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\h LUKE 
\toc1 Luke 
\toc2 Luke 
\toc3 Luk 
\mt2 This book is the Gospel that Luke wrote. We call this book  
\mt1 Luke  
\c 1  
\s1 Luke 1:1-4  
\s1 Luke told Theophilus why he was writing about all that Jesus did.  
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\v 1-2 My noble \add friend\add* Theophilus, many people saw the things that \add Jesus\add* did while he was with us, from the time when he started [MTY] \add his ministry\add*. They served God \add by teaching people\add* the message \add about the Lord Jesus\add*. Many of those who heard what they taught wrote down for us accounts of the things that \add Jesus did from the time when\add* he began \add his ministry\add*.  
\v 3 \w I|strong="G2504"\w* myself \w have|strong="G3956"\w* studied \w these|strong="G3956"\w* accounts carefully. \w So|strong="G2504"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w decided|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G1380"\w* would \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G1380"\w* \w for|strong="G3956"\w* \w me|strong="G2504"\w* \w also|strong="G2504"\w* \w to|strong="G1380"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w for|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w an|strong="G1125"\w* accurate account \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3956"\w* matters.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* truth \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* been \w taught|strong="G2727"\w* {\w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w taught|strong="G2727"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*}.   
\s1 An angel told Zechariah that his wife Elizabeth would bear a son, John.  
\sr Luke 1:5-25  
\p
\v 5 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add the Great ruled\add* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add group of priests called\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Abijah group. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* descended \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add first priest of Israel\add*, Aaron.  
\v 6  \add God considered that\add* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* constantly completely obeyed \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w because|strong="G2530"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* husband \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \add Zechariah’s\add* group \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* work \add in the Temple in Jerusalem\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* serving \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* priest \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s presence.  
\v 9 \w Following|strong="G2596"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w custom|strong="G1485"\w*, \add the other priests\add* chose \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w lot|strong="G2975"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w burn|strong="G2370"\w* \w incense|strong="G2370"\w*.  
\v 10 \w While|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* burning \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w incense|strong="G2368"\w*, many \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \add in the courtyard\add*, \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w an|strong="G1161"\w* angel \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \add sent\add* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1537"\w* angel \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* place \add where the priests burned\add* \w incense|strong="G2368"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* startled \w and|strong="G2532"\w* became \w very|strong="G2532"\w* afraid.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* prayed \add asking God for a son\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add that God would send the Messiah\add*), \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G1522"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* prayed. \add So\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G1080"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G1135"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* born.  
\v 15 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* consider \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G4095"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* alcoholic \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*, \add in order that he will be completely dedicated to God\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* control \w him|strong="G2532"\w*} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* born.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add persuade\add* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* away \add from their sins and please\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 17 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* enables \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \add to preach\add* powerfully \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* precede \add the Messiah\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* cause \w parents|strong="G3962"\w* [SYN] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* act \add peacefully\add* \w toward|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \add again\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* cause \add many\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3962"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* obey \add God to hear and obey\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wise things \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add tell them\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \add many\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add comes\add*.”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w* \add that she cannot bear a child. So\add* ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cannot|strong="G5101"\w* \add believe\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add will happen\add*!/\w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add believe\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add will happen\add*?► [RHQ]”   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add God’s chief angel\add*, \w Gabriel|strong="G1043"\w*! \add I do what God tells me, because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* constantly \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w presence|strong="G1799"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* {\add He\add* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \add that is going to happen to you\add*.  
\v 20 \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3708"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add God decides\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \add God will make\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add your son is born\add*”!   
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\v 21 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \add Zechariah and the angel\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* talking, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add in the courtyard\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w* \add to come out\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wondered|strong="G2296"\w*, “Why \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* staying \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G5549"\w* \w time|strong="G5549"\w*?”  
\v 22 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Zechariah \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* motions \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* hands \add to try to convey what had happened\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* ◄\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3701"\w* \add from God\add*/\w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* showed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*► \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="G1096"\w*’s \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* work \add as a priest in the Temple\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w finished|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add left Jerusalem and\add* \w returned|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w* \w became|strong="G4815"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G4815"\w* [EUP]. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w their|strong="G1438"\w* house \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \add because she knew that people would laugh at her if she told them that she was pregnant\add*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1473"\w* \w she|strong="G3754"\w* thought, “\w God|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* enabled \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w become|strong="G4160"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* pitied \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3754"\w* longer \w be|strong="G2962"\w* ashamed \add because I have no children\add*!”   
\s1 An angel told a virgin named Mary that she would bear a son, to be named Jesus.  
\sr Luke 1:26-38  
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\v 26 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Elizabeth \w had|strong="G2316"\w* been \add pregnant\add* [EUP] \add for almost\add* six \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w Gabriel|strong="G1043"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w Gabriel|strong="G1043"\w*} \add again\add*.  
\v 27  \add This time\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Nazareth \add town\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Galilee \add district\add*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w virgin|strong="G3933"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\add Her parents\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w*} promised \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* marry \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* descended \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*.  
\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w greeted|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* greatly blessed {\add has decided to\add* greatly bless \w you|strong="G4771"\w*}!”  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Mary \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* confused \add when she heard\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w wondered|strong="G1260"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add the angel meant\add* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w*, “\w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*.  
\v 31 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G5088"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\add People will\add* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►. \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the\add* Jews, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendants|strong="G3624"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add your ancestor\add* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* rule \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*!”   
\p
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* angel, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w virgin|strong="G3756"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add have a baby\add*?”  
\v 35 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G1904"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*; \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w overshadow|strong="G1982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add and enable you to become pregnant\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G5207"\w* \add you will\add* \w bear|strong="G1080"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* completely \w set|strong="G2532"\w* apart {\w give|strong="G3004"\w* himself completely} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\add people\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*} ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►.  
\v 36  \add I also need to tell you something else\add*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w cousin|strong="G4773"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* thought {\add people\add* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*} \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G1722"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \add pregnant\add* [EUP] \add for almost\add* six \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*!  
\v 37  \add You should not be surprised at that\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* can \w do|strong="G3756"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*!”  
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* right, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* serve ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*►, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel left \w her|strong="G3708"\w*.   
\s1 Mary visited Elizabeth.  
\sr Luke 1:39-45  
\p
\v 39 \w Very|strong="G3778"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* got ready \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* highlands \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Judea \add district\add* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* Zechariah lived.  
\v 40 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* greeted \add his wife\add* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w*.  
\v 41 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w* heard \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* greet \w her|strong="G3137"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w baby|strong="G1025"\w* moved \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \add Elizabeth’s\add* \w womb|strong="G2836"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* complete control \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w*,  
\v 42 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w* \add to Mary\add*, “\add God\add* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add more than\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \add any other\add* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he has\add* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w child|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 43 ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* worthy \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add God would allow you\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add God allowing you\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!  
\v 44  \add I realize this because\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w you|strong="G4771"\w* greet \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w baby|strong="G1025"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w womb|strong="G2836"\w* moved \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* happy \add that you had come\add*.  
\v 45  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add because\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Mary praised God.  
\sr Luke 1:46-56  
\p
\v 46 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \add praised God by\add* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*/singing:  
\q1 “, how \w I|strong="G1473"\w* [SYN] praise ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*►!   
\q1
\v 47 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* happy \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* saves \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
\q1
\v 48 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* only \w his|strong="G3956"\w* lowly \w servant|strong="G1399"\w* girl, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* forget \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,   
\q1
\v 49 \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY], \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mighty|strong="G1415"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*, \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* awesome!   
\q1
\v 50 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* acts mercifully \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 51 \w He|strong="G4160"\w* shows \w people|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G4160"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="G2588"\w* very powerful. \w He|strong="G4160"\w* scatters \w those|strong="G1722"\w* who think proudly.   
\q1
\v 52 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* does \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w mighty|strong="G1413"\w* kings rule [MTY] any \w more|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* honors people \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* oppressed (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w humble|strong="G5011"\w*).   
\q1
\v 53 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* gives \w good|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G2756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* sends \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rich|strong="G4147"\w* people \w without|strong="G2532"\w* giving \w them|strong="G2532"\w* anything.   
\q1
\v 54-55 He promised to Abraham and all our other ancestors who descended from him that he would act mercifully toward them forever.  
\q1 And now he has remembered what he promised.  
