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Genesis 20
Chapter 20
Abraham's Treachery
1 Now Abraham journeyed from (C1)there toward the land of (C2)the (F1)Negev, and (F2)settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived for a time in (C3)Gerar.2 And Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "(C1)She is my sister." So (C2)Abimelech king of Gerar sent men and took Sarah.3 (C1)But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, (C2)you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is (F1)married."4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, (C1)will You kill a nation, even though (F1)blameless?5 "Did he himself not say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she (C1)herself said, 'He is my brother.' In (C2)the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my (F1)hands I have done this."6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also (F1)(C1)kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.7 "Now then, return the man's wife, for (C1)he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours."
8 So Abimelech got up early in the morning and called all his servants, and told all these things in their (F1)presence; and the people were greatly frightened.9 (C1)Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And (F1)how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom (C2)a great sin? You have done to me (F2)things that ought not to be done."10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you (F1)encountered, that you have done this thing?"11 Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no (C1)fear of God in this place, and (C2)they will kill me because of my wife.12 "Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife;13 and it came about, when (C1)God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is (F1)the kindness which you will show to me: (F2)everywhere we go, (C2)say of me, "He is my brother."'"14 (C1)Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him.15 Abimelech said, "(C1)Behold, my land is before you; (F1)settle wherever (F2)you please."16 To Sarah he said, "Look, I have given your (C1)brother a thousand pieces of silver. (F1)It is (F2)your vindication before all who are with you, and before everyone you are cleared."17 Then (C1)Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female slaves, so that they gave birth to children.18 (C1)For the LORD had completely closed all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Psalms 13
Chapter 13
Prayer for Help in Trouble.
1 How long, LORD? Will You (C1)forget me forever?
How long (C2)will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long am I to (C1)feel anxious in my soul,
With (C2)grief in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
3 (C1)Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;
(C2)Enlighten my eyes, or I will (C3)sleep the sleep of death,
4 And my enemy will (C1)say, "I have overcome him,"
And (C2)my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.
5 But I have (C1)trusted in Your faithfulness;
My heart shall (C2)rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will (C1)sing to the LORD,
Because He has (C2)looked after me.
Luke 11:29-54
Chapter 11
29 Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "(C1)This generation is a wicked generation; it (C2)demands a (F1)sign, and so no (F1)sign will be given to it except the (F1)sign of Jonah.30 "For just as (C1)Jonah became a (F1)sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.31 "The (C1)Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.32 "The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because (C1)they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
33 "(C1)No one lights a lamp and puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.34 "(C1)Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is (F1)clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is (F2)bad, your body also is full of darkness.35 "So watch out that the light in you is not darkness.36 "Therefore if your whole body is full of light, without any dark part, it will be wholly illuminated, as when the lamp illuminates you with its light."
Woes upon the Pharisees
37 Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee (*)asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in and reclined at the table.38 When the Pharisee saw this, he was surprised that Jesus had not first (F1)(C1)ceremonially washed before the (F2)meal.39 But (C1)the Lord said to him, "Now (C2)you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.40 "(C1)You foolish ones, did He who made the outside not make the inside also?41 "But (C1)give that which is within as a charitable gift, and (F1)then all things are (C2)clean for you.
42 "(C1)But woe to you Pharisees! For you (C2)pay tithes of mint, rue, and every kind of garden herb, and yet you (F1)ignore justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.43 "Woe to you Pharisees! For you (C1)love the seat of honor in the synagogues and personal greetings in the marketplaces.44 "(C1)Woe to you! For you are like (F1)unseen tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it."
45 One of the (F1)(C1)lawyers (*)said to Him in reply, "Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us too."46 But He said, "Woe to you (C1)lawyers as well! For (C2)you load people with burdens that are hard to bear, (F1)while you yourselves will not even (F2)touch the burdens with one of your fingers.47 "(C1)Woe to you! For you build the (F1)tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them.48 "So you are witnesses and you approve of the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their (F1)tombs.49 "For this reason also, (C1)the wisdom of God said, '(C2)I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will (F1)persecute,50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed (C1)since the foundation of the world, may be charged (F1)against this generation,51 from (C1)the blood of Abel to (C2)the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged (F1)against this generation.'52 "Woe to you (F1)(C1)lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; (C2)you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering."
53 When He left that place, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to interrogate Him about many subjects,54 (C1)plotting against Him (C2)to catch (F1)Him in something He might say.
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