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And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, Let each one bring his ox here, and each man his sheep, and kill [them] here, and eat. And do not sin against the LORD in eating with the blood. And each man of all the people brought his ox in his hand that night, and killed them there.


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And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do all that seems good to you. Then the priest said, Let us draw near here to God.


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And Saul asked counsel of God: Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel? But He answered him not that day.


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And Saul said, Draw near here, all the chief of the people, and know and see what this sin has been today.


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For, [as] the LORD lives, He who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people who answered.


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And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison [there was] a rocky crag on the one [side] and a rocky crag on the other [side]. And the name of the one [was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.


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Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and Jonathan my son and I will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.


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And Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped.


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Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan told him and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod in my hand. Behold me, I must die.


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And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked out this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! [As] the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, so that he did not die.


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And Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought against all his enemies on every side, with Moab, and with the sons of Ammon, and with Edom, and with the kings of Zobah, and with the Philistines. And wherever he turned himself, he troubled [them].


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And he gathered an army and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who spoiled them.


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And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua. And the names of his two daughters: the first-born's name [was] Merab, and the name of the younger, Michal.


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The one crag [was] a pillar on the north in front of Michmash, and the other southward in front of Gibeah.


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And the name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army [was] Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.


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And the war was heavy against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any brave man, he took him to himself.


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And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised ones. It may be that the LORD will work for us. For [there is] no restraint to the LORD, to save by many or by few.


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And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that [is] in your heart. Turn, for behold, I am with you according to your heart.


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If they say this to us, Stand still until we come to you, then we will stand still [in] our place and will not go up to them.


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And Samuel said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel. And now listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.


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It repents Me that I have set up Saul [to be] king. For he has turned back from following Me and has not done My commands. And it grieved Samuel, and he cried [out to] the LORD all night.


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And when Samuel rose up early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a place for himself, and has gone around and passed on and gone down to Gilgal.


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And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, You [are] blessed of the LORD. I have done the command of the LORD.


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And Samuel said, What then [is] this bleating of the flock in my ears? And [what is] the sound of the herd which I hear?


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And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the LORD your God. And the rest we have completely destroyed.


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And Samuel said to Saul, Stop! And I will tell you what the LORD has said to me tonight. And he said to him, Speak.


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And Samuel said, When you [were] little in your own sight, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel.


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And the LORD sent you on the way and said, Go and completely destroy the sinners, Amalek, and fight against them until you destroy them.


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Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you fly on the spoil and do evil in the sight of the LORD?


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So says the LORD of hosts, I will visit Amalek with what he did to Israel, how he set against him in the way when he came up from Egypt.


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And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites.


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But the people took from the spoil, of [the] flocks and herd, [the] best of the things devoted to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.


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And Samuel said, Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice! To listen [is] better than the fat of rams!


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For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idol-worship. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king!


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And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned. For I have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and your word, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.


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And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.


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And Samuel said to him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours [who is] better than you.


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Now go and strike Amalek, and completely destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.


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Then he said, I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and turn again with me. And I shall worship the LORD your God.


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And Samuel said, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him daintily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.


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And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.


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And Samuel never again saw Saul until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul. And the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.


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And Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.


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And Saul said to the Kenites, Go! Depart! Get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.


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And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah, as you come to Shur, which [is] over across from Egypt.


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And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive. And he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.


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But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings and the lambs, and all [that was] good, and would not completely destroy them. But everything that was] vile and feeble they completely destroyed.


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And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have seen a king for Me among his sons.


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And Jesse passed seven of his sons before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, The LORD has not chosen these.


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And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all the young men here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.


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And he sent and brought him in. And he [was] ruddy, with beautiful eyes and good form. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him. For this is he.


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And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.


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Let our lord now command his servants before you to seek out a man who knows to play on a harp. And it shall be, when the evil spirit from God is on you, then he shall play [with] his hand, and [it shall be] well with you.


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And one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, and a mighty warrior and a man of battle, and prudent in speech. And he is a person of good form, and the LORD [is with him.


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And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take a heifer of the herd in your hand with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.


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And Jesse took an ass [loaded] with bread and a skin of wine and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son to Saul.


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And David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.


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And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.


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And it happened when the spirit from God was on Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and [it was] well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.


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And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for Me whomever I name to you.


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And Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming and said, Do you come peaceably?


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And he said, Peaceably. I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.


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And it happened as they came in, he saw Eliab and said, Surely the LORD's anointed [is] before the LORD.


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But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his face, nor on his height, because I have refused him. For He does not see as man sees. For man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.


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And Jesse called Abinadab, and he passed him before Samuel, but he said, Also the LORD has not chosen this one.


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And the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and gathered at Socoh [of] Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.


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And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, and we will fight together.


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And Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.


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And David [was] the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah named Jesse. And to him [were] eight sons. And the man [was] old among men in the days of Saul.


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And the three oldest sons of Jesse went out, [and] followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the first-born; and his second, Abinadab; and the third Shammah.


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And Jesse said to his son David, Please take for your brothers an ephah of this parched [grain], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to your brothers.


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And carry these ten cuttings of cheeses to the commander of [their] thousand, and see how your brothers are faring, and take their pledge.


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And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.


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And Saul and the men of Israel had gathered and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in order against the Philistines.


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And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and got up and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the barricade, and to the army which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.


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And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran into the army, and came and greeted his brothers.


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And he was speaking with them. And, behold, the champion man, named Goliath, the Philistine of Gath, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to these words. And David heard.


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And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And it shall be, the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.


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And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away this shame from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?


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And his oldest brother Eliab heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David. And he said, Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the naughtiness of your heart. For you have come down to see the battle.


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And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one [side], and Israel stood on a mountain on the other [side]. And [there was] a valley between them.


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And he turned from him toward another, and spoke according to this word. And the people answered him again in the same way.


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And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.


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And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him. For you [are but] a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth.


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And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.


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And I went out after it and struck it, and delivered [the lamb] out of its mouth. And when it rose against me, I caught [it] by the beard, and struck it and killed it.


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Your servant killed both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.


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And David said, The LORD who has delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and may the LORD be with you.


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And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of bronze on his head. He also armed him [with] scaled armor.


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And David girded his sword on his armor, and he tried to go. But he had not tested [it]. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not tested [them]. And David put them off him.


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And a champion named Goliath came out of the Philistines camp; he was from Gath. His height [was] six cubits and a span.


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And he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones out of the brook for himself, and put them in a shepherd's vessel which he had, even in a bag. And his sling [was] in his hand. And he drew near the Philistine.


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And the Philistine looked and saw David, and disdained him. For he was [only] a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.


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And the Philistine said to David, [Am] I a dog that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.


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And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.


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And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.


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Jehovah will deliver you into my hand today, and I will strike you and take your head from you and give the bodies of the army of the Philistines to the birds of the air today, and to the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.


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And all this multitude shall know that Jehovah does not save with sword and spear; for the battle [is] Jehovah's, and He will give you into our hands.


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And it happened when the Philistine rose and went and drew near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the ranks to meet the Philistine.


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And David put his hand into his bag and took a stone from there, and slung [it] and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead. And he fell on his face to the earth.


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And a bronze helmet was on his head, and he [was] armed with scaled armor. And the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of bronze.


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And David was stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. And he struck the Philistine, and killed him. But no sword [was] in the hand of David.


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And David ran and stood on the Philistine, and took out his sword and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And the Philistines saw that their champion [was] dead, and fled.


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And the men of Israel rose up and shouted, and Judah pursued the Philistines until you come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.


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And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem. But he put his armor in his tent.


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And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son [is] this young man? And Abner said, [As] your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.


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And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.


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And Saul said to him, Whose son [are] you, young man? And David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.


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And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam. And his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron. And the shield bearer went in front of him.


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And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to set [your] battle in order? [Am] I not a Philistine, and are you not servants to Saul? Choose a man for you, and let him come down to me.


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If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our slaves and serve us.


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And it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as he did his own soul.


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And it happened on the next day the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, as at other times. And a spear [was] in Saul's hand.


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And Saul threw the spear. For he said, I will strike David even to the wall. And David drew back out of his presence twice.


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And Saul moved him away from himself, and made him his commander over a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.


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And Saul said to David, Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab for a wife. Only you be a brave son for me and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.


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And David said to Saul, Who [am] I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?


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And it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to be his wife.


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And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a trap to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. And Saul said to David a second time, Today you shall be my son-in-law.


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And Saul commanded his servants, Talk with David secretly [and say], Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you. And now be the king's son-in-law.


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And Saul's servants spoke these words in the ears of David. And David said, [Is it a] light [thing] to be a king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and of little worth?


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And Saul said, You shall say this to David, The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.


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And when his servants told David these words, it was right in the eyes of David to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not fulfilled.


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And David arose and went forth, he and his men. And [they] killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.


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And the rulers of the Philistines came out. And it happened as often as they came out, David acted more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was very precious.


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And Jonathan stripped off the robe [was] on him and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle.


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And David went out wherever Saul sent him, behaving himself wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.


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And it happened as they came in, as David returned from striking the Philistine, the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.


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And the women answered as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.


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And Saul was very angry, and this thing was evil in his eyes. And he said, They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given [only] thousands. And what more can he have but the kingdom?


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And Saul thought to strike David even to the wall with the spear. But he burst forth from Saul's presence, and he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.


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Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And David's wife Michal told him saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.


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And Michal took an image and laid [it] in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [hair] at its head, and covered it with a cloth.


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And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed so that I may kill him.


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And the messengers came in, and behold, the image [was] in the bed with a pillow of goats' [hair] at its head.


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And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?


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And David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel, to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.


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But Jonathan, Saul's son, loved David very much. And Jonathan told David, saying, My father Saul seeks to kill you. And now please be careful until morning, and stay in a secret [place], and hide yourself.


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And Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing [as] appointed over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.


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And they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers the third time, and they prophesied also.


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And he also went to Ramah, and came to a great well in Sechu. And he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And [one] said, Behold, at Naioth in Ramah.


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And he went there to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God was on him also, and going on he went and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.


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And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel, even he. And he lay down disrobed all that day and all that night. Because of this they say, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?


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And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you [are], and I will talk about you with my father. And I will tell you what I see.


