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and I asked, "What are these coming to do?" And he answered, saying, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to frighten them, to strike down the horns of the nations that lifted a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."

Open your doors, O Lebanon, so that fire will devour your cedars!

And Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over Judah.

"O sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate," declares Yahweh of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, so that the sheep may be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the small ones.

So then, implore the favor of God so that he will be gracious to us. "This is what you have done. Will he show favor to any of you?" says Yahweh of hosts.

"Who also among you will shut the temple doors so that you will not kindle fire in vain on my altar? I take no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you an overflowing blessing.

And he will bring back the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the hearts of the sons to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with a ban."

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go, inquire carefully concerning the child, and when you have found him, report to me so that I also may come and worship him."

In the same way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.

And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from among the tombs met him, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by along that road.

And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could expel them and could heal every disease and every sickness.

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to him. And he healed him so that the man who was mute could speak and see.

And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."

And he came to his hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were amazed and said, "From where did this man get this wisdom and these miracles?