|strong="G1186"\+w* \+w produce|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w good|strong="G0018"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G1186"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w doesn’t|strong="G3361"\+w* grow \+w good|strong="G2570"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w is|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cut|strong="G1581"\+w* \+w down|strong="G1581"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w fire|strong="G4442"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Therefore|strong="G0686"\+w* \+w by|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w fruits|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w will|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1921"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*,’ \+w will|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w does|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w*, ‘\+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophesy|strong="G4395"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4674"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w*, \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4674"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w cast|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w demons|strong="G1140"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4674"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w mighty|strong="G1411"\+w* works?’ } 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* tell \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*, ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3763"\+w* \+w knew|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*. \+w Depart|strong="G0672"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w work|strong="G2038"\+w* iniquity.’} 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Everyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hears|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w words|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w mine|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w does|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* liken \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w wise|strong="G5429"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0435"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w built|strong="G3618"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w rock|strong="G4073"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rain|strong="G1028"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w down|strong="G2597"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w floods|strong="G4215"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w winds|strong="G0417"\+w* \+w blew|strong="G4154"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w beat|strong="G4154"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w fall|strong="G4098"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w founded|strong="G2311"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rock|strong="G4073"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Everyone|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hears|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w words|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w mine|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w doesn’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3666"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w foolish|strong="G3474"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0435"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w built|strong="G3618"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sand|strong="G0285"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rain|strong="G1028"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w down|strong="G2597"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w floods|strong="G4215"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w winds|strong="G0417"\+w* \+w blew|strong="G4154"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w beat|strong="G4154"\+w* \+w on|strong="G2597"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w fell|strong="G4098"\+w*—\+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w its|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w fall|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w great|strong="G3173"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" finished|strong="G5055" saying|strong="G3056" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" were|strong="G3793" astonished|strong="G1605" at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" teaching|strong="G1322", 
\verseNumber{29}for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G0846" with|strong="G2532" authority|strong="G1849", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122". 
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\chapterNumber{8}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735", great|strong="G4183" multitudes|strong="G3793" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{2}Behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G3708" leper|strong="G3015" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" worshipped him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G1437" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G3004", you|strong="G1437" can|strong="G1410" make|strong="G2511" me|strong="G3004" clean|strong="G2511".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Jesus|strong="G0846" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="G0681" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w Be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w clean|strong="G2511"\+w*.”} Immediately|strong="G2112" his|strong="G0846" leprosy|strong="G3014" was|strong="G3588" cleansed|strong="G2511". 
\verseNumber{4}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w See|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w nobody|strong="G3367"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w go|strong="G5217"\+w*, \+w show|strong="G1166"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4572"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w priest|strong="G2409"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w offer|strong="G4374"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gift|strong="G1435"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="G3475"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="G4367"\+w*, \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w testimony|strong="G3142"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" came|strong="G4334" into|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584", a|strong="G1525" centurion|strong="G1543" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", asking him|strong="G0846" for|strong="G1519" help, 
\verseNumber{6}saying|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", my|strong="G1722" servant|strong="G3816" lies in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" paralysed, grievously tormented|strong="G0928".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Jesus|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w heal|strong="G2323"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" answered|strong="G0611", “Lord|strong="G2962", I’m not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="G2425" for|strong="G2443" you|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" come|strong="G1525" under|strong="G5259" my|strong="G1525" roof|strong="G4721". Just|strong="G3440" say|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1525" servant|strong="G3816" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" healed|strong="G2390". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="G0444" under|strong="G5259" authority|strong="G1849", having|strong="G2192" under|strong="G5259" myself|strong="G1683" soldiers|strong="G4757". I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" one|strong="G3778", ‘Go|strong="G4198",’ and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" goes|strong="G4198"; and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" another|strong="G0243", ‘Come|strong="G2064",’ and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" comes|strong="G2064"; and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" my|strong="G5259" servant|strong="G1401", ‘Do|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778",’ and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G4160" it|strong="G4160".” 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0191", he|strong="G2532" marvelled and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" followed|strong="G0190", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Most \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w haven’t|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w found|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w great|strong="G5118"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w*, \+w not|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2240"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w east|strong="G0395"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w west|strong="G1424"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w sit|strong="G0347"\+w* \+w down|strong="G0347"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="G0011"\+w*, \+w Isaac|strong="G2464"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="G2384"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* children \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* thrown \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w outer|strong="G1857"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4655"\+w*. \+w There|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w weeping|strong="G2805"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gnashing|strong="G1030"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w teeth|strong="G3599"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{13}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w way|strong="G1722"\+w*. \+w Let|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believed|strong="G4100"\+w*.”} His|strong="G5613" servant|strong="G3816" was|strong="G2424" healed|strong="G2390" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" hour|strong="G5610". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" Peter’s|strong="G4074" house|strong="G3614", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" his|strong="G0846" wife’s mother lying|strong="G0906" sick|strong="G0906" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3708" fever|strong="G4445". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" touched|strong="G0681" her|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" fever|strong="G4446" left|strong="G0863" her|strong="G0846". So|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" served|strong="G1247" him|strong="G0846".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:15  }TR reads “them” instead of “him”} 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="G2532" evening|strong="G3798" came|strong="G1096", they|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" many|strong="G4183" possessed|strong="G2192" with|strong="G2532" demons. He|strong="G2532" cast|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1544" the|strong="G3956" spirits|strong="G4151" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" word|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3956" sick|strong="G2560", 
\verseNumber{17}that|strong="G3004" it|strong="G0846" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" fulfilled|strong="G4137" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" through|strong="G1223" Isaiah|strong="G2268" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", saying|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" our|strong="G2532" infirmities|strong="G0769" and|strong="G2532" bore|strong="G0941" our|strong="G2532" diseases|strong="G3554".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{8:17  }Isaiah 53:4 } 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" saw|strong="G3708" great|strong="G4183" multitudes|strong="G3793" around|strong="G4012" him|strong="G0846", he|strong="G0846" gave|strong="G2753" the|strong="G3588" order|strong="G2753" to|strong="G1519" depart|strong="G0565" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008". 
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\verseNumber{19}A|strong="G1437" scribe|strong="G1122" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Teacher|strong="G1320", I|strong="G1437" will|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G0190" you|strong="G4771" wherever|strong="G3699" you|strong="G4771" go|strong="G0565".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w foxes|strong="G0258"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w holes|strong="G5454"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w birds|strong="G4071"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sky|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w nests|strong="G2682"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* nowhere \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w lay|strong="G2827"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w head|strong="G2776"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{21}Another|strong="G2087" of|strong="G2962" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Lord|strong="G2962", allow|strong="G2010" me|strong="G3004" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G3004" go|strong="G0565" and|strong="G2532" bury|strong="G2290" my|strong="G2290" father|strong="G3962".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Follow|strong="G0190"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w bury|strong="G2290"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w own|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" boat|strong="G4143", his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{24}Behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G1096" violent storm|strong="G4578" came|strong="G1096" up on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", so|strong="G2532" much|strong="G3173" that|strong="G5620" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G3588" covered|strong="G2572" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" waves|strong="G2949"; but|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" asleep|strong="G2518". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="G2532" disciples came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" woke|strong="G1453" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1453", saying|strong="G3004", “Save|strong="G4982" us|strong="G3004", Lord|strong="G2962"! We|strong="G2532" are|strong="G2532" dying|strong="G0622"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* fearful, O \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2281"\+w* little faith?” } Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453", rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" calm|strong="G1055". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="G3588" men|strong="G0444" marvelled, saying|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G3588" kind|strong="G4217" of|strong="G2281" man|strong="G0444" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778", that|strong="G3754" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281" obey|strong="G5219" him|strong="G0846"?” 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008", into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" country|strong="G5561" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Gergesenes,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:28  }NU reads “Gadarenes”} two|strong="G1417" people|strong="G0846" possessed by|strong="G1223" demons met|strong="G5221" him|strong="G0846" there|strong="G1417", coming|strong="G2064" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" tombs|strong="G3419", exceedingly|strong="G3029" fierce, so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G1565" nobody could|strong="G2480" pass|strong="G3928" that|strong="G1565" way|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{29}Behold|strong="G2400", they|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", saying|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G3708" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G3708" with|strong="G2316" you|strong="G4771", Jesus|strong="G3004", Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"? Have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" come|strong="G2064" here|strong="G5602" to|strong="G3004" torment|strong="G0928" us|strong="G3004" before|strong="G4253" the|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540"?” 
\verseNumber{30}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" herd|strong="G0034" of|strong="G0575" many|strong="G4183" pigs|strong="G5519" feeding|strong="G1006" far|strong="G3112" away|strong="G0575" from|strong="G0575" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="G3588" demons|strong="G1142" begged|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" cast|strong="G1544" us|strong="G3004" out|strong="G1544", permit us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" go away|strong="G1544" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" herd|strong="G0034" of|strong="G3004" pigs|strong="G5519".” 
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\verseNumber{32}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G5217"\+w*!”} 
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They|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" herd|strong="G0034" of|strong="G3956" pigs|strong="G5519"; and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" herd|strong="G0034" of|strong="G3956" pigs|strong="G5519" rushed|strong="G3729" down|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3956" cliff into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" sea|strong="G2281" and|strong="G2532" died|strong="G0599" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" water|strong="G5204". 
\verseNumber{33}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" fed them fled|strong="G5343" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0565" away|strong="G0565" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G0518" everything|strong="G3956", including|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" happened|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3956" possessed with|strong="G2532" demons. 
\verseNumber{34}Behold|strong="G2400", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" meet|strong="G5222" Jesus|strong="G2424". When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" begged|strong="G3870" that|strong="G3704" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" depart|strong="G3327" from|strong="G0575" their|strong="G0846" borders. 
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\chapterNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2064" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" crossed|strong="G1276" over|strong="G1276", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" his|strong="G2532" own|strong="G2398" city|strong="G4172". 
\verseNumber{2}Behold|strong="G2400", they|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" a|strong="G3708" man who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G2424" paralysed, lying|strong="G0906" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G3708" bed|strong="G2825". Jesus|strong="G2424", seeing|strong="G3708" their|strong="G0846" faith|strong="G4102", said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" paralytic|strong="G3885", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Son|strong="G5043"\+w*, cheer \+w up|strong="G4374"\+w*! \+w Your|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w sins|strong="G0266"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{3}Behold|strong="G2400", some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" themselves|strong="G1438", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" blasphemes|strong="G0987".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Jesus|strong="G2424", knowing their|strong="G0846" thoughts|strong="G1761", said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G2444"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* think \+w evil|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w hearts|strong="G2588"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w which|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w easier|strong="G2123"\+w*, \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Your|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w sins|strong="G0266"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="G0863"\+w*;’ \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w walk|strong="G4043"\+w*?’ } 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w sins|strong="G0266"\+w*—”} (then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" paralytic|strong="G3885"), \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* mat, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="G2532" arose and|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G0565" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" house|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G3708", they|strong="G2532" marvelled and|strong="G2532" glorified|strong="G1392" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" given|strong="G1325" such|strong="G5108" authority|strong="G1849" to|strong="G2532" men|strong="G0444". 
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\verseNumber{9}As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" passed|strong="G3855" by|strong="G1909" from|strong="G2424" there|strong="G1564", he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G3708" man|strong="G0444" called|strong="G3004" Matthew|strong="G3156" sitting|strong="G2521" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" tax|strong="G5058" collection office. He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Follow|strong="G0190"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} He|strong="G2532" got|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{10}As|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" sat in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614", behold|strong="G2400", many|strong="G4183" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" sinners|strong="G0268" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" sat down with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", “Why|strong="G5101" does|strong="G2068" your|strong="G3708" teacher|strong="G1320" eat|strong="G2068" with|strong="G3326" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" and|strong="G2532" sinners|strong="G0268"?” 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G3004" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0191", he|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w healthy|strong="G2480"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w need|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w for|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w physician|strong="G2395"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sick|strong="G2560"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2192"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w learn|strong="G3129"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w this|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w means|strong="G1510"\+w*: ‘\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w desire|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w mercy|strong="G1656"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\+w*,’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{9:13  }Hosea 6:6} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w call|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w righteous|strong="G1342"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w sinners|strong="G0268"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* repentance.”}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:13  }NU omits “to repentance”.} 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G2532" John’s|strong="G2491" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G3004" we|strong="G2249" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" fast|strong="G3522" often|strong="G4183", but|strong="G1161" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101" don’t|strong="G3756" fast|strong="G3522"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Can|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* friends \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\+w* \+w mourn|strong="G3996"\+w* \+w as|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w as|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*? \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w taken|strong="G0522"\+w* \+w away|strong="G0522"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w fast|strong="G3522"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w No|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w puts|strong="G1911"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w piece|strong="G1915"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w unshrunk|strong="G0046"\+w* \+w cloth|strong="G4470"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w an|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w* \+w garment|strong="G2440"\+w*; \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w patch|strong="G1915"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w tear|strong="G4978"\+w* \+w away|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w garment|strong="G2440"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w worse|strong="G5501"\+w* hole \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1096"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Neither|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w people|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w put|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w skins|strong="G0779"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w else|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w skins|strong="G0779"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w burst|strong="G4486"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* spilled, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w skins|strong="G0779"\+w* \+w ruined|strong="G0622"\+w*. \+w No|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w fresh|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w wine|strong="G3631"\+w* \+w skins|strong="G0779"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w both|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w preserved|strong="G4933"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{18}While|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G3708" ruler|strong="G0758" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" worshipped him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “My|strong="G3708" daughter|strong="G2364" has|strong="G3778" just|strong="G2532" died|strong="G5053", but|strong="G0235" come|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" lay|strong="G2007" your|strong="G3708" hand|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" her|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" will|strong="G3778" live|strong="G2198".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Jesus|strong="G2424" got|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846", as|strong="G2532" did his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{20}Behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G3708" woman|strong="G1135" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" a|strong="G3708" discharge of|strong="G3588" blood for|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1427" years|strong="G2094" came|strong="G4334" behind|strong="G3693" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="G0681" the|strong="G3588" fringe|strong="G2899"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:20  }or, tassel} of|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" garment|strong="G2440"; 
\verseNumber{21}for|strong="G1063" she|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" within|strong="G1722" herself|strong="G1438", “If|strong="G1437" I|strong="G1437" just|strong="G3440" touch|strong="G0681" his|strong="G0846" garment|strong="G2440", I|strong="G1437" will|strong="G0846" be|strong="G1722" made|strong="G4982" well|strong="G4982".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424", turning|strong="G4762" around and|strong="G2532" seeing|strong="G3708" her|strong="G0846", said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Daughter|strong="G2364"\+w*, cheer up! \+w Your|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w has|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w made|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w well|strong="G4982"\+w*.”} And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" woman|strong="G1135" was|strong="G2424" made|strong="G4982" well|strong="G4982" from|strong="G0575" that|strong="G1565" hour|strong="G5610". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" ruler’s house|strong="G3614" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" flute players and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="G3793" in|strong="G1519" noisy disorder, 
\verseNumber{24}he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Make|strong="G3756"\+w* room, \+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w girl|strong="G2877"\+w* \+w isn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G0599"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="G2518"\+w*.”} 
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They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" ridiculing him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G3753" the|strong="G3588" crowd|strong="G3793" was|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1544", he|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" in|strong="G2532", took|strong="G2902" her|strong="G0846" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" girl|strong="G2877" arose. 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="G3588" report of|strong="G1093" this|strong="G3778" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" into|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3650" that|strong="G1565" land|strong="G1093". 
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\verseNumber{27}As|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" passed|strong="G3855" by|strong="G3004" from|strong="G2424" there|strong="G1564", two|strong="G1417" blind|strong="G5185" men|strong="G5185" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846", calling|strong="G3004" out|strong="G2896" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “Have|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G1653" us|strong="G3004", son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138"!” 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614", the|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" men|strong="G3778" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846". Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w able|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w*?”} 
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They|strong="G0846" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord|strong="G2962".” 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G0846" touched|strong="G0681" their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w According|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788" were|strong="G3788" opened|strong="G0455". Jesus|strong="G2424" strictly commanded them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w See|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w knows|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G1161" spread|strong="G1831" abroad his|strong="G0846" fame in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3650" that|strong="G1565" land|strong="G1093". 
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\verseNumber{32}As|strong="G1831" they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G3708" mute|strong="G2974" man|strong="G0444" who|strong="G0444" was|strong="G0444" demon possessed was|strong="G0444" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G0444" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" demon|strong="G1140" was|strong="G3588" cast|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1544", the|strong="G3588" mute|strong="G2974" man|strong="G2974" spoke|strong="G2980". The|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" marvelled, saying|strong="G3004", “Nothing|strong="G3763" like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3779" has|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G3763" been|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G5316" in|strong="G1722" Israel|strong="G2474"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" said|strong="G3004", “By|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" prince|strong="G0758" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" demons|strong="G1140", he|strong="G3004" casts out|strong="G1544" demons|strong="G1140".” 