\q1 So he has helped me and all the other people of [MTY] Israel who serve him.”   
\p
\v 56 \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w stayed|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* Elizabeth \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*.   
\s1 What happened when John was born.  
\sr Luke 1:57-66  
\p
\v 57 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w Elizabeth|strong="G1665"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G5088"\w* \w birth|strong="G5088"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w child|strong="G5088"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w bore|strong="G1080"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 58 \w Her|strong="G3754"\w* \w neighbors|strong="G4040"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* heard \w how|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w had|strong="G2532"\w* greatly blessed \w her|strong="G3754"\w* \add by enabling her to bear a child\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add Elizabeth\add*.  
\v 59 \w Seven|strong="G2250"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later \w they|strong="G2532"\w* gathered \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add ceremony for\add* \w circumcising|strong="G4059"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* baby \add to show that he belonged to God\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* baby \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w*.  
\v 60 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3780"\w*, \add his name will not be Zechariah\add*. \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*!”  
\v 61  \add So\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\add John\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add (dl)\add* \w relatives|strong="G4772"\w*, \add so you(dl) should not give him that name\add*!”  
\v 62 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* motions \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* hands \w to|strong="G2309"\w* Zechariah, \add for him\add* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* indicate \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \add he\add* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G2564"\w* {\w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w give|strong="G2564"\w*} \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w his|strong="G2564"\w* son.  
\v 63  \add So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* signaled \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add should give him\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tablet|strong="G4093"\w* \add to write on. When they gave him one\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \add on it\add*, “\w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*.” \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who were there\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*!  
\v 64 \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* Zechariah \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G2127"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 65 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w neighbors|strong="G4039"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* amazed/awestruck! \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* highlands \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 66 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* heard \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* thinking \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w wonder|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \add for God when\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add grows up\add* [RHQ]!” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wondered \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add from what had happened they were sure that\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* [SYN] \add in a powerful way\add*.   
\s1 Zechariah praised God and predicted what his son would do.  
\sr Luke 1:67-80  
\q1
\v 67  \add After\add* \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w*’s \add son was born\add*, \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* completely directed \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* completely directed \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w*} \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*:   
\q1
\v 68 “Praise \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w*(inc) \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* worship,  
\q1 \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*, \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, free \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* enemies.   
\q1
\v 69 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* sending \w us|strong="G2249"\w* someone \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* powerfully [MTY] save \w us|strong="G2249"\w*,  
\q1 someone \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] King \w David|strong="G1138"\w*,  
\q1 \w who|strong="G2532"\w* served \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\q1
\v 70 Long ago \w God|strong="G2980"\w* caused \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w to|strong="G2980"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G4396"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 71 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rescue \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* save \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.   
\q1
\v 72 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* forgotten \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* agreement \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* mercifully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* descendants.   
\q1
\v 73 \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* strongly promised \w our|strong="G3739"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G1325"\w* \w do|strong="G1325"\w*.   
\q1
\v 74 God told \w him|strong="G3000"\w* \w that|strong="G1537"\w* we \w would|strong="G5495"\w* \w be|strong="G2190"\w* \w rescued|strong="G4506"\w* {\w he|strong="G5495"\w* \w would|strong="G5495"\w* \w rescue|strong="G4506"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w power|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G1537"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*,  
\q1 \w that|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G5495"\w* \w would|strong="G5495"\w* enable \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1537"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w him|strong="G3000"\w* \w without|strong="G1537"\w* being afraid,   
\q1
\v 75 \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* completely dedicated \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* lives.”   
\p
\v 76  \add Then Zechariah said this to\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* little son:  
\q1 “\w My|strong="G1799"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w*} \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*  
\q1 \w whom|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w*;  
\q1 \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* begin \w your|strong="G2962"\w* work \w before|strong="G1799"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/Messiah► \w comes|strong="G2532"\w*;  
\q1 \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w him|strong="G2564"\w*.  
\q1 (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* begin \w your|strong="G2962"\w* work \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Messiah \w comes|strong="G2532"\w*).   
\q1
\v 77 \w You|strong="G1325"\w* \w will|strong="G1325"\w* tell \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1325"\w* forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2992"\w* save \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1722"\w* punished \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* sins.   
\q1
\v 78 \w Our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* very kind \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\q1 \w Just|strong="G3739"\w* like \w a|strong="G1722"\w* new day begins \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun rises [MET],  
\q1 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* new \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Messiah comes \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven.   
\q1
\v 79 \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MET] \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2521"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* afraid [MTY] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Messiah tells \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s message,  
\q1 \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2521"\w* causing \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bright \w light|strong="G2014"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w guide|strong="G2720"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* [SYN] \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* living peacefully.”   
\p
\v 80  \add Later\add*, Zechariah’s son grew \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w spiritually|strong="G4151"\w* \w strong|strong="G2901"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* region \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* preach \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.   
\c 2  
\s1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem.  
\sr Luke 2:1-7  
\p
\v 1 \w About|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Emperor Augustus commanded \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\add his officials must\add* write down \w the|strong="G1722"\w* names/\add a census be taken\add*► \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lived \w in|strong="G1722"\w* countries \add controlled\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Roman \add government\add* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Roman \add government controlled\add*}, \add so that the government could collect taxes from them\add*.  
\v 2 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w time|strong="G4413"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* ◄wrote down \w the|strong="G3588"\w* names/\w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* census► \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \add province, which included Judea district\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w while|strong="G1096"\w* \w Quirinius|strong="G2958"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w governor|strong="G2230"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* province.  
\v 3 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w person|strong="G1538"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add most famous ancestor\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the officials\add* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* write down \w their|strong="G1438"\w* names.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district where he lived\add*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Bethlehem \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \add grew up\add*.  
\v 5 Joseph \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add was considered\add* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add people considered\add*} \add to be\add* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* wife, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* pregnant. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* so \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* put \w his|strong="G3588"\w* name \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*’s name \add in the record book\add*.  
\v 6-7 When they arrived \add in Bethlehem\add*, there was no place for them to stay in the house where travelers stay. \add So they stayed in a cattle shed\add*. When the time for Mary to give birth arrived, she gave birth to her first son there. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and placed him in a trough where \add people\add* put food for the animals.   
\s1 Responding to the angel’s announcement, shepherds went to see Jesus.  
\sr Luke 2:8-20  
\p
\v 8 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add some\add* \w shepherds|strong="G4166"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* taking care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sheep \add as usual\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fields|strong="G5561"\w* \w near|strong="G5561"\w* \add Bethlehem\add*.  
\v 9 \w An|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G2186"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* light ◄\w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w shone|strong="G4034"\w* \w on|strong="G2962"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4034"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \add So\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* became \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add make you\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy! \w This|strong="G3588"\w* message \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add to hear\add*.  
\v 11  \add The message is that\add* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w baby|strong="G5088"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G5088"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add Bethlehem, the town where King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* grew \w up|strong="G1722"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w baby|strong="G5088"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add eventually\add* save \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add from the guilt of your sins\add*! \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \add your\add* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!  
\v 12 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \add you will recognize him\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \add that what I say is true\add*): \add In Bethlehem\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w baby|strong="G1025"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G4683"\w* {\add whose mother\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G4683"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* strips \w of|strong="G2532"\w* cloth \w and|strong="G2532"\w* placed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* trough \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \add people\add* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* food \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* animals.”   
\p
\v 13 \w Suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* large \w group|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* angels \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w* \w appeared|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* angel. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* praised \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, singing/\w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 14 “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \add all the angels\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w highest|strong="G5310"\w* heaven \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* people \w to|strong="G2532"\w* whom \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* shown \w his|strong="G1909"\w* favor \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add with him\add*!”   
\p
\v 15 \w After|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angels left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and returned\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherds|strong="G4166"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G1096"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethlehem \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add wonderful\add* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w*!”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add place where\add* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \add were staying\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add they saw\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w baby|strong="G1025"\w* \w lying|strong="G2749"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* trough \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \add people\add* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* food \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* animals.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \add Mary and Joseph and others\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add the angel\add* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherds|strong="G4166"\w* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherds|strong="G4166"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*} \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \add did not talk to others about what the angels said\add*; \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G4933"\w* thinking \w very|strong="G3778"\w* much \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 20 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherds|strong="G4166"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \add to their sheep\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w praising|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w*, \add because\add* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add happened\add* exactly \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \add the angels\add* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 They circumcised Jesus and presented him to the Lord.  
