John 7
7After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death.G2532G3326G5023G2424G4043G1722G1056G1063G2309G3756G4043G1722G2449G3754G2453G2212G615G8462But soon it was time for the Jewish Festival of Shelters,G1161G2453G1859G4634G2258G14513and Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, where your followers can see your miracles!G846G80G3767G2036G4314G846G3327G1782G2532G5217G1519G2449G2443G4675G3101G2532G2334G2041G3739G4675G41604You can't become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world!"G1063G3762G4160G5100G1722G2927G2532G846G2212G1511G1722G3954G1487G4160G5023G5319G4572G28895For even his brothers didn't believe in him.G1063G3761G4100G846G80G4100G1519G8466Jesus replied, "Now is not the right time for me to go, but you can go anytime.G3767G2424G3004G846G1699G2540G3918G3768G3918G1161G5212G2540G2076G3842G20927The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.G2889G3756G1410G3404G5209G1161G1691G3404G3754G1473G3140G4012G846G3754G2041G846G2076G41908You go on. I'm not going to this festival, because my time has not yet come."G305G5210G305G1519G5026G1859G1473G305G3768G305G3768G1519G5026G1859G3754G1699G2540G4137G3768G41379After saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee.G1161G2036G5023G846G3306G1722G105610But after his brothers left for the festival, Jesus also went, though secretly, staying out of public view.G1161G5613G846G80G305G5119G305G846G2532G305G1519G1859G3756G5320G235G5613G1722G292711The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept asking if anyone had seen him.G3767G2453G2212G846G1722G1859G2532G3004G4226G2076G156512There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, "He's a good man," but others said, "He's nothing but a fraud who deceives the people."G2532G2258G4183G1112G1722G3793G4012G846G3303G3004G3754G2076G18G1161G243G3004G3756G235G4105G379313But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public, for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders.G3305G3762G2980G3954G4012G846G1223G5401G245314Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach.G2235G1161G3322G1859G2424G305G1519G2411G2532G132115The people were surprised when they heard him. "How does he know so much when he hasn't been trained?" they asked.G2532G2453G2296G3004G4459G1492G3778G1121G3129G3361G312916So Jesus told them, "My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.G2424G611G846G2532G2036G1699G1322G2076G3756G1699G235G3992G316517Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.G1437G5100G2309G4160G846G2307G1097G4012G1322G4220G2076G1537G2316G2228G1473G2980G575G168318Those who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a person who seeks to honor the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies.G2980G575G1438G2212G2398G1391G1161G2212G1391G3992G846G3778G2076G227G2532G3756G93G2076G1722G84619Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying to kill me."G1325G3756G3475G1325G5213G3551G2532G3762G1537G5216G4160G3551G5101G2212G615G316520The crowd replied, "You're demon possessed! Who's trying to kill you?"G3793G611G2532G2036G2192G1140G5101G2212G615G457121Jesus replied, "I did one miracle on the Sabbath, and you were amazed.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G4160G1520G2041G2532G2296G3956G229622But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses' law of circumcision. G3475G1223G5124G1325G5213G4061G3756G3754G2076G1537G3475G235G1537G3962G2532G4059G1722G4521G4059G44423For if the correct time for circumcising your son falls on the Sabbath, you go ahead and do it so as not to break the law of Moses. So why should you be angry with me for healing a man on the Sabbath?G1487G444G1722G4521G2983G4061G3363G3551G3475G3089G3363G3089G5520G1698G3754G4160G444G3650G5199G1722G452124Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly."G2919G3361G2596G3799G235G2919G1342G292025Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?G3767G3004G5100G1537G2415G2076G3756G3778G3739G2212G61526But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah?G2532G2396G2980G3954G2532G3004G3762G846G1097G758G1097G3379G230G3754G3778G2076G230G554727But how could he be? For we know where this man comes from. When the Messiah comes, he will simply appear; no one will know where he comes from."G235G1492G5126G4159G2076G1161G3752G5547G2064G3762G1097G4159G207628While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he called out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I come from. But I'm not here on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don't know