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  • Ezekiel 25
    The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
    Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
    And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
    Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
    And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
    For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
    Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
    Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,
    Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
    And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
    And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
    And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
    4 min
  • 1st Chronicles 12
    Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
    They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
    The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.
    And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
    Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
    Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
    And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
    And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
    Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
    Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
    Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
    Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
    Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
    These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
    These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
    And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
    And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
    Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
    And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
    As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
    And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
    For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
    And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
    The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
    Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
    Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
    And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
    And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
    And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
    And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
    And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make D
    7 min
  • Luke 21
    And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
    And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
    And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
    For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
    And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
    As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
    And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
    And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
    But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
    Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
    And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
    But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
    And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
    Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
    For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
    And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
    But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
    In your patience possess ye your souls.
    And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
    Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
    For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
    But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
    And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
    Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
    And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
    And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
    And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
    When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
    So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
    Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
    Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
    For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
    Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these thing
    6 min
  • Ezekiel 24
    Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
    And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
    Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
    Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
    Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
    For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
    That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
    Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
    Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
    She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
    In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
    I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
    Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
    Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
    So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
    And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
    Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
    And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
    And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
    Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
    Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
    That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
    In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
    5 min
  • 1st Chronicles 11
    Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
    And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
    Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
    And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
    And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
    And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
    And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
    And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
    So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
    These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
    And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
    And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
    He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
    And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
    Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
    And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
    And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
    And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
    And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
    And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
    Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
    Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
    And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
    These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
    Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
    Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
    Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
    Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
    7 min
  • Luke 20
    And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
    And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
    And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
    The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
    And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
    But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
    And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
    And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
    Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
    And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
    And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
    And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
    Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
    But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
    So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
    He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
    And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
    Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
    And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
    And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
    And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
    Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
    But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
    Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
    And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
    And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
    Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
    Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
    There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
    And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
    And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
    Last of all the woman died also.
    Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
    And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
    But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given i
    7 min
  • Ezekiel 23
    The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
    Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
    And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
    And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
    And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
    Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
    Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
    Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
    Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
    These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
    And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
    She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
    Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
    And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
    Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
    And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
    And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
    So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
    Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
    For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
    Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
    Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
    The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
    And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
    And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
    They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
    Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor r
    9 min
  • 1st Chronicles 10
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
    And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
    And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
    Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
    And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
    So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
    And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
    And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
    And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
    And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
    And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
    They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
    So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
    And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
    3 min
  • Luke 19
    And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
    And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
    And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
    And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
    And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
    And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
    And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
    And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
    And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
    For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
    And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
    He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
    And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
    But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
    And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
    Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
    And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
    And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
    And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
    And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
    For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
    And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
    Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
    And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
    (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
    For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
    But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
    And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
    And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
    Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
    And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
    And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
    And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
    And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
    And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
    And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
    And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of
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  • Ezekiel 22
    Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
    Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
    Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
    Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
    Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
    Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
    In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
    In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
    And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
    In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
    Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
    Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
    And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
    And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
    And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
    As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
    Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.
    As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
    And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
    There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
    Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
    And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath
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