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And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works [are] very good toward you.


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For he took his life in his hand and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked out a great salvation for all Israel. You saw and rejoiced! Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?


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And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past.


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And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter. And they fled from him.


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And the evil spirit from the LORD was on Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David played with [his] hand.


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And Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in Your salvation.


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The foes of the LORD shall be broken to pieces. He thunders in the heavens upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the earth. And He shall give strength to His king, and exalts the horn of His anointed.


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And the priests' custom with the people [was]: If any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand.


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And [he] stuck [it] into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. All that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.


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Yea, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest. For he will not have boiled flesh from you, but raw!


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And [if] any man said to him, Let them not fail to burn the fat at once, and then take as your soul desires, then he would answer him, No! But you shall give now! And if not, I will take it by force.


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And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD. For men despised the offering of the LORD.


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And his mother made him a little coat, and brought [it] to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.


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[There is] none holy as the LORD, for there is none beside You. Neither [is there] any rock like our God.


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And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May the LORD give you seed of this woman for the loan which is loaned to the LORD. And they went to their own home.


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And the LORD visited Hannah so that she conceived, and she bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.


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And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who gathered [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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If one man sins against another, the judge shall judge him. But if a man sins against the LORD, who shall plead for him? But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD desired to kill them.


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And the child Samuel went on [growing] both in stature and in good [looks], both with the LORD and also with men.


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And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, So says the LORD: Did I plainly appear to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?


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And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel [to be] My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? And did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire from the sons of Israel?


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Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering, which I have commanded [in My] house? [Do you] honor your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?


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Talk no more so very proudly. Remove arrogance out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.


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And the LORD God of Israel says, I said indeed, Your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever. But now the LORD says, Be it far from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, and those that think little of Me shall be lightly regarded.


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Behold, the days come when I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father's house, so that no old man shall be in your house.


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And you shall see an adversary [in My] house, in all the good which he does with Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.


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And that man of yours [whom] I shall not cut off from My altar, shall be left in order to make your eyes fail, and to grieve your heart. And all the increase of your house shall die [young] men.


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And this [shall be] a sign to you, which shall come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day both of them shall die.


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And I will raise up a faithful priest to Myself, one who shall do according to what [is] in My heart and in My mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.


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And it shall be that everyone who is left in your house shall come [and] bow down to him for a piece of silver and a piece of bread. And [they] shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.


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[They that were] full have hired themselves out for bread, and they that were hungry ceased; yea, while the barren has borne seven, and she who had many sons has languished.


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He raises up the poor out of the dust; He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set [them] among princes; yea, He causes them to inherit a throne of honor; for to the LORD [are] the pillars of the earth; and He sets the habitable world on them.


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He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.


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And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What [is] my iniquity, and what my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?


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And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go into the field. And both of them went out into the field.


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And Jonathan said to David, By the LORD, the God of Israel, when I search my father about this time tomorrow [or] the third [day], behold, [if there is] good toward David, then shall I not send to you and reveal [it in your ear?


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So may the LORD do to Jonathan and more if it seem good to my father [to do] you evil, then I will reveal [it] in your ear and send you away, and you may go in peace. And may the LORD be with you, as He was with my father.


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but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David, every one, from the face of the earth.


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So Jonathan covenanted with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies.


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And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him. For he loved him as he loved his own soul.


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And Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow [is] the new moon. And you shall be missed, because your seat will be empty.


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And on the third [day] you shall quickly come down and shall come there to the place where you were hidden in the day of the deed. And [you] shall remain near the stone Ezel.


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And he said to him, Far be it. You shall not die! Behold, my father will do nothing either great or small that he will not show to me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It [is] not [so].


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And behold, I will send a lad, [saying], Go find the arrows. If I carefully say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them, then you may come, for there is peace to you, and no hurt, [as] the LORD lives.


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But if I say this to the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond you, go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.


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And [as to] the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, may the LORD be between you and me forever.


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And David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon had come, the king sat down by the food to eat.


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And the king sat on his seat as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.


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And Saul did not speak anything that day. For he thought, Something has happened to him; he [is] not clean. Surely he [is] not clean.


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And it happened on the next day, the second of the month, David's place was empty. And Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why does the son of Jesse not come to the meal, neither yesterday nor today?


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and he said, Please send me away, for we have a family sacrifice in the city. And my brother commanded me [to be] there. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, I pray you let me get away and see my brothers. And he does not come to the king's table.


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And David swore again and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found grace in your eyes. And he said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be full of sorrow. But truly [as] the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, only a step [is] between me and death.


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And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious [woman], do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?


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For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. And now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.


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And Saul threw a spear at him to strike him, and by this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.


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And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to shame.


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And it happened, in the morning Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David. And a little lad [was] with him.


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And he said to this lad, Run now, find the arrows which I shoot. As the lad ran, he shot an arrow, causing it to pass over him.


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And when the lad had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad and said, [Is] not the arrow beyond you?


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And Jonathan cried after the lad, Hurry, make haste, do not stand. And Jonathan's lad gathered the arrow and came to his master.


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As soon as the lad had gone, David rose from the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. And they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David exceeded.


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And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace because we have both sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.


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And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow [is] the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go so that I may hide myself in the field until the third day at evening.


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If your father misses me at all, then say, David earnestly asked me that he might run to his city Bethlehem. For [there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.


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If he says so, [It is] well, peace [will be] to your servant, but if he is very angry, be sure that evil is determined by him.


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And you shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, kill me yourself. For why should you bring me to your father?


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And Jonathan said, Far be it from you. For if I knew certainly that evil was determined by my father to come on you, then would I not tell you?


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And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why [are] you alone, and no man with you?


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And the servants of Achish said to him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?


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And he changed his behavior before them, and pretended himself to be mad in their hands, and marked on the doors of the gate and let his spittle fall down on his beard.


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Do I have need of mad men, that you have brought this one to show madness in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?


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And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business and has said to me, Let no man know anything [of] the business about which I send you, and what I have sent you. And I have sent servants to such and such a place.


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And therefore, what is under your hand? Give five [loaves] of bread in my hand, or what there is to be found.


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And the priest answered David and said, [There is] no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.


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And David answered the priest and said to him, Truly women [have been] kept from us for about three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and [in] a way the holy [bread] is common. Also surely today it is sanctified in the vessels.


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And the priest gave him holy [bread]. For there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence that was taken from before the LORD, in order to put hot bread in on the day when it was taken away.


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And a man from the servants of Saul [was] there that day, held before the LORD. And his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.


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And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business needed haste.


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And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is] wrapped in a cloth under the ephod, if you will take, take it for yourself, for there is no other here except that one. And David said, There is none like that. Give it to me.


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And David left there and escaped to the cave Adullam. And his brothers and all his father's house heard, and went down to him there.


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And he asked of the LORD for him and gave him food and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.


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And the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests in Nob. And they came, all of them, to the king.


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And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have asked of God for him, that he should rise against me to lie in wait, as at this day?


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And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who [is so] faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and [who] goes at your bidding, and who is honorable in your house?


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Have I today begun to ask of God for him? Be it far from me. Do not let the king charge a thing to his servant, nor to all the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, more or less.


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And the king said to the guard that stood around him, Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not reveal it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall on the priests of the LORD.


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And the king said to Doeg, You turn and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and fell on the priests. And on that day he killed eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.


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And he struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and babes, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.


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And every man in distress, and every man who had a creditor, and every man bitter of soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became commander over them. And about four hundred men were with him.


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And David said to Abiathar, I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite [was] there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have caused the death of all the persons of your father's house.


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Stay with me, and do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life. But you [shall be] in safekeeping with me.


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And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth [and be] with you until I know what God will do for me.


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And he brought them before the king of Moab. And they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.


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And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold. Leave and go into the land of Judah. And David left and came into the forest of Hareth.


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And Saul heard that David and the men with him had been discovered. And Saul was staying in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand. And all his servants were standing about him.


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And Saul said to his servants standing by him, Now hear, Benjamites, will the son of Jesse give to any of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?


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But all of you have conspired against me, and none of you was revealing [in] my ear when my son cut [a covenant] with the son of Jesse? And not one of you is sorry for me, even [to reveal in my ear that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as today.


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And answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.


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And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.


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And David said, O Lord God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.


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Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beg of You, tell Your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.


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And David said, Will the men of Keilah shut up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will shut [you up].


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And David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went wherever they could go. And it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah. And he did not go forth.


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And David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in the stronghold in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul looked for him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.


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And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a woods.


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And he said to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. And you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. And my father Saul knows that also.


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And the two of them cut a covenant before the LORD. And David stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.


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And the men of Ziph came up to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the wilderness?


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And David asked of the LORD, saying, Shall I go? And shall I strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.


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And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul. Come down, and it is for us to shut him up into the king's hand.


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Please go, make more sure, and know and see the place where his foot is. Who has seen him there? For I am told that he is very subtle.


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And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides himself there, and return to me prepared. And I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.


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And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, on the south of the desert.


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Saul and his men also went to look [for him]. And they told David. And he came down from the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.


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And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David hurried to get away before Saul. For Saul and his men were encircling David and his men, to take them.


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And Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place, The Rock of the Division.


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And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?


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And David inquired of the LORD once again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down [to] Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.


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And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. And they led away their cattle and struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the people of Keilah.


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And it happened when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled [to] David to Keilah, he came down [with] an ephod in his hand.


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And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hands, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.


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And Saul [called] all the people together to war, to go down [to] Keilah to besiege David and his men.


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And David knew that Saul secretly planned evil against him. And [he] said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.


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And it happened when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of En-gedi.


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Behold, your eyes have seen today how the LORD had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. And [one] said to kill you. But [I] had pity on you. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.


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And, my father, behold! Yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that [there is] neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my soul to take it.


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May the LORD judge between me and you, and may the LORD avenge me of you. But my hand shall not be on you.


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After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog? After a flea?


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May the LORD therefore be judge, and judge between you and me, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.


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And it happened when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, [Is] this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.


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And he said to David, You [are] more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, but I have rewarded you evil.


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And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me, because when the LORD shut me up into your hand, you did not kill me.


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For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go completely away? And may the LORD reward good for what you have done to me this day.


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And Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the front of the rocks of the wild goats.


