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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK I</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 1&#8211;41</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">who does not walk in step with the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or stand in the way that sinners take</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or sit in the company of mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but whose delight is in the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">and who meditates on his law day and night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">which yields its fruit in season</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">and whose leaf does not wither&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">whatever they do prospers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Not so the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">They are like chaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">that the wind blows away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the way of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="JHN.1">
            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Word Became Flesh</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was with God in the beginning. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understood</span></span></span><span class="content"> it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There was a man sent from God whose name was John. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband&#8217;s will, but born of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, &#8220;This is the one I spoke about when I said, &#8216;He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but the only Son, who</span></span></span><span class="content"> is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now this was John&#8217;s testimony when the Jewish leaders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">The Greek term traditionally translated </span><span class="fqa">the Jews </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">hoi Ioudaioi</span>) refers here and elsewhere in John&#8217;s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15,16; 7:1,11,13; 9:22; 18:14,28,36; 19:7,12,31,38; 20:19.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, &#8220;I am not the Messiah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They asked him, &#8220;Then who are you? Are you Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;I am not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Finally they said, &#8220;Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, &#8220;I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, &#8216;Make straight the way for the Lord.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now the Pharisees who had been sent </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">questioned him, &#8220;Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;I baptize with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)</span></span></span><span class="content"> water,&#8221; John replied, &#8220;but among you stands one you do not know. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John Testifies About Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">This is the one I meant when I said, &#8216;A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then John gave this testimony: &#8220;I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, &#8216;The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">I have seen and I testify that this is God&#8217;s Chosen One.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:34 </span><span class="ft">See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">is the Son of God.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Disciples Follow Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, &#8220;Look, the Lamb of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">They said, &#8220;Rabbi&#8221; (which means &#8220;Teacher&#8221;), &#8220;where are you staying?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;and you will see.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Andrew, Simon Peter&#8217;s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, &#8220;We have found the Messiah&#8221; (that is, the Christ). </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">And he brought him to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">Jesus looked at him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (which, when translated, is Peter</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:42 </span><span class="fq">Cephas </span><span class="ft">(Aramaic) and </span><span class="fq">Peter </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">rock.</span></span></span><span class="content">).</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Philip found Nathanael and told him, &#8220;We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote&#8212;Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">&#8220;Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;Come and see,&#8221; said Philip.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">&#8220;How do you know me?&#8221; Nathanael asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Then Nathanael declared, &#8220;Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You believe</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:50 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Do you believe&#8230;?</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">He then added, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Very truly I tell you,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">will see &#8216;heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:51 </span><span class="ft">Gen. 28:12</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Son of Man.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">water, but in a few days you will be baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Holy Spirit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they gathered around him and asked him, &#8220;Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Men of Galilee,&#8221; they said, &#8220;why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day&#8217;s walk</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5/8 mile or about 1 kilometer</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the city. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;Brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:16 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 6:3; 11:29; 12:17; 16:40; 18:18, 27; 21:7, 17; 28:14, 15.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;For,&#8221; said Peter, &#8220;it is written in the Book of Psalms:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;May his place be deserted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">let there be no one to dwell in it,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:25</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">and,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;May another take his place of leadership.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 109:8</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">beginning from John&#8217;s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then they prayed, &#8220;Lord, you know everyone&#8217;s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beginning</span></div><div class="pi"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be light,&#8221; and there was light. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God called the light &#8220;day,&#8221; and the darkness he called &#8220;night.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the first day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God called the vault &#8220;sky.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the second day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">God called the dry ground &#8220;land,&#8221; and the gathered waters he called &#8220;seas.&#8221; And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the third day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">God made two great lights&#8212;the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fourth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fifth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">the earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> and over all the creatures that move along the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So God created mankind in his own image,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">in the image of God he created them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">male and female he created them.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said to them, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground&#8212;everything that has the breath of life in it&#8212;I give every green plant for food.&#8221; And it was so.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the sixth day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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