\sr Luke 2:21-24  
\p
\v 21 \w Seven|strong="G2250"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later, \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \add the priests\add* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* baby, \add his parents\add* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add they were told by\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* angel \add told them\add*} \add to\add* \w give|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* Mary \w became|strong="G4815"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G4815"\w*.   
\p
\v 22-23 It had been written by Moses {Moses had written} \add long ago\add* in a law that God gave him, that when a woman gave birth to her first son, the parents had to take him \add to the Temple\add* in Jerusalem in order that they might dedicate him ◄to the Lord/to God►. So when the time came for them to do those rituals so that \add God would consider\add* them pure again, Mary and Joseph took Jesus there.  
\v 24 \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1325"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w child|strong="G1722"\w* \add of a couple\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* boy, \w his|strong="G1722"\w* parents \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w offer|strong="G1325"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w turtledoves|strong="G5167"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w young|strong="G3502"\w* \w pigeons|strong="G4058"\w*. \add So Joseph and Mary gave the priest two birds so he could offer them\add*.   
\s1 Simeon prophesied about what Jesus would do.  
\sr Luke 2:25-35  
\p
\v 25 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \add old\add* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* habitually \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* obeyed \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s laws. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add directing\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \add God\add* [MTY] \add to\add* encourage \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Israeli \add people by sending the Messiah\add*.  
\v 26 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add previously\add* \w revealed|strong="G5537"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add previously\add* \w revealed|strong="G5537"\w*} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G5537"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \add promised\add* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 27 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* Joseph \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Mary \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* baby \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add to the Temple\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rituals \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God had commanded\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* Simeon \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard, and revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah\add*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1209"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* arms \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G2127"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,   
\pi1
\v 29-32 Lord, you promised me that I would see the one [MTY] who would enable you to save people of all people-groups from the guilt of their sins. He will be [MET] like a light that will reveal your truth to non-Jews, and he will cause people to think highly of your people, the Israeli people. Since I [SYN] have now seen this one that you promised to send, now let me die peacefully.   
\p
\v 33 \w His|strong="G4012"\w* \w parents|strong="G3962"\w* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add Simeon\add* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Simeon blessed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Mary,  
\v 34 “Note \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*: \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* determined \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w child|strong="G1722"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add turn away from God\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* turn \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*]. \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sign|strong="G4592"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \add to warn people\add*, \add many\add* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 35 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add evil\add* \w thoughts|strong="G1261"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* evident {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* reveal \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add evil\add* \w thoughts|strong="G1261"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w*}. \add Furthermore, the cruel things that they will do to him\add* [MET] \add will be like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sword|strong="G4501"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w pierce|strong="G1330"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w soul|strong="G5590"\w*/inner \w being|strong="G2532"\w*►.”   
\s1 Anna praised God for Jesus and told others about him.  
\sr Luke 2:36-38  
\p
\v 36 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add in the Temple courtyard\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* named Anna. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophetess|strong="G4398"\w*. \w Her|strong="G3588"\w* father \w Phanuel|strong="G5323"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* member \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Asher. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* married \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w her|strong="G3588"\w* husband \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 37 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* 84 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2193"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* stayed \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add area\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, worshipping \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* often ◄abstained \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G3521"\w*/fasted► \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* prayed.  
\v 38  \add While Joseph and Mary and the baby were\add* still \add in the Temple, Anna came to them. She thanked God for the baby\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* expecting \add God to send the Messiah\add* [MTY] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2186"\w* \add the people of\add* [MTY] \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \add from their enemies\add*.   
\s1 Jesus grew up in Nazareth.  
\sr Luke 2:39-40  
\p
\v 39 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* Joseph \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Mary \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* performing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rituals \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*► required \add the parents of a first son\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* perform, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*, \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*.  
\v 40 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* grew \w up|strong="G4137"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2901"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* wise, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 What Jesus did in the Temple when he was a boy.  
\sr Luke 2:41-52  
\p
\v 41 \w Every|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G2094"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add celebrate\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \w festival|strong="G1859"\w*.  
\v 42 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* always \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 43 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* celebration ended, \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w started|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* \w home|strong="G1438"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stayed|strong="G5278"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \add His parents\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w realize|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus stayed there\add*.  
\v 44 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* traveling \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* friends.  
\v 45 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* search \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 46 \w Two|strong="G3319"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w sitting|strong="G2516"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* religious \w teachers|strong="G1320"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w asking|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w questions|strong="G1905"\w*.  
\v 47 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add said\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* much \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w understood|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add how well\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* answered \add the questions that the teachers asked\add*.  
\v 48 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w parents|strong="G3962"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* surprised. \w His|strong="G4160"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3708"\w* \w son|strong="G5043"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* worried \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w searching|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 49 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \add speaking about the Temple being God his Father’s house\add*, “◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* surprised \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (dl)\add* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \add not know\add* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* find \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add not know\add* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* find \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ] ◄\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \add (dl)\add* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w known|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’s house!/\w Did|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’s house?► [RHQ]”  
\v 50 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add the meaning of\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* obeyed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w kept|strong="G1301"\w* thinking \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\p
\v 52  \add As the years passed\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become wiser \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* grew taller. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* approve \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\c 3  
\s1 s1 The beginning of John the Baptizer’s ministry  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Emperor \w Tiberius|strong="G5086"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* ruling \add the Roman Empire\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 15 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pontius|strong="G4194"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w governor|strong="G2230"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* ruling \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* brother \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* ruling Iturea \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Trachonitis|strong="G5139"\w* \add districts\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Lysanius \w was|strong="G3588"\w* ruling Abilene \add district\add*,  
\v 2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* Annas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priests \add in Jerusalem\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* messages \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* region.  
\v 3  \add So\add* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* area close \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* telling \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* want \add God\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* forgive \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins, \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* ◄repent/turn away \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior► \add before you ask me\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* baptize \add you\add*!”   
\p
\v 4 John \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add fulfilled\add* \w these|strong="G4160"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \add been written\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*} \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* scroll \add long ago\add*:  
\pi1 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area, someone [SYN] \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* heard shouting \add to the people who pass by\add*,  
\pi1 “\w Prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1722"\w* \add to receive\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* comes!  
\pi1 \add Make yourselves ready so that you will be prepared when he comes\add*,  
\pi1 \add just like people\add* straighten \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* [MET] \add for an important official\add* [MET, DOU]!   
\pi1
\v 5  \add Just like people\add* level off \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* places \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land rises \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add just like they\add* \w fill|strong="G4137"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ravines,  
\pi1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add just like people\add* \w make|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* wherever \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w crooked|strong="G4646"\w*,  
\pi1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add just like people\add* \w make|strong="G4137"\w* \w smooth|strong="G3006"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bumps \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*,  
\pi1 \add similarly you need to remove all the obstacles which prevent God from blessing you\add*!   
\pi1
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* [SYN] everywhere \w will|strong="G2316"\w* understand how \w God|strong="G2316"\w* can save [MTY] \add people\add*.”   
\p
\v 7 \w Although|strong="G5210"\w* large groups \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* baptized {\w in|strong="G3004"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* baptize \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}, \add he knew that many of them were not sincere\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* kept \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add people are evil\add* [MET] \add like\add* poisonous snakes! \add I\add* \w warn|strong="G5263"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* punish [MTY] \add everyone\add* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* sins. \w And|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3195"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \add from his punishing\add* [MTY] \add you if you do not turn from your sinful behavior!/did someone tell you\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \add from his punishing\add* [MTY] \add you if you do not turn from your sinful behavior\add*?► [RHQ] (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \add God’s punishment?\add*)  
\v 8 \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* appropriate \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* turned \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* sinful behavior! \add God promised to give Abraham many\add* \w descendants|strong="G2590"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fulfill \w that|strong="G3754"\w* promise, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* change \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="G2590"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="G2590"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham, \add so God will not punish us, even though we have\add* sinned!’  
\v 9  \add God is ready to punish you if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, just like a man\add* [MET] lays \w his|strong="G3956"\w* axe \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w* \add of a fruit\add* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \add to chop it down and throw it into the fire if it does not produce good fruit\add* [MET].”   