him.G3767G2896G2424G1722G2411G1321G2532G3004G2504G1492G2532G1492G4159G1510G2532G2064G3756G2064G575G1683G235G3992G3165G2076G228G3739G5210G1492G375629But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you."G1161G1473G1492G846G3754G1510G3844G846G2548G649G316530Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.G3767G2212G4084G846G2532G3762G1911G5495G1909G846G3754G846G5610G2064G3768G206431Many among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. "After all," they said, "would you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs than this man has done?"G1161G4183G1537G3793G4100G1519G846G2532G3004G3754G3752G5547G2064G3385G4160G4119G4592G5130G3739G3778G416032When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.G5330G191G3793G1111G5023G4012G846G2532G5330G2532G749G649G5257G2443G4084G84633But Jesus told them, "I will be with you only a little longer. Then I will return to the one who sent me.G3767G2036G2424G846G2089G3398G5550G1510G3326G5216G2532G5217G4314G3992G316534You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going."G2212G3165G2532G2147G3756G2147G2532G3699G1473G1510G5210G3756G1410G206435The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. "Where is he planning to go?" they asked. "Is he thinking of leaving the country and going to the Jews in other lands? Maybe he will even teach the Greeks!G3767G2036G2453G4314G1438G4226G3195G3778G4198G3754G2249G2147G3756G2147G846G3361G3195G4198G1519G1290G1672G2532G1321G167236What does he mean when he says, 'You will search for me but not find me,' and 'You cannot go where I am going'?"G5101G3056G2076G3778G3739G2036G2212G3165G2532G2147G3756G2147G2532G3699G1473G1510G5210G3756G1410G206437On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, "Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!G1161G1722G2078G2250G3173G1859G2424G2476G2532G2896G3004G1437G5100G1372G2064G4314G3165G2532G409538Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, 'Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.'"G4100G1519G1691G2531G1124G2036G1537G846G2836G4482G4215G2198G520439(When he said "living water," he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)G1161G5124G2036G4012G4151G3739G4100G1519G846G3195G2983G1063G40G4151G2258G3768G3754G2424G1392G3764G139240When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, "Surely this man is the Prophet we've been expecting."G4183G1537G3793G3767G191G3056G3004G230G3778G2076G439641Others said, "He is the Messiah." Still others said, "But he can't be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?G243G3004G3778G2076G5547G1161G243G3004G1063G3361G5547G2064G1537G105642For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born."G3780G1124G2036G3754G5547G2064G1537G4690G1138G2532G575G2968G965G3699G1138G225843So the crowd was divided about him.G3767G1096G4978G1722G3793G1223G84644Some even wanted him arrested, but no one laid a hand on him.G1161G5100G1537G846G2309G4084G846G235G3762G1911G5495G1909G84645When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, "Why didn't you bring him in?"G3767G2064G5257G4314G749G2532G5330G2532G1565G2036G846G1302G71G3756G71G84646"We have never heard anyone speak like this!" the guards responded.G5257G611G3763G444G3779G2980G5613G3778G44447"Have you been led astray, too?" the Pharisees mocked.G3767G611G846G5330G4105G5210G2532G4105G336148"Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?G3387G1537G758G2228G1537G5330G4100G1519G84649This foolish crowd follows him, but they are ignorant of the law. God's curse is on them!"G235G3778G3793G3588G1097G3361G3551G1526G194450Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up.G3530G3004G4314G846G2064G846G4314G3571G5607G1520G1537G84651"Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?" he asked.G2919G2257G3551G2919G3361G444G4386G3362G191G3844G846G2532G1097G5101G416052They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself—no prophet ever comes from Galilee!"G611G2532G2036G846G3361G1488G4771G2532G1537G1056G2045G2532G1492G3754G1537G1056G1453G3756G439653[The most ancient Greek manuscripts do not include John 7.53-8.11.] Then the meeting broke up, and everybody went home.G2532G1538G4198G1519G846G3624
John 8
8Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives,G1161G2424G4198G1519G3735G16362but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.G1161G3722G3854G3825G1519G2411G2532G3956G2992G2064G4314G846G2532G2523G1321G8463As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.G1161G1122G2532G5330G71G4314G846G1135G2638G1722G3430G2532G2476G846G1722G33194"Teacher," they said to Jesus, "this woman was caught in the act of adultery.G3004G846G1320G3778G1135G2638G3431G18885The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?"G1161G3475G1722G3551G1781G2254G5108G3036G3767G5101G3004G47716They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.G1161G5124G3004G3985G846G2443G2192G2723G846G1161G2424G2955G2736G1147G1125G1519G1093G4364G33617They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, "All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!"G1161G5613G1961G2065G846G352G2036G4314G846G361G5216G906G4413G906G3037G1909G8468Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.G2532G3825G2955G2736G1125G1519G10939When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.G1161G191G2532G1651G5259G4893G1831G1527G756G575G4245G2193G2078G2532G2424G2641G3441G2532G1135G2476G1722G331910Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, "Where are your accusers? Didn't even one of them condemn you?"G1161G2424G352G2532G2300G3367G4133G1135G2036G846G1135G4226G1526G1565G4675G2725G2632G3762G2632G457111"No, Lord," she said. And Jesus said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more."G1161G2036G3762G2962G1161G2424G2036G846G3761G2632G1473G2632G4571G4198G2532G264G337112Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."G3767G2980G2424G3825G846G3004G1473G1510G5457G2889G190G1698G4043G3364G4043G1722G4653G235G2192G5457G222213The Pharisees replied, "You are making those claims about yourself! Such testimony is not valid."G5330G3767G2036G846G4771G3140G4012G4572G4675G3141G2076G3756G22714Jesus told them, "These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don't know this about me.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G2579G1473G3140G4012G1683G3450G3141G2076G227G3754G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G5217G1161G5210G3756G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G521715You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone.G5210G2919G2596G4561G1473G2919G3756G376216And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me.G1161G2532G1437G1473G2919G1699G2920G2076G227G3754G1510G3756G3441G235G1473G2532G3962G3992G316517Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.G2532G1125G1161G1125G1722G5212G3551G3754G3141G1417G444G2076G22718I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other."G1473G1510G3140G4012G1683G2532G3962G3992G3165G3140G4012G170019"Where is your father?" they asked. Jesus answered, "Since you don't know who I am, you don't know who my Father is. If you knew me, you would also know my Father."G3767G3004G846G4226G2076G4675G3962G2424G611G1492G3777G1492G1691G3777G3450G3962G1487G1492G1691G2532G1492G3450G3962G30220Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time had not yet come.G5023G4487G2980G2424G1722G1049G1321G1722G2411G2532G3762G4084G846G3754G846G5610G2064G3768G206421Later Jesus said to them again, "I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."G3767G2036G2424G3825G846G1473G5217G2532G2212G3165G2532G599G1722G5216G266G3699G1473G5217G5210G3756G1410G206422The people asked, "Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, 'You cannot come where I am going'?"G3767G3004G2453G3385G615G1438G3754G3004G3699G1473G5217G5210G3756G1410G206423Jesus continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not.G2532G2036G846G5210G2075G1537G2736G1473G1510G1537G507G5210G2075G1537G5127G2889G1473G1510G3756G1537G5127G288924That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM who I claim to be, you will die in your sins."G2036G3767G5213G3754G599G1722G5216G266G1063G3362G4100G3362G3754G1473G1510G599G1722G5216G26625"Who are you?" they demanded. Jesus replied, "The one I have always claimed to be.G3767G3004G846G5101G1488G4771G2532G2424G2036G846G3748G2532G2980G5213G74626I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won't. For I say only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is completely truthful."G2192G4183G2980G2532G2919G4012G5216G235G3992G3165G2076G227G2504G3004G1519G2889G5023G3739G191G3844G84627But they still didn't understand that he was talking about his Father.G1097G3756G3754G3004G846G396228So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man on the cross, then you will understand that I AM he. I do nothing on my own but say only what the Father taught me.G5119G2036G2424G846G3752G5312G5207G444G3767G1097G3754G1473G1510G2532G4160G3762G575G1683G235G2531G3450G3962G1321G3165G2980G502329And the one who sent me is with me—he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him."G2532G3992G3165G2076G3326G1700G3962G863G3756G863G3165G3441G3754G1473G4160G3842G701G84630Then many who heard him say these things believed in him.G846G2980G5023G4183G4100G1519G84631Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.G3767G3004G2424G4314G2453G3588G4100G846G1437G5210G3306G1722G1699G3056G2075G3450G3101G23032And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."G2532G1097G225G2532G225G1659G5209G165933"But