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\verseNumber{35}Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G4013" about|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" cities|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" villages|strong="G2968", teaching|strong="G1321" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G0846" synagogues|strong="G4864" and|strong="G2532" preaching|strong="G2784" the|strong="G3956" Good|strong="G2098" News|strong="G2098" of|strong="G0932" the|strong="G3956" Kingdom|strong="G0932", and|strong="G2532" healing|strong="G2323" every|strong="G3956" disease|strong="G3554" and|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" sickness|strong="G3119" amongst the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{36}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" moved|strong="G4697" with|strong="G2532" compassion|strong="G4697" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G0846" because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" harassed\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:36  }TR reads “weary” instead of “harassed” } and|strong="G2532" scattered, like|strong="G5616" sheep|strong="G4263" without|strong="G3361" a|strong="G2192" shepherd|strong="G4166". 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="G2326"\+w* \+w indeed|strong="G3303"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w plentiful|strong="G4183"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* labourers \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w few|strong="G3641"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Pray|strong="G1189"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3704"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="G2326"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w send|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1544"\+w* labourers \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w harvest|strong="G2326"\+w*.”} 
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\chapterNumber{10}He|strong="G2532" called|strong="G4341" to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G0846" his|strong="G0846" twelve|strong="G1427" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" authority|strong="G1849" over|strong="G1849" unclean|strong="G0169" spirits|strong="G4151", to|strong="G2532" cast|strong="G1544" them|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1544", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" heal|strong="G2323" every|strong="G3956" disease|strong="G3554" and|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" sickness|strong="G3119". 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" names|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G3588" twelve|strong="G1427" apostles|strong="G0652" are|strong="G1510" these|strong="G3778". The|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413", Simon|strong="G4613", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" called|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074"; Andrew|strong="G0406", his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080"; James|strong="G2385" the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3686" Zebedee|strong="G2199"; John|strong="G2491", his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080"; 
\verseNumber{3}Philip|strong="G5376"; Bartholomew|strong="G0918"; Thomas|strong="G2381"; Matthew|strong="G3156" the|strong="G3588" tax|strong="G5057" collector|strong="G5057"; James|strong="G2385" the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" called\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:3  }NU omits “Lebbaeus, who was also called”} Thaddaeus|strong="G2280"; 
\verseNumber{4}Simon|strong="G4613" the|strong="G3588" Zealot|strong="G2581"; and|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455" Iscariot|strong="G2469", who|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" betrayed|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{5}Jesus|strong="G2424" sent|strong="G0649" these|strong="G3778" twelve|strong="G1427" out|strong="G0649" and|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G3853" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w go|strong="G0565"\+w* amongst \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* any \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Samaritans|strong="G4541"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Rather|strong="G3123"\+w*, \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lost|strong="G0622"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w As|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w*, \+w preach|strong="G2784"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1448"\+w*!’ } 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Heal|strong="G2323"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w sick|strong="G0770"\+w*, \+w cleanse|strong="G2511"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w lepers|strong="G3015"\+w*,}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:8  }TR adds “raise the dead,”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G3498"\+w* \+w cast|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w demons|strong="G1140"\+w*. \+w Freely|strong="G1432"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w received|strong="G2983"\+w*, so \+w freely|strong="G1432"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w take|strong="G2932"\+w* any \+w gold|strong="G5557"\+w*, \+w silver|strong="G0696"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G3366"\+w* brass \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3366"\+w* \+w money|strong="G5475"\+w* \+w belts|strong="G2223"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{Take \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w bag|strong="G4082"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3366"\+w* \+w journey|strong="G3598"\+w*, \+w neither|strong="G3366"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w coats|strong="G5509"\+w*, \+w nor|strong="G3366"\+w* \+w sandals|strong="G5266"\+w*, \+w nor|strong="G3366"\+w* \+w staff|strong="G4464"\+w*: \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* labourer \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w worthy|strong="G0514"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w food|strong="G5160"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w village|strong="G2968"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w*, find \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w worthy|strong="G0514"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w stay|strong="G3306"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2546"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w go|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w As|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w household|strong="G3614"\+w*, \+w greet|strong="G0782"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" finished|strong="G5055" directing his|strong="G0846" twelve|strong="G1427" disciples|strong="G3101", he|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G3327" from|strong="G3327" there|strong="G1564" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" and|strong="G2532" preach|strong="G2784" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G0846" cities|strong="G4172". 
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\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2491" heard|strong="G0191" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G1201" the|strong="G3588" works|strong="G2041" of|strong="G1223" Christ|strong="G5547", he|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G3992" two of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2064" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" he|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G2064", or|strong="G2228" should we|strong="G1510" look|strong="G4328" for|strong="G4328" another|strong="G2087"?” 
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\verseNumber{25}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3754" time|strong="G2540", Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* thank \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w hid|strong="G2928"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wise|strong="G4680"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* understanding, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w revealed|strong="G0601"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w infants|strong="G3516"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Yes|strong="G3483"\+w*, \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w it|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w well-pleasing|strong="G2107"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sight|strong="G1715"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w All|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w delivered|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w by|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*. \+w No|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w knows|strong="G1921"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w*, \+w except|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*; \+w neither|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w does|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1921"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w except|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w desires|strong="G1014"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w reveal|strong="G0601"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3739"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Come|strong="G1205"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* labour \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3956"\+w* heavily \+w burdened|strong="G5412"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w give|strong="G0373"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G0373"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Take|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w my|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w yoke|strong="G2218"\+w* \+w upon|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w learn|strong="G3129"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w gentle|strong="G4239"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w humble|strong="G5011"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w heart|strong="G2588"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w rest|strong="G0372"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w souls|strong="G5590"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w my|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w yoke|strong="G2218"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w easy|strong="G5543"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w burden|strong="G5413"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w light|strong="G1645"\+w*.”} 
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\chapterNumber{12}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" time|strong="G2540", Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G4198" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521" day|strong="G4521" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" grain|strong="G4719" fields. His|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" were|strong="G3101" hungry|strong="G3983" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G0757" pluck heads|strong="G4719" of|strong="G1223" grain|strong="G4719" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G0757" eat|strong="G2068". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G0846", said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Behold|strong="G2400", your|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" lawful|strong="G1832" to|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Haven’t \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w read|strong="G0314"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w David|strong="G1138"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w when|strong="G3753"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="G3983"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*: } 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w how|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w entered|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ate|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* show \+w bread|strong="G0740"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w lawful|strong="G1832"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*, \+w nor|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3441"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w priests|strong="G2409"\+w*?}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{12:4  }1 Samuel 21:3-6} 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w read|strong="G0314"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w law|strong="G3551"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w priests|strong="G2409"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w temple|strong="G2413"\+w* profane \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* guiltless? } 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w greater|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w than|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w temple|strong="G2413"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w had|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w known|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w means|strong="G1510"\+w*, ‘\+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w desire|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w mercy|strong="G1656"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\+w*,’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{12:7  }Hosea 6:6} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* wouldn’t \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* condemned \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* guiltless. } 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G3327" from|strong="G2064" there|strong="G1564" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" their|strong="G0846" synagogue|strong="G4864". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", there|strong="G0444" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="G0444" with|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" withered|strong="G3584" hand|strong="G5495". They|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G0846", “Is|strong="G0444" it|strong="G0846" lawful|strong="G1832" to|strong="G2443" heal|strong="G2323" on|strong="G5495" the|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521" day|strong="G4521"?” so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" might|strong="G2532" accuse|strong="G2723" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1510"\+w* amongst \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w falls|strong="G1706"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w pit|strong="G0999"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4521"\+w*, \+w won’t|strong="G3780"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* grab \+w on|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lift|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1537"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Of|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w how|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w much|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w more|strong="G1308"\+w* value \+w then|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w is|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w than|strong="G1308"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w*! \+w Therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w it|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w is|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w lawful|strong="G1832"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1832"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w good|strong="G2573"\+w* \+w on|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4521"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Stretch|strong="G1614"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1614"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w*.”} He|strong="G2532" stretched|strong="G1614" it|strong="G5119" out|strong="G1614"; and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G5119" was|strong="G3588" restored|strong="G0600" whole, just|strong="G5613" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G0243". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G1161" conspired against|strong="G2596" him|strong="G0846", how|strong="G3704" they|strong="G0846" might destroy|strong="G0622" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{15}Jesus|strong="G2424", perceiving|strong="G1097" that|strong="G1097", withdrew|strong="G0402" from|strong="G2424" there|strong="G1564". Great|strong="G4183" multitudes followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" them|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956", 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2008" them|strong="G0846" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2443" not|strong="G3361" make|strong="G4160" him|strong="G0846" known|strong="G5318", 
\verseNumber{17}that|strong="G2443" it|strong="G1223" might be fulfilled|strong="G4137" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" through|strong="G1223" Isaiah|strong="G2268" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{18}“Behold|strong="G2400", my|strong="G3708" servant|strong="G3816" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" chosen|strong="G0140", 
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my|strong="G3708" beloved|strong="G0027" in|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" my|strong="G3708" soul|strong="G5590" is|strong="G3739" well|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G2106". 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3739" put|strong="G5087" my|strong="G3708" Spirit|strong="G4151" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". 
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He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3739" proclaim|strong="G0518" justice|strong="G2920" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="G0846" will|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3756" strive, nor|strong="G3761" shout|strong="G2905", 
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neither|strong="G3756" will|strong="G5100" anyone|strong="G5100" hear|strong="G0191" his|strong="G0846" voice|strong="G5456" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" streets|strong="G4116". 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="G2532" won’t|strong="G3756" break|strong="G2608" a|strong="G2532" bruised|strong="G4937" reed|strong="G2563". 
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He|strong="G2532" won’t|strong="G3756" quench|strong="G4570" a|strong="G2532" smoking flax, 
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until|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" leads|strong="G1519" justice|strong="G2920" to|strong="G1519" victory|strong="G3534". 
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\verseNumber{21}In|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" name|strong="G3686", the|strong="G3588" nations|strong="G1484" will|strong="G1484" hope|strong="G1679".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{12:21  }Isaiah 42:1-4} 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" possessed by|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" demon, blind|strong="G5185" and|strong="G2532" mute|strong="G2974", was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" him|strong="G0846", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G5620" the|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" and|strong="G2532" mute|strong="G2974" man|strong="G5185" both|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G0991". 
\verseNumber{23}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" multitudes|strong="G3793" were|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="G1839", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Can|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138"?” 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0191", they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" does|strong="G0191" not|strong="G3756" cast|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1544" demons|strong="G1140" except|strong="G1487" by|strong="G1722" Beelzebul|strong="G0954", the|strong="G3588" prince|strong="G0758" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" demons|strong="G1140".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Knowing|strong="G1492" their|strong="G0846" thoughts|strong="G1761", Jesus|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w divided|strong="G3307"\+w* \+w against|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w itself|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w brought|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* desolation, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w* \+w divided|strong="G3307"\+w* \+w against|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w itself|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G2476"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* casts \+w out|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w divided|strong="G3307"\+w* \+w against|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1438"\+w*. \+w How|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G2476"\+w*? } 
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\verseNumber{46}While|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" yet|strong="G2532" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2212" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", behold|strong="G2400", his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080" stood|strong="G2476" outside|strong="G1854", seeking|strong="G2212" to|strong="G2212" speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2212" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{48}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G0611" him|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3588" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*? \+w Who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="G0080"\+w*?”} 
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\chapterNumber{13}On|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" day|strong="G2250" Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" and|strong="G2250" sat|strong="G2521" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" seaside. 
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\verseNumber{31}He|strong="G0846" set|strong="G3908" another|strong="G0243" parable|strong="G3850" before|strong="G3908" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w grain|strong="G2848"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w mustard|strong="G4615"\+w* \+w seed|strong="G2848"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w sowed|strong="G4687"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w field|strong="G0068"\+w*, } 
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\verseNumber{33}He|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G2980" another|strong="G0243" parable|strong="G3850" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846". \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w yeast|strong="G2219"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w and|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w hid|strong="G1470"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5140"\+w* \+w measures|strong="G4568"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:33  }literally, three sata. Three sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* meal, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w leavened|strong="G2220"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" spoke|strong="G2980" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" in|strong="G1722" parables|strong="G3850" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" multitudes|strong="G3793"; and|strong="G2532" without|strong="G5565" a|strong="G3793" parable|strong="G3850", he|strong="G2532" didn’t speak|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{35}that|strong="G3004" it|strong="G1223" might|strong="G1473" be|strong="G1722" fulfilled|strong="G4137" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", saying|strong="G3004", 
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“I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3004" open|strong="G0455" my|strong="G1722" mouth|strong="G4750" in|strong="G1722" parables|strong="G3850"; 
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I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3004" utter|strong="G2044" things|strong="G3588" hidden|strong="G2928" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" foundation|strong="G2602" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" world.”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{13:35  }Psalm 78:2} 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G0846" sent the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" away|strong="G0863", and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614". His|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Explain|strong="G1285" to|strong="G1519" us|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850" of|strong="G3614" the|strong="G3588" darnel weeds|strong="G2215" of|strong="G3614" the|strong="G3588" field|strong="G0068".” 
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\verseNumber{49}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w end|strong="G4930"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w world|strong="G0165"\+w*.}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:49  } or, end of the age.} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w angels|strong="G0032"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w separate|strong="G0873"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* amongst \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w righteous|strong="G1342"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{50}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w cast|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w furnace|strong="G2575"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1030"\+w* \+w fire|strong="G4442"\+w*. \+w There|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w weeping|strong="G2805"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gnashing|strong="G1030"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1030"\+w* \+w teeth|strong="G3599"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{51}Jesus|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Have|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w understood|strong="G4920"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*?” } 
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They|strong="G0846" answered|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord.” 
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\verseNumber{52}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Therefore|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w scribe|strong="G1122"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w made|strong="G3100"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w disciple|strong="G3100"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* householder, \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w brings|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w treasure|strong="G2344"\+w* \+w new|strong="G2537"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w old|strong="G3820"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{53}When|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" finished|strong="G5055" these|strong="G3778" parables|strong="G3850", he|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G3332" from|strong="G2424" there|strong="G1564". 
\verseNumber{54}Coming|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" own|strong="G1438" country|strong="G3968", he|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G0846" synagogue|strong="G4864", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3004" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3778" astonished|strong="G1605" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Where|strong="G4159" did|strong="G2064" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" get this|strong="G3778" wisdom|strong="G4678" and|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3778" mighty|strong="G1411" works? 
\verseNumber{55}Isn’t|strong="G3756" this|strong="G3778" the|strong="G3588" carpenter’s|strong="G5045" son|strong="G5207"? Isn’t|strong="G3756" his|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384" called|strong="G3004" Mary|strong="G3137", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" brothers|strong="G0080" James|strong="G2385", Joses, Simon|strong="G4613", and|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:55  }or, Judah} 
\verseNumber{56}Aren’t|strong="G3780" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" sisters|strong="G0079" with|strong="G4314" us? Where|strong="G4159" then|strong="G2532" did|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" get all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"?” 
\verseNumber{57}They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" offended|strong="G4624" by|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846". 
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But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w A|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w without|strong="G3361"\+w* honour, \+w except|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w own|strong="G2398"\+w* \+w country|strong="G3968"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w own|strong="G2398"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3614"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{58}He|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" do|strong="G4160" many|strong="G4183" mighty|strong="G1411" works there|strong="G1563" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G0846" unbelief|strong="G0570". 
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\chapterNumber{14}At|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" time|strong="G2540", Herod|strong="G2264" the|strong="G3588" tetrarch heard|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" report|strong="G0189" concerning Jesus|strong="G2424", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" servants|strong="G3816", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptiser. He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498". That|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" why|strong="G1223" these|strong="G3778" powers|strong="G1411" work|strong="G1754" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G0846".” 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="G1063" Herod|strong="G2264" had|strong="G3588" arrested|strong="G2902" John|strong="G2491", bound|strong="G1210" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G0659" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" Herodias|strong="G2266", his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080" Philip’s|strong="G5376" wife|strong="G1135". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1063" John|strong="G2491" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “It|strong="G0846" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" lawful|strong="G1832" for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G3004" have|strong="G2192" her|strong="G0846".” 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" have|strong="G2192" put|strong="G0615" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2309" death|strong="G0615", he|strong="G2532" feared|strong="G5399" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" counted him|strong="G0846" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G2192" prophet|strong="G4396". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Herod’s|strong="G2264" birthday|strong="G1077" came|strong="G1096", the|strong="G3588" daughter|strong="G2364" of|strong="G1722" Herodias|strong="G2266" danced|strong="G3738" amongst them|strong="G1722" and|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G0700" Herod|strong="G2264". 
\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="G3606" he|strong="G0846" promised|strong="G3670" with|strong="G3326" an|strong="G1325" oath|strong="G3727" to|strong="G1325" give|strong="G1325" her|strong="G0846" whatever|strong="G1437" she|strong="G0846" should ask|strong="G0154". 