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And now, behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall he established in your hand.


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And swear therefore to me before the LORD that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.


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And he came to the folds of the flock on the way, where there [was] a cave. And Saul went in to cover his feet. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.


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And the men of David said to him, Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand so that you may do to him as it shall seem good to you. And David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.


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And he said to his men, Far be it from me, by the LORD, if I will do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, since he is the anointed of the LORD.


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And David held back his men with words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave and went on [his] way.


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And David arose afterward and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And Saul looked behind him. And David bowed his face to the earth and prostrated himself.


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And Samuel died. And all the Israelites were gathered, and lamented him and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.


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And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? The servants who have broken away, each man from his master, have multiplied.


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Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] to men about whom I know not where they come from?


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And David said to his men, Let each man gird on his sword. And they each one girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, and two hundred stayed by the stuff.


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And one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold! David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he screamed at them.


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But the men [were] very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither did we miss anything as long as we were going to and fro among them, when we were in the fields.


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And now know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. For he [is] a son of worthlessness, so that none can speak to him.


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And Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of roasted [grain], and a hundred clusters of raisins, and laid them on asses.


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And she said to her servants, Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.


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And a certain man [was] in Maon, and his work [was] in Carmel. And the man [was] very great, and [had] three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.


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And it happened, she was riding on the ass and coming down under cover of the mountain. And behold, David and his men came down across from her. And she met them.


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And David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that belongs to this fellow in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [was] his. And he has requited me evil for good.


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So and more also may God do to the enemies of David, if I leave to the light of the morning any that [is] his of one who urinates against the wall.


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And Abigail saw David and hurried and dismounted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.


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And she fell at his feet and said, On me, my lord, [on] me let this iniquity [be]. And please let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.


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Please do not let my lord regard this man of worthlessness, Nabal. For as his name [is], so he [is]. Nabal [is] his name, and foolishness [is] with him. And I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.


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And now, my lord, [as] the LORD lives and [as] your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those that seek to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.


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And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men who follow my lord.


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Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For the LORD will certainly make a sure house for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you [all] your days.


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Yet a man has risen to pursue you and to seek your soul. But the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. And the souls of your enemies, He shall sling them from the hollow of a sling.


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And the man's name [was] Nabal, and his wife's name [was] Abigail. And [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful form. But the man [was] cruel and evil in his dealings. And he [was] of Caleb.


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And it shall be, when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and commanded you to [be] ruler over Israel,


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this shall be no stumbling to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood for nothing, or [that] my lord has delivered himself. And may the LORD deal well with my lord, and you remember your handmaid.


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And blessed [is] your advice, and blessed [are] you who have kept me from coming to shed blood today, and from delivering myself [with] my own hand.


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And truly, [as] the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from doing evil to you, for unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light one who urinates against the wall.


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And David received from her hand that which she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to your house. See, I have listened to your voice and have accepted your person.


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And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunk. And she did not tell him anything, more or less, until the morning light.


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And it happened in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal and his wife had told him these things, his heart died within him and he became [like] a stone.


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And David heard that Nabal had died, and he said, Blessed [is] the LORD who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil. For the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. And David sent and spoke with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.


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And David's servants came to Abigail at Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you to take you to him for a wife.


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And she arose and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.


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And Abigail hurried and arose, and rode on an ass, with five of her maidens who went after her. And she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.


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And David sent out ten young men. And David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.


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And you shall say this, Long life and peace [be] to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have.


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And now I have heard that you have shearers. And we did not hurt your shepherds who were with us; neither was there anything missing to them all the while they were in Carmel.


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Ask your young men, and they will tell you. And let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.


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And David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and stopped.


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And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, on the edge of the desert?


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And David said, [As] the LORD lives, except the LORD strike him, or his day shall come, and he dies, or he goes down to battle and is consumed,


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far be it from me by the LORD, from putting forth my hand against the LORD's anointed. And now, please take the spear at his head and the cruse of water, and we will go.


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And David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head. And they went away, and no one saw, and no one knew; and no one was awake; for all of them [were] sleeping, because a deep sleep [from] the LORD had fallen on them.


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And David went over [to] the other side and stood on the top of a hill afar off, a great space between them.


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And David cried to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Do you not answer, Abner? And Abner answered and said, Who [are] you that cries to the king?


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And David said to Abner, [Are] you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? But why have you not watched over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king.


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This thing that you have done [is] not good. [As] the LORD lives, because you have not watched over your master, the LORD's anointed, you also are worthy to die. And now see where the king's spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his head.


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And Saul knew David's voice and said, [Is] this your voice, my son David? And David said, [It is] my voice, my lord, O king.


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And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant this way? For what have I done? Or what evil [is] in my hand?


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And now, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if [it is] the sons of men, they [are] cursed before the LORD. For they have driven me out today from joining myself with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.


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And Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him.


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And now, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.


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And Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will never do you harm any more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have greatly erred.


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And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! And let one of the young men come over and get it.


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May the LORD give to each his righteousness and his faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into [my] hand today, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the LORD's anointed.


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And behold, as your life was precious in my eyes this day, so let my life be precious in the eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.


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And Saul said to David, Blessed [are] you, my son David. You shall both do [great things] and also shall still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.


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And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the edge of the desert, by the highway. And David was staying in the wilderness. And he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.


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And David arose and came to the place where Saul had pitched. And David saw the place where Saul lay. And Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army, and Saul were lying within the barricade. And the people pitched all around him.


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And David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to the camp to Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.


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So David and Abishai came to the people by night. And behold, Saul lay sleeping in the tent, and his spear stuck in the ground at his head. But Abner and the people lay around him.


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And Abishai said to David, God has shut up your enemy into your hand this day. And please let me strike him with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not repeat [it] to him.


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And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him. For who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?


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And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. Nothing [is] better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines. And Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any border of Israel, and so I shall escape out of his hand.


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And Achish said, Where have you made a raid today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.


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And David did not keep alive man or woman to bring [news] to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So David did, and so [has been] his custom all the days he lived in the fields of the Philistines.


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And Achish believed David, saying, He has made himself to be hated among his people Israel, and has become my servant forever.


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And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.


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And David lived with Achish of Gath, he and his men, each one with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's former wife.


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And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country so that I may live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?


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And the number of days that David lived in the field of the Philistines was [a year] of days and four months.


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And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites. For they [were] the inhabitants of the land from the past [days], as you come into Shur, even into the land of Egypt.


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And David struck the land, and did not keep alive man nor woman, and took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing, and returned and came to Achish.


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And in those days it happened that the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, You surely know that you shall go with me to battle, you and your men.


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And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, [As] the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.


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And the woman saw Samuel, and cried with a loud voice. And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you [are] Saul!


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And the king said to her, Do not be afraid. For what did you see? And the woman said to Saul, I saw gods coming up out of the earth.


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And he said to her, What [is] his form? And she said, An old man comes up, and he is covered with a cloak. And Saul saw that it was Samuel, and [he] bowed [his] face to the ground, and prostrated himself.


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And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am grievously distressed, for the Philistines are warring against me. And God has left me and does not answer me any more, neither by prophets nor by dreams. And I have called you so that you may make known to me what I should do.


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And the LORD has done for Himself as He spoke by me. For the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and [is] giving it to your neighbor, to David.


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Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD, nor execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you now.


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And, the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons [shall be] with me. The LORD also shall deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.


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And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, And I will make you keeper of my head forever.


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And Saul immediately fell headlong on the earth, and was sorely afraid because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all day nor all night.


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And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was sorely troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.


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And now please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a bit of bread before you and eat, so that you may have strength when you go on your way.


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But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, forced him, and the woman also. And he listened to their voices and arose from the earth and sat on the bed.


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And the woman had a fat calf in the house. And she hurried and killed it, and took flour and kneaded [it], and baked unleavened [bread] with it.


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And [she] brought [it] before Saul, and before his servants. And they ate, and rose up and went away that night.


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And Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away the mediums and the spirit-knowers out of the land.


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And the Philistines gathered themselves and came and pitched in Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel and they pitched in Gilboa.


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And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.


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And Saul said to his servants, Seek me a woman who is] a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servant said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman who is] a medium, at Endor.


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And Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing. And he went. And two men went with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, Please divine for me [calling up the dead], and bring me up the man whom I shall name to you.


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And the woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off mediums, and the spirit-knowers, out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?


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And the Philistines gathered all their armies to Aphek. And the Israelites pitched by a fountain in Jezreel.


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And now, rise up early in the morning with your master's servants who have come with you. And as soon as you have light, depart.


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And David and his men rose up early to leave in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up [to] Jezreel.


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And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands. But David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.


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And the rulers of the Philistines said, What [are] these Hebrews [doing]? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me [these] days, or these] years. And I have not found anything [evil] in him from the day he fell away until today?


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And the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him. And the Philistine rulers said to him, Send the man back, and he shall return to his place where you have appointed him. And he shall not go down with us to battle, and shall not become an enemy to us in battle. For with what should he reconcile himself to his master? [Should it] not [be] with the heads of these men?


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[Is] not this David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying, Saul killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands?


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And Achish called David and said to him, Surely, [as] the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me until today. But you are not good in the eyes of the lords.


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And David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant so long as I have been with you to this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?


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And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you [are] good in my sight, like an angel of God. But the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.


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And the child Samuel served the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days. [There was] no open vision.


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And the LORD came and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel! Then Samuel answered, Speak, for Your servant hears.


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And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.


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In that day I will confirm to Eli all that which I have spoken as to his house, beginning and making an end.


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For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile and he did not restrain them.


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And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever.


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And Samuel lay until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.


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And he said, What [is] the word which He has said to you? Please do not hide [it] from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide a thing from me of all the words that He said to you.


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And Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It [is] the LORD; let Him do what seems good to Him.


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And it happened at that time, when Eli [was] lying down in his place, and his eyes began to become dim so that he could not see.


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And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel [was] established to be a prophet of the LORD.


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And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.


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And the lamp of God had not gone out. And Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God [was].


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And he ran to Eli, and said, Here [am] I. For you called me. And he said, I did not call. Go and lie down again. And he went to lie down.


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And the LORD called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, Here [am] I, for you called me. And he answered, I did not call, my son. Go back, lie down.


