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  • Ezekiel 21
    And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
    And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
    Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
    That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
    Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
    And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
    Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
    It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
    And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
    Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
    Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
    Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
    I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
    Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
    I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
    The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
    Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
    Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
    For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
    At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
    And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
    And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
    I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right
    7 min
  • 1st Chronicles 8
    Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
    Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
    And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
    And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
    And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
    And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
    And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
    And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
    And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
    And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.
    And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
    The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
    Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
    And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
    And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
    And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
    And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
    Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
    And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
    And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
    And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
    And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
    And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
    And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
    And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
    And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
    And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
    These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
    And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
    And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
    And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
    And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
    And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
    And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
    And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
    And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
    And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
    And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
    And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
    And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
    5 min
  • Luke 17
    Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
    It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
    Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
    And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
    And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
    And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
    But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
    And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
    Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
    So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
    And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
    And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
    And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
    And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
    And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
    And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
    And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
    There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
    And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
    And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
    Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
    And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
    And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
    For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
    But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
    And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
    They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
    Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
    But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
    Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
    In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
    Remember Lot's wife.
    Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
    I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
    Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
    Two men shall be in the field; the one shall
    6 min
  • 1st Chronicles 7
    Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
    And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
    And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
    And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
    And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
    The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
    And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
    And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
    And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
    The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
    All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
    Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
    The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
    The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
    And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
    And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
    And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
    And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
    And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
    And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
    And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
    And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
    And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
    (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
    And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.
    Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
    Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
    And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
    And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
    The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
    And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
    And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
    And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and B
    6 min
  • Ezekiel 20
    And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
    Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
    Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
    Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
    And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
    In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
    Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
    But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
    But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
    Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
    And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
    Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
    But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
    Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
    Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
    Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
    But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
    I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
    And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
    Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
    Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
    I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
    Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
    Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, an
    10 min
  • Ezekiel 19
    Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
    And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
    And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
    The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
    Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
    And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
    And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
    Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
    And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
    Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
    And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
    But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
    And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
    And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
    3 min
  • 1st Chronicles 6
    The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
    And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
    And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
    And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
    Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
    And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
    And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
    And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
    And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
    And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
    And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
    And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
    And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
    The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
    And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
    And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
    The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
    Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
    Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
    The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
    Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
    Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
    And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
    As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
    Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
    And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
    The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
    Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
    And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
    And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
    And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
    The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
    The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
    The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
    The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
    The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
    And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
    The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
    The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
    The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
    The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
    And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
    The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
    The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
    The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
    Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
    But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
    And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
    Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
    Meraioth his son, Amariah
    9 min
  • Luke 16
    And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
    And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
    Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
    I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
    So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
    And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
    Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
    And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
    And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
    He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
    If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
    And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
    No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
    And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
    And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
    The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
    And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
    Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
    There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
    And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
    And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
    And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
    And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
    But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
    And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
    Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
    For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
    Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
    And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
    And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose
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  • Luke 15
    Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
    And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
    And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
    What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
    And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
    And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
    I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
    Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
    And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
    Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
    And he said, A certain man had two sons:
    And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
    And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
    And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
    And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
    And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
    And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
    I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
    And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
    And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
    And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
    But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
    And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
    For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
    Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
    And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
    And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
    And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
    And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
    But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
    And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
    It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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  • Ezekiel 18
    The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
    What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
    As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
    Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
    But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
    And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
    And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
    He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
    Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
    If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
    And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
    Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
    Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
    Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
    That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
    Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
    That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
    As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
    Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
    The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
    But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
    All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
    Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
    But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
    Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
    When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committ
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