\verseNumber{8}She|strong="G0846", being prompted|strong="G4264" by|strong="G5259" her|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384", said|strong="G5346", “Give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" here|strong="G5602" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1325" platter|strong="G4094" the|strong="G3588" head|strong="G2776" of|strong="G1909" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptiser.” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G3588" king|strong="G0935" was|strong="G3588" grieved|strong="G3076", but|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" oaths|strong="G3727" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1223" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sat at|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" table|strong="G4873" with|strong="G1223" him|strong="G1325", he|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" it|strong="G1223" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325", 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G3992" and|strong="G2532" beheaded|strong="G0607" John|strong="G2491" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" prison|strong="G5438". 
\verseNumber{11}His|strong="G0846" head|strong="G2776" was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G5342" on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1325" platter|strong="G4094" and|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" young lady; and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G5342" it|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1909" her|strong="G0846" mother|strong="G3384". 
\verseNumber{12}His|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G2064", took|strong="G0142" the|strong="G3588" body|strong="G4430", and|strong="G2532" buried|strong="G2290" it|strong="G0846". Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" told|strong="G0518" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", he|strong="G2532" withdrew|strong="G0402" from|strong="G0575" there|strong="G1564" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G0191" boat|strong="G4143" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G0191" deserted|strong="G2048" place|strong="G5117" apart. When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1722" foot from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" cities|strong="G4172". 
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\verseNumber{14}Jesus|strong="G0846" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" a|strong="G3708" great|strong="G4183" multitude|strong="G3793". He|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" compassion|strong="G4697" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" their|strong="G0846" sick|strong="G0732". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="G2532" evening|strong="G3798" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1096", his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117" is|strong="G1510" deserted|strong="G2048", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" hour|strong="G5610" is|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" late|strong="G3928". Send|strong="G0630" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" away|strong="G0565", that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" may|strong="G2532" go|strong="G0565" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" villages|strong="G2968", and|strong="G2532" buy|strong="G0059" themselves|strong="G1438" food|strong="G1033".” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w They|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w need|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w go|strong="G0565"\+w* \+w away|strong="G0565"\+w*. \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* something \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{17}They|strong="G0846" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “We|strong="G1487" only|strong="G1487" have|strong="G2192" here|strong="G5602" five|strong="G4002" loaves|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486".” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Bring|strong="G5342"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G2753" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" to|strong="G1519" sit|strong="G0347" down|strong="G0347" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" grass|strong="G5528"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" five|strong="G4002" loaves|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" two|strong="G1417" fish|strong="G2486", and|strong="G2532" looking|strong="G0308" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772", he|strong="G2532" blessed|strong="G2127", broke|strong="G2806" and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" the|strong="G3588" loaves|strong="G0740" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" gave|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" ate|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3956" filled|strong="G5526". They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G0142" up|strong="G0142" twelve|strong="G1427" baskets|strong="G2894" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3956" which|strong="G3588" remained left|strong="G4052" over|strong="G4052" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" broken|strong="G2801" pieces|strong="G2801". 
\verseNumber{21}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" five|strong="G4000" thousand|strong="G4000" men|strong="G0435", in|strong="G2532" addition to|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813". 
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\verseNumber{22}Immediately|strong="G2112" Jesus|strong="G0846" made|strong="G0315" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" get|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4254" ahead|strong="G4254" of|strong="G3101" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008", while|strong="G2193" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G0630" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" away|strong="G0630". 
\verseNumber{23}After|strong="G2596" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" sent|strong="G0630" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" away|strong="G0630", he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735" by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G2398" to|strong="G1519" pray|strong="G4336". When|strong="G2532" evening|strong="G3798" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1096", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" alone|strong="G3441". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" was|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" in|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", distressed by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" waves|strong="G2949", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" was|strong="G1510" contrary|strong="G1727". 
\verseNumber{25}In|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" fourth watch|strong="G5438" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:25  }The night was equally divided into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 a.m. to sunrise. } Jesus|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281".\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{14:25  }See Job 9:8} 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846" walking|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" troubled|strong="G5015", saying|strong="G3004", “It’s a|strong="G1510" ghost|strong="G5326"!” and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" for|strong="G3754" fear|strong="G5401". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" immediately|strong="G2117" Jesus|strong="G2424" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Cheer up! \+w It|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w*! }\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:27  }or, I AM!} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{28}Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", if|strong="G1487" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", command|strong="G3004" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G4771" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" waters|strong="G5204".” 
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\verseNumber{29}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Come|strong="G2064"\+w*!”} 
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Peter|strong="G4074" stepped down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" and|strong="G2532" walked|strong="G4043" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" waters|strong="G5204" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G0991" that|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" was|strong="G3588" strong|strong="G2478", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" afraid|strong="G5399", and|strong="G2532" beginning|strong="G0757" to|strong="G3004" sink|strong="G2670", he|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", saying|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", save|strong="G4982" me|strong="G3004"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}Immediately|strong="G2112" Jesus|strong="G2424" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495", took|strong="G1949" hold|strong="G1949" of|strong="G5495" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5495"\+w* little faith, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w did|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* doubt?”} 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" got|strong="G0305" up|strong="G0305" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143", the|strong="G3588" wind|strong="G0417" ceased|strong="G2869". 
\verseNumber{33}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143" came|strong="G1510" and|strong="G1161" worshipped him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G1722" are|strong="G1510" truly|strong="G0230" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"!” 
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2064" crossed|strong="G1276" over|strong="G1909", they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1909" Gennesaret|strong="G1082". 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" of|strong="G0435" that|strong="G1565" place|strong="G5117" recognised him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G0649" into|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G1565" surrounding|strong="G4066" region|strong="G4066" and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3956" sick|strong="G2560"; 
\verseNumber{36}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" begged|strong="G3870" him|strong="G0846" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" might|strong="G2532" just|strong="G3440" touch|strong="G0681" the|strong="G3588" fringe|strong="G2899"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:36  }or, tassel} of|strong="G3588" his|strong="G0846" garment|strong="G2440". As|strong="G3745" many|strong="G3745" as|strong="G3745" touched|strong="G0681" it|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" made whole. 
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\chapterNumber{15}Then|strong="G2532" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" scribes|strong="G1122" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G0575" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", saying|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{2}“Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" your|strong="G1223" disciples|strong="G3101" disobey|strong="G3845" the|strong="G3588" tradition|strong="G3862" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245"? For|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" don’t|strong="G3756" wash|strong="G3538" their|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" when|strong="G3752" they|strong="G0846" eat|strong="G2068" bread|strong="G0740".” 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w disobey|strong="G3845"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w commandment|strong="G1785"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tradition|strong="G3862"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="G1781"\+w*, ‘Honour \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*,’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{15:4  }Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w*, ‘\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w speaks|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G2551"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*, \+w let|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G5053"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w death|strong="G2288"\+w*.’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{15:4  }Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9} 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w may|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*, “\+w Whatever|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w help|strong="G5623"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w might|strong="G1473"\+w* otherwise \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* gotten \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w gift|strong="G1435"\+w* devoted \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w God|strong="G0846"\+w*,” } 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* honour \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* mother.’ \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* made \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w commandment|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* void \+w because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3056"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5091"\+w* \+w tradition|strong="G3862"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\+w*! \+w Well|strong="G2573"\+w* \+w did|strong="G2573"\+w* \+w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\+w* \+w prophesy|strong="G4395"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*,} 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w These|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* draw near \+w to|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w with|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* mouth,} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* honour \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w with|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w lips|strong="G5491"\+w*;} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w heart|strong="G2588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w far|strong="G4206"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w And|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w worship|strong="G4576"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w in|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w vain|strong="G3155"\+w*,} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w teaching|strong="G1321"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w doctrine|strong="G1319"\+w* rules made \+w by|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w*.’”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{15:9  }Isaiah 29:13 } 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="G2532" summoned|strong="G4341" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Hear|strong="G0191"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w understand|strong="G4920"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w That|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w enters|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w* \+w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w defile|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w proceeds|strong="G1607"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w*, \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w defiles|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G4334" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" were|strong="G3101" offended|strong="G4624" when|strong="G1492" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G3004"?” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G3739" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w plant|strong="G5451"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w heavenly|strong="G3770"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w plant|strong="G5451"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w uprooted|strong="G1610"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Leave|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w alone|strong="G0863"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w blind|strong="G5185"\+w* \+w guides|strong="G3595"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w blind|strong="G5185"\+w*. \+w If|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w blind|strong="G5185"\+w* \+w guide|strong="G3594"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w blind|strong="G5185"\+w*, \+w both|strong="G0297"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w fall|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w pit|strong="G0999"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{15}Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611" him|strong="G0846", “Explain|strong="G5419" the|strong="G3588" parable|strong="G3850" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Do|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w still|strong="G0188"\+w* \+w not|strong="G1510"\+w* understand? } 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Don’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w understand|strong="G3539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w goes|strong="G1531"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w* \+w passes|strong="G5562"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w belly|strong="G2836"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w body|strong="G1519"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w proceed|strong="G1607"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heart|strong="G2588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w defile|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heart|strong="G2588"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w thoughts|strong="G1261"\+w*, \+w murders|strong="G5408"\+w*, \+w adulteries|strong="G3430"\+w*, \+w sexual|strong="G4202"\+w* sins, \+w thefts|strong="G2829"\+w*, false testimony, \+w and|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w blasphemies|strong="G0988"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w These|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w defile|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w unwashed|strong="G0449"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w defile|strong="G2840"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1831" there|strong="G1564" and|strong="G2532" withdrew|strong="G0402" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" region of|strong="G3313" Tyre|strong="G5184" and|strong="G2532" Sidon|strong="G4605". 
\verseNumber{22}Behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G3708" Canaanite|strong="G5478" woman|strong="G1135" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" from|strong="G0575" those|strong="G3588" borders and|strong="G2532" cried|strong="G2896", saying|strong="G3004", “Have|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G0575" me|strong="G3004", Lord|strong="G2962", you|strong="G3708" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138"! My|strong="G3708" daughter|strong="G2364" is|strong="G2962" severely possessed by|strong="G0575" a|strong="G3708" demon!” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G0611" her|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G3004" word|strong="G3056". 
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His|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" begged|strong="G2065" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Send|strong="G0630" her|strong="G0846" away|strong="G0630"; for|strong="G3754" she|strong="G0846" cries|strong="G2896" after|strong="G1161" us|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w wasn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* anyone \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lost|strong="G0622"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="G2474"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" she|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G1161" worshipped him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Lord|strong="G2962", help|strong="G0997" me|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* appropriate \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w take|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w children’s|strong="G5043"\+w* \+w bread|strong="G0740"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w throw|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w dogs|strong="G2952"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="G1161" she|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="G3483", Lord|strong="G2962", but|strong="G1161" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" dogs|strong="G2952" eat|strong="G2068" the|strong="G3588" crumbs|strong="G5589" which|strong="G3588" fall|strong="G4098" from|strong="G0575" their|strong="G0846" masters’|strong="G2962" table|strong="G5132".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611" her|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Woman|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w great|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w*! \+w Be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w desire|strong="G2309"\+w*.”} And|strong="G2532" her|strong="G0846" daughter|strong="G2364" was|strong="G2424" healed|strong="G2390" from|strong="G0575" that|strong="G1565" hour|strong="G5610". 
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\verseNumber{29}Jesus|strong="G2424" departed|strong="G3327" from|strong="G3844" there|strong="G1563" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" near|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sea|strong="G2281" of|strong="G2281" Galilee|strong="G1056"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" up|strong="G0305" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735" and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2521" there|strong="G1563". 
\verseNumber{30}Great|strong="G4183" multitudes|strong="G3793" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846", having|strong="G2192" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" lame|strong="G5560", blind|strong="G5185", mute|strong="G2974", maimed, and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" others|strong="G2087", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" put them|strong="G0846" down|strong="G4496" at|strong="G3844" his|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228". He|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{31}so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G5620" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793" wondered|strong="G2296" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G0991" the|strong="G3588" mute|strong="G2974" speaking|strong="G2980", the|strong="G3588" injured healed|strong="G5199", the|strong="G3588" lame|strong="G5560" walking|strong="G4043", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" seeing|strong="G0991"—and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" glorified|strong="G1392" the|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" Israel|strong="G2474". 
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\verseNumber{32}Jesus|strong="G2424" summoned|strong="G4341" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w compassion|strong="G4697"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w multitude|strong="G3793"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* continued \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5140"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*. \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w send|strong="G0630"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w away|strong="G0630"\+w* fasting, \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w faint|strong="G1590"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3598"\+w*.” } 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Where|strong="G4159" could we|strong="G2249" get so|strong="G2532" many|strong="G5118" loaves|strong="G0740" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G3793" deserted place|strong="G2047" as|strong="G1722" to|strong="G3004" satisfy|strong="G5526" so|strong="G2532" great|strong="G5118" a|strong="G3793" multitude|strong="G3793"?” 
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\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w How|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w loaves|strong="G0740"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w*?”} 
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They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Seven|strong="G2033", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" few|strong="G3641" small|strong="G3641" fish|strong="G2485".” 
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\verseNumber{35}He|strong="G2532" commanded|strong="G3853" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793" to|strong="G1909" sit|strong="G0377" down|strong="G0377" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" ground|strong="G1093"; 
\verseNumber{36}and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" seven|strong="G2033" loaves|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" fish|strong="G2486". He|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" thanks|strong="G2168" and|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" them|strong="G1325", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793". 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" ate|strong="G2068" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3956" filled|strong="G5526". They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G0142" up|strong="G0142" seven|strong="G2033" baskets|strong="G4711" full|strong="G4134" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" broken|strong="G2801" pieces|strong="G2801" that|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3956" left|strong="G4052" over|strong="G4052". 
\verseNumber{38}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" ate|strong="G2068" were|strong="G1510" four|strong="G5070" thousand|strong="G5070" men|strong="G0435", in|strong="G2532" addition to|strong="G2532" women|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813". 
\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G0630" away|strong="G0630" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", got|strong="G1684" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" boat|strong="G4143", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" borders of|strong="G3725" Magdala. 
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\chapterNumber{16}The|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523" came|strong="G4334", and|strong="G2532" testing|strong="G3985" him|strong="G0846", asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1925" them|strong="G0846" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="G4592" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w When|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w evening|strong="G3798"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w It|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w fair|strong="G2105"\+w* \+w weather|strong="G2105"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sky|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w red|strong="G4449"\+w*.’ } 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w In|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w morning|strong="G4404"\+w*, ‘\+w It|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* foul weather \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sky|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w red|strong="G4449"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w threatening|strong="G4768"\+w*.’ Hypocrites! \+w You|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w how|strong="G1097"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w discern|strong="G1252"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w appearance|strong="G4383"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4383"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sky|strong="G3772"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w can’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w discern|strong="G1252"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w signs|strong="G4592"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4383"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w times|strong="G2540"\+w*! } 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w An|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w evil|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w adulterous|strong="G3428"\+w* \+w generation|strong="G1074"\+w* \+w seeks|strong="G1934"\+w* \+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w sign|strong="G4592"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* there \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w sign|strong="G4592"\+w* \+w given|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w except|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sign|strong="G4592"\+w* \+w of|strong="G4592"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* prophet \+w Jonah|strong="G2495"\+w*.”} 
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He|strong="G2532" left|strong="G2641" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G0565". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G4008" side|strong="G4008" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2064" forgotten|strong="G1950" to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G2983" bread|strong="G0740". 
\verseNumber{6}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Take|strong="G4337"\+w* heed \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w beware|strong="G4337"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w yeast|strong="G2219"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G3754" reasoned|strong="G1260" amongst themselves|strong="G1438", saying|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3754" brought no|strong="G3756" bread|strong="G0740".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Jesus|strong="G2424", perceiving|strong="G1097" it|strong="G1161", said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w reason|strong="G1260"\+w* amongst \+w yourselves|strong="G1438"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w* little faith, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3748"\+w* brought \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w bread|strong="G0740"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Don’t|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w perceive|strong="G3539"\+w* \+w or|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w remember|strong="G3421"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w five|strong="G4002"\+w* \+w loaves|strong="G0740"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w five|strong="G4002"\+w* \+w thousand|strong="G4000"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w how|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w baskets|strong="G2894"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* up, } 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w or|strong="G3761"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w seven|strong="G2033"\+w* \+w loaves|strong="G0740"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w four|strong="G5070"\+w* \+w thousand|strong="G5070"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w how|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4214"\+w* \+w baskets|strong="G4711"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* up? } 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w How|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w perceive|strong="G3539"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w speak|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w concerning|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w bread|strong="G0740"\+w*? \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w beware|strong="G4337"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w yeast|strong="G2219"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\+w*.” } 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" understood|strong="G4920" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" didn’t|strong="G3756" tell|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" beware|strong="G4337" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" yeast|strong="G2219" of|strong="G0575" bread|strong="G0740", but|strong="G0235" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1322" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" and|strong="G2532" Sadducees|strong="G4523". 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" parts|strong="G3313" of|strong="G5207" Caesarea|strong="G2542" Philippi|strong="G5376", he|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G2065" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w*, \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{14}They|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Some|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptiser, some|strong="G3588", Elijah|strong="G2243", and|strong="G1161" others|strong="G0243", Jeremiah|strong="G2408" or|strong="G2228" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396".” 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w who|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{16}Simon|strong="G4613" Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611", “You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547", the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Blessed|strong="G3107"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w Simon|strong="G4613"\+w* Bar Jonah, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="G4561"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w blood|strong="G0129"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w revealed|strong="G0601"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Peter|strong="G4074"\+w*,}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16:18  }Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w rock|strong="G4073"\+w* }\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16:18  Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w build|strong="G3618"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w assembly|strong="G1577"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w gates|strong="G4439"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w Hades|strong="G0086"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16:18  or, Hell} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w prevail|strong="G2729"\+w* \+w against|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w keys|strong="G2807"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w bind|strong="G1210"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w bound|strong="G1210"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w release|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w released|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G0846" commanded the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2443" tell|strong="G3004" no|strong="G3367" one|strong="G3367" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" Jesus|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\verseNumber{21}From|strong="G0575" that|strong="G3754" time|strong="G2250", Jesus|strong="G2424" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G1519" show|strong="G1166" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" must|strong="G1163" go|strong="G0565" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" and|strong="G2532" suffer|strong="G3958" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G4183" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245", chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749", and|strong="G2532" scribes|strong="G1122", and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1163" killed|strong="G0615", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250" be|strong="G1163" raised|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453". 