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And the LORD called Samuel again, the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, Here [am] I, for you called me. And Eli saw that the LORD had called the child.


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And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if [One] calls you, you shall say, Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears. And Samuel went to lie down in his place.


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And it happened when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had invaded the south and Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.


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But David pursued, he and four hundred men. For two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the brook Besor.


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And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David and gave him bread, and he ate. And they made him drink water.


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And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him. For he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights.


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And David said to him, Whose [are] you? And where do you come from? And he said, I am an Egyptian youth, servant to an Amalekite. And my master left me because three days ago I fell sick.


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We raided the south of the Cherethites, and on that [belonging] to Judah, and on the south of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag with fire.


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And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this company.


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And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad on all the earth, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines and out of the land of Judah.


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And David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. And not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.


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And nothing was lacking to them, from the small to the great, even to sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even to all that they had taken to themselves. David recovered all.


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And they had seized the women in it. They did not kill any, either small or great, but carried them away and went on their way.


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And David took all the flock, and the herd. They drove on before those cattle. And they said, This [is] David's spoil.


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And David came to the two hundred who were too exhausted to follow David, whom they had made also to stay at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David, and to meet the people with him. And David came up to the people, and greeted them.


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And every evil and worthless man of the men who went with David answered and said, Because they did not go with us, we will not give them from a thing the spoil that we have seized, except to every man his wife and his sons. Let them take them, and go.


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And David said, My brothers, you shall not do so with that which the LORD has given us. For He has protected us, and has delivered into our hand the company that came against us.


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For who will listen to you in this matter? But as his part [is] that goes down to the battle, so [shall be] his part that stays by the stuff. They shall divide alike.


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And it was [so], from that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.


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And David came to Ziklag, and sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;


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and to the ones in Rachal, and to the ones in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to the ones in the cities of the Kenites,


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And David and his men came to the city, and behold, [it was] burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captives.


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And David and the people with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.


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And David's two wives had been seized, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the [former] wife of Nabal of Carmel.


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And it greatly distressed David, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each one for his sons and for his daughters. But David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.


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And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Please bring the ephod here to me. And Abiathar brought the ephod there to David.


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And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And He answered him, Go! For you shall surely overtake and will without fail recover all.


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So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.


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And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa.


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And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.


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then all the brave men arose, and they traveled all night. And [they] took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.


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And they took their bones and buried [them] under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And [they] fasted seven days.


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And the Philistines followed Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, Saul's sons.


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And the battle went hard against Saul. And the archers hit him, and he was sorely wounded by the archers.


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And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it.


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And the men of Israel beyond the valley, and who [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons had died. And they abandoned the cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them.


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And it happened on the next day, the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.


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And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to publish [it] in the house of their idols and [among] the people.


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And the word of Samuel was [revealed] to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer. And the Philistines pitched in Aphek.


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And the Philistines fought, and Israel was beaten, and each one of them fled into his tent. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell thirty thousand footmen of Israel.


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And a man of Benjamin ran out of the army. And he came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and with earth upon his head.


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And he came in, and behold, Eli sat on a seat by the wayside watching. For his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told [it], all the city cried out.


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And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What [is] the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried in and told Eli.


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And the man said to Eli, I [am] he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did the matter go, my son?


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And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people also. And also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.


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And it happened when he spoke of the ark of God, he fell backward off the seat, by the side of the gate. And his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.


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And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, ready to be delivered. And when she heard the report that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her.


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And the Philistines put themselves in order against Israel. And the battle was joined. And Israel was beaten before the Philistines. And they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.


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And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said to her, Do not fear, for you have borne a son. But she did not answer, nor set her heart.


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And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God had been taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.


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And when the people had come to the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD beaten us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh to us, so that when it comes among us it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.


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And the people sent to Shiloh in order to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts from there, [the ark] which dwells [between] the cherubs. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.


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And it happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.


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And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What is the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they saw that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.


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And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp, And they said, Woe to us! For there has not been a thing like this before.


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Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These [are] the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.


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Be strong and fight like men, O, Philistines, so that you may not be servants to the Hebrews, [as] they have been to you. Be men and fight!


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And it happened that they sent the ark of God [to] Ekron. And it happened as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to us in order to kill us and our people.


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And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there.


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And the men that did not die were stricken with the hemorrhoids. And the cry of the city went up to the heavens.


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And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it beside Dagon.


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And when those of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon [had] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon and set him in his place again.


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And when they arose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon [had] fallen on his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, [were cut off upon the threshold. Only the stump of Dagon was left to him.


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And neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.


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And the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He destroyed them and struck them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders.


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And the men of Ashdod saw that [it was] so. And they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us. For His hand is sore upon us and upon Dagon our god.


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And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them. And they said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried around to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel around.


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And it happened after they had carried it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city [with] a very great destruction. And He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke forth in them.


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And the men did so. And they took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.


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And they laid the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box [with] the mice of gold and the images of their hemorrhoids.


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And the cows took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, going along the highway, lowing as they went. And they did not turn aside [to] the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.


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And [the people] of Beth-shemesh [were] reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see [it].


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And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there and there was a great stone. And they cut the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.


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And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the box in it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put [them] on the great stone. And the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD.


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And these [are] the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines returned [for] a guilt offering to the LORD: for Ashdod, one; for Gaza, one; for Askelon one; for Gath, one; for Ekron, one.


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And the golden mice were [according to] the number of all the cities of the Philistines for the five lords, of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great meadow on which they set down the ark of the LORD to this day, in the field of Joshua the Bethshemite.


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And He struck the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He even struck seventy among the people, [including] fifty chief men. And the people lamented because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.


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And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? Tell us with what we shall send with it to its place.


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And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? And to whom shall He go up from us?


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And they sent messengers to the people of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD. Come down [and] bring it up to yourselves.


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And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty. For you shall certainly send a guilt offering to him. Then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.


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And they said, What [shall be] the guilt offering which we shall return to Him? And they answered, Five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines. For one plague [was] on you all, and on your lords.


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And you shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice which mar the land. And you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps He will lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.


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And why do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and did they not depart?


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And now make a new cart, and take two milk cows on which there has come no yoke, and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.


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And take the ark of the LORD and lay it on the cart. And put the jewels of gold which you return to Him [for] a trespass offering in a box in its side. And send it away so that it may go.


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And watch. If it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we shall know that [it is] not His hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.


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And the men of Kirjath-jearim came and brought up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill. And they sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.


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And it happened [as] Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a great noise on that day on the Philistines, and troubled them. And they were beaten before Israel.


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And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them as far as below Beth-car.


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And Samuel took a stone and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, The LORD has helped us until now.


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And the Philistines were beaten, and they did not come any more into the border of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.


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And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were given back to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath. And Israel delivered its borders out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.


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And he went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpeh, and judged Israel [in] all those places.


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And his return [was] to Ramah, for his house [was] there. And he judged Israel there. And he built an altar there to the LORD.


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And it happened from the day the ark [began] to dwell in Kirjath-jearim, the days became many; yea, they were twenty years. And all the house of Israel yearned after the LORD.


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And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel saying, If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.


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And they were gathered to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpeh.


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And the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had come together to Mizpeh. And the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the sons of Israel heard, and they were afraid of the Philistines.


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And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, Do not cease from crying to the LORD our God for us, so that He will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.


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And Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered a whole burnt offering to the LORD. And Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him.


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And he said, This will be the privilege of the king who shall reign over you. He shall take your sons and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and his horsemen. And they shall run before his chariots.


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And [he] will appoint commanders over thousands, and commanders over fifties, and some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and weapons for his chariots.


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And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your olive-yards, the best, and give [them] to his servants.


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And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give [it] to his eunuchs and to his servants.


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And he will take your male slaves and your slave girls, and your finest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.


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And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.


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But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, No, but we will have a king over us.


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And the name of his first-born was Joel, and the name of his second was Abiah, judges in Beer-sheba.


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And we shall be, also we, like all the nations, so that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.


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And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Every man go to his city.


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And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.


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And [they] said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.


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But the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.


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And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.


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According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even until this day-- works] with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods-- so they do also to you.


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And now listen to their voice. Only, you shall surely protest solemnly to them, and show them the kind of king who shall reign over them.


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And there was a man of Benjamin, and his name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.


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And Saul said to his young man, Your word is good. Come, let us go. So they went into the city where the man of God [was].


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[As] they went up the hill to the city, they found young women going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?


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And they answered them and said, He is. Behold, [he is] before you. Hurry now, for he came today to the city, for [there is] a feast of the people today in the high place.


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As you come to the city, you shall immediately find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the feast. Afterwards those who have been invited eat. And now go up, for about this time you shall find him.


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And they went up into the city. When they had come into the middle of the city, behold, Samuel came out to meet them, to go up to the high place.


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Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin. And you shall anoint him [to be] leader over My people Israel, so that he may save My people out of the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked on My people because their cry has come to Me.


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And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to you! This [one] shall reign over My people.


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And Samuel answered Saul and said, I [am] the seer. Go up before me to the high place. For you shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.


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And he had a son named Saul, a young and handsome one. And there was not a man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he, being taller than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.


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And as to the asses [which were] lost to you three days ago, do not set your mind on them. For they are found. And on whom [is] all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father's house?


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And Saul answered and said, [Am] I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And [is] not my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak so to me?


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And Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the room, and gave them a place at the head of the invited ones, about thirty persons.


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And Samuel said to the cook, Bring that part which I gave you, [of] which I said to you, Set it beside you.


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And the cook took up the shoulder and that on it, and set [it] before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is reserved! Set [it] before you [and] eat. For until this set time it has been kept for you, since I said, I have invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel that day.


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And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul on the top of the house.


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And they arose early. And it happened about the spring of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, so that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and both of them went out, he and Samuel outside.


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They were going down to the end of the city, and Samuel said to Saul, Tell the servant to pass on before us and pass on. And you stand still awhile, so that I may cause you to hear the word of God.


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And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Please take one of the servants with you and rise, and go look for the asses.


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And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find [them]. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, and nothing there. And he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they did not find [them].


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And they came to the land of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant who [was] with him, Come and let us return lest my father quit [caring] for the asses, and be anxious about us.