\p
\v 10  \add Then\add* various ones \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add to escape God punishing us\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*), \add to show that we have repented\add*?”  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* shirts, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w shirt|strong="G5509"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \add plenty of\add* \w food|strong="G1033"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w*.”  
\v 12  \add Some\add* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add and asked\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized (\add asked him\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* baptize \w them|strong="G4160"\w*}. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add to please God\add*?”  
\v 13 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4238"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* money \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \add the Roman government\add* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w*!”  
\v 14 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4754"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add to please God\add*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \add say to anyone\add*, ‘\add If you(sg) do not give me\add* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G1286"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* hurt \w you|strong="G5210"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w take|strong="G1286"\w* \add people to court and\add* \w falsely|strong="G4811"\w* \w accuse|strong="G4811"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* wrong! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w content|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w wages|strong="G3800"\w*.”   
\p
\v 15 \w People|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \add that the Messiah would come soon\add*. \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w wondered|strong="G1260"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \add Some of them asked him\add* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 16 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \add I am not\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* used \add only\add* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* baptized \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add the Messiah\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w greater|strong="G4771"\w* \w than|strong="G2478"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \add He is so great that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w worthy|strong="G2425"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add be like his slave and\add* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w* [MET] \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w slave|strong="G2064"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \add his\add* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* [MTY] \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to truly change your lives\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he will judge others of you and punish you in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* [MET] \add in hell\add*.  
\v 17 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add is like a man\add* [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*] \add who wants to\add* \w clear|strong="G1245"\w* away \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* threshed {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* threshed \w it|strong="G2532"\w*}. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \add uses\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* huge \w fork|strong="G4425"\w* \add to throw the grain into the air\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* separate \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chaff [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* cleans \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* threshing area. \add Similarly, God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add separate righteous people from the evil people, like a man who\add* \w gathers|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* storage area, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w burn|strong="G2618"\w* \add those who are like\add* chaff \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* ◄\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*/\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w burn|strong="G2618"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*►.”   
\p
\v 18 \w John|strong="G2097"\w* \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* telling \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to turn to God\add*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \add from God\add*.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G1651"\w* \add the ruler of the district\add*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas. He rebuked him\add* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \add marrying\add* \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* brother’s \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, \add while his brother was still alive\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4012"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* Herod \add had his soldiers\add* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 John baptized Jesus.  
\sr Luke 3:21-22  
\p
\v 21  \add But before John was put in prison\add*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* baptized {\w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* baptizing \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*}, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* baptized {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* baptized \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* opened.  
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, resembling \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w dove|strong="G4058"\w*, \w descended|strong="G2597"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* [SYN/EUP] spoke \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, saying, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love dearly. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”   
\s1 The list of Jesus’ ancestors.  
\sr Luke 3:23-38  
\p
\v 23 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* began \add his work for God\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 30 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* {\add People\add*} \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add the son of\add* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \add Joseph was the son\add* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Heli|strong="G2242"\w*.  
\v 24  \add Heli was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Matthat|strong="G3158"\w*. \add Matthat was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3017"\w*. \add Levi was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Melchi|strong="G3197"\w*. \add Melchi was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jannai|strong="G2388"\w*. \add Jannai was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*.  
\v 25  \add Joseph was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mattathias|strong="G3161"\w*. \add Mattathias was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Amos. \add Amos was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nahum|strong="G3486"\w*. \add Nahum was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Esli|strong="G2069"\w*. \add Esli was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Naggai|strong="G3477"\w*.  
\v 26  \add Naggai was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Maath|strong="G3092"\w*. \add Maath was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mattathias|strong="G3161"\w*. \add Mattathias was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Semein|strong="G4584"\w*. \add Semein was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Josech. \add Josech was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Joda.  
\v 27  \add Joda was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Joanan. \add Joanan was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Rhesa|strong="G4488"\w*. \add Rhesa was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Zerubbabel|strong="G2216"\w*. \add Zerubbabel was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Shealtiel|strong="G4528"\w*. \add Shealtiel was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Neri|strong="G3518"\w*.  
\v 28  \add Neri was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Melchi|strong="G3197"\w*. \add Melchi was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Addi. \add Addi was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cosam|strong="G2973"\w*. \add Cosam was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Elmadam|strong="G1678"\w*. \add Elmadam was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Er|strong="G2262"\w*.  
\v 29  \add Er was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w*. \add Joshua was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w Eliezer|strong="G1663"\w*. \add Eliezer was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jorim|strong="G2497"\w*. \add Jorim was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w Matthat|strong="G3158"\w*. \add Matthat was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3017"\w*.  
\v 30  \add Levi was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Simeon|strong="G4826"\w*. \add Simeon was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w*. \add Judah was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \add Joseph was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jonam|strong="G2494"\w*. \add Jonam was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="G1662"\w*.  
\v 31  \add Eliakim was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Melea|strong="G3190"\w*. \add Melea was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Menna. \add Menna was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mattatha|strong="G3160"\w*. \add Mattatha was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nathan|strong="G3481"\w*. \add Nathan was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*.  
\v 32  \add David was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesse|strong="G2421"\w*. \add Jesse was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Obed|strong="G5601"\w*. \add Obed was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Boaz|strong="G1003"\w*. \add Boaz was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sala|strong="G4527"\w*. \add Sala was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nahshon|strong="G3476"\w*.  
\v 33  \add Nahshon was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Amminadab. \add Amminadab was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Admin. \add Admin was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Arni. \add Arni was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Hezron|strong="G2074"\w*. \add Hezron was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Perez|strong="G5329"\w*. \add Perez was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w*.  
\v 34  \add Judah was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*. \add Jacob was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*. \add Isaac was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Abraham. \add Abraham was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Terah|strong="G2291"\w*. \add Terah was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nahor|strong="G3493"\w*.  
\v 35  \add Nahor was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Serug. \add Serug was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Reu|strong="G4466"\w*. \add Reu was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Peleg|strong="G5317"\w*. \add Peleg was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Eber. \add Eber was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Shelah|strong="G4527"\w*.  
\v 36  \add Shelah was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cainan|strong="G2536"\w*. \add Cainan was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Arphaxad. \add Arphaxad was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Shem|strong="G4590"\w*. \add Shem was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w*. \add Noah was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lamech|strong="G2984"\w*.  
\v 37  \add Lamech was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Methuselah|strong="G3103"\w*. \add Methuselah was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Enoch|strong="G1802"\w*. \add Enoch was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jared|strong="G2391"\w*. \add Jared was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Mahalalel. \add Mahalalel was the son\add* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cainan|strong="G2536"\w*.  
\v 38  \add Cainan was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Enos|strong="G1800"\w*. \add Enos was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Seth|strong="G4589"\w*. \add Seth was the son\add* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Adam. \add Adam was the man\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* created.   
\c 4  
\s1 Luke 4:1-13  
\s1 Jesus refused to do the things that Satan suggested to him.  
\p
\v 1 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* left \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River valley\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* completely controlling \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w For|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* led \w him|strong="G3588"\w* around \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* desolate area. \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w tempting|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w ended|strong="G4931"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add very\add* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add claim that you\add* ◄\add have a relationship with\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add has with his father\add* [MET]/\w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*►, \add prove it by\add* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* bread \add so that you can eat them\add*!”  
\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* replied, “\add No, I will not change stones into bread, because it is written\add* {\add Moses\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add eating\add* food sustains \w people|strong="G3588"\w* physically, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2198"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add sustain them spiritually. They also need food for their spirits\add*.”  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* devil \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add a high mountain\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* instant \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* nations \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \add to rule\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* areas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* famous. \add I can do this\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w permitted|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add to control these areas\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w allow|strong="G1325"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add let\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add rule\add* \w them|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*!”  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add No, I\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add worship you, because\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add the Psalmist\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures\add*, ‘\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!’ ”   
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* devil \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2476"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* highest \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add claim that you\add* ◄\add have a relationship with God as a son has with his father\add* [MET]/\w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*►, \add prove it by\add* jumping \w down|strong="G2736"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1782"\w*.  
\v 10  \add You will not be hurt\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \add Psalmist\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures\add*, ‘\w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w command|strong="G1781"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* angels \w to|strong="G1063"\w* protect \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* lift \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \add when you are falling\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add you will not get hurt\add*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* \add even\add* \w strike|strong="G4350"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w foot|strong="G4228"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.’ ”  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add No, I\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add do that, because\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* {\add Moses\add* wrote} \add in the Scriptures\add*: ‘\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w try|strong="G1598"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w test|strong="G1598"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish\add*’.”   