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\verseNumber{22}Peter|strong="G4074" took|strong="G4355" him|strong="G0846" aside|strong="G4355" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G3004" rebuke|strong="G2008" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Far|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1510" it|strong="G0846" from|strong="G0757" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"! This|strong="G3778" will|strong="G1510" never|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" done to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G3754" turned|strong="G4762" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Get|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w behind|strong="G3694"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w*! \+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w stumbling|strong="G4625"\+w* \+w block|strong="G4625"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w setting|strong="G5426"\+w* \+w your|strong="G5426"\+w* \+w mind|strong="G5426"\+w* \+w on|strong="G5426"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w on|strong="G5426"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w desires|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3694"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w let|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w deny|strong="G0533"\+w* \+w himself|strong="G1438"\+w*, \+w take|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w up|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w cross|strong="G4716"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w follow|strong="G0190"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w desires|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w save|strong="G4982"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w lose|strong="G0622"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w lose|strong="G0622"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w sake|strong="G1752"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w profit|strong="G5623"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w he|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w gains|strong="G2770"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w whole|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w world|strong="G2889"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w forfeits|strong="G2210"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w*? \+w Or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w exchange|strong="G0465"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w*? } 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{Most \+w certainly|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w there|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w some|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w standing|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w way|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w taste|strong="G1089"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w death|strong="G2288"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w*.” } 
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\chapterNumber{17}After|strong="G3326" six|strong="G1803" days|strong="G2250", Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G3880" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846" Peter|strong="G4074", James|strong="G2385", and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080", and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846" up|strong="G0399" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" high|strong="G5308" mountain|strong="G3735" by|strong="G2596" themselves|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" changed\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:2  }or, transfigured} before|strong="G1715" them|strong="G0846". His|strong="G0846" face|strong="G4383" shone|strong="G2989" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" sun|strong="G2246", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" garments|strong="G2440" became|strong="G1096" as|strong="G5613" white|strong="G3022" as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G3588" light|strong="G5457". 
\verseNumber{3}Behold|strong="G2400", Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" Elijah|strong="G2243" appeared|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G0846" talking|strong="G4814" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{4}Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", “Lord|strong="G2962", it|strong="G4160" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G2570" for|strong="G1520" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G1510" here|strong="G5602". If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309", let’s make|strong="G4160" three|strong="G5140" tents|strong="G4633" here|strong="G5602": one|strong="G1520" for|strong="G1520" you|strong="G4771", one|strong="G1520" for|strong="G1520" Moses|strong="G3475", and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" for|strong="G1520" Elijah|strong="G2243".” 
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\verseNumber{5}While|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G1510" bright|strong="G5460" cloud|strong="G3507" overshadowed|strong="G1982" them|strong="G0846". Behold|strong="G2400", a|strong="G1510" voice|strong="G5456" came|strong="G0191" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" cloud|strong="G3507", saying|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G0191" beloved|strong="G0027" Son|strong="G5207", in|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" well|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G2106". Listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G0846" faces|strong="G4383", and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3101" very|strong="G0846" afraid|strong="G5399". 
\verseNumber{7}Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" touched|strong="G0681" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Get|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*.” } 
\verseNumber{8}Lifting|strong="G1869" up|strong="G1869" their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788", they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762", except|strong="G1487" Jesus|strong="G2424" alone|strong="G3441". 
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\verseNumber{9}As|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3739" coming|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735", Jesus|strong="G2424" commanded|strong="G1781" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Don’t|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G3367"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* saw, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w risen|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{10}His|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Then|strong="G2532" why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" Elijah|strong="G2243" must|strong="G1163" come|strong="G2064" first|strong="G4413"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}Jesus|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Elijah|strong="G2243"\+w* \+w indeed|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w* first, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w restore|strong="G0600"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w*; } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="G2243"\+w* \+w has|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w already|strong="G2235"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* recognise \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w*. \+w Even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w suffer|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" understood|strong="G4920" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G0846" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" of|strong="G4012" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3588" Baptiser. 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793", a|strong="G3793" man|strong="G0444" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", kneeling down|strong="G1120" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" saying, 
\verseNumber{15}“Lord|strong="G2962", have|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3754" son|strong="G5207", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2962" epileptic and|strong="G2532" suffers|strong="G3958" grievously; for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" often|strong="G4178" falls|strong="G4098" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" fire|strong="G4442", and|strong="G2532" often|strong="G4178" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" water|strong="G5204". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G4374" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1410" your|strong="G2532" disciples|strong="G3101", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" could|strong="G1410" not|strong="G3756" cure|strong="G2323" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Faithless \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w perverse|strong="G1294"\+w* \+w generation|strong="G1074"\+w*! \+w How|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*? \+w How|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w bear|strong="G5342"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*? \+w Bring|strong="G5342"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{18}Jesus|strong="G2424" rebuked|strong="G2008" the|strong="G3588" demon|strong="G1140", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G0846" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G0575" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" boy|strong="G3816" was|strong="G2424" cured|strong="G2323" from|strong="G0575" that|strong="G1565" hour|strong="G5610". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424" privately|strong="G2596", and|strong="G4334" said|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101" weren’t we|strong="G2249" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G3004" cast|strong="G1544" it|strong="G0846" out|strong="G1544"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Because|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1437"\+w* unbelief. \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* most \+w certainly|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w grain|strong="G2848"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w mustard|strong="G4615"\+w* \+w seed|strong="G2848"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="G3735"\+w*, ‘\+w Move|strong="G3327"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3327"\+w* \+w here|strong="G1759"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w*,’ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w move|strong="G3327"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w impossible|strong="G0101"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.” }\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:21  }NU omits verse 21.} 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="G1722" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" staying in|strong="G1722" Galilee|strong="G1056", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w is|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w delivered|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w kill|strong="G0615"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w third|strong="G5154"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w raised|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*.” } 
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They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" exceedingly|strong="G4970" sorry. 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G2064" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Capernaum|strong="G2584", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" collected|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" didrachma coins\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:24  }A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days’ wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.} came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Peter|strong="G4074", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Doesn’t|strong="G3756" your|strong="G2532" teacher|strong="G1320" pay|strong="G5055" the|strong="G3588" didrachma?” 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Yes|strong="G3483".” 
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When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614", Jesus|strong="G2424" anticipated him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w think|strong="G1380"\+w*, \+w Simon|strong="G4613"\+w*? \+w From|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w kings|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* toll \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* tribute? \+w From|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* children, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w strangers|strong="G0245"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{26}Peter|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “From|strong="G0575" strangers|strong="G0245".” 
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Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Therefore|strong="G0686"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* children \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w exempt|strong="G1658"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w*, \+w lest|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cause|strong="G4624"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w stumble|strong="G4624"\+w*, \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sea|strong="G2281"\+w*, \+w cast|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w hook|strong="G0044"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w take|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w up|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w* \+w fish|strong="G2486"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G0305"\+w* \+w up|strong="G0142"\+w*. \+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w opened|strong="G0455"\+w* \+w its|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2983"\+w* stater coin.}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:27  }A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, usually in the form of a silver coin.} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Take|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*.”} 
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\chapterNumber{18}In|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" hour|strong="G5610" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", saying|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G3588" then|strong="G0686" is|strong="G1510" greatest|strong="G3173" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" Kingdom|strong="G0932" of|strong="G0932" Heaven|strong="G3772"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}Jesus|strong="G0846" called|strong="G4341" a|strong="G2532" little child|strong="G3813" to|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2476" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G2532" middle|strong="G3319" of|strong="G1722" them|strong="G0846" 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Most \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w unless|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w turn|strong="G4762"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* little \+w children|strong="G3813"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w way|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*. } 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18:11  }NU omits verse 11.} 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w doesn’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w listen|strong="G0191"\+w*, \+w take|strong="G3880"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w more|strong="G2089"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5140"\+w* \+w witnesses|strong="G3144"\+w* \+w every|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w word|strong="G4487"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2089"\+w* established.}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{18:16  }Deuteronomy 19:15} 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", “Lord|strong="G2962", how|strong="G2193" often|strong="G4212" shall|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3004" brother|strong="G0080" sin|strong="G0264" against|strong="G1519" me|strong="G3004", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" forgive|strong="G0863" him|strong="G0846"? Until|strong="G2193" seven|strong="G2034" times|strong="G2034"?” 
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\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w When|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w had|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w begun|strong="G0757"\+w* \+w to|strong="G0757"\+w* \+w settle|strong="G4868"\+w*, \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w was|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w brought|strong="G4374"\+w* \+w to|strong="G0757"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w who|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w owed|strong="G3781"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w ten|strong="G3463"\+w* \+w thousand|strong="G3463"\+w* \+w talents|strong="G5007"\+w*.}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18:24  }Ten thousand talents (about 300 metric tonnes of silver) represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labour.} 
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\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w So|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="G4889"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G4889"\+w* \+w fell|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w down|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* feet \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w begged|strong="G3870"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w patience|strong="G3114"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w repay|strong="G0591"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*!’ } 
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w So|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="G4889"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G4889"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w*, \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w exceedingly|strong="G4970"\+w* sorry, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* told \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Then|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w called|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, ‘\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w wicked|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G1401"\+w*! \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w forgave|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w debt|strong="G3782"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1893"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w begged|strong="G3870"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{Shouldn’t \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1653"\+w* \+w had|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w mercy|strong="G1653"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1653"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="G4889"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G4889"\+w*, \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w had|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w mercy|strong="G1653"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1653"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*?’ } 
\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w His|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w angry|strong="G3710"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w delivered|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* tormentors \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w should|strong="G3784"\+w* \+w pay|strong="G0591"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3739"\+w* due \+w to|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w heavenly|strong="G3770"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1538"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w brother|strong="G0080"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w your|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w hearts|strong="G2588"\+w* \+w for|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* misdeeds.”} 
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\chapterNumber{19}When|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" finished|strong="G5055" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", he|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G3332" from|strong="G0575" Galilee|strong="G1056" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" borders of|strong="G3056" Judea|strong="G2449" beyond|strong="G4008" the|strong="G3588" Jordan|strong="G2446". 
\verseNumber{2}Great|strong="G4183" multitudes|strong="G3793" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" them|strong="G0846" there|strong="G1563". 
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\verseNumber{3}Pharisees|strong="G5330" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", testing|strong="G3985" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “Is|strong="G0444" it|strong="G0846" lawful|strong="G1832" for|strong="G0156" a|strong="G3004" man|strong="G0444" to|strong="G3004" divorce|strong="G0630" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135" for|strong="G0156" any|strong="G3956" reason|strong="G0156"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Haven’t \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w read|strong="G0314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w beginning|strong="G0746"\+w* \+w made|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w male|strong="G0730"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w female|strong="G2338"\+w*,}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{19:4  }Genesis 1:27} 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w For|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* cause \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G2641"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w joined|strong="G2853"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G1417"\+w* become \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="G4561"\+w*?’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{19:5  }Genesis 2:24} 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w So|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w they|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w more|strong="G3765"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="G4561"\+w*. \+w What|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w joined|strong="G4801"\+w* \+w together|strong="G4801"\+w*, \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w let|strong="G5563"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* tear apart.”} 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Why|strong="G5101" then|strong="G2532" did|strong="G1325" Moses|strong="G3475" command|strong="G1781" us|strong="G1325" to|strong="G3004" give|strong="G1325" her|strong="G0846" a|strong="G1325" certificate|strong="G0975" of|strong="G3004" divorce|strong="G0647" and|strong="G2532" divorce|strong="G0647" her|strong="G0846"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Moses|strong="G3475"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hardness|strong="G4641"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0630"\+w* hearts, \+w allowed|strong="G2010"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w divorce|strong="G0630"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0630"\+w* \+w wives|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w beginning|strong="G0746"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w has|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w divorces|strong="G0630"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w wife|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w except|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w sexual|strong="G4202"\+w* \+w immorality|strong="G4202"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w marries|strong="G1060"\+w* \+w another|strong="G0243"\+w*, \+w commits|strong="G3429"\+w* \+w adultery|strong="G3429"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w marries|strong="G1060"\+w* \+w her|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w she|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w divorced|strong="G0630"\+w* \+w commits|strong="G3429"\+w* \+w adultery|strong="G3429"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{10}His|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “If|strong="G1487" this|strong="G3779" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" case of|strong="G0444" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444" with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135", it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" expedient to|strong="G3004" marry|strong="G1060".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w can|strong="G3004"\+w* receive \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w given|strong="G1325"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w eunuchs|strong="G2135"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w born|strong="G1080"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w mother’s|strong="G3384"\+w* \+w womb|strong="G2836"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w eunuchs|strong="G2135"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2134"\+w* \+w eunuchs|strong="G2135"\+w* \+w by|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w eunuchs|strong="G2135"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w made|strong="G2134"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w eunuchs|strong="G2135"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* Heaven’s \+w sake|strong="G1223"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w able|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1410"\+w* receive \+w it|strong="G1223"\+w*, \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w him|strong="G2532"\+w* receive \+w it|strong="G1223"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G2532" little children|strong="G3813" were|strong="G3101" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G0846" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2443" lay|strong="G2007" his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" rebuked|strong="G2008" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Allow|strong="G0863"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* little \+w children|strong="G3813"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w forbid|strong="G2967"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*; \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w belongs|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* ones \+w like|strong="G5108"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3588"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" his|strong="G0846" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G5495" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G4198" from|strong="G2532" there|strong="G1564". 
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\verseNumber{16}Behold|strong="G2400", one|strong="G1520" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Good|strong="G0018" teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" good|strong="G0018" thing|strong="G0018" shall|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160", that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" eternal|strong="G0166" life|strong="G2222"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w call|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w good|strong="G0018"\+w*?}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{19:17  }So MT and TR. NU reads “Why do you ask me about what is good?”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w No|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w good|strong="G0018"\+w* \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w*, \+w God|strong="G0846"\+w*. \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w life|strong="G2222"\+w*, \+w keep|strong="G5083"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w commandments|strong="G1785"\+w*.” } 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Which|strong="G4169" ones|strong="G4169"?” 
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Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“‘\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* shall \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w murder|strong="G5407"\+w*.’ ‘\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* shall \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w commit|strong="G3431"\+w* \+w adultery|strong="G3431"\+w*.’ ‘\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* shall \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w steal|strong="G2813"\+w*.’ ‘\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* shall \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* offer \+w false|strong="G5576"\+w* \+w testimony|strong="G5576"\+w*.’ } 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘Honour \+w your|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w mother|strong="G3384"\+w*.’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{19:19  }Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w And|strong="G2532"\+w*, ‘\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w love|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0025"\+w* neighbour \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w yourself|strong="G4572"\+w*.’”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{19:19  }Leviticus 19:18} 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="G3956" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “All|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" I|strong="G3778" have|strong="G3956" observed from|strong="G3778" my|strong="G3956" youth. What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G3004" I|strong="G3778" still|strong="G2089" lack|strong="G5302"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G2309" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w perfect|strong="G5046"\+w*, \+w go|strong="G5217"\+w*, \+w sell|strong="G4453"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w poor|strong="G4434"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w treasure|strong="G2344"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1204"\+w*, \+w follow|strong="G0190"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" young|strong="G3495" man|strong="G3495" heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", he|strong="G1161" went|strong="G0565" away|strong="G0565" sad|strong="G3076", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" great|strong="G4183" possessions. 
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\verseNumber{23}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Most certainly \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w a|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w rich|strong="G4145"\+w* \+w man|strong="G4145"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1519"\+w* difficulty. } 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0191", they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3101" exceedingly|strong="G4970" astonished|strong="G1605", saying|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G3588" then|strong="G1161" can|strong="G1410" be|strong="G1410" saved|strong="G4982"?” 