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And he said to him, Behold now, in this city [is] a man of God, and an honorable man. All that he says surely comes to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can declare our way to us, how to go.


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Then Saul said to his young man, But behold, [if] we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread in our vessels is gone, and [there is] no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?


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And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have found the fourth of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.


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(In the old days in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said this: Come, let us go to the seer, for the prophet of today was before called a seer.)


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Jesus sent out these twelve, commanding them, saying, <J>Do not go into the way of the nations, and do not enter into [any] city of [the] Samaritans.</J>


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At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, <J>O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from [the] sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.</J>


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And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, <J>What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>What man among you will be, who will have one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the sabbaths, will he not lay hold on it and lift [it] out?


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Then He said to the man, <J>Stretch out your hand.</J> And he stretched [it] out, and it was restored whole like the other.


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And Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, <J>Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.</J>


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But He said to them, <J>Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him,


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But He answered and said to them, <J>An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And there shall be no sign given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.</J>


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And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, <J>Behold, My mother and My brothers!</J>


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He answered and said to them, <J>Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.


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He put out another parable to them, saying, <J>The kingdom of heaven is compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.</J>


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He put out another parable to them, saying, <J>The kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;</J>


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He spoke another parable to them: <J>The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.</J>


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Then He said to them, <J>Therefore every scribe [who is] instructed to the kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out [things] new and old out of his treasure.</J>


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And they were offended in Him. But Jesus said to them, <J>A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.</J>


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And He said, <J>Come.</J> And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.


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And immediately Jesus stretched out [His] hand and caught him; and said to him, <J>Little-faith! Why did you doubt?</J>


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But He answered and said, <J>Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.</J>


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But He answered and said, <J>It is not good to take the children's bread and to throw [it] to dogs.</J>


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Then Jesus answered and said to her, <J>O woman, great [is] your faith! So be it to you even as you wish.</J> And her daughter was healed from that very hour.


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But He answered and said to them, <J>Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?</J>


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Then Jesus called His disciples and said, <J>I have compassion on the crowd because they continue with Me for three days now and have nothing to eat. And I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>How many loaves do you have?</J> And they said, Seven, and a few little fish.


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And coming into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples, saying, <J>Who do men say Me to be, the Son of man?</J>


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Jesus answered and said to him, <J>You are blessed, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal [it] to you, but My Father in Heaven.</J>


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But He turned and said to Peter, <J>Go, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you do not savor the things that are of God, but those that are of men.</J>


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Then Jesus said to His disciples, <J>If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.</J>


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<J>A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And there shall no sign be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.</J> And He left them and went away.


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Take heed, and beware the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.</J>


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And knowing Jesus said to them, <J>Why do you reason among yourselves because you took no loaves, little-faiths?</J>


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Then Jesus answered and said, <J>O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to Me.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, <J>Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you.</J>


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And while they stayed in Galilee, Jesus said to them, <J>The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.</J>


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<J>And they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised again.</J> And they grieved exceedingly.


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He said, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, <J>What do you think, <J>Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?</J>


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And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, <J>Tell the vision to no one until the Son of man has risen from the dead.</J>


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and said, <J>Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven.</J>


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But Jesus said, <J>Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.</J>


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And He said to him, <J>Why do you call Me good? [There is] none good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.</J>


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He said to Him, Which? Jesus said, <J>You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to [the] poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.


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Then Jesus said to His disciples, <J>Truly I say to you that a rich man will with great difficulty enter into the kingdom of Heaven.</J>


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But Jesus looked on [them] and said to them, <J>With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Truly I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of His glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</J>


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And He answered and said to them, <J>Have you not read that He who made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,</J>


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He said to them, <J>Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.</J>


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And He said to her, <J>What do you desire?</J> She said to Him, Grant that these my two sons may sit in Your kingdom, the one on Your right hand and the other on the left.


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But Jesus answered and said, <J>You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?</J> They said to Him, We are able.


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And He said to them, <J>You shall indeed drink of My cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but [to those] for whom it has been prepared by My Father.</J>


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But Jesus called them and said, <J>You know that the rulers of the nations exercise dominion over them, and they who are great exercise authority over them.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.</J>


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And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, <J>Yes, have you never read, Out of [the] mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?</J>


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And seeing a fig tree in the way, <J>He came [to] it and found nothing on it except leaves only.</J> And He said to it, let no fruit grow on you forever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.


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saying to them, <J>Go into the village across from you. And immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie [them] and bring [them] to Me.</J>


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Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do [this miracle] of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done.</J>


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And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>I will also ask you one thing; which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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<J>The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men?</J> And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?


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And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And He said to them, <J>Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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Which of the two did the will of [his] father? They said to Him, The first. Jesus said to them, <J>Truly I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.</J>


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Jesus said to them, <J>Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, this One has become the head of [the] corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?</J>


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They said to Him, Caesar's. Then He said to them, <J>Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.</J>


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<J>I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone on another that shall not be thrown down.</J>


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When Jesus understood [it], He said to them, <J>Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work on Me.</J>


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And He said, <J>Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.</J>


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And He answered and said, <J>He who dips [his] hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me.</J>


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And answering, the [one] betraying Him, Judas, said, Master, Not am I [the one]? He said to him, <J>You said [it].</J>


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And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed [it], and broke [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, <J>Take, eat, this is My body.</J>


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>All of you will be offended because of Me this night. For it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>Truly I say to you that this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny Me three times.</J>


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Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, <J>Sit here while I go and pray there.</J>


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Then He said to them, <J>My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Wait here and watch with Me.</J>


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And He went a little further and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, <J>O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You [will].</J>


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And He came to the disciples and found them asleep. And [He] said to Peter, <J>What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?</J>


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He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, <J>My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.</J>


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Then He came to His disciples and said to them, <J>Sleep on now and take [your] rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into [the] hands of sinners.</J>


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And Jesus said to him, <J>Friend, why are you here? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.


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Then Jesus said to him, <J>Put up your sword again into its place; for all who take [the] sword shall perish with a sword.</J>


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In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, <J>Have you come out in order to take Me with swords and clubs, as against a thief? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not lay hands on Me.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>You said [it]. I tell you more. From this time you shall see the Son of man sitting on [the] right [hand] of power, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.</J>


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And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, <J>Who said to him, Before the cock crows, you shall deny Me three times.</J> And he went out and wept bitterly.</J>


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And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, <J>You say [it].</J>


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And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, <J>Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?</J> That is, <J>My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?</J>


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saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was living, <J>After three days I will rise again.</J>


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>Do not be afraid; go tell My brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see Me.</J>


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And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, <J>All authority is given to Me in Heaven and in earth.</J>


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But as they were going to report to His disciples, behold, Jesus also met them, saying, <J>Hail!</J> And they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.


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And answering Jesus said to him, <J>Allow [it] now, for it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed Him.


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Then Jesus said to him, <J>Go, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship [the] Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.</J>


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From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, <J>Repent! For the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.</J>


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But He answered and said, <J>It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of [the] mouth of God.</J>


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When Jesus heard, <J>He marvelled and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found such [great] faith, no, not in Israel.</J>


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And Jesus said to the centurion, <J>Go.</J> And as you have believed, [so] let it be to you. And his boy was healed in that hour.


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And Jesus said to him, <J>The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay [His] head.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Why are you afraid, little-faiths?</J> Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.


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And Jesus put [out] His hand and touched him, saying, <J>I will; be clean!</J> And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.


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And He said to them, <J>Go!</J> And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.


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And Jesus said to him, <J>See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest. And offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.</J>


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But when Jesus heard, He said to them, <J>The ones who are whole do not need a physician, but the ones who are sick.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.</J>


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And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, <J>Child, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven you.</J>


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But turning and seeing her, Jesus said, <J>Daughter, be comforted; your faith has saved you.</J> And the woman was saved from that hour.


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He said to them, <J>Go back, for the little girl is not dead, but sleeps.</J> And they laughed Him to scorn.


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And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, <J>Do you believe that I am able to do this?</J> They said to Him, Yes, Lord.


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<J>But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,</J> then He said to the paralytic, <J>Arise, take up your bed and go to your house.</J>


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And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax-office. And He said to him, <J>Follow Me!</J> And he arose and followed Him.


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and saying, <J>The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God draws near. Repent, and believe the gospel.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Let us go into the next towns so that I may proclaim there also. For that reason I came forth.</J>


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And Jesus, moved with compassion, put out [His] hand and touched him, and said to him, <J>I will; be clean!</J>


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and He said to him, <J>See that you say nothing to anyone. But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer those things which Moses commanded for your cleansing, for a testimony to them.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Whoever shall put away his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.</J>


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But when Jesus saw, He was much displeased and said to them, <J>Allow the little children to come to Me and do not hinder [them]. For of such is the kingdom of God.</J>


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Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him and said to him, <J>One [thing] you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, take up the cross and follow Me.</J>


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And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, <J>How hardly those having riches will enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answering again said to them, <J>Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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And Jesus looking on them said, <J>With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.</J>


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And Jesus answered and said, <J>Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the gospel's sake,</J>


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But Jesus said to them, <J>You do not know what you ask. Can you drink of the cup that I drink of, and be baptized [with] the baptism that I am baptized [with] ?</J>


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And they said to Him, We can. And Jesus said to them, <J>You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of, and [with] the baptism that I am baptized [with] you shall be baptized.</J>


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But Jesus called them and said to them, <J>You know that they who are accounted rulers over the nations exercise lordship over them. And their great ones exercise authority on them.</J>


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And Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind [man], saying to him, Be of good comfort; rise up, He is calling you.


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And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>He wrote you this precept because of the hardness of your hearts.</J>


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And answering Jesus said to him, <J>What do you desire that I should do to you?</J> The blind [man] said to Him, My Lord, that I may see again.


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And Jesus said to him, <J>Go, your faith has healed you.</J> And instantly he saw again, and he followed Jesus in the way.


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And Jesus answered and said to it, <J>No one shall eat fruit of you forever.</J> And His disciples heard.