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G4931"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tempt \add Jesus\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* many ways, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w try|strong="G3986"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tempt \w him|strong="G3588"\w* later \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* appropriate \w time|strong="G2540"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus began his work in Galilee district.  
\sr Luke 4:14-15  
\p
\v 14 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* empowered \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district. People\add* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w region|strong="G4066"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was doing\add*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \add people\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*/meeting places►. \add As a result\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* {\w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}.   
\s1 The people of Jesus’ hometown tried to kill him after he rebuked them for rejecting him.  
\sr Luke 4:16-30  
\p
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*, \add the town\add* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w grew|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*. ◄\w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*► \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G1722"\w*►, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* usually \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add to indicate that he wanted\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* read \add Scriptures\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* scroll containing \add the words\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \add had written\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* given \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* {\add Someone\add* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* scroll containing \add the words\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \add had written\add*}. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w the|strong="G2532"\w* scroll \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add wanted to\add* \w read|strong="G1125"\w*. \add He read these words\add*:   
\q1
\v 18 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* ◄\w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* appointed [MTY] \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w declare|strong="G2097"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add here\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* deliver \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add Satan\add* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* captured, \w and|strong="G2532"\w*  
\q1 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add enable me to\add* enable \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see.  
\q1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w free|strong="G1722"\w* people \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w oppressed|strong="G2352"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add others\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w oppressed|strong="G2352"\w*}.   
\q1
\v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* me \w to|strong="G2532"\w* declare \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add act\add* favorably \add toward people\add*.   
\p
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rolled \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* scroll \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w attendant|strong="G5257"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \add to teach the people\add*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* intently [MTY] \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* been \w hearing|strong="G3775"\w* [MTY] \add me speak\add*, \add I am beginning\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G1124"\w* passage.”  
\v 22  \add At first\add* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* charming \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w*. \add But then some of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add only\add* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*!/Isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add only\add* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*?► [RHQ] \add So\add* ◄\add it is useless for us(exc) to listen to what he says!/why should we(exc) listen to what he says\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="G3843"\w* \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w quote|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w proverb|strong="G3850"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Doctor, \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*!’ \add What you will mean is\add*, ‘\w People|strong="G3778"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* miracles \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add town, but we(exc) do not know if those reports are true. So\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* miracles \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w hometown|strong="G3968"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*!’ ”  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* certainly \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add people\add* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* accept \add the message of\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w speaks|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hometown|strong="G3968"\w*, \add just like you(pl) are not accepting my message now\add*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* think \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \add lived. During that time\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* rain [MTY] \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* \w months|strong="G3376"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add help\add* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w*. \add God sent him\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Zarepath \add town\add* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4606"\w* \add city\add*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add help\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w*.  
\v 27 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w lepers|strong="G3015"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Elisha|strong="G1666"\w* \add lived\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add Elisha\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* heal \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* healed \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w Naaman|strong="G3497"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Syria.”  
\v 28 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w angry|strong="G2372"\w*, \add because they realized that he was inferring that he similarly would help non-Jewish people instead of helping Jews\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add that they also were not worthy of receiving God’s help\add*).  
\v 29 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G3618"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* shoved \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G5620"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w throw|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* off \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cliff|strong="G2630"\w* \add and kill him\add*.  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add simply\add* \w walked|strong="G4198"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G1223"\w* \w midst|strong="G3319"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w away|strong="G4198"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus expelled an evil spirit.  
\sr Luke 4:31-37  
\p
\v 31  \add One day\add* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \add with his disciples\add* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*► (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Each|strong="G1438"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*►), \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\add in the synagogue/in the Jewish meeting place\add*►.  
\v 32 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* continually \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add he spoke\add* ◄\add with authority/as people speak who have\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* command \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*►.  
\v 33  \add That day\add*, (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish days \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*,) \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* man \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* man shouted \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*,  
\v 34 “Hey! \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w*! \add We(exc) evil spirits\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* common \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\add do not interfere with us now!/why should you interfere with us now\add*?► [RHQ] ◄\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* destroy \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add now!\add*/\w Have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add now\add*?► [RHQ] \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Holy \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \add who has come\add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \add the evil spirit\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G5392"\w*! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add of the man\add*!” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w down|strong="G4496"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w midst|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G3367"\w* harming \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 36 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2285"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w*, “◄\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* demons \add has great power!/\add*\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \add kind of\add* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?► [RHQ] \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaks|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* obey \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* result \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*!”  
\v 37 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add every village\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w surrounding|strong="G4066"\w* \w region|strong="G4066"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add had done\add*.   
\s1 Jesus healed Simon’s mother-in-law and many others.  
\sr Luke 4:38-41  
\p
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \add and his disciples\add* left ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting place► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s \w mother-in-law|strong="G3994"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sick|strong="G4912"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3173"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add others in Simon’s family\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add the disciples\add*) \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add heal\add* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* bent \w over|strong="G1883"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w her|strong="G1438"\w*. \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*! \w She|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G2186"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add some food\add*.   
\p
\v 40 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w setting|strong="G1416"\w* \add that day, and the restriction about not traveling\add* ◄\w on|strong="G5495"\w* \add the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day\add*► \add was ended\add*, \w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \add friends or relatives\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G3956"\w* \w or|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w various|strong="G4164"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2323"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \add all of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 41 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add expelling demons\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shouted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*►!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G1439"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add people about him\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add for various reasons he did not want everyone to know that yet\add*.   
\s1 Jesus told them that he had to preach in other towns.  
\sr Luke 4:42-44  
\p
\v 42  \add Early\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* \w morning|strong="G2250"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* uninhabited \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \add to pray\add*. \w Many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w searched|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* urging \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 43 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add people\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G4314"\w* rule [MET] \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lives, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* {\add God\add* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 44 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*/Jewish worship places► \add in various towns\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add province\add*.   
\c 5  
\s1 Jesus chose some fishermen to be his disciples.  
\sr Luke 5:1-11  
\p
\v 1 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* crowding \w around|strong="G1945"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* shore \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Gennesaret|strong="G1082"\w* \w Lake|strong="G3041"\w*, \add which is also called Lake Galilee\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add fishing\add* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* edge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G3041"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* fishermen \w had|strong="G2532"\w* gone \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w washing|strong="G4150"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add fishing\add* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w* \add on the shore\add*. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Simon.  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* push \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* bit away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w* \add so that he could speak to the crowd more easily. Jesus\add* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add who were on the shore\add*.  
\v 4 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G3973"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add to them\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, “Push \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w where|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water \w is|strong="G3588"\w* deep. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G5465"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w* \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \add into the water\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* catch \add some fish\add*!”  
\v 5 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Master|strong="G1988"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w hard|strong="G2872"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* catch \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \add fish\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G5465"\w* \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4160"\w* \add and the men with him\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* caught \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* breaking.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* motioned \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w partners|strong="G3353"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G4815"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \add with fish from the net\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sink|strong="G1036"\w*.  
\v 8-9 Simon and all the men who were with him were amazed at how many fish they had taken. James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners, were among those who were amazed. When Simon, \add whose other name was\add* Peter, saw \add the fish, feeling ashamed to be in the presence of someone who obviously had God’s power\add*, he prostrated himself before Jesus and said, “Lord, you should go away from me, because I am a sinful man!”  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \add Up until now you(sg) have been gathering fish\add* [MET], \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* gather \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add to become my disciples\add*.”  
\v 11 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2609"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w business|strong="G3588"\w* [HYP] \add in the hands of others\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus healed a leper and enabled him to associate with people again.  
\sr Luke 5:12-16  
\p
\v 12 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \add there in the district of Galilee\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* severely affected \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w leprosy|strong="G3014"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* prostrated himself \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \add wanting Jesus to heal him\add*, pleaded \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \add please heal me, because\add* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* heal \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 13  \add Then Jesus, disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers\add*, \w reached|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \add to heal you\add*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* heal \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*!” \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \add was healed\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leper [PRS]!  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Make|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* report \add your healing immediately. First, go to a priest in Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add so that he can examine you and verify that you no longer have leprosy\add*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* tells \add the local people\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you have been healed, and you will be able to associate with them again\add*. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \add the offering\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \add that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer\add*.”  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man’s \w report|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus had done\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* result \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G4905"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \add message\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sicknesses {\w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sicknesses}.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* often \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G5298"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*.   