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\verseNumber{26}Looking|strong="G1689" at|strong="G3844" them|strong="G0846", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w With|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w impossible|strong="G0102"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w possible|strong="G1415"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611", “Behold|strong="G2400", we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G1510" left|strong="G0863" everything|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" followed|strong="G0190" you|strong="G4771". What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G1510"?” 
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\chapterNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w Heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* master \+w of|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w household|strong="G3617"\+w*, \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w early|strong="G4404"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w morning|strong="G4404"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w hire|strong="G3409"\+w* labourers \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="G0290"\+w*. } 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w About|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w eleventh|strong="G1734"\+w* hour}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:6  }5:00 p.m.} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w found|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w others|strong="G0243"\+w* \+w standing|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w idle|strong="G0692"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*, ‘\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w idle|strong="G0692"\+w*?’ } 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w They|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, ‘\+w Because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3762"\+w* \+w hired|strong="G3409"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*.’} 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Zebedee|strong="G2199" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" with|strong="G3326" her|strong="G0846" sons|strong="G5207", kneeling and|strong="G2532" asking|strong="G0154" a|strong="G2532" certain|strong="G5100" thing|strong="G0846" of|strong="G5207" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" her|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w*?”} 
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She|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2443" him|strong="G0846", “Command|strong="G3004" that|strong="G2443" these|strong="G3778", my|strong="G1722" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="G5207", may|strong="G2532" sit|strong="G2523", one|strong="G1520" on|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" on|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" left|strong="G2176" hand|strong="G1188", in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" Kingdom|strong="G0932".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w asking|strong="G0154"\+w*. \+w Are|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w able|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w cup|strong="G4221"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w about|strong="G3195"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1410"\+w* baptised \+w with|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* baptism \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G3195"\+w* baptised \+w with|strong="G0846"\+w*?”} 
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They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “We|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3739" able|strong="G1410".” 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w indeed|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1699"\+w* \+w cup|strong="G4221"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* baptised \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* baptism \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* baptised \+w with|strong="G1537"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w sit|strong="G2523"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1699"\+w* \+w right|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1699"\+w* \+w left|strong="G2176"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w mine|strong="G1699"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2090"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="G2090"\+w* \+w by|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1699"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" ten|strong="G1176" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0191", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" indignant|strong="G0023" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" two|strong="G1417" brothers|strong="G0080". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" summoned|strong="G4341" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="G0758"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w nations|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2634"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w over|strong="G2715"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w great|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w ones|strong="G3173"\+w* \+w exercise|strong="G2715"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G2715"\+w* \+w over|strong="G2715"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w It|strong="G1437"\+w* shall \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w so|strong="G3779"\+w* amongst \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w desires|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w become|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w great|strong="G3173"\+w* amongst \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* shall \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:26  }TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be” } \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w your|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G1249"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Whoever|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w desires|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w* amongst \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* bondservant, } 
\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5618"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w served|strong="G1247"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w serve|strong="G1247"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w life|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5618"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w ransom|strong="G3083"\+w* \+w for|strong="G0473"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{29}As|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G1607" out|strong="G0575" from|strong="G0575" Jericho|strong="G2410", a|strong="G3793" great|strong="G4183" multitude|strong="G3793" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{30}Behold|strong="G2400", two|strong="G1417" blind|strong="G5185" men|strong="G5185" sitting|strong="G2521" by|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" road|strong="G3598", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G2424" passing|strong="G3855" by|strong="G3844", cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “Lord|strong="G2962", have|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G2521" us|strong="G3004", you|strong="G3754" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138"!” 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793" rebuked|strong="G2008" them|strong="G0846", telling|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" should|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2962" quiet|strong="G4623", but|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" even|strong="G1161" more|strong="G3173", “Lord|strong="G2962", have|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G1653" us|strong="G3004", you|strong="G3004" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Jesus|strong="G2424" stood|strong="G2476" still|strong="G2476" and|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w want|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w for|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{33}They|strong="G0846" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Lord|strong="G2962", that|strong="G2443" our|strong="G2962" eyes|strong="G3788" may|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2962" opened|strong="G0455".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424", being moved|strong="G4697" with|strong="G2532" compassion|strong="G4697", touched|strong="G0681" their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3659"; and|strong="G2532" immediately|strong="G2112" their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3659" received|strong="G0308" their|strong="G0846" sight|strong="G0308", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846". 
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\chapterNumber{21}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" near|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Bethsphage,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{21:1  }TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”} to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Mount|strong="G3735" of|strong="G3735" Olives|strong="G1636", then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" sent|strong="G0649" two|strong="G1417" disciples|strong="G3101", 
\verseNumber{2}saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w village|strong="G2968"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w opposite|strong="G2713"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="G2112"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="G3688"\+w* \+w tied|strong="G1210"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w colt|strong="G4454"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w her|strong="G0846"\+w*. \+w Untie|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bring|strong="G0071"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w If|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w anything|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w needs|strong="G5532"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*,’ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="G2117"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w send|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{4}All|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G1096" that|strong="G2443" it|strong="G1223" might be|strong="G1096" fulfilled|strong="G4137" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" spoken|strong="G3004" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{5}“Tell|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" daughter|strong="G2364" of|strong="G5207" Zion|strong="G4622", 
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behold|strong="G2400", your|strong="G3708" King|strong="G0935" comes|strong="G2064" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771", 
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humble, and|strong="G2532" riding on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G3708" donkey|strong="G3688", 
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on|strong="G1909" a|strong="G3708" colt|strong="G4454", the|strong="G3588" foal|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G3708" donkey|strong="G3688".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{21:5  }Zechariah 9:9} 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" went|strong="G4198" and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" Jesus|strong="G2424" commanded|strong="G4367" them|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G0071" the|strong="G3588" donkey|strong="G3688" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" colt|strong="G4454" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2007" their|strong="G0846" clothes|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G1940" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{8}A|strong="G3793" very|strong="G4183" great|strong="G4183" multitude|strong="G3793" spread|strong="G4766" their|strong="G1438" clothes|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" road|strong="G3598". Others|strong="G0243" cut|strong="G2875" branches|strong="G2798" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" trees|strong="G1186" and|strong="G2532" spread|strong="G4766" them|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" road|strong="G3598". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" who|strong="G3588" went|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1722" front|strong="G4254" of|strong="G5207" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" followed|strong="G0190", kept shouting|strong="G2896", “Hosanna|strong="G5614"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{21:9  }“Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.} to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138"! Blessed|strong="G2127" is|strong="G2962" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G2064" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962"! Hosanna|strong="G5614" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" highest|strong="G5310"!” \BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{21:9  }Psalm 118:26} 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" come|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G1510" stirred|strong="G4579" up|strong="G1519", saying|strong="G3004", “Who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" this|strong="G3778"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396", Jesus|strong="G2424", from|strong="G0575" Nazareth|strong="G3478" of|strong="G0575" Galilee|strong="G1056".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Jesus|strong="G2424" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3956" temple|strong="G2413" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" drove|strong="G1544" out|strong="G1544" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sold|strong="G4453" and|strong="G2532" bought|strong="G0059" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2532" overthrew the|strong="G3956" money changers’ tables|strong="G5132" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" seats|strong="G2515" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" sold|strong="G4453" the|strong="G3956" doves|strong="G4058". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w It|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w*, ‘\+w My|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w called|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w prayer|strong="G4335"\+w*,’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{21:13  }Isaiah 56:7} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w den|strong="G4693"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w robbers|strong="G3027"\+w*!”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{21:13  }Jeremiah 7:11} 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="G3588" lame|strong="G5560" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" blind|strong="G5185" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" healed|strong="G2323" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" wonderful|strong="G2297" things|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" children|strong="G3816" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3739" crying|strong="G2896" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G2413" and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “Hosanna|strong="G5614" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138"!” they|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3739" indignant|strong="G0023", 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3754" hear|strong="G0191" what|strong="G5101" these|strong="G3778" are|strong="G3778" saying|strong="G3004"?” 
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Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Yes|strong="G3483"\+w*. \+w Did|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3763"\+w* \+w read|strong="G0314"\+w*, ‘\+w Out|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w mouth|strong="G4750"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w children|strong="G3516"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w nursing|strong="G2337"\+w* \+w babies|strong="G2337"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* perfected \+w praise|strong="G0136"\+w*?’”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{21:16  }Psalm 8:2} 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G4172" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" to|strong="G1519" Bethany|strong="G0963", and|strong="G2532" camped there|strong="G1563". 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" morning|strong="G4404", as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G1161" returned to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172", he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" hungry|strong="G3983". 
\verseNumber{19}Seeing|strong="G3708" a|strong="G1096" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" road|strong="G3598", he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" it|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" nothing|strong="G3762" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G0846" but|strong="G2532" leaves|strong="G5444". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" it|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Let|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w forever|strong="G0165"\+w*!” } 
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Immediately|strong="G3916" the|strong="G3588" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" withered|strong="G3583" away|strong="G3583". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G3708" it|strong="G3708", they|strong="G2532" marvelled, saying|strong="G3004", “How|strong="G4459" did|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" fig|strong="G4808" tree|strong="G4808" immediately|strong="G3916" wither|strong="G3583" away|strong="G3583"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Most \+w certainly|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w doubt|strong="G1252"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w only|strong="G3440"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="G3735"\+w*, ‘\+w Be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w taken|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w up|strong="G0142"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cast|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sea|strong="G2281"\+w*,’ \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w All|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w*, \+w whatever|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G0154"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prayer|strong="G4335"\+w*, \+w believing|strong="G4100"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2064" come|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G0846", the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846" as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G1321", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “By|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" authority|strong="G1849" do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G4160" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778"? Who|strong="G3588" gave|strong="G1325" you|strong="G4771" this|strong="G3778" authority|strong="G1849"?” 
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\verseNumber{24}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w also|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G2065"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w question|strong="G2065"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* likewise \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w baptism|strong="G0908"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w*, \+w where|strong="G4159"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w*? \+w From|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w*?” } 
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They|strong="G0846" reasoned|strong="G1260" with|strong="G1722" themselves|strong="G1438", saying|strong="G3004", “If|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" say|strong="G3004", ‘From|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772",’ he|strong="G0846" will|strong="G1510" ask|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", ‘Why|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767" did|strong="G1510" you|strong="G1437" not|strong="G1510" believe|strong="G4100" him|strong="G0846"?’ 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" we|strong="G2249" say|strong="G3004", ‘From|strong="G1537" men|strong="G0444",’ we|strong="G2249" fear|strong="G5399" the|strong="G3956" multitude|strong="G3793", for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3956" hold|strong="G2192" John|strong="G2491" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G2192" prophet|strong="G4396".” 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="G0846" answered|strong="G0611" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3778" don’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492".” 
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He|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Neither|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w what|strong="G4169"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w think|strong="G1380"\+w*? \+w A|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w sons|strong="G5043"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w came|strong="G4334"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Son|strong="G5043"\+w*, \+w go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w work|strong="G2038"\+w* \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="G0290"\+w*.’ } 
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\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w came|strong="G4334"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w second|strong="G1208"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w same|strong="G5615"\+w* \+w thing|strong="G5615"\+w*. \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answered|strong="G0611"\+w*, ‘I’m \+w going|strong="G0565"\+w*, \+w sir|strong="G2962"\+w*,’ \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w go|strong="G0565"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Which|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w father|strong="G3962"\+w*?”} 
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They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", “The|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413".” 
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Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Most \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G0281"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w tax|strong="G5057"\+w* \+w collectors|strong="G5057"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w prostitutes|strong="G4204"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* entering \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w* \+w before|strong="G4254"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w John|strong="G2491"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w righteousness|strong="G1343"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w tax|strong="G5057"\+w* \+w collectors|strong="G5057"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w prostitutes|strong="G4204"\+w* \+w believed|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*. \+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* repent \+w afterward|strong="G5305"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w might|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w believe|strong="G4100"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
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\verseNumber{33}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Hear|strong="G0191"\+w* \+w another|strong="G0243"\+w* \+w parable|strong="G3850"\+w*. \+w There|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* master \+w of|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w household|strong="G3617"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w planted|strong="G5452"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="G0290"\+w*, set \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* hedge \+w about|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w dug|strong="G3736"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* wine press \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w built|strong="G3618"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w tower|strong="G4444"\+w*, \+w leased|strong="G1554"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* farmers, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w went|strong="G0589"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w another|strong="G0243"\+w* country. } 
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\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* farmers \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1401"\+w*, \+w beat|strong="G1194"\+w* \+w one|strong="G3739"\+w*, \+w killed|strong="G0615"\+w* another, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stoned|strong="G3036"\+w* another. } 
\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Again|strong="G3825"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w other|strong="G0243"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w more|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w than|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w*; \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w treated|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w same|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w way|strong="G5615"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{37}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w afterward|strong="G5305"\+w* \+w he|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w They|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w respect|strong="G1788"\+w* \+w my|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w*.’ } 
\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* farmers, \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w son|strong="G5207"\+w*, \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* amongst \+w themselves|strong="G1438"\+w*, ‘\+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w heir|strong="G2818"\+w*. \+w Come|strong="G1205"\+w*, let’s \+w kill|strong="G0615"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seize|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w inheritance|strong="G2817"\+w*.’ } 
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\verseNumber{40}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w When|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w vineyard|strong="G0290"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w*, \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w he|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* farmers?”} 
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\verseNumber{41}They|strong="G0846" told|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “He|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3748" miserably destroy|strong="G0622" those|strong="G3588" miserable men|strong="G0243", and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3748" lease out|strong="G1438" the|strong="G3588" vineyard|strong="G0290" to|strong="G3004" other|strong="G0243" farmers who|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3748" give|strong="G0591" him|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" fruit|strong="G2590" in|strong="G1722" its|strong="G0846" season|strong="G2540".” 
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\verseNumber{42}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Did|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w never|strong="G3763"\+w* \+w read|strong="G0314"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\+w*, } 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w builders|strong="G3618"\+w* \+w rejected|strong="G0593"\+w*} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w made|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w head|strong="G2776"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w corner|strong="G1137"\+w*.} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w This|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w from|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*.} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w It|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* marvellous \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2424"\+w* eyes’?}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{21:42  }Psalm 118:22-23} 
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\verseNumber{44}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G0846"\+w* falls \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w this|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w stone|strong="G3037"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* broken \+w to|strong="G1909"\+w* pieces, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* whomever \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* fall, \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w scatter|strong="G3039"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dust|strong="G3039"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{45}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" heard|strong="G0191" his|strong="G0846" parables|strong="G3850", they|strong="G0846" perceived|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" about|strong="G4012" them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{46}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" sought|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1519" seize|strong="G2902" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" feared|strong="G5399" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", because|strong="G1893" they|strong="G0846" considered|strong="G2192" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" prophet|strong="G4396". 
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\chapterNumber{22}Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611" and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" again|strong="G3825" in|strong="G1722" parables|strong="G3850", saying|strong="G3004", 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Again|strong="G3825"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w out|strong="G0649"\+w* \+w other|strong="G0243"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1401"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w invited|strong="G2564"\+w*, “\+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="G2090"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w dinner|strong="G0712"\+w*. \+w My|strong="G3708"\+w* cattle \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* fatlings \+w are|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w killed|strong="G2380"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w ready|strong="G2092"\+w*. \+w Come|strong="G1205"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="G1062"\+w* \+w feast|strong="G1062"\+w*!”’ } 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="G0935"\+w* heard \+w that|strong="G1565"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w angry|strong="G3710"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G3992"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w armies|strong="G4753"\+w*, \+w destroyed|strong="G0622"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w murderers|strong="G5406"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* burnt \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w*.} 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Then|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w he|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w his|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1401"\+w*, ‘\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="G1062"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w ready|strong="G2092"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w invited|strong="G2564"\+w* weren’t \+w worthy|strong="G0514"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* intersections \+w of|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w highways|strong="G3598"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w many|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w find|strong="G2147"\+w*, \+w invite|strong="G2564"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="G1062"\+w* \+w feast|strong="G1062"\+w*.’ } 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1401"\+w* \+w went|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w highways|strong="G3598"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="G4863"\+w* \+w together|strong="G4863"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w many|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w found|strong="G2147"\+w*, \+w both|strong="G5037"\+w* \+w bad|strong="G4190"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w good|strong="G0018"\+w*. \+w The|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="G1062"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w filled|strong="G4130"\+w* \+w with|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w guests|strong="G0345"\+w*. } 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w when|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w came|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w to|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w guests|strong="G0345"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w saw|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w a|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w have|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="G1062"\+w* \+w clothing|strong="G1742"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, ‘\+w Friend|strong="G2083"\+w*, \+w how|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w did|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* wearing \+w wedding|strong="G1062"\+w* \+w clothing|strong="G1742"\+w*?’ \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w speechless|strong="G5392"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w servants|strong="G1249"\+w*, ‘\+w Bind|strong="G1210"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w foot|strong="G4228"\+w*, take \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w away|strong="G1544"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w throw|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w outer|strong="G1857"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4655"\+w*. \+w That|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w where|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w weeping|strong="G2805"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* grinding \+w of|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w teeth|strong="G3599"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w*.’ } 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w called|strong="G2822"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w few|strong="G3641"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="G1588"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" went|strong="G4198" and|strong="G4198" took|strong="G2983" counsel how|strong="G3704" they|strong="G0846" might entrap him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" talk|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="G0846" sent|strong="G0649" their|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" Herodians|strong="G2265", saying|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", we|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" honest, and|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G1722" truth|strong="G0225", no|strong="G3756" matter whom|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" teach|strong="G1321"; for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G4771" aren’t|strong="G3756" partial to|strong="G1519" anyone|strong="G3762". 
