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  • John 6
    After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
    And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
    And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
    And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
    When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
    And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
    Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
    One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
    There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
    And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
    And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
    When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
    Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
    Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
    When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
    And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
    And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
    And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
    So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
    But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
    Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
    The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
    (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
    When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
    And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
    Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
    Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
    Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
    They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
    Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
    Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
    For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
    Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
    And Jesus said unto th
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  • Numbers 33
    These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
    And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
    And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
    For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
    And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
    And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
    And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
    And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
    And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
    And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
    And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
    And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
    And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
    And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
    And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
    And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
    And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
    And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
    And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
    And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
    And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
    And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
    And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
    And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
    And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
    And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
    And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
    And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
    And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
    And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
    And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
    And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.
    And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
    And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
    And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
    And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
    And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
    And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
    And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
    And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
    And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
    And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
    And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
    And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.
    And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
    And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
    And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
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  • Proverbs 24
    Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
    For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
    Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
    And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
    A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
    For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
    Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
    He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
    The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
    If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
    If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
    If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
    My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
    So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
    Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
    For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
    Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
    Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
    Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:
    For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
    My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
    For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
    These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
    He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
    But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
    Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
    Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
    Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
    Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
    I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
    And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
    Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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  • Proverbs 23
    When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
    And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
    Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
    Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
    Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
    Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
    For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
    The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
    Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
    Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
    For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
    Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
    Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
    Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
    My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
    Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
    Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
    For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
    Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
    Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
    For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
    Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
    Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
    The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
    Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
    My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
    For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
    She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
    They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
    Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
    At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
    Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
    Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
    They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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  • Numbers 32
    Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
    The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
    Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
    Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
    And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
    And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
    And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
    Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
    And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
    And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
    For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
    And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
    But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
    We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
    For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
    And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
    And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
    And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
    But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
    Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
    And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
    Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
    But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
    So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
    And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a po
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  • John 5
    After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
    Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
    In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
    For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
    And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
    When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
    The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
    Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
    And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
    The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
    He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
    Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
    And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
    Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
    The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
    And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
    But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
    Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
    Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
    For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
    For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
    For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
    That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
    Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
    Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
    For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
    And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
    Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
    And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
    I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
    If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
    There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
    Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
    But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
    He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing
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  • Numbers 31
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
    And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
    Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
    So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
    And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
    And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
    And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
    And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
    And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
    And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
    And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
    And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
    And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
    And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
    Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
    Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
    But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
    And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
    And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
    And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
    Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
    Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
    And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
    Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
    And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
    And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
    Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
    And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacl
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  • John 4
    When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
    (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
    He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
    And he must needs go through Samaria.
    Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
    Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
    There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
    (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
    Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
    Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
    Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
    Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
    Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
    The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
    For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
    Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
    Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
    Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
    But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
    God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
    The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
    Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
    And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
    The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
    Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
    Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
    In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
    But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
    Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
    Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
    Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
    And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
    And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
    I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
    And many of the Samaritans of that city believed
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  • Proverbs 22
    A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
    The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
    A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
    By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
    Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
    Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
    The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
    He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
    He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
    Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
    He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
    The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
    The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
    The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
    Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
    He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
    Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
    For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
    That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
    Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
    That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
    Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
    For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
    Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
    Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
    Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
    If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
    Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
    Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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  • John 2,3
    And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
    And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
    And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
    Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
    His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
    And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
    Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
    And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
    When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
    And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
    This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
    After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
    And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
    And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
    And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
    And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
    And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
    Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
    Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
    Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
    But he spake of the temple of his body.
    When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
    Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
    But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
    And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
    There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
    The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
    Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
    Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
    Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
    That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
    Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
    The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
    Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
    Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
    Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
    If I have told you
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