\s1 By healing a paralyzed man Jesus showed that he had authority to forgive sins, too.  
\sr Luke 5:17-26  
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\v 17 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w*, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add sect\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w laws|strong="G1537"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* [HYP] \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add other\add* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*. \add At that time while\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* giving \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heal|strong="G2390"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*,  
\v 18 several \w men|strong="G3739"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sleeping pad \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \add the house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w way|strong="G3319"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* large \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add the steps\add* \w onto|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w roof|strong="G1430"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* tied ropes \w onto|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sleeping pad \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \add removing some of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tiles|strong="G2766"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w roof|strong="G1430"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w lowered|strong="G2524"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \add on\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sleeping pad. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w lowered|strong="G2524"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* opening \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w midst|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* perceived \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he could heal the man\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3708"\w* friend, \add I\add* forgive \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins!”  
\v 21 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* think within \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add think he is, saying\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*? \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* insulting \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! ◄Nobody \w can|strong="G1410"\w* forgive sins!/\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* forgive sins?► [RHQ] \w Only|strong="G3441"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*!”  
\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w perceived|strong="G1921"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w thinking|strong="G1261"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* not think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \add about what I said\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* question \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add about what I said\add*?► [RHQ] \add Consider this\add*:  
\v 23 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add not\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* risky \add for someone\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add to this man\add*, ‘\add I\add* forgive \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins,’ \add because no one could see whether or not his sins were really forgiven. But no one\add* [RHQ], \add without having the power to heal\add*, \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add him\add*, ‘\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!’ \add because people could easily see whether he was healed or not\add*.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add as a result of my healing this man\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* authorized \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2192"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* forgive \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sins \add of people while I am on\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \add as well as to heal people\add*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3886"\w*, “\w To|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, pick \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* sleeping pad, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*!’ ”  
\v 25 \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \add was healed\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add sleeping pad\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w lying|strong="G2621"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*, \w praising|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 26 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add there\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1611"\w*! \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w completely|strong="G1611"\w* awestruck. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* wonderful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus answered criticism about associating with sinful people.  
\sr Luke 5:27-32  
\p
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the town\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* collected taxes \add for the Roman government\add*. \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w booth|strong="G5058"\w* where \w he|strong="G2532"\w* collected \w the|strong="G2532"\w* taxes. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and become my disciple\add*!”  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Levi \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w work|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w Afterwards|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* prepared \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w feast|strong="G1403"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* own \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \add for Jesus and his disciples\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w group|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* eating \w together|strong="G3326"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, ones \w who|strong="G5101"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add sect\add*, \w complained|strong="G1111"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\add It is disgusting that\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add others who we(exc) consider to be\add* sinners!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \add and others who we(exc) consider to be\add* sinners?►” [RHQ]  
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to indicate that it was those who knew that they had sinned who were coming to him for help\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add It is\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* doctor, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* [MET].  
\v 32  \add Similarly\add*, \w I|strong="G2064"\w* \w did|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add from heaven\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \add those who think they are\add* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \add to come to me\add*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* contrary, \add I came to invite those who know that they are\add* sinners \w to|strong="G1519"\w* turn \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* sinful behavior \add and come to me\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus explained that people could not follow both their old customs and his new teaching.  
\sr Luke 5:33-39  
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\v 33  \add Those Jewish leaders\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w often|strong="G4437"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* food \add to show that they want to please God\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drinking|strong="G4095"\w*! \add Why do not they fast like the others\add*?”  
\v 34  \add To show them that it was not appropriate for his disciples to be sad and abstain from food while he was still with them\add* [MET], \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w*/\w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* getting married► \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add his friends at the time of the wedding\add*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* certainly \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* friends abstain \w from|strong="G3588"\w* food, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* [RHQ]? \add No, you do not do that\add*.  
\v 35  \add But\add* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* taken away {\add his enemies\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away} \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w his|strong="G1722"\w* friends \w will|strong="G2532"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2064"\w* food, \add because they will be sad\add*.”   
\p
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* two \w parables|strong="G3850"\w* \add to show them that those who desire to live according to God’s new message should not be forced to obey the old religious traditions like\add* ◄\add fasting/abstaining from food\add*►, \add and that those who know only the old traditions are not eager to accept new ones\add* [MET]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w tear|strong="G4977"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w piece|strong="G1915"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G1915"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* attach \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w* \add to mend it\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ruining \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* tearing \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w piece|strong="G1915"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G1915"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w match|strong="G4856"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w*.  
\v 37 \w Neither|strong="G2532"\w* does \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* freshly-\add squeezed\add* grape juice \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* skin bags \add to store it\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* grape juice \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w burst|strong="G4486"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* skin bags \add because they would not stretch when the\add* \w new|strong="G3501"\w* \add wine ferments and expands. Then\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* skin bags \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ruined, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the wine\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w spilled|strong="G1632"\w*.  
\v 38 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* contrary, \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* must \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* wineskins.   
\p
\v 39 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w drunk|strong="G4095"\w* \add only\add* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* wine \add are content with that\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G3501"\w* wine, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* wine \w is|strong="G1510"\w* [MET] \w fine|strong="G2532"\w*!’ ”   
\c 6  
\s1 Jesus explained why he had authority to decide what his disciples should do on the Sabbath day.  
\sr Luke 6:1-11  
\p
\v 1 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* rest►, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* walking \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w* \w fields|strong="G4702"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w picked|strong="G5089"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heads|strong="G4719"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w rubbed|strong="G5597"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \add to separate the grains from the husks\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w*. \add The law of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry\add*.  
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add who were watching\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \add work\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add our\add* laws forbid!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \add work\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* laws forbid?►” [RHQ]  
\v 3  \add Jesus wanted to show them that the record in Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food\add*. \add So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add It is written in the Scriptures\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add our revered ancestor, King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* read \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, ◄\add but you do not think about what it implies/so why do you not think about what it implies\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 4 David \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s big worship tent \add and asked for some food\add*. \add The high priest gave him\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* presented \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w permitted|strong="G1832"\w* \add in\add* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add Moses’ laws\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* bread. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add even though David was not a priest\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add And God did not consider that what David did was wrong\add*!”  
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add I am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authority \add to determine what is right for my disciples to do on\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*!”   
\p
\v 6 \w Another|strong="G2087"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*► \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* ◄\w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G1096"\w*► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G2087"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* shriveled.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add who were there\add* \w watched|strong="G3906"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* man ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \add if he healed the man\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add of disobeying their laws by working on the day of rest\add*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w thinking|strong="G1261"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shriveled \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \add in front of everyone\add*!” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* laws \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God gave Moses\add* permit \add people\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add do they permit people\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w harm|strong="G2554"\w* \add others\add*? \add Do they permit us\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \add a person’s\add* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \add on our day of rest\add* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \add him\add* die [HYP] \add by refusing to help him\add*?”  
\v 10  \add They refused to answer him. So\add* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w*, “\w Stretch|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add shriveled\add* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*!” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* right \w again|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Pharisees \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* angry, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w discussed|strong="G1255"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add get rid of\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus chose twelve apostles.  
\sr Luke 6:12-16  
\p
\v 12 \w About|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* hills \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G1273"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* next \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* summoned \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* near \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4377"\w* apostles.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add new\add* \w name|strong="G3687"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*; Andrew, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s \add younger\add* brother; \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add his younger brother\add*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*; \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*; Bartholomew;  
\v 15 \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Levi; \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*; \add another\add* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add son\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Alpheus; \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* party \add that encouraged people to\add* rebel \add against the Roman government\add*;  
\v 16 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add son\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add another\add* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*), \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* later ◄betrayed \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*./enabled \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.►   
\s1 Jesus taught them which people God would be pleased with and which people he would be displeased with.  
\sr Luke 6:17-26  
\p
\v 17  \add Jesus\add* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hills \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w level|strong="G3977"\w* area. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* big \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w group|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add other\add* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \add in\add* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coastal|strong="G3882"\w* \w areas|strong="G5117"\w* near \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w* \add cities\add*.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* {\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w troubled|strong="G1776"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add in the crowd\add* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* touch \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w healing|strong="G2390"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \add his/God’s\add* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add who know\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* lack \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add he wants you to have;\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* allow \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rules \w over|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 21  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sincerely desire \w to|strong="G3588"\w* receive \w what|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \add he wants you to have\add*; \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* give \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* need, until \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w satisfied|strong="G5526"\w*.  
\p \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* grieve \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \add because of sin\add*. Later \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* joyful.   
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\v 22  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w insult|strong="G3679"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w because|strong="G1752"\w* \add you believe in\add* \w me|strong="G3404"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven.  
\v 23 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happens, \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w*! Jump \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* happy! \add God will give\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*! \add When they do these things to you, it will prove that you are God’s servants\add*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add People have always treated God’s servants like that\add*.) \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* forget \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w*’s \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who served God faithfully\add*!   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="G4133"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w*; \w the|strong="G3588"\w* happiness \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* received \add from your riches\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G4133"\w* happiness \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* get.  
\v 25 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add think that you\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w now|strong="G3568"\w*; \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add realize\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* feel satisfied.  
\p \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* joyful \w now|strong="G3568"\w*; \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add later\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sad.  
\v 26 \w When|strong="G3752"\w* most [HYP] \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, trouble \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ahead \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*; \add it will not prove that you are God’s servants, because\add* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* used \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* falsely \add claimed that they were\add* \w prophets|strong="G5578"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught how we should act toward those who are not kind to us.  
\sr Luke 6:27-36  
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\v 27 “\w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* each \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add disciples\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* listening \add to what I say\add*: Love \w your|strong="G4160"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \add as well as your friends\add*. \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!  
\v 28  \add Ask God to\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w curse|strong="G2672"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*! \w Pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w mistreat|strong="G1908"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!  
\v 29 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* someone \add insults one of you by\add* striking \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* cheeks, turn \w your|strong="G2532"\w* face \add so that he can strike\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w cheek|strong="G4600"\w* \add also\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \add a bandit\add* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* away \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*, \w let|strong="G3930"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w shirt|strong="G5509"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* asks \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) for something\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* someone takes away \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* return \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* whatever \w way|strong="G3668"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* toward \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3668"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* toward \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* love \add only\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add expect God\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* praise \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add doing that\add* [RHQ], \add because\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* sinners love \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* love \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add expect God\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* reward \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add for doing that\add* [RHQ], \add because\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* sinners \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 34 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w lend|strong="G1155"\w* \add things or money only\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G3844"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w back|strong="G2983"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add expect that God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* reward \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [RHQ] \add for doing that\add*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* sinners \w lend|strong="G1155"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* sinners, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* pay everything \w back|strong="G2983"\w*.  
\v 35 Instead, love \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G5543"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w Lend|strong="G1155"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* expect \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w* back! \add If you do that, God will give\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w reward|strong="G3408"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add acting like\add* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* \add should\add*. Remember \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w kind|strong="G5543"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* grateful \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w wicked|strong="G4190"\w*, \add and he expects you to be like that too\add*.  
\v 36 Act mercifully toward \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add in heaven acts\add* mercifully \add toward you\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should not decide how God should punish others.  
\sr Luke 6:37-42  
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\v 37 “\w Do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* how sinfully others \w have|strong="G2532"\w* acted, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* how sinfully \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* acted. \w Do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* others, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* [DOU]. Forgive others \add for the evil things that they have done to you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w you|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \add good things to others\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add good\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add as though\add* [MET] \add God is putting things in a basket\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* full amount, \w pressed|strong="G4085"\w* \w down|strong="G4085"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* basket, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w shake|strong="G4531"\w* \add so that he can put more in\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* spill \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sides! \add Remember that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* act \add toward others\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* act \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!”   
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\v 39 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \add his disciples\add* \w this|strong="G1519"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add to show them that they should be like him, and not be like the Jewish religious leaders\add*: “◄\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \add expect\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w lead|strong="G3594"\w* \w another|strong="G1161"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*./\w Would|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add expect\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w lead|strong="G3594"\w* \add another\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*?► [RHQ] \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add that\add*, ◄\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* probably \w fall|strong="G1706"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hole!/wouldn’t \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* probably \w fall|strong="G1706"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hole?► [RHQ] \add I am your teacher, and you disciples should be like me\add*.  
\v 40 \w A|strong="G5613"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add expect to be\add* better known \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* student \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w fully|strong="G2675"\w* \w trained|strong="G2675"\w* {\w if|strong="G5613"\w* someone \w fully|strong="G2675"\w* trains \w a|strong="G5613"\w* student}, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* student can \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* [MET]. \add So you should be content to be like me\add*.   
\p
\v 41 ◄\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w notice|strong="G2657"\w* \add someone else’s small faults\add*?/\w None|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add someone else’s small faults\add* [MET, RHQ].► \add That would be like\add* noticing \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w speck|strong="G2595"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w*’s \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add your own big faults. They are like\add* planks \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*, \add which you do not notice\add*.  
\v 42 ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Friend, \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G1544"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w speck|strong="G2595"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*!’ \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* notice \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w log|strong="G1385"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G4459"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Friend, \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G1544"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w speck|strong="G2595"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*!’ \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* notice \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w log|strong="G1385"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*?► [RHQ] \add If you do that\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hypocrite|strong="G5273"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add stop committing your own sins. That will be like\add* removing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* plank \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* spiritual insight \w you|strong="G4771"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* rid \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add faults that are like\add* specks \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that what people do reflects their inner thoughts.  
\sr Luke 6:43-45  
\p
\v 43 “\add People are like trees\add* [MET]. Healthy \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bear|strong="G4160"\w* \w bad|strong="G4550"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3761"\w*, \w bear|strong="G4160"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*), \w and|strong="G4160"\w* unhealthy \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bear|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*.  
\v 44  \add Just like you\add* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* tell if \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* bad \w by|strong="G1537"\w* looking \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w its|strong="G1537"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \add you can tell which people are good and which are bad by looking at the way they\add* conduct \w their|strong="G2398"\w* lives. \add For example, because thornbushes cannot produce figs\add*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w pick|strong="G5166"\w* \w figs|strong="G4810"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* thornbushes. \w And|strong="G3588"\w* \add since bramble bushes cannot produce grapes\add*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \add pick\add* \w grapes|strong="G4718"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* bramble bushes.  
\v 45  \add Similarly\add*, \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* conduct \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* think \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \add things\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* think \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \add things\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* basic principle \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \add and act\add* \w according|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* think.”   
\s1 Jesus taught why it is necessary to obey his teaching, not just listen to it.  
\sr Luke 6:46-49  
\p
\v 46 “\add Because people should obey what their masters tell them\add*, ◄\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* disgraceful \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 47 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* messages \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w*.  
\v 48 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w dug|strong="G4626"\w* deep \add into the ground to prepare to build his house\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* solid ground. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w flood|strong="G4215"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G5087"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w river|strong="G4215"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w shake|strong="G4531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* solid \add foundation\add*.  
\v 49 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* hear \w my|strong="G3739"\w* messages \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \add digging\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w river|strong="G4215"\w* flooded, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w collapsed|strong="G4098"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* completely ruined. \add So it is important for you to obey what I teach you\add*.”   
\c 7  
\s1 Jesus healed a man without going to his house because the man’s master believed that Jesus could do that.  
\sr Luke 7:1-10  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G1525"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w finished|strong="G4137"\w* \w saying|strong="G4487"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \add with his disciples\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 2 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* Roman army officer \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* thought \w highly|strong="G1784"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w*. \w This|strong="G3739"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w die|strong="G5053"\w*.  
\v 3 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* officer heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add summoned\add* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w heal|strong="G1295"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w*.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G4709"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add to return with them\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* officer deserves \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add for him\add*,  
\v 5 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* loves \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add paid the money to\add* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* near \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add officer’s\add* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* officer \add decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he\add* summoned \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \add told them to\add* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* bother \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w*. \add Because I am a non-Jew\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w worthy|strong="G2425"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add*, \add a Jew\add*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* [MTY] \add and associate with me\add*.  
\v 7 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* feel worthy \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add either\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add please\add* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \add that\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \add be healed\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become \w well|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 8  \add I believe this\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w over|strong="G1849"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and I obey them\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add authority\add*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="G4198"\w*!’ \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* ‘\w Come|strong="G2064"\w*!’ \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*!’ \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority\add*.”  