\verseNumber{17}Tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G1325" therefore|strong="G3767", what|strong="G5101" do|strong="G1380" you|strong="G4771" think|strong="G1380"? Is|strong="G5101" it|strong="G3004" lawful|strong="G1832" to|strong="G3004" pay|strong="G1325" taxes|strong="G2778" to|strong="G3004" Caesar|strong="G2541", or|strong="G2228" not|strong="G3756"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" perceived|strong="G1097" their|strong="G0846" wickedness|strong="G4189", and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w test|strong="G3985"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Show|strong="G1925"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* tax \+w money|strong="G0846"\+w*.”} 
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They|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G4374" to|strong="G0846" him|strong="G0846" a|strong="G1161" denarius|strong="G1220". 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Whose|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w image|strong="G1504"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w inscription|strong="G1923"\+w*?”} 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Caesar’s|strong="G2541".” 
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Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Give|strong="G0591"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w Caesar|strong="G2541"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Caesar’s|strong="G2541"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w things|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" marvelled, and|strong="G2532" left|strong="G0863" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0565" away|strong="G0565". 
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\verseNumber{23}On|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" day|strong="G2250" Sadducees|strong="G4523" (those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G1565" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3361" resurrection|strong="G0386") came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{24}saying|strong="G3004", “Teacher|strong="G1320", Moses|strong="G3475" said|strong="G3004", ‘If|strong="G1437" a|strong="G2192" man|strong="G5100" dies|strong="G0599", having|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" children|strong="G5043", his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080" shall|strong="G2532" marry|strong="G1918" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" raise|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" offspring\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{22:24  }or, seed} for|strong="G0599" his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080".’ 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3844" us|strong="G0863" seven|strong="G2033" brothers|strong="G0080". The|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" married|strong="G1060" and|strong="G2532" died|strong="G5053", and|strong="G2532" having|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" offspring left|strong="G0863" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" brother|strong="G0080". 
\verseNumber{26}In|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G3668" way|strong="G3668", the|strong="G3588" second|strong="G1208" also|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154", to|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3588" seventh|strong="G2033". 
\verseNumber{27}After|strong="G1161" them all|strong="G3956", the|strong="G3956" woman|strong="G1135" died|strong="G0599". 
\verseNumber{28}In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" resurrection|strong="G0386" therefore|strong="G3767", whose|strong="G5101" wife|strong="G1135" will|strong="G1510" she|strong="G0846" be|strong="G1510" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" seven|strong="G2033"? For|strong="G1063" they|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" had|strong="G2192" her|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w mistaken|strong="G4105"\+w*, \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w knowing|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\+w*, \+w nor|strong="G3366"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1411"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w resurrection|strong="G0386"\+w* \+w they|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w neither|strong="G3777"\+w* \+w marry|strong="G1060"\+w* \+w nor|strong="G3777"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* given \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w marriage|strong="G1060"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w angels|strong="G0032"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w concerning|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w resurrection|strong="G0386"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w*, haven’t \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w read|strong="G0314"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w spoken|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w by|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Abraham|strong="G0011"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Isaac|strong="G2464"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Jacob|strong="G2384"\+w*?’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{22:32  }Exodus 3:6} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w dead|strong="G3498"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w living|strong="G2198"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{33}When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3793" astonished|strong="G1605" at|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" teaching|strong="G1322". 
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\verseNumber{34}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" heard|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3748" silenced|strong="G5392" the|strong="G3588" Sadducees|strong="G4523", gathered|strong="G4863" themselves|strong="G0846" together|strong="G4863". 
\verseNumber{35}One|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846", a|strong="G1520" lawyer|strong="G3544", asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G0846" a|strong="G1520" question|strong="G1905", testing|strong="G3985" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{36}“Teacher|strong="G1320", which|strong="G4169" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" greatest|strong="G3173" commandment|strong="G1785" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551"?” 
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\verseNumber{37}Jesus|strong="G0846" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“‘\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w love|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w heart|strong="G2588"\+w*, \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w soul|strong="G5590"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w with|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w your|strong="G0025"\+w* \+w mind|strong="G1271"\+w*.’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{22:37  }Deuteronomy 6:5 } 
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\verseNumber{41}Now|strong="G1161" while|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" were|strong="G5330" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863", Jesus|strong="G2424" asked|strong="G1905" them|strong="G0846" a|strong="G1438" question|strong="G1905", 
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They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Of|strong="G5207" David|strong="G1138".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w make|strong="G5087"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="G2190"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5087"\+w* footstool \+w for|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* feet’?}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{22:44  }Psalm 110:1} 
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\chapterNumber{23}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w works|strong="G2041"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G2300"\+w* \+w by|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w men|strong="G0444"\+w*. \+w They|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w make|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w phylacteries|strong="G5440"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:5  }phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8.} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{broad \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* enlarge \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* fringes}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:5  or, tassels} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w of|strong="G2041"\+w* \+w their|strong="G0846"\+w* garments, } 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:14  }Some Greek texts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13. NU omits verse 14.} 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w swears|strong="G3660"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w temple|strong="G3485"\+w*, \+w swears|strong="G3660"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w living|strong="G2730"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:21  }NU reads “lives”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*. } 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w virgins|strong="G3933"\+w* arose, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w trimmed|strong="G2885"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w lamps|strong="G2985"\+w*.}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:7  }The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits. The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.} 
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\verseNumber{40}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w King|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w answer|strong="G0611"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*, ‘Most \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w least|strong="G1646"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w my|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="G0080"\+w*,}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:40  }The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.’ } 
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\verseNumber{42}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="G3983"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w give|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w food|strong="G5315"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*; \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w was|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w thirsty|strong="G1372"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w gave|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w no|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4222"\+w*; } 
\verseNumber{43}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w stranger|strong="G3581"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* take \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w*; \+w naked|strong="G1131"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w clothe|strong="G4016"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*; \+w sick|strong="G0772"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prison|strong="G5438"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w visit|strong="G1980"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.’} 
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\verseNumber{44}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answer|strong="G0611"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, \+w when|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w did|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w we|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w hungry|strong="G3983"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w thirsty|strong="G1372"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w a|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w stranger|strong="G3581"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w naked|strong="G1131"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w sick|strong="G0772"\+w*, \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prison|strong="G5438"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* help \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*?’} 
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\verseNumber{45}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Then|strong="G5119"\+w* \+w he|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w answer|strong="G0611"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘Most certainly \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w least|strong="G1646"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.’ } 
\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w These|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w go|strong="G0565"\+w* \+w away|strong="G0565"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="G0166"\+w* \+w punishment|strong="G2851"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w righteous|strong="G1342"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="G0166"\+w* \+w life|strong="G2222"\+w*.”} 
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\chapterNumber{26}When|strong="G3753" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" finished|strong="G5055" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w two|strong="G1417"\+w* \+w days|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="G3957"\+w* \+w is|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G1096"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w will|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w delivered|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w crucified|strong="G4717"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749", the|strong="G3588" scribes, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G2992" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" court|strong="G0833" of|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" Caiaphas|strong="G2533". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2902" counsel together|strong="G4823" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2902" Jesus|strong="G2424" by|strong="G2532" deceit|strong="G1388" and|strong="G2532" kill|strong="G0615" him|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Not|strong="G3361" during|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" feast|strong="G1859", lest|strong="G3361" a|strong="G1096" riot|strong="G2351" occur|strong="G1096" amongst the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G2424" in|strong="G1722" Bethany|strong="G0963", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" house|strong="G3614" of|strong="G1722" Simon|strong="G4613" the|strong="G3588" leper|strong="G3015", 
\verseNumber{7}a|strong="G2192" woman|strong="G1135" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846" having|strong="G2192" an|strong="G2192" alabaster|strong="G0211" jar of|strong="G1909" very|strong="G0846" expensive|strong="G3464" ointment|strong="G3464", and|strong="G2532" she|strong="G0846" poured|strong="G2708" it|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" head|strong="G2776" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sat at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" table. 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" his|strong="G3708" disciples|strong="G3101" saw|strong="G3708" this|strong="G3778", they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3101" indignant|strong="G0023", saying|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" waste|strong="G0684"? 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" ointment might|strong="G1410" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" sold|strong="G4097" for|strong="G1063" much|strong="G4183" and|strong="G2532" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1410" the|strong="G2532" poor|strong="G4434".” 
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\verseNumber{10}However|strong="G1161", knowing|strong="G1097" this|strong="G3588", Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w do|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w trouble|strong="G3930"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w*? \+w She|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w has|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w done|strong="G2041"\+w* \+w a|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w good|strong="G2570"\+w* \+w work|strong="G2041"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w always|strong="G3842"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w poor|strong="G4434"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w always|strong="G3842"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w For|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1909"\+w* pouring \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w ointment|strong="G3464"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w my|strong="G0906"\+w* \+w body|strong="G4983"\+w*, \+w she|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w did|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w it|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="G1779"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w burial|strong="G1779"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{Most \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w wherever|strong="G3699"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w Good|strong="G2098"\+w* \+w News|strong="G2098"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w preached|strong="G2784"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w whole|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w world|strong="G2889"\+w*, \+w what|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w has|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w done|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w spoken|strong="G2980"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2098"\+w* \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w memorial|strong="G3422"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2098"\+w* \+w her|strong="G0846"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="G5119" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" twelve|strong="G1427", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" Judas|strong="G2455" Iscariot|strong="G2469", went|strong="G4198" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" willing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G3004" give|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325" if|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" deliver|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771"?” So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" weighed|strong="G2476" out|strong="G2476" for|strong="G2309" him|strong="G0846" thirty|strong="G5144" pieces|strong="G0694" of|strong="G3004" silver|strong="G0694". 
\verseNumber{16}From|strong="G0575" that|strong="G2443" time|strong="G5119" he|strong="G2532" sought|strong="G2212" opportunity|strong="G2120" to|strong="G2443" betray|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" day of|strong="G3101" unleavened|strong="G0106" bread, the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G2424", “Where|strong="G4226" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" want|strong="G2309" us|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" prepare|strong="G2090" for|strong="G2090" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G3004" eat|strong="G2068" the|strong="G3588" Passover|strong="G3957"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w city|strong="G4172"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w certain|strong="G1170"\+w* \+w person|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, ‘\+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Teacher|strong="G1320"\+w* \+w says|strong="G3004"\+w*, “\+w My|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w time|strong="G2540"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1161"\+w*. \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w keep|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Passover|strong="G3957"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w your|strong="G4160"\+w* house \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w my|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3101"\+w*.”’”} 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" did|strong="G4160" as|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2424" commanded|strong="G4929" them|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" prepared|strong="G2090" the|strong="G3588" Passover|strong="G3957". 
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\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" evening|strong="G3798" had|strong="G3588" come|strong="G1096", he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" reclining|strong="G0345" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" table with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" twelve|strong="G1427" disciples|strong="G3101". 
\verseNumber{21}As|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3748" eating|strong="G2068", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Most \+w certainly|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w betray|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{22}They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" exceedingly|strong="G4970" sorrowful|strong="G3076", and|strong="G2532" each|strong="G1538" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G3004" ask|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “It|strong="G0846" isn’t|strong="G3385" me|strong="G3004", is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G0846", Lord|strong="G2962"?” 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="G3778" answered|strong="G0611", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w He|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w dipped|strong="G1686"\+w* \+w his|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* dish \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w betray|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w goes|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w even|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2531"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w him|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w woe|strong="G3759"\+w* \+w to|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w through|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w betrayed|strong="G3860"\+w*! \+w It|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w would|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w better|strong="G2570"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w he|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w had|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w been|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w born|strong="G1080"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{25}Judas|strong="G2455", who|strong="G3588" betrayed|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846", answered|strong="G0611", “It|strong="G0846" isn’t|strong="G3385" me|strong="G3004", is|strong="G1510" it|strong="G0846", Rabbi|strong="G4461"?” 
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He|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{26}As|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" eating|strong="G2068", Jesus|strong="G2424" took|strong="G2983" bread|strong="G0740", gave|strong="G1325" thanks for|strong="G2532"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{26:26  }TR reads “blessed” instead of “gave thanks for”} it|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" broke|strong="G2806" it|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Take|strong="G2983"\+w*, \+w eat|strong="G2068"\+w*; \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w body|strong="G4983"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3956" cup|strong="G4221", gave|strong="G1325" thanks|strong="G2168", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w All|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* my \+w blood|strong="G0129"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0129"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* new \+w covenant|strong="G1242"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* poured \+w out|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* remission \+w of|strong="G0129"\+w* \+w sins|strong="G0266"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G1081"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w vine|strong="G0288"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w now|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w*, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w that|strong="G1565"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* anew \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Father’s|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w Kingdom|strong="G0932"\+w*.” } 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" sung a|strong="G2532" hymn|strong="G5214", they|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Mount|strong="G3735" of|strong="G3735" Olives|strong="G1636". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w All|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w made|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w stumble|strong="G4624"\+w* \+w because|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w tonight|strong="G3571"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w written|strong="G1125"\+w*, ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w strike|strong="G3960"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w shepherd|strong="G4166"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="G4263"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w flock|strong="G4167"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w scattered|strong="G1287"\+w*.’}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{26:31  }Zechariah 13:7} 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w after|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w raised|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4254"\+w* \+w before|strong="G4254"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="G1056"\+w*.” } 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" answered|strong="G0611" him|strong="G0846", “Even|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" all|strong="G3956" will|strong="G3956" be|strong="G3956" made|strong="G0611" to|strong="G3004" stumble|strong="G4624" because|strong="G1722" of|strong="G3956" you|strong="G4771", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3956" never|strong="G3763" be|strong="G3956" made|strong="G0611" to|strong="G3004" stumble|strong="G4624".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“Most certainly \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w tonight|strong="G3571"\+w*, \+w before|strong="G4250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rooster|strong="G0220"\+w* \+w crows|strong="G5455"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w deny|strong="G0533"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5151"\+w* \+w times|strong="G5151"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{35}Peter|strong="G4074" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Even|strong="G2532" if|strong="G2579" I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G1163" die|strong="G0599" with|strong="G4862" you|strong="G4771", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G3956" not|strong="G3756" deny|strong="G0533" you|strong="G4771".” All|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101" also|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" likewise|strong="G3668". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G2064" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G3739" place|strong="G1563" called|strong="G3004" Gethsemane|strong="G1068", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Sit|strong="G2523"\+w* \+w here|strong="G0847"\+w*, \+w while|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w go|strong="G0565"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pray|strong="G4336"\+w*.”} 
\verseNumber{37}He|strong="G2532" took|strong="G3880" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" two|strong="G1417" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Zebedee|strong="G2199", and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G0757" be|strong="G2532" sorrowful|strong="G3076" and|strong="G2532" severely troubled|strong="G0085". 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w My|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w soul|strong="G5590"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* exceedingly sorrowful, \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w death|strong="G2288"\+w*. \+w Stay|strong="G3306"\+w* \+w here|strong="G5602"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w watch|strong="G1127"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{39}He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G4334" forward|strong="G4334" a|strong="G5613" little|strong="G3398", fell|strong="G4098" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" face|strong="G4383", and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w My|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w possible|strong="G1415"\+w*, \+w let|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w cup|strong="G4221"\+w* \+w pass|strong="G3928"\+w* \+w away|strong="G3928"\+w* \+w from|strong="G0575"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*; \+w nevertheless|strong="G4133"\+w*, \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w desire|strong="G2309"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G0235"\+w* \+w what|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w desire|strong="G2309"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{40}He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" them|strong="G0846" sleeping|strong="G2518", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Peter|strong="G4074", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w What|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w couldn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w watch|strong="G1127"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1520"\+w* \+w hour|strong="G5610"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Watch|strong="G1127"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w pray|strong="G4336"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w you|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w temptation|strong="G3986"\+w*. \+w The|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="G4151"\+w* \+w indeed|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w willing|strong="G4289"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="G4561"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w weak|strong="G0772"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{42}Again|strong="G3825", a|strong="G1096" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208" he|strong="G0846" went|strong="G0565" away|strong="G0565" and|strong="G0565" prayed|strong="G4336", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w My|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w cup|strong="G1410"\+w* \+w can’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w pass|strong="G3928"\+w* \+w away|strong="G0565"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w unless|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w drink|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w it|strong="G0846"\+w*, \+w your|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w desire|strong="G2307"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w done|strong="G1096"\+w*.” } 
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\verseNumber{43}He|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" again|strong="G3825" and|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" them|strong="G0846" sleeping|strong="G2518", for|strong="G1063" their|strong="G0846" eyes|strong="G3788" were|strong="G1510" heavy|strong="G0916". 