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And [He] taught, saying to them, <J>Is it not written,  My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Go into the village over across from you. And as soon as you have entered into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has ever sat. Untie it and bring [it].</J>


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And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>I will also ask of you one thing, and answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And answering Jesus said to them, <J>Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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And He began to speak to them by parables. <J>A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence about [it], and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and [he] let it out to vinedressers, and went away.</J>


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Shall we give, or shall we not give? But knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them, <J>Why do you tempt Me? Bring me a denarius so that I may see.</J>


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And they brought [it]. And He said to them, <J>Whose image and inscription is this?</J> And they said to Him, Caesar's.</J>


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And answering Jesus said to them, <J>Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at Him.</J>


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And answering Jesus said to them, <J>Do you not err because of this, not knowing Scriptures, nor the power of God?</J>


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And Jesus answered him, <J>The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel, [the] Lord our God is one Lord;</J>


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And seeing that he had answered intelligently, Jesus said to him, <J>You are not far from the kingdom of God.</J> And no one dared to question Him any more.


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And answering, teaching in the temple, Jesus said, <J>How do the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David?</J>


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<J>David therefore himself calls Him Lord, and why [then] is He his son?</J> And the great crowd heard Him gladly.


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And He said to them in His teaching, <J>Beware of the scribes, who love to walk about in robes, and [love] greetings in the markets,</J>


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And He called His disciples and said to them, <J>Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast [in] more than all those who have cast into the treasury.</J>


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And answering Jesus said to him, <J>Do you see these great buildings? There shall not be one stone left on another that shall not be thrown down.</J>


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And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, <J>Go into the city, and there you shall meet a man bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him.</J>


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And as they reclined and ate, Jesus said, <J>Truly I say to you, One of you will betray Me, the [one] eating with Me.</J>


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And answering He said to them, <J>[It is] one of the Twelve, the [one] dipping with Me in the dish.</J>


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And [as] they ate, Jesus took a loaf and blessed and broke [it], and He gave to them and said, <J>Take, eat; this is My body.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>All of you will be offended because of Me this night. For it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.</J>


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And Jesus said to him, <J>Truly I say to you that today, in this night, before the cock crows twice, you shall deny Me three times.</J>


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And they came to a place named Gethsemane. And He said to His disciples, <J>Sit here while I pray.</J>


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And He said, <J>Abba, Father, all things [are] possible to You. Take away this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You [will].</J>


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And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, <J>Simon, do you sleep? Could you not watch one hour?</J>


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And He came the third time and said to them, <J>Sleep on now and take [your] rest. It is enough, the hour has come. Behold, the Son of man has been betrayed into the hands of sinners.</J>


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And answering Jesus said to them, <J>Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to take Me?</J>


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We heard Him say, <J>I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.</J>


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And Jesus said,<J>I AM! And you will see the Son of man sitting on the right [hand] of power and coming in the clouds of the heaven.</J>


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And the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus said to him, <J>Before a cock crows twice, you will deny Me three times.</J> And thinking on [it], he wept.


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And Pilate asked Him, Are you the king of the Jews? And answering He said to him, <J>You say [it].</J>


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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, <J>Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?</J> (which being translated is, <J>My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?</J>)


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<J>But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority upon earth to forgive sins,</J> He said to the paralytic,


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And as He passed on, He saw Levi [the son] of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office. And [He] said to him, <J>Follow Me.</J> And he arose and followed Him.


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When Jesus heard, He said to them, <J>They who are strong have no need of a physician, but the ones who have illness. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Can the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he, and those with him?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.</J>


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And instantly knowing in His spirit that they reasoned so within themselves, He said to them, <J>Why do you reason these things in your heart?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>[Is it] lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?</J> But they were silent.


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And looking around on them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, <J>Stretch out your hand!</J> And he stretched [it] out. And his hand was restored whole, like the other.


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And He said to them, <J>To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside, all [these] things are [given] in parables</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Does a lamp come to be put under a grain-measure, or under a bed? and not to be set on a lampstand?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Take heed what you hear. With that measure which you measure, it shall be measured to you. And to you who hear, more shall be given.</J>


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And He said, to what shall we compare the kingdom of God? Or by what parable shall we compare it?</J>


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And He awakened and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, <J>Peace! Be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.


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However Jesus did not allow him, but said to him, <J>Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and has had mercy on you.


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And knowing instantly within Himself that power had gone out of Him, Jesus turned Himself around in the press and said, <J>Who touched My clothes?</J>


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And He said to her, <J>Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be whole from your plague.</J>


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But hearing the word spoken, Jesus said to the synagogue ruler, <J>Do not be afraid, only believe.</J>


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And going in He said to them, <J>Why do you make a tumult and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeps.</J>


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And He took the child's hand and said to her, <J>Talitha koumi;</J> (which interpreted is, <J>Little girl, I say to you, arise!</J>)


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And He asked him, <J>What [is] your name?</J> And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion, for we are many.


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And He said to them, <J>Wherever you enter into a house, abide there until you depart from [that place].</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Come aside into a deserted place and rest a little.</J> For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat.


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He answered and said to them, <J>You give them [food] to eat.</J> And they said to Him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii of loaves and give them to eat?


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He said to them, <J>How many loaves do you have? Go and see.</J> And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fish.


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But Jesus said to them, <J>A prophet is not without honor, except in his native-place, and among his own kin, and in his own house.</J>


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For they all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and said, <J>Be of good cheer. I AM! Do not be afraid.</J>


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and commanded them that they <J>take nothing in [the] way, except only a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in the belt,</J>


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And calling near all the crowd, He said to them, <J>Listen to Me, every one of you, and understand.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters into the man from outside cannot defile him,</J>


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But Jesus said to her, <J>Let the children first be filled. For it is not right to take the children's loaves and to throw [it] to the dogs.</J>


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But He answered and said to them, <J>Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors Me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from Me.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Do you do well to set aside the commandment of God, so that you may keep your own tradition?</J>


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And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, <J>Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, [There shall no] sign be given to this generation.</J>


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And He charged them, saying, <J>Take heed! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and [of] the leaven of Herod.</J>


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And knowing [it], Jesus said to them, <J>Why do you reason [that it is] because you have no loaves? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Have you still hardened your heart?</J>


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<J>When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many hand baskets full of fragments did you take up?</J> They said to Him, Twelve.


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<J>And when the seven among four thousand, how many lunch baskets full of fragments did you take up?</J> And they said, Seven.


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And He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spat on his eyes and had put [His] hands on him, <J>He asked Him if he saw anything.</J>


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And He sent him away to his house, saying, <J>Neither go into the town, nor tell [it] to any in the town.</J>


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And Jesus and His disciples went out into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And in the way He asked His disciples, saying to them, <J>Who do men say that I am?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>But who do you say that I am?</J> And Peter answered and said to Him, You are the Christ.


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But when He had turned around and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, <J>Go behind me, Satan! For you do not mind the things of God, but of the things of men.</J>


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And calling near the crowd with His disciples, He said to them, <J>Whoever will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Truly I say to you that there are some of those who stand here who shall not taste of death until they see the kingdom of God come with power.</J>


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And He answered and told them, <J>Elijah truly does come first and restores all things. And how has it been written of the Son of man that He should suffer many things and be despised?</J>


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He answered him and said, <J>O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me!</J>


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And He asked his father, <J>How long ago has it been since this came to him?</J> And he said, From childhood.


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And seeing that a crowd is running together, Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, <J>Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter no more into him!</J>


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For He taught His disciples and said to them, <J>The Son of man is delivered into [the] hands of men, and they shall kill him. And after He is killed, He shall rise the third day.</J>


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And He came to Capernaum. And being in the house, He asked them, <J>What was it that you disputed among yourselves in the way?</J>


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And He sat down and called the Twelve and said to them, <J>If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.</J>


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But Jesus said, <J>Do not forbid him. For there is no one who shall do a work of power in My name who can lightly speak evil of Me.</J>


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Then He said to them, <J>The harvest truly [is] great, but the laborers [are] few. Therefore pray [to] the Lord of the harvest that He may send forth laborers into His harvest.</J>


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In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit and said, I thank You, <J>Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from [the] sophisticated and cunning, and have revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing before You.</J>


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And He turned to [His] disciples and said privately, <J>Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that you see.</J>


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And answering, Jesus said, <J>A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him, and departed, leaving [him] half dead.</J>


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And he said, The [one] doing the [deed of] mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, <J>Go and do likewise.</J>


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And Jesus answered and said to her, <J>Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.</J>


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But knowing their thoughts, He said to them, <J>Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And a house [divided] against a house falls.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>When you pray, say: Our Father, who [is] in Heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, as in Heaven, so also on the earth.</J>


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But the crowds pressing on [Him], He began to say, <J>This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.</J>


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And the Lord said to him, <J>Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the platter clean, but your inward part is full of plunder and wickedness.</J>


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And He said, <J>Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens grievous to be carried, and [you] yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.</J>


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And He said to them, which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, <J>Friend, lend me three loaves,</J>


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In the meantime, when there had gathered together an innumerable crowd of people, so as to trample on one another, <J>He began to say to His disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.</J>


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And He spoke a parable to them, saying, <J>The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.</J>


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And He said to His disciples, <J>Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious as to your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall put on.</J>


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And the Lord said, <J>Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom [his] lord shall set over his houseservants, to give [them their] portion of food in season?</J>


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And when Jesus saw her, He called and said to her, <J>Woman, you are delivered from your infirmity.</J>


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And the Lord answered him and said, <J>Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the sabbath loosen his ox or ass from the stall and lead [it] away, to give [it] drink?</J>


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And answering, Jesus said to them, <J>Do you suppose that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans because they suffered such things?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>You go and tell that fox, Behold, today and tomorrow, I cast out demons and I complete cures, and the third [day] I will be finished.</J>


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He also spoke this parable: <J>A certain [man] had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard. And he came and sought fruit on it, and found none.</J>


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And He also said to him who invited Him, <J>When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers, or your kinsmen, or [your] rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and a recompense be made to you.</J>


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And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, <J>Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath [day] ?</J>


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And He answered them, saying, <J>Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?</J>


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And He also said to His disciples, <J>There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And he was accused to him, that he had wasted his goods.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</J>


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And seeing [them], He said to them, <J>Go show yourselves to the priests. And it happened, as they went, that they were cleansed.


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And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered and said, <J>The kingdom of God does not come with observation.</J>


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And He said to the disciples, <J>The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see [it].</J>


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And they answered and said to Him, Where, Lord? And He said to them, <J>Wherever the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.</J>


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And the Lord said, <J>If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine tree, Be rooted up and be planted in the sea! And it would obey you.</J>


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But Jesus called them and said, <J>Allow the little children to come to Me, and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of God.</J>


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And when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, <J>Yet you lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to [the] poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.</J>


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And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, He said, <J>How hardly those having riches shall enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,</J>


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And He took the Twelve and said to them, <J>Behold, we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man will be accomplished.</J>


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saying, <J>What do you desire that I should do to you?</J> The blind man said to Him, My Lord, that I may see again.


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Therefore He said, <J>A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom for himself, and to return.</J>


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saying, <J>Go into the village across [from you], and having entered, you will find a colt tied up, on which no one of men has yet sat. Untie it and bring [it].</J>


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And He answered and said to them, <J>I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.</J>


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saying, <J>If you had known, even you, even at least in this day of yours, the things for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.</J>


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saying to them, <J>It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.</J>


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And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him. And He said to him, <J>Zaccheus! Hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.</J>


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And Jesus said to him, <J>This day salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Why did you look for Me? Do you not know that I must be about My Father's [business]?</J>


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<J>He shall come and destroy these vinedressers and shall give the vineyard to others.</J> And when they heard this, they said, Let it not be!


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And He looked at them and said, <J>What then is this which is written, The] Stone which the builders rejected, the same has become [the] Head of [the] corner?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Therefore render to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.</J>


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And He began to speak to the people this parable: <J>A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to vinedressers. And [he] went into a far country for a long time.</J>


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And He said, <J>Take heed that you are not deceived, for many shall come in My name,</J> saying, <J>I AM! Also, The time has come! Do not go after them.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Behold, when you have entered into the city, you will meet a man bearing a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house where he enters.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.</J>


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And He took bread and gave thanks, and He broke [it] and gave [it] to them, saying, <J>This is My body which is given for you, this do in remembrance of Me.</J>


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In the same way He took] the cup, after having dined, saying, <J>This cup [is] the new covenant in My blood, which is being poured out for you.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>The kings of the nations exercise lordship over them. And they who exercise authority on them are called benefactors.</J>


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And He said, I say to you, <J>Peter, the cock shall not crow this day before you shall deny knowing Me three times.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>When I sent you without purse and wallet and sandals, did you lack anything?</J> And they said, Nothing.


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And He said to them, <J>But now, he who has a purse, let him take [it], and likewise [his] wallet. And he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.</J>


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And Jesus said to the chief priests and commanders of the temple, and the elders, who had come to Him, <J>Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and staves?</J>


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And the Lord turned and looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, <J>Before the cock crows, you shall deny Me three times.</J>


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And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? And He said to them, <J>You say [it], because I AM!</J>


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But turning to them, Jesus said, <J>Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.</J>


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And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And He answered him and said, <J>You say [it].</J>


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And Jesus said, <J>Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.</J> And parting His clothing, they cast lots.


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And crying with a loud voice, Jesus said, <J>Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.</J> And when He had said this, He breathed out the spirit.


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And He said to them, <J>What words [are] these that you have with one another [as] you walk, and are so sad?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>What things?</J> And they said to Him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,


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And He said to them, <J>O fools and slow of heart to believe all things that the prophets spoke!</J>


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And while they still did not believe for joy, and wondered, He said to them, <J>Have you any food here?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the Prophets and [in] the Psalms about Me.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>So it is written, and so it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from [the] dead the third day,</J>


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saying, <J>The Son of man must be delivered into [the] hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>You will surely say this proverb to Me, Physician, heal yourself. Whatever [we] have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your native-place.</J>


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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, <J>Be quiet and come out of him!</J> And when the demon had thrown him into the midst, he came out of him, not harming him.


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And Jesus answered him, saying, <J>It is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>I must proclaim the gospel, the kingdom of God, to other cities, because I was sent on this [mission],</J>


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And Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship [the] Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.</J>


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and so also [were] James and John, [the] sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, <J>Do not fear, from now on you will be taking men alive.</J>


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And stretching out the hand, He touched him, saying, <J>I will! Be clean!</J> And immediately the leprosy departed from him.


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And He commanded him, <J>Tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.</J>


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<J>But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,</J> He said to the paralytic, <J>I say to you, Arise, and take up your cot [and] go to your house.</J>


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And after these things He went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi, sitting at the tax-office. And [He] said to him, <J>Follow Me.</J>


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And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Those who are sound do not need a physician, but those who are sick</J>.


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But He said to them, <J>Can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?</J>


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And He also spoke a parable to them: <J>No one puts a piece of a new garment on an old garment. Otherwise, both the new will tear, and [the old] does not match [the] piece from the new.</J>


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And as He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, <J>Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul.</J>


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And looking around on them all, He said to the man, <J>Stretch out your hand!</J> And he did so. And his hand was restored whole like the other.


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And lifting up His eyes to His disciples, He said, <J>Blessed [are] the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.</J>


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And answering, Jesus said to them, <J>Have you not read this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him;</J>


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And He spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?</J>


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But He knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, <J>Rise up and stand in the middle.</J> And he arose and stood.


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Then Jesus said to them, I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil, to save life, or to destroy [it]?</J>


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And He came and touched the bier. And the ones who bore [him] stood still. And He said, <J>Young man, I say to you, Arise!</J>


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And answering, Jesus said to them, <J>Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the gospel is proclaimed to the poor.</J>


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And when the messengers of John had departed, <J>He began to speak to the people concerning John. What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?</J>


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And the Lord said, <J>To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? And to what are they like?</J>


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And answering, Jesus said to him, <J>Simon, I have something to say to you.</J>And he said, Teacher, speak.


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And answering, Simon said, I suppose that one to whom he forgave most. And He said to him, <J>You have judged rightly.</J>


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And He turned to the woman and said to Simon, <J>Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, yet you gave Me no water for My feet. But she has washed My feet with tears, and has wiped [them] with the hair of her head.</J>


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And hearing these things, Jesus marveled at him. And turning to the crowd following Him, He said, <J>I say to you, I have not found such faith, no, not in Israel.</J>


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And He said, <J>To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God. But to others I speak in parables, so that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand.</J>


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And He answered and said to them, <J>My mother and My brothers are those who hear the Word of God and do it.</J>


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And it happened on a certain day that He went into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, <J>Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they put out to sea.


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And He said to them, <J>Where is your faith?</J> And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this One? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!


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And Jesus asked him, saying, <J>What is your name?</J> And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.


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<J>Return to your own house and declare what God has done to you.</J> And he went his way and proclaimed throughout all the city what [great] things Jesus had done to him.


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And Jesus said, <J>Who touched Me?</J> And all having denied, Peter and those with Him said, Master, the crowd presses and jostles You, and You say, <J>Who touched Me?


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But when Jesus heard, He answered Him, saying, <J>Do not fear, only believe and she shall be healed.</J>


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And all were weeping and bewailing her. But He said, <J>Do not weep; she has not died, but sleeps.</J>


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<J>And other fell on good ground and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold.</J> And when He had said these things, He cried, <J>He who has ears to hear, let him hear.</J>


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But He said to them, <J>You give them [something] to eat.</J> And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.


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(For they were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, <J>Make them recline by fifties in a company.


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And it happened [as] He was alone praying, the disciples were with Him. And He asked them, saying, <J>Whom do the crowds say that I am?</J>


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saying, <J>The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.</J>


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And He said to all, <J>If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Take nothing for [your] journey, neither staffs, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money, nor each to have two tunics.


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And answering, Jesus said, <J>O unbelieving generation, [one] having been perverted, how long shall I be with you and endure you?</J> Bring your son here.


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And He said to them, <J>Whoever shall receive this child in My name receives Me. And whoever shall receive Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all, he shall be great.</J>


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And Jesus said to him, <J>Foxes have holes, and birds of the air [have] nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay [His] head.</J>


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And He said to another, <J>Follow Me!</J> But he said, Lord, first allow me to go and bury my father.


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And Jesus said to him, <J>No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.</J>


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Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, <J>What do you seek?</J> They said to Him, Rabbi (which is called, being translated, Teacher), where do you live?


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He says to them, <J>Come and see.</J> They came and saw where He lived, and stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.


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And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus saw him, He said, <J>You are Simon the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas</J> (which translated is, A stone).


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The day after, Jesus desired to go forth into Galilee. And He found Philip and said to him, <J>Follow Me.</J>


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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him and said of him, <J>Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile!</J>


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Nathanael said to Him, From where do You know me? Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.</J>


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And He said to him, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see Heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.</J>


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Jesus answered them, <J>I told you and you did not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me.</J>


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Jesus answered them, <J>I have shown you many good works from My Father; for which of these do you stone Me?</J>


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He said these things; and after that He said to them, <J>Our friend Lazarus sleeps. But I go so that I may awaken him out of sleep.</J>


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Jesus said to her, <J>I am the Resurrection and the Life! He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall live.</J>


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Jesus said, <J>Take away the stone.</J> Martha, the sister of him who died, said to Him, Lord, by this time he stinks. For it is [the] fourth [day].


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When Jesus heard, He said, <J>This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God might be glorified by it.</J>


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Jesus answered her, <J>Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?</J>


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Then they took away the stone where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [His] eyes and said, <J>Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.</J>


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And he who had died came out, bound hand and foot with sheets, and his face was bound with a cloth. Jesus said to them, <J>Untie him and let [him] go!</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble because he sees the light of the world.</J>


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<J>Father, glorify Your name!</J> Then there came a voice from the heaven [saying], I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>Yet a little while the Light is with you. Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness come upon you. For he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes.</J>


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<J>While you have the Light, believe in the Light so that you may become sons of Light.</J> Jesus spoke these things and departed and was hidden from them.


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But Jesus cried out and said, <J>He who believes on Me does not believe on Me but on Him who sent Me.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>He who is bathed has no need except to wash [his] feet, but is clean every whit. And you are clean, but not all.</J>


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So after He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had reclined again, He said to them, <J>Do you know what I have done to you?</J>


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When Jesus had said this, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you shall betray Me.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>It is he to whom I shall give the morsel when I have dipped [it].</J> And dipping the morsel, He gave [it] to Judas Iscariot, the [son] of Simon.


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And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, <J>What you do, do quickly.</J>


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Then when he had left, Jesus said, <J>Now the Son of man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.</J>


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Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, where do You go? Jesus answered him, <J>Where I go you cannot now follow Me, but you shall follow Me afterward.</J>


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Jesus answered him, <J>Will you lay down your life for My sake? Truly, truly, I say to you, The cock shall not crow until you have denied Me three times.</J>


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Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, <J>Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.</J>


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Jesus answered and said to him, <J>If a man loves Me, he will keep My Word. And My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>Have I been with you such a long time and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. And how do you say, Show us the Father?</J>


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Then His disciples said to one another, What is this that He says to us, <J>A little [while] and you will not see Me, and again a little and you will see Me?</J> And, <J>Because I go to the Father?</J>


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Therefore they said, What is this that He says, <J>A little [while]</J>? We do not know what He is saying.


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Then Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and said to them, <J>Do you seek answers with one another concerning this, because I said, A little [while] and you shall not see Me; and again a little while, and you shall see Me?</J>


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Jesus spoke these words and lifted up His eyes to Heaven and said, <J>Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son so that Your Son also may glorify You,</J>


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Then Jesus said to Peter, <J>Put up your sword into the sheath. The cup which My Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?</J>


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Jesus answered him, <J>I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where the Jews always resort, and I have said nothing in secret.</J>


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Jesus answered him, <J>If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would fight so that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here.</J>


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Pilate then said to Him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, <J>You say [it] that I am a king. To this [end] I was born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.</J>


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Then Jesus, knowing all things that were coming upon Him, went out and said to them, <J>Whom do you seek?</J>


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They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, <J>I AM!</J> And Judas who betrayed Him also stood with them.


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(<J>that the word might be fulfilled which He spoke, [Of] those whom You have given Me, I have lost not one of them</J>).


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Jesus answered, <J>You could have no authority against Me unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.</J>


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Then when Jesus saw [His] mother and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, <J>Woman, behold your son!</J>


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Then He said to the disciple, <J>Behold your mother! And from that hour that disciple took her into [his] own [home].</J>


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After this, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, <J>I thirst.</J>


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Then when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, <J>It is finished!</J> And He bowed [His] head and gave up the spirit.


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And He said to those who sold doves, <J>Take these things away from here. Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Now draw out and carry it to the master of the feast. And they carried [it].</J>


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Jesus said to her, <J>Woman, why do you weep? Whom do you seek?</J> Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, Sir, if you have carried Him away from here, tell me where you have laid Him and I will take Him away.


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Jesus said to her, <J>Mary!</J> She turned herself and said to Him, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master!)


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Jesus said to her, <J>Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and say to them, I ascend to My Father and Your Father, and [to] My God and your God.</J>


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Then the same day at evening, being the first of the sabbaths, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, <J>Peace to you!</J>


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And when He had said this, He breathed on [them] and said to them, <J>Receive [the] Holy Spirit.</J>


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And after eight days the disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, <J>Peace to you!</J>


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Then He said to Thomas, <J>Reach your finger here and behold My hands; and reach your hand here and thrust [it] into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>Thomas, because you have seen Me you have believed. Blessed [are] they who have not seen and have believed.</J>


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Jesus said to them, <J>Come, break fast.</J> And none of the disciples dared to ask Him, Who are You? knowing that it was the Lord.


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Then when they broke fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, <J>Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?</J> He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, <J>Feed My lambs.</J>


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He said to him the second time, <J>Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me?</J> He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, <J>Feed My sheep.</J>


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He said to him the third time, <J>Simon, [son] of Jonah, do you love Me?</J> Peter was grieved because He said to him a third [time], <J>Do you love Me?</J> And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things, You know that I love You. Jesus said to him, <J>Feed My sheep.</J>


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He spoke this signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, <J>Follow Me.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>If I desire that he remain until I come, what [is that] to you? You follow Me.</J>


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Then this saying went abroad among the brothers, that that disciple should not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him, <J>He shall not die, but, If I desire that he remain until I come, what [is that] to you?</J>


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And He said to them, <J>Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find.</J> Therefore they cast, and now they no longer had [the] strength to draw, from the multitude of fish.


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Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.</J>


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Jesus answered and said to her, <J>If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked of Him, and He would have given you living water.</J>


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The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, <J>You have well said, I have no husband</J>


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Jesus said to her, <J>Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you shall neither worship the Father in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem.</J>


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Jesus said to him, <J>Go, your son lives.</J> And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him, and he went away.


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So the father knew that [it was] at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, <J>Your son lives.</J> And he himself believed, and his whole house.


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Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, <J>Behold, you are made whole. Sin no more lest a worse thing come to you.</J>


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Then Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself but what He sees the Father do. For whatever things He does, these also the Son does likewise.</J>


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When Jesus saw him lying, and knowing that he had spent much time, He said to him, <J>Do you desire to be made whole?</J>


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And Jesus said, <J>Make the men recline.</J> And there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.


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And when they were filled, <J>He said to His disciples, Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing is lost.</J>


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Jesus answered them and said, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek Me not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.</J>


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Jesus answered and said to them, <J>This is the work of God, that you believe on [Him] whom He has sent.</J>


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you that bread from Heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from Heaven.</J>


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And Jesus said to them, <J>I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes on Me shall never thirst.</J>


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Then the Jews murmured about Him, because He said, <J>I am the bread which came down from Heaven.</J>


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And they said, Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How now does this One say, <J>I have come down from Heaven</J>?


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Then Jesus lifted up [His] eyes and saw a great crowd come to Him. He said to Philip, <J>Where shall we buy loaves so that these may eat?</J>


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Then Jesus says to them, <J>Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves.</J>


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But knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, <J>Does this offend you?</J>


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<J>But there are some of you who do not believe.</J> For Jesus knew from [the] beginning who they were who did not believe, and who is the one] betraying Him.


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And He said, <J>Because of this I said to you that no one can come to Me unless it was given to him from My Father.</J>


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Then Jesus cried in the temple as He taught, saying, <J>You both know Me, and you know from where I come. And I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.</J>


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>Yet a little while I am with you, and [then] I go to Him who sent Me.</J>


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What saying is this that He said, <J>You shall seek Me and shall not find [Me],</J> and <J>where I am, you cannot come?</J>


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And in the last day of the great feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, <J>If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.</J>


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And bending back up, and seeing no one but the woman, Jesus said to her, <J>Woman, where are the ones who accused you? Did not one give judgment against you?</J>


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And she said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her, <J>Neither do I give judgment. Go, and sin no more.<J/>


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Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, <J>I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.</J>


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Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Though I bear record concerning Myself, My witness is true. For I know from where I came, and where I go. But you do not know from where I came, and where I go.</J>


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Then they said to Him, Where is your father? Jesus said to them, <J>You neither know Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.</J>


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Then Jesus said again to them, <J>I go away, and you shall seek Me and shall die in your sins. Where I go, you cannot come.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.</J>


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Then they said to Him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, <J>Even [the same] which I also say to you.</J>


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you shall know that I AM, and that I do nothing of Myself, but as My Father has taught Me, I speak these things.</J>


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Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on Him, <J>If you continue in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.</J>


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They answered Him, We are Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to anyone. How do you say, <J>You will be made free?</J>


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They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father. Jesus answered them, <J>If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.</J>


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<J>You do the deeds of your father.</J> Then they said to Him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, [even] God.


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Jesus said to them, <J>If God were your father, you would love Me, for I went forth and came from God; for I did not come of Myself, but He sent Me.</J>


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Then the Jews said to Him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham and the prophets are dead, and you say, <J>If a man keeps my Word, he shall never taste of death.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is your God.</J>


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But as they continued to ask Him, <J>He lifted Himself up and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.</J>


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He answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, <J>Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.</J> And going and washing, I received sight.


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Jesus answered, <J>Neither has this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.</J>


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Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, He said to him, <J>Do you believe on the Son of God?</J>


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And Jesus said, <J>I have come into this world for judgment, that they who do not see might see, and that they who see might be made blind.</J>


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Jesus said to them, <J>If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, We see. Therefore your sin remains.</J>


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And He said to him, <J>Go, wash in the pool of Siloam</J> (which translated is Sent). Therefore he went and washed and came seeing.


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And having met with [them], <J>He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which you heard from Me.</J>


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And He said to them, <J>It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in His own authority.</J>


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And the voice [spoke] to him again the second [time], <J>What God has made clean, you do not call common.</J>


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And I remembered the Word of the Lord, how He said, <J>John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with [the] Holy Spirit.</J>


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But the voice answered me again from the heaven, <J>What God has made clean, you do not call common.</J>


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And the Lord spoke to Paul in [the] night by a vision, <J>Do not be afraid, but speak, and be not silent.</J>


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I have shown you all things, that working in this way we ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, <J>It is more blessed to give than to receive.</J>


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And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, <J>Arise and go into Damascus. And there it shall be told you all things which are appointed for you to do.</J>


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And I saw Him say to me, <J>Hurry and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.</J>


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And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, <J>Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?</J>


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And I answered, Who are you, lord? And he said to me, <J>I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.</J>


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And the following night the Lord stood by him and said, <J>Be of good cheer, Paul, for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.</J>


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And all of us falling to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew dialect, <J>Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? [It is] hard for you to kick against the goads.</J>


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And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying to him, <J>Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?</J>


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And the Lord [said] to him, <J>Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and inquire in [the] house of Judas for [one] called Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,</J>


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But the Lord said to him, <J>Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.</J>


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And he said, <J>Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. [It is] hard for you to kick against the goads.</J>


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And giving thanks, He broke [it] and said, <J>Take, eat; this is My body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of Me.</J>


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In the same way [He took] the cup also, after supping, saying, <J>This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; as often as you drink it, do this in remembrance of Me.</J>


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And He said to me, <J>My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.</J> Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may overshadow me.


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saying, I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last. Also, <J>What you see, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.</J>


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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, <J>Do not fear, I am the First and the Last,</J>


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<J>I am the Alpha and Omega, [the] Beginning and [the] Ending,</J> says the Lord, <J>who is and who was and who [is] to come, the Almighty.</J>


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After these things I looked, and behold, a door [was] opened in Heaven. And the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me, saying, <J>Come up here, and I will show you what must occur after these things.</J>