we are descendants of Abraham," they said. "We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, 'You will be set free'?"G611G846G2070G11G4690G2532G1398G4455G1398G3762G4459G3004G4771G3754G1096G165834Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.G2424G611G846G281G281G3004G5213G3754G3956G4160G266G2076G1401G26635A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.G1161G1401G3306G3756G1722G3614G1519G165G5207G3306G1519G16536So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.G1437G5207G3767G1659G5209G1659G2071G1658G368937Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me because there's no room in your hearts for my message.G1492G3754G2075G11G4690G235G2212G615G3165G3754G1699G3056G5562G3756G5562G1722G521338I am telling you what I saw when I was with my Father. But you are following the advice of your father."G1473G2980G3739G3708G3844G3450G3962G2532G5210G4160G3767G3739G3708G3844G5216G396239"Our father is Abraham!" they declared. "No," Jesus replied, "for if you were really the children of Abraham, you would follow his example.G611G2532G2036G846G11G2076G2257G3962G2424G3004G846G1487G2258G11G5043G4160G302G2041G1140Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.G1161G3568G2212G615G3165G444G3739G2980G5213G225G3739G191G3844G2316G5124G4160G3756G1141No, you are imitating your real father." They replied, "We aren't illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father."G5210G4160G2041G5216G3962G3767G2036G846G2249G1080G3756G1080G1537G4202G2192G1520G3962G231642Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.G2424G3767G2036G846G1487G2316G2258G5216G3962G302G25G1691G1063G1473G1831G2532G2240G1537G2316G3761G1063G2064G575G1683G235G1565G649G316543Why can't you understand what I am saying? It's because you can't even hear me!G1302G1097G3756G1097G1699G2981G3754G3756G1410G191G1699G305644For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.G5210G2075G1537G3962G1228G2532G1939G5216G3962G2309G4160G1565G2258G443G575G746G2532G2476G3756G1722G225G3754G2076G3756G225G1722G846G3752G2980G5579G2980G1537G2398G3754G2076G5583G2532G3962G84645So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don't believe me!G1161G3754G1473G3004G225G4100G3427G375646Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?G5101G1537G5216G1651G3165G4012G266G1161G1487G3004G225G1302G4100G5210G3756G4100G342747Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don't listen because you don't belong to God."G5607G1537G2316G191G2316G4487G5210G5124G1223G191G3756G3754G2075G3756G1537G231648The people retorted, "You Samaritan devil! Didn't we say all along that you were possessed by a demon?"G3767G611G2453G2532G2036G846G3004G2249G3756G2573G3754G4771G1488G4541G2532G2192G114049"No," Jesus said, "I have no demon in me. For I honor my Father—and you dishonor me.G2424G611G1473G2192G3756G1140G235G5091G3450G3962G2532G5210G818G316550And though I have no wish to glorify myself, God is going to glorify me. He is the true judge.G1161G1473G2212G3756G3450G1391G2076G2212G2532G291951I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!"G281G281G3004G5213G1437G5100G5083G1699G3056G2334G3364G1519G165G2334G228852The people said, "Now we know you are possessed by a demon. Even Abraham and the prophets died, but you say, 'Anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!'G3767G2036G2453G846G3568G1097G3754G2192G1140G11G599G2532G4396G2532G4771G3004G1437G5100G5083G3450G3056G1089G3364G1519G165G1089G228853Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?"G3361G1488G4771G3187G2257G3962G11G3748G599G2532G4396G599G5101G4160G4771G457254Jesus answered, "If I want glory for myself, it doesn't count. But it is my Father who will glorify me. You say, 'He is our God,'G2424G611G1437G1473G1392G1683G3450G1391G2076G3762G2076G3450G3962G1392G3165G3739G5210G3004G3754G2076G5216G231655but you don't even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But I do know him and obey him.G2532G1097G3756G1097G846G1161G1473G1492G846G2532G1437G2036G3754G1492G846G3756G2071G5583G3664G5216G235G1492G846G2532G5083G846G305656Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad."G5216G3962G11G21G2443G1492G1699G2250G2532G1492G2532G546357The people said, "You aren't even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham?"G3767G2036G2453G4314G846G2192G3768G4004G2094G2532G3708G1158Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I AM!"G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G4250G11G1096G1473G151059At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.G3767G142G3037G2443G906G1909G846G1161G2424G2928G2532G1831G1537G2411G1330G1223G3319G846G2532G3779G3855