\verseNumber{44}He|strong="G2532" left|strong="G0863" them|strong="G0846" again|strong="G3825", went|strong="G0565" away|strong="G0565", and|strong="G2532" prayed|strong="G4336" a|strong="G3825" third|strong="G5154" time|strong="G5154", saying|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" words|strong="G3056". 
\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w still|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="G2518"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w resting|strong="G0373"\+w*? \+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hour|strong="G5610"\+w* \+w is|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G5495"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w is|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w betrayed|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hands|strong="G5495"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w sinners|strong="G0268"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Arise|strong="G1453"\+w*, let’s be \+w going|strong="G0071"\+w*. \+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w he|strong="G1448"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w betrays|strong="G3860"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w at|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1448"\+w*.” } 
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\verseNumber{47}While|strong="G2980" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" speaking|strong="G2980", behold|strong="G2400", Judas|strong="G2455", one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" twelve|strong="G1427", came|strong="G2064", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846" a|strong="G3708" great|strong="G4183" multitude|strong="G3793" with|strong="G3326" swords|strong="G3162" and|strong="G2532" clubs|strong="G3586", from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{48}Now|strong="G1161" he|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3739" betrayed|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" given|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" a|strong="G1510" sign|strong="G4592", saying|strong="G3004", “Whoever|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" kiss|strong="G5368", he|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3739". Seize|strong="G2902" him|strong="G0846".” 
\verseNumber{49}Immediately|strong="G2112" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Greetings|strong="G5463", Rabbi|strong="G4461"!” and|strong="G2532" kissed|strong="G2705" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{50}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Friend|strong="G2083"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w here|strong="G3918"\+w*?”} 
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Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G1911" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2902" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{51}Behold|strong="G2400", one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1520" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" his|strong="G0846" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" drew|strong="G1614" his|strong="G0846" sword|strong="G3162", and|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G3960" the|strong="G3588" servant|strong="G1401" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", and|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G0851" off|strong="G0851" his|strong="G0846" ear|strong="G5621". 
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\verseNumber{52}Then|strong="G5119" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Put|strong="G0654"\+w* \+w your|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sword|strong="G3162"\+w* \+w back|strong="G0654"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w its|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w place|strong="G5117"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w take|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sword|strong="G3162"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* die \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w sword|strong="G3162"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{53}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w do|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w think|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w couldn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w ask|strong="G3870"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w now|strong="G2532"\+w* send \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w more|strong="G4183"\+w* \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w twelve|strong="G1427"\+w* \+w legions|strong="G3003"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w angels|strong="G0032"\+w*? } 
\verseNumber{54}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w How|strong="G4459"\+w* \+w then|strong="G3767"\+w* \+w would|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w it|strong="G3779"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w so|strong="G3767"\+w*?” } 
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\verseNumber{55}In|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1565" hour|strong="G5610" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w as|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w against|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w a|strong="G5613"\+w* \+w robber|strong="G3027"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w swords|strong="G3162"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w clubs|strong="G3586"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w seize|strong="G2902"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*? \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w sat|strong="G2516"\+w* \+w daily|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w temple|strong="G2413"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="G1321"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w didn’t|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w arrest|strong="G2902"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{56}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w But|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w has|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w happened|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w might|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\+w*.”} 
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Then|strong="G5119" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" disciples|strong="G3101" left|strong="G0863" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G1161" fled|strong="G5343". 
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\verseNumber{57}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" taken Jesus|strong="G2424" led|strong="G0520" him|strong="G0520" away|strong="G0520" to|strong="G4314" Caiaphas|strong="G2533" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", where|strong="G3699" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" were|strong="G3588" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863". 
\verseNumber{58}But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" followed|strong="G0190" him|strong="G0846" from|strong="G0575" a|strong="G3708" distance|strong="G3113" to|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3588" court|strong="G0833" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", and|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2521" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" officers|strong="G5257", to|strong="G2193" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" end|strong="G5056". 
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\verseNumber{59}Now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749", the|strong="G3588" elders, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" whole|strong="G3650" council|strong="G4892" sought|strong="G2212" false testimony against|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2424", that|strong="G3704" they|strong="G0846" might|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2289" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2596" death|strong="G2289", 
\verseNumber{60}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" none|strong="G3756". Even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G1161" many|strong="G4183" false witnesses came|strong="G4334" forward|strong="G4334", they|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" none|strong="G3756". But|strong="G1161" at|strong="G1161" last|strong="G5305" two|strong="G1417" false witnesses came|strong="G4334" forward|strong="G4334" 
\verseNumber{61}and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1410" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G3004" destroy|strong="G2647" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G3485" of|strong="G2250" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G3004" build|strong="G3618" it|strong="G0846" in|strong="G2316" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250".’” 
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\verseNumber{62}The|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" stood|strong="G0450" up|strong="G0450" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Have|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" no|strong="G3762" answer|strong="G0611"? What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3004" these|strong="G3778" testify|strong="G2649" against|strong="G2649" you|strong="G4771"?” 
\verseNumber{63}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" stayed|strong="G1510" silent|strong="G4623". The|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" answered|strong="G0611" him|strong="G0846", “I|strong="G1473" adjure|strong="G1844" you|strong="G4771" by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G3588" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G4771" tell|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004" whether|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547", the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316".” 
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\verseNumber{64}Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w*. \+w Nevertheless|strong="G4133"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w after|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Man|strong="G0444"\+w* \+w sitting|strong="G2521"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w right|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w hand|strong="G1188"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w Power|strong="G1411"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w coming|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w clouds|strong="G3507"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sky|strong="G3772"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{65}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749" tore|strong="G1284" his|strong="G0846" clothing|strong="G2440", saying|strong="G3004", “He|strong="G0846" has|strong="G2192" spoken|strong="G3004" blasphemy|strong="G0988"! Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G2192" we|strong="G3568" need|strong="G5532" any|strong="G2089" more|strong="G2089" witnesses|strong="G3144"? Behold|strong="G2396", now|strong="G3568" you|strong="G3708" have|strong="G2192" heard|strong="G0191" his|strong="G0846" blasphemy|strong="G0988". 
\verseNumber{66}What|strong="G5101" do|strong="G1380" you|strong="G5210" think|strong="G1380"?” 
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They|strong="G1161" answered|strong="G0611", “He|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" worthy of|strong="G3004" death|strong="G2288"!” 
\verseNumber{67}Then|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" spat|strong="G1716" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" face|strong="G4383" and|strong="G2532" beat|strong="G2852" him|strong="G0846" with|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" fists|strong="G2852", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" slapped|strong="G4474" him|strong="G0846", 
\verseNumber{68}saying|strong="G3004", “Prophesy|strong="G4395" to|strong="G3004" us|strong="G3004", you|strong="G4771" Christ|strong="G5547"! Who|strong="G3588" hit|strong="G3817" you|strong="G4771"?” 
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\verseNumber{69}Now|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G1510" sitting|strong="G2521" outside|strong="G1854" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" court|strong="G0833", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1510" maid came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G4771" were|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G3588" Galilean|strong="G1057"!” 
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\verseNumber{70}But|strong="G1161" he|strong="G3004" denied|strong="G0720" it|strong="G1161" before|strong="G1715" them|strong="G3004" all|strong="G3956", saying|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1161" don’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3004" are|strong="G3956" talking|strong="G3004" about|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{71}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" gone|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" onto|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" porch, someone|strong="G0243" else|strong="G0243" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" also|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G3004" Nazareth|strong="G3480".” 
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\verseNumber{72}Again|strong="G3825" he|strong="G2532" denied|strong="G0720" it|strong="G3825" with|strong="G3326" an|strong="G2532" oath|strong="G3727", “I|strong="G2532" don’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444".” 
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\verseNumber{73}After|strong="G3326" a|strong="G1510" little|strong="G3398" while|strong="G3398" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" stood|strong="G2476" by|strong="G1537" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" Peter|strong="G4074", “Surely|strong="G0230" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846", for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G4160" speech makes|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" known.” 
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\verseNumber{74}Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" began|strong="G0757" to|strong="G0757" curse and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G0757" swear|strong="G3660", “I|strong="G2532" don’t|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="G0444"!” 
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Immediately|strong="G2112" the|strong="G3588" rooster|strong="G0220" crowed|strong="G5455". 
\verseNumber{75}Peter|strong="G4074" remembered|strong="G3403" the|strong="G3588" word|strong="G4487" which|strong="G3748" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G2532", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Before|strong="G4250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w rooster|strong="G0220"\+w* \+w crows|strong="G5455"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3748"\+w* \+w deny|strong="G0533"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5151"\+w* \+w times|strong="G5151"\+w*.”} Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" and|strong="G2532" wept|strong="G2799" bitterly|strong="G4090". 
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\chapterNumber{27}Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G2532" morning had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G1096", all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" took|strong="G2983" counsel against|strong="G2596" Jesus|strong="G2424" to|strong="G2596" put|strong="G2289" him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2596" death|strong="G2289". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="G0846" bound|strong="G1210" him|strong="G0846", led|strong="G0520" him|strong="G0846" away|strong="G0520", and|strong="G2532" delivered|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G1210" to|strong="G2532" Pontius Pilate|strong="G4091", the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="G2532" Judas|strong="G2455", who|strong="G3588" betrayed|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" Jesus|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" condemned|strong="G2632", felt|strong="G3338" remorse|strong="G3338", and|strong="G2532" brought back|strong="G4762" the|strong="G3588" thirty|strong="G5144" pieces|strong="G0694" of|strong="G0694" silver|strong="G0694" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", 
\verseNumber{4}saying|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" sinned|strong="G0264" in|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1473" betrayed|strong="G3860" innocent|strong="G0121" blood|strong="G0129".” 
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But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G5101" that|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" us|strong="G3004"? You|strong="G4771" see|strong="G3708" to|strong="G4314" it|strong="G3708".” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="G2532" threw|strong="G4496" down|strong="G4496" the|strong="G3588" pieces|strong="G0694" of|strong="G3485" silver|strong="G0694" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" sanctuary|strong="G3485" and|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G0565". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G0565" away|strong="G0565" and|strong="G2532" hanged|strong="G0519" himself|strong="G1519". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" pieces|strong="G0694" of|strong="G0129" silver|strong="G0694" and|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “It’s not|strong="G3756" lawful|strong="G1832" to|strong="G1519" put|strong="G0906" them|strong="G0846" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" treasury, since|strong="G1893" it|strong="G0846" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" price|strong="G5092" of|strong="G0129" blood|strong="G0129".” 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="G0846" took|strong="G2983" counsel, and|strong="G1161" bought|strong="G0059" the|strong="G3588" potter’s|strong="G2763" field|strong="G0068" with|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" bury strangers|strong="G3581" in|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="G1352" that|strong="G1565" field|strong="G0068" has been called|strong="G2564" “The|strong="G3588" Field|strong="G0068" of|strong="G0129" Blood|strong="G0129"” to|strong="G2193" this|strong="G3588" day|strong="G4594". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" spoken|strong="G3004" through|strong="G1223" Jeremiah|strong="G2408"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:9  }some manuscripts omit “Jeremiah”} the|strong="G3588" prophet|strong="G4396" was|strong="G3739" fulfilled|strong="G4137", saying|strong="G3004", 
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“They|strong="G3739" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" thirty|strong="G5144" pieces|strong="G0694" of|strong="G5207" silver|strong="G0694", 
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the|strong="G3588" price|strong="G5092" of|strong="G5207" him|strong="G3739" upon whom|strong="G3739" a|strong="G2983" price|strong="G5092" had|strong="G3739" been|strong="G2532" set|strong="G5091", 
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whom|strong="G3739" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" children of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474" priced, 
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\verseNumber{10}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" gave|strong="G1325" them|strong="G0846" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" potter’s|strong="G2763" field|strong="G0068", 
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as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" commanded|strong="G4929" me|strong="G1325".”\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{27:10  }Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9} 
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\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" stood|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1715" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G3588" King|strong="G0935" of|strong="G0935" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453"?” 
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Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w So|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" accused|strong="G2723" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245", he|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G0611" nothing|strong="G3762". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="G5119" Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Don’t|strong="G3756" you|strong="G4771" hear|strong="G0191" how|strong="G4214" many|strong="G4214" things|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" testify|strong="G2649" against|strong="G2649" you|strong="G4771"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="G2532" gave him|strong="G0846" no|strong="G3756" answer|strong="G0611", not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" word|strong="G4487", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G5620" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232" marvelled greatly|strong="G3029". 
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\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="G1161" at|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" feast|strong="G1859" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232" was|strong="G3739" accustomed|strong="G1486" to|strong="G2309" release|strong="G0630" to|strong="G2309" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793" one|strong="G1520" prisoner|strong="G1198" whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" desired|strong="G2309". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2192" then|strong="G5119" a|strong="G2192" notable prisoner|strong="G1198" called|strong="G3004" Barabbas|strong="G0912". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G3767" therefore|strong="G3767" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G3588" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863", Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", “Whom|strong="G5101" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" release|strong="G0630" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210"? Barabbas|strong="G0912", or|strong="G2228" Jesus|strong="G2424" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G5101" called|strong="G3004" Christ|strong="G5547"?” 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" knew|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" envy|strong="G5355" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3748" delivered|strong="G3860" him|strong="G0846" up|strong="G3860". 
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\verseNumber{19}While|strong="G0846" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" judgement seat|strong="G0968", his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135" sent|strong="G0649" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Have|strong="G2532" nothing|strong="G3367" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G3004" with|strong="G4314" that|strong="G1565" righteous|strong="G1342" man|strong="G1342", for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" suffered|strong="G3958" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G4183" today|strong="G4594" in|strong="G1909" a|strong="G3004" dream|strong="G3677" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" persuaded|strong="G3982" the|strong="G3588" multitudes|strong="G3793" to|strong="G2443" ask|strong="G0154" for|strong="G0154" Barabbas|strong="G0912" and|strong="G2532" destroy|strong="G0622" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2232" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", “Which|strong="G5101" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" two|strong="G1417" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" want|strong="G2309" me|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" release|strong="G0630" to|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210"?” 
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They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Barabbas|strong="G0912"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", “What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767" shall I|strong="G3767" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G3004" Jesus|strong="G2424" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G5101" called|strong="G3004" Christ|strong="G5547"?” 
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They|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", “Let|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846" be|strong="G3956" crucified|strong="G4717"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" governor said|strong="G3004", “Why|strong="G5101"? What|strong="G5101" evil|strong="G2556" has|strong="G5101" he|strong="G3004" done|strong="G4160"?” 
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But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" cried|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" exceedingly, saying|strong="G3004", “Let|strong="G3004" him|strong="G4160" be crucified|strong="G4717"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" Pilate|strong="G4091" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3754" nothing|strong="G3762" was|strong="G1510" being|strong="G1510" gained, but|strong="G1161" rather|strong="G3123" that|strong="G3754" a|strong="G1096" disturbance was|strong="G1510" starting|strong="G1096", he|strong="G3778" took|strong="G2983" water|strong="G5204" and|strong="G1161" washed|strong="G0633" his|strong="G3708" hands|strong="G5495" before|strong="G0561" the|strong="G3588" multitude|strong="G3793", saying|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G3778" am|strong="G1510" innocent|strong="G0121" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" blood|strong="G0129" of|strong="G0575" this|strong="G3778" righteous person|strong="G3778". You|strong="G5210" see|strong="G3708" to|strong="G3004" it|strong="G3708".” 
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\verseNumber{25}All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" answered|strong="G0611", “May|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" blood|strong="G0129" be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" us|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" our|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G5119" he|strong="G0846" released|strong="G0630" Barabbas|strong="G0912" to|strong="G2443" them|strong="G0846", but|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" he|strong="G0846" flogged|strong="G5417" and|strong="G1161" delivered|strong="G3860" to|strong="G2443" be crucified|strong="G4717". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="G5119" the|strong="G3588" governor’s|strong="G2232" soldiers|strong="G4757" took|strong="G3880" Jesus|strong="G2424" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" Praetorium|strong="G4232", and|strong="G2424" gathered|strong="G4863" the|strong="G3588" whole|strong="G3650" garrison together|strong="G4863" against|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="G0846" stripped|strong="G1562" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4060" a|strong="G2532" scarlet|strong="G2847" robe|strong="G5511" on|strong="G0846" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="G0846" braided|strong="G4120" a|strong="G3004" crown|strong="G4735" of|strong="G1537" thorns|strong="G0173" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G2007" it|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G0846" head|strong="G2776", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G3004" reed|strong="G2563" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" knelt|strong="G1120" down|strong="G1120" before|strong="G1715" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" mocked|strong="G1702" him|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", “Hail|strong="G5463", King|strong="G0935" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453"!” 
\verseNumber{30}They|strong="G0846" spat|strong="G1716" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" reed|strong="G2563" and|strong="G2532" struck|strong="G5180" him|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" head|strong="G2776". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="G3753" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" mocked|strong="G1702" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" took|strong="G1562" the|strong="G3588" robe|strong="G2440" off|strong="G1562" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G1746" his|strong="G0846" clothes|strong="G2440" on|strong="G1519" him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" led|strong="G0520" him|strong="G0846" away|strong="G0520" to|strong="G1519" crucify|strong="G4717" him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{32}As|strong="G1831" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831", they|strong="G0846" found|strong="G2147" a|strong="G2147" man|strong="G0444" of|strong="G3686" Cyrene|strong="G2956", Simon|strong="G4613" by|strong="G0444" name|strong="G3686", and|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" compelled him|strong="G0846" to|strong="G2443" go|strong="G1831" with|strong="G0142" them|strong="G0846", that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G0846" might carry|strong="G0142" his|strong="G0846" cross|strong="G4716". 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G3739" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1510" place|strong="G5117" called|strong="G3004" “Golgotha|strong="G1115"”, that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G3004", “The|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" of|strong="G3004" a|strong="G1510" skull|strong="G2898",” 
\verseNumber{34}they|strong="G0846" gave|strong="G1325" him|strong="G0846" sour wine|strong="G3631"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:34  }or, vinegar} to|strong="G2309" drink|strong="G4095" mixed|strong="G3396" with|strong="G3326" gall|strong="G5521".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:34  Gall is a bitter-tasting, dark green oil from a wormwood plant that is alcoholic in its effect.} When|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" tasted|strong="G1089" it|strong="G0846", he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G0846" not|strong="G3756" drink|strong="G4095". 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G3588" crucified|strong="G4717" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" divided|strong="G1266" his|strong="G0846" clothing|strong="G2440" amongst them|strong="G0846", casting|strong="G0906" lots|strong="G2819",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:35  }TR adds “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: ‘They divided my garments amongst them, and for my clothing they cast lots;’” [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]} 
\verseNumber{36}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" sat|strong="G2521" and|strong="G2532" watched him|strong="G0846" there|strong="G1563". 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G0846" set up over|strong="G1883" his|strong="G0846" head|strong="G2776" the|strong="G3588" accusation against|strong="G0156" him|strong="G0846" written|strong="G1125", “THIS|strong="G3778" IS|strong="G1510" JESUS|strong="G2424", THE|strong="G3588" KING|strong="G0935" OF|strong="G0935" THE|strong="G3588" JEWS|strong="G2453".” 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="G2532" there|strong="G1417" were|strong="G0846" two|strong="G1417" robbers|strong="G3027" crucified|strong="G4717" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G0846", one|strong="G1520" on|strong="G1537" his|strong="G0846" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" left|strong="G2176". 
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\verseNumber{39}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" passed by|strong="G0846" blasphemed|strong="G0987" him|strong="G0846", wagging|strong="G2795" their|strong="G0846" heads|strong="G2776" 
\verseNumber{40}and|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004", “You|strong="G1487" who|strong="G3588" destroy|strong="G2647" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G3485" and|strong="G2532" build|strong="G3618" it|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250", save|strong="G4982" yourself|strong="G4572"! If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316", come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" cross|strong="G4716"!” 
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\verseNumber{41}Likewise|strong="G3668" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" also|strong="G2532" mocking|strong="G1702" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" scribes|strong="G1122", the|strong="G3588" Pharisees,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:41  }TR omits “the Pharisees”} and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245", said|strong="G3004", 
\verseNumber{42}“He|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982" others|strong="G0243", but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" can’t|strong="G3756" save|strong="G4982" himself|strong="G1438". If|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" King|strong="G0935" of|strong="G0575" Israel|strong="G2474", let|strong="G1510" him|strong="G0846" come|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" cross|strong="G4716" now|strong="G3568", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{43}He|strong="G0846" trusts|strong="G3982" in|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316". Let|strong="G1510" God|strong="G2316" deliver|strong="G4506" him|strong="G0846" now|strong="G3568", if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G0846" wants|strong="G2309" him|strong="G0846"; for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G1487" am|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316".’” 
\verseNumber{44}The|strong="G3588" robbers|strong="G3027" also|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" crucified|strong="G4957" with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G0846" cast on|strong="G1161" him|strong="G0846" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G0846" reproach|strong="G3679". 
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\verseNumber{45}Now|strong="G1161" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" sixth|strong="G1623" hour|strong="G5610"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:45  }noon} there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" darkness|strong="G4655" over|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" land|strong="G1093" until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3956" ninth hour|strong="G5610".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:45  3:00 p.m.} 
\verseNumber{46}About|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" ninth hour|strong="G5610" Jesus|strong="G2424" cried|strong="G0310" with|strong="G2316" a|strong="G1510" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Eli|strong="G2241"\+w*, \+w Eli|strong="G2241"\+w*, lima}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:46  }TR reads “lama” instead of “lima”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w sabachthani|strong="G4518"\+w*?” } That|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w My|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w my|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G2444"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w forsaken|strong="G1459"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*?”}\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{27:46  }Psalm 22:1} 
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\verseNumber{47}Some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" them|strong="G3004" who|strong="G3588" stood|strong="G2476" there|strong="G1563", when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G3754" heard|strong="G0191" it|strong="G0191", said|strong="G3004", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3778" calling|strong="G5455" Elijah|strong="G2243".” 
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\verseNumber{48}Immediately|strong="G2112" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G0846" ran|strong="G5143" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" a|strong="G2983" sponge|strong="G4699", filled|strong="G4130" it|strong="G0846" with|strong="G1537" vinegar, put|strong="G4060" it|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1537" a|strong="G2983" reed|strong="G2563", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G4222" him|strong="G0846" a|strong="G2983" drink|strong="G4222". 
\verseNumber{49}The|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G3062" said|strong="G3004", “Let|strong="G0863" him|strong="G0846" be. Let’s see|strong="G3708" whether|strong="G1487" Elijah|strong="G2243" comes|strong="G2064" to|strong="G3004" save|strong="G4982" him|strong="G0846".” 
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\verseNumber{50}Jesus|strong="G2424" cried|strong="G2896" again|strong="G3825" with|strong="G4151" a|strong="G3825" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", and|strong="G1161" yielded|strong="G0863" up his|strong="G0863" spirit|strong="G4151". 
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\verseNumber{51}Behold|strong="G2400", the|strong="G3588" veil|strong="G2665" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" temple|strong="G3485" was|strong="G3588" torn|strong="G4977" in|strong="G1519" two|strong="G1417" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" top|strong="G0509" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" bottom|strong="G2736". The|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093" quaked and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" rocks|strong="G4073" were|strong="G3588" split|strong="G4977". 
\verseNumber{52}The|strong="G3588" tombs|strong="G3419" were|strong="G3588" opened|strong="G0455", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" bodies|strong="G4983" of|strong="G4983" the|strong="G3588" saints|strong="G0040" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" fallen|strong="G2837" asleep|strong="G2837" were|strong="G3588" raised|strong="G1453"; 
\verseNumber{53}and|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" tombs|strong="G3419" after|strong="G3326" his|strong="G0846" resurrection|strong="G1454", they|strong="G0846" entered|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" holy|strong="G0040" city|strong="G4172" and|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G1718" to|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183". 
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\verseNumber{54}Now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" centurion|strong="G1543" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G0846" watching|strong="G5083" Jesus|strong="G2424", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" earthquake|strong="G4578" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3004" were|strong="G1510" done|strong="G1096", were|strong="G1510" terrified|strong="G5399", saying|strong="G3004", “Truly|strong="G0230" this|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316"!” 
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\verseNumber{55}Many|strong="G4183" women|strong="G1135" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563" watching|strong="G2334" from|strong="G0575" afar, who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2424" followed|strong="G0190" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G0575" Galilee|strong="G1056", serving|strong="G1247" him|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{56}Amongst them|strong="G1722" were|strong="G1510" Mary|strong="G3137" Magdalene|strong="G3094", Mary|strong="G3137" the|strong="G3588" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G5207" James|strong="G2385" and|strong="G2532" Joses, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" mother|strong="G3384" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Zebedee|strong="G2199". 
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\verseNumber{57}When|strong="G2532" evening|strong="G3798" had|strong="G2424" come|strong="G2064", a|strong="G1096" rich|strong="G4145" man|strong="G0444" from|strong="G0575" Arimathaea named|strong="G5122" Joseph|strong="G2501", who|strong="G3739" himself|strong="G0846" was|strong="G2424" also|strong="G2532" Jesus’|strong="G2424" disciple|strong="G3100", came|strong="G2064". 
\verseNumber{58}This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G4334" Pilate|strong="G4091" and|strong="G4334" asked|strong="G0154" for|strong="G0154" Jesus’|strong="G2424" body|strong="G4983". Then|strong="G5119" Pilate|strong="G4091" commanded|strong="G2753" the|strong="G3588" body|strong="G4983" to|strong="G4334" be|strong="G3778" given|strong="G0591" up|strong="G4334". 
\verseNumber{59}Joseph|strong="G2501" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" body|strong="G4983" and|strong="G2532" wrapped|strong="G1794" it|strong="G0846" in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2983" clean|strong="G2513" linen|strong="G4616" cloth|strong="G4616" 
\verseNumber{60}and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G5087" it|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" own|strong="G0846" new|strong="G2537" tomb|strong="G3419", which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3739" cut|strong="G2998" out in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" rock|strong="G4073". Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" rolled|strong="G4351" a|strong="G5087" large|strong="G3173" stone|strong="G3037" against|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" door|strong="G2374" of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" tomb|strong="G3419", and|strong="G2532" departed|strong="G0565". 
\verseNumber{61}Mary|strong="G3137" Magdalene|strong="G3094" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1563", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G0243" Mary|strong="G3137", sitting|strong="G2521" opposite|strong="G0561" the|strong="G3588" tomb. 
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\verseNumber{62}Now|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", which|strong="G3748" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G1887" after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" Preparation|strong="G3904" Day|strong="G1887", the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Pharisees|strong="G5330" were|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" to|strong="G4314" Pilate|strong="G4091", 
\verseNumber{63}saying|strong="G3004", “Sir|strong="G2962", we|strong="G3754" remember|strong="G3403" what|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" deceiver|strong="G4108" said|strong="G3004" while|strong="G3754" he|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3588" still|strong="G2089" alive|strong="G2198": ‘After|strong="G3326" three|strong="G5140" days|strong="G2250" I|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2962" rise|strong="G1453" again|strong="G2089".’ 
\verseNumber{64}Command|strong="G3004" therefore|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" tomb be|strong="G1510" made|strong="G0805" secure|strong="G0805" until|strong="G2193" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5154" day|strong="G2250", lest perhaps|strong="G3379" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" come|strong="G2064" at|strong="G3588" night and|strong="G2532" steal|strong="G2813" him|strong="G0846" away|strong="G0575", and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", ‘He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498";’ and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" last|strong="G2078" deception|strong="G4106" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" worse|strong="G5501" than|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413".” 
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\verseNumber{65}Pilate|strong="G4091" said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G0846" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G5613" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" guard|strong="G2892". Go|strong="G5217", make|strong="G0805" it|strong="G0846" as|strong="G5613" secure|strong="G0805" as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G5613" can.” 
\verseNumber{66}So|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" went|strong="G4198" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" guard|strong="G2892" and|strong="G1161" made|strong="G0805" the|strong="G3588" tomb secure|strong="G0805", sealing the|strong="G3588" stone|strong="G3037". 
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\chapterNumber{28}Now|strong="G1161" after|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" Sabbath|strong="G4521", as|strong="G1519" it|strong="G1161" began to|strong="G1519" dawn|strong="G2020" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G1520" day|strong="G4521" of|strong="G1520" the|strong="G3588" week|strong="G4521", Mary|strong="G3137" Magdalene|strong="G3094" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G0243" Mary|strong="G3137" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G2334" the|strong="G3588" tomb. 
\verseNumber{2}Behold|strong="G2400", there|strong="G1096" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3173" earthquake|strong="G4578", for|strong="G1063" an|strong="G1096" angel|strong="G0032" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" descended|strong="G2597" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" sky|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" rolled|strong="G0617" away|strong="G0617" the|strong="G3588" stone|strong="G3037" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" door and|strong="G2532" sat|strong="G2521" on|strong="G1537" it|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{3}His|strong="G0846" appearance|strong="G2397" was|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" lightning|strong="G0796", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G0846" clothing|strong="G1742" white|strong="G3022" as|strong="G5613" snow|strong="G5510". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G0575" fear|strong="G5401" of|strong="G0575" him|strong="G0846", the|strong="G3588" guards|strong="G5083" shook|strong="G4579", and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" like|strong="G5613" dead|strong="G3498" men|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="G3588" angel|strong="G0032" answered|strong="G0611" the|strong="G3588" women|strong="G1135", “Don’t|strong="G3361" be|strong="G3361" afraid|strong="G5399", for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" seek|strong="G2212" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G3748" been|strong="G3361" crucified|strong="G4717". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="G3004" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" here|strong="G5602", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3004" has|strong="G3708" risen|strong="G1453", just|strong="G2531" like|strong="G2531" he|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004". Come|strong="G1205", see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3699" the|strong="G3588" Lord was|strong="G1510" lying|strong="G2749". 
\verseNumber{7}Go|strong="G4198" quickly|strong="G5035" and|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101", ‘He|strong="G2532" has|strong="G3708" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", and|strong="G2532" behold|strong="G2400", he|strong="G2532" goes|strong="G4198" before|strong="G4254" you|strong="G5210" into|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056"; there|strong="G1563" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3748" see|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846".’ Behold|strong="G2400", I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" told|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210".” 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="G0846" departed|strong="G0565" quickly|strong="G5035" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" tomb|strong="G3419" with|strong="G3326" fear|strong="G5401" and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" joy|strong="G5479", and|strong="G2532" ran|strong="G5143" to|strong="G2532" bring his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" word|strong="G0518". 
\verseNumber{9}As|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" went|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" tell|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" disciples, behold|strong="G2400", Jesus|strong="G2424" met|strong="G5221" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Rejoice|strong="G5463"\+w*!”} 
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They|strong="G0846" came|strong="G4334" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2902" hold|strong="G2902" of|strong="G3004" his|strong="G0846" feet|strong="G4228", and|strong="G2532" worshipped him|strong="G0846". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w Don’t|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="G5399"\+w*. \+w Go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w brothers|strong="G0080"\+w* }\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28:10  }The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w that|strong="G2443"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w should|strong="G0080"\+w* \+w go|strong="G5217"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="G1056"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w they|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w me|strong="G3004"\+w*.”} 
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\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="G1161" while|strong="G1096" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1096" going|strong="G4198", behold|strong="G2400", some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G5100" the|strong="G3588" guards came|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" and|strong="G1161" told|strong="G0518" the|strong="G3588" chief|strong="G0749" priests|strong="G0749" all|strong="G0537" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G0846" that|strong="G3708" had|strong="G2064" happened|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" assembled|strong="G4863" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G3588" taken|strong="G2983" counsel, they|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G1325" a|strong="G2983" large|strong="G2425" amount of|strong="G0694" silver|strong="G0694" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4757", 
\verseNumber{13}saying|strong="G3004", “Say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G0846" disciples|strong="G3101" came|strong="G2064" by|strong="G3004" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2064" stole|strong="G2813" him|strong="G0846" away|strong="G2813" while|strong="G0846" we|strong="G2249" slept. 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="G1437" this|strong="G3778" comes|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" governor’s|strong="G2232" ears|strong="G0191", we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G3778" persuade|strong="G3982" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" make|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" free|strong="G0275" of|strong="G1909" worry.” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G3588" money|strong="G0694" and|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" as|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2453" told. This|strong="G3778" saying|strong="G3056" was|strong="G3588" spread|strong="G1310" abroad amongst the|strong="G3588" Jews|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532" continues until|strong="G3360" today|strong="G4594". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" eleven|strong="G1733" disciples|strong="G3101" went|strong="G4198" into|strong="G1519" Galilee|strong="G1056", to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735" where|strong="G3757" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" sent them|strong="G0846". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G3708" him|strong="G0846", they|strong="G0846" bowed|strong="G4352" down|strong="G4352" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846"; but|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" doubted. 
\verseNumber{18}Jesus|strong="G2424" came|strong="G4334" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", saying|strong="G3004", \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{“\+w All|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w authority|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w given|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1325"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w earth|strong="G1093"\+w*. } 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{28:19  }TR and NU add “therefore”} \BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w make|strong="G3100"\+w* \+w disciples|strong="G3100"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w nations|strong="G1484"\+w*, baptising \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Father|strong="G3962"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Son|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G5207"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w Holy|strong="G0040"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="G4151"\+w*, } 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleWJ{ \+w teaching|strong="G1321"\+w* \+w them|strong="G0846"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w observe|strong="G5083"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="G1781"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*. \+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w with|strong="G3326"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w always|strong="G3956"\+w*, \+w even|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w end|strong="G4930"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w age|strong="G0165"\+w*.”} Amen. 
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