\v 9 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add the officer’s friends arrived and\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add the officer had said\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* never \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusted \add in me like this non-Jewish man does\add*. \w No|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \add where I would expect people to believe in me\add*, \w has|strong="G4102"\w* trusted \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G4102"\w*!”  
\v 10 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus caused a widow’s son to become alive again.  
\sr Luke 7:11-17  
\p
\v 11 \w Soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Nain|strong="G3484"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add of other people\add* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w approached|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* corpse \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* young \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w died|strong="G2348"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add on a stretcher\add* {\add people\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* carrying \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add on a stretcher\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* corpse \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* young \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w died|strong="G2348"\w*}. \w His|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w A|strong="G5613"\w* \w large|strong="G2425"\w* \w group|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* accompanying \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* pitied \w her|strong="G1438"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* cry!”  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* close \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stretcher \add on which the body was lying\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3495"\w* carrying \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w still|strong="G2476"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3495"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3498"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w*! \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* returned \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \add to care for her\add*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add there\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* amazed/awestruck. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*!”  
\v 17  \add Then they\add* reported \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \add had done\add* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \w nearby|strong="G1722"\w* areas.   
\s1 Jesus taught about his ministry and the ministry of John the Baptizer.  
\sr Luke 7:18-35  
\p
\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and\add* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add one day\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add of his disciples\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add told them\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come\add*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w expect|strong="G4328"\w* \add to come\add*?”  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* two \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Baptizer sent \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add the Messiah that\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w expecting|strong="G4328"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* send, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w shall|strong="G2064"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w expect|strong="G4328"\w* someone \w else|strong="G2228"\w*?”  
\v 21 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w healing|strong="G2323"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w sicknesses|strong="G3554"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add casting out\add* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* causing \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3739"\w* two \w men|strong="G5185"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* back \w and|strong="G2532"\w* report \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \add me doing\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add me telling people. I am enabling\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*. \add I am enabling\add* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*. \add I am\add* healing \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* leprosy. \add I am enabling\add* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear. \add I am causing\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \add and I am\add* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \add God’s\add* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 23  \add Also tell John that God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* believing \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do\add*.”   
\p
\v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* sent \w left|strong="G1831"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Think about\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* sort \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G2300"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area \add when you went there to see John\add* [RHQ]. \add You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message\add* [MET], \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w reed|strong="G2563"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* blown \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w forth|strong="G1831"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* wind [RHQ].  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* [RHQ]? \w Was|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* [RHQ] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* wore expensive \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*? \w No|strong="G2532"\w*! \add You know very well that\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* wear beautiful \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G5225"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w luxury|strong="G5172"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w*’ palaces, \add not in the desolate areas\add*!  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add kind of person\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*? \add Did you\add* [RHQ] \add go there to see John because he was\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*? \w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add John is\add* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add important\add* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \add ordinary\add* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 27 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add these words\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* said \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Messiah \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add the prophet Malachi\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \add these words\add*} \add in the Scriptures\add*: ‘\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* send \w my|strong="G3708"\w* messenger \w ahead|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* [SYN]. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2680"\w* \add people\add* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* \w coming|strong="G4383"\w*.’   
\p
\v 28 \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w ever|strong="G3762"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*, \add God considers that\add* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add God considers\add* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \add lives\add* [MET] \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \add John\add*, \add even if they are\add* insignificant \add people\add*.”   
\p
\v 29 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add what Jesus said\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add what John preached\add*), \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w including|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w*, \add whom many people despised\add*, agreed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* right. \w By|strong="G1344"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* baptized \w by|strong="G1344"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* {\w By|strong="G1344"\w* \add letting\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptize \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}, \add they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right\add*.  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* baptized \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* {\w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add let\add* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* baptize \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wanted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 31  \add Then Jesus also said\add*, “\add Many of\add* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add John and I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* taught. ◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* illustrate \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w*./\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add many of\add* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add John and I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 32 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add playing games\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* open area. \add Some of them\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the others\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* played happy music \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* flute, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dance|strong="G3738"\w*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w sang|strong="G2354"\w* sad funeral songs \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* cry!’  
\v 33  \add Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me\add*! \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add preached to you\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add ordinary\add* food [SYN] \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*, \add like most people do\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add rejected him\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* controlling \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!’  
\v 34 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \add contrast\add*, \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add the same food\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add wine as others do\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \add reject me\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*! \add This man\add* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much food \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drinks|strong="G4095"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much wine, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* associates \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* sinners!’  
\v 35 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add truly God’s\add* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* [PRS] realize \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add what John and I do is truly\add* wise.”   
\s1 Jesus told why he appreciated the sinful woman pouring perfume on his feet.  
\sr Luke 7:36-50  
\p
\v 36  \add One day\add* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add named Simon\add* \w invited|strong="G2065"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reclined|strong="G2625"\w* \add to eat\add*.  
\v 37 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add who many people knew had been\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prostitute [EUP]. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w taking|strong="G1921"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stone jar \w that|strong="G3754"\w* contained \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*.  
\v 38  \add As the people there were reclining to eat\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w behind|strong="G3694"\w* \add Jesus, at his\add* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \add because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w wiped|strong="G1591"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* anointed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*.  
\v 39 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Prophets know about other people’s lives\add*, \add so\add* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* touching \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w kind|strong="G4217"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prostitute! [EUP]”  
\v 40 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*.” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*?”  
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* replied, “\w Two|strong="G1417"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* money \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add earned money by\add* lending \add it to others\add*. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* 500 silver coins, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* 50 silver coins.  
\v 42 \w Neither|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G4183"\w* \w was|strong="G2192"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* pay back \add what he owed\add*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \add very kindly\add* \w said|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w they|strong="G3767"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* pay back \w anything|strong="G5101"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w which|strong="G5101"\w* \w of|strong="G2192"\w* \w those|strong="G3767"\w* two men \w will|strong="G5101"\w* love \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w*?”  
\v 43 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* owed \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* money \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* pay \w it|strong="G3754"\w* back \add will love him more\add*.” \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* correct.”  
\v 44 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, “◄Think \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \add what\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \add has done\add*!/\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* see \add what\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \add has done\add*?► [RHQ] \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by\add* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \add to wash\add* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w wet|strong="G1026"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w wiped|strong="G1591"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w*!  
\v 45 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add follow our custom of greeting by\add* \w kissing|strong="G2705"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stopped|strong="G1257"\w* \w kissing|strong="G2705"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*!  
\v 46 \w You|strong="G3778"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add follow our custom of welcoming guests by\add* anointing \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* anointed \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w with|strong="G3756"\w* fragrant \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*.  
\v 47 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* woman \w has|strong="G3739"\w* sinned \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G4183"\w* forgiven {\add I\add* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* forgiven \w her|strong="G3754"\w*}. \add By what she has done she has shown that\add* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* loves \add me\add* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \add sinned\add* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* bit, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* forgiven, \w will|strong="G3739"\w* love \add me just a little bit\add*.”  
\v 48 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* woman, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* been forgiven {\add I have\add* forgiven \add you\add*} \add for\add* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* sins.”  
\v 49 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, “◄\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \add think that he is God\add*!/\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add think that he\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* [RHQ]►, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* forgive \add people for\add* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* sins?”  
\v 50 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* trusted [PRS] \add in me, God\add* \w has|strong="G4102"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add from the guilt of your sins\add*. \w May|strong="G3004"\w* \add God\add* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* inner \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*!”   
\c 8  
\s1 The list of women who helped Jesus.  
\sr Luke 8:1-3  
\p
\v 1 \w Soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* telling \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w how|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* complete control/\w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule► [MET] \add over their lives\add*.  
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* expelled \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* diseases \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add went with him\add*. \w These|strong="G3739"\w* included \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Magdala \add village\add*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add he had expelled\add* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*;  
\v 3 \w Joanna|strong="G2489"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Chuza|strong="G5529"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas’\add* officials; \w Susanna|strong="G4677"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* providing \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own funds \add to help Jesus and his disciples\add*.   
\s1 The story about four different kinds of soil.  
\sr Luke 8:4-8  
\p
\v 4 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*:  
\v 5 “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add to his field\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sow|strong="G4687"\w* \add some\add* seeds. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* scattering \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* soil, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \add of the