Psalms 106
106Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.H1984H3050H3034H3068H2896H2617H57692Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord? Who can ever praise him enough?H4448H1369H3068H8085H84163There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.H835H8104H4941H6213H6666H62564Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.H2142H3068H7522H5971H6485H34445Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.H7200H2896H972H8055H8057H1471H1984H51596Like our ancestors, we have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!H2398H1H5753H75617Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.H1H7919H6381H4714H2142H7230H2617H4784H3220H5488H32208Even so, he saved them—to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.H3467H8034H1369H30459He commanded the Red Sea to dry up. He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.H1605H5488H3220H2717H3212H8415H405710So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.H3467H3027H8130H1350H3027H34111Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.H4325H3680H6862H259H349812Then his people believed his promises. Then they sang his praise.H539H1697H7891H841613Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!H4116H7911H4639H2442H609814In the wilderness their desires ran wild, testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.H183H8378H4057H5254H410H345215So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.H5414H7596H7971H7332H531516The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.H7065H4872H4264H175H6918H306817Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.H776H6605H1104H1885H3680H5712H4818Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.H784H1197H5712H3852H3857H756319The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.H6213H5695H2722H7812H454120They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.H4171H3519H8403H7794H398H621221They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt—H7911H410H3467H6213H1419H471422such wonderful things in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.H6381H776H2526H3372H5488H322023So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.H559H8045H3884H4872H972H5975H6440H6556H7725H2534H784324The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.H3988H2532H776H539H169725Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.H7279H168H8085H6963H306826Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,H5375H3027H5307H405727that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.H5307H2233H1471H2219H77628Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!H6775H1187H398H2077H419129They angered the Lord with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.H3707H4611H4046H655530But Phinehas had the courage to intervene, and the plague was stopped.H5975H6372H6419H4046H611331So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.H2803H6666H1755H1755H5704H576932At Meribah, too, they angered the Lord, causing Moses serious trouble.H7107H4325H4808H4809H3415H487233They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.H4784H7307H981H819334Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the Lord had commanded them.H8045H5971H3068H55935Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.H6148H1471H3925H463936They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall.H5647H6091H417037They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.H2076H1121H1323H770038They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.H8210H5355H1818H1818H1121H1323H2076H6091H3667H776H2610H181839They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the Lord’s sight.H2930H4639H2181H461140That is why the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.H639H3068H2734H5971H8581H515941He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.H5414H3027H1471H8130H491042Their enemies crushed them and brought them under their cruel power.H341H3905H3665H302743Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.H7227H6471H5337H4784H6098H4355H577144Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.H7200H6862H8085H744045He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.H2142H1285H5162H7230H261746He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.H5414H7356H6440H761747Save us, O Lord our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.H3467H3068H430H6908H1471H3034H6944H8034H7623H841648Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!H1288H3068H430H3478H5769H5769H5971H559H543H1984H3050
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to this festival, because my time has not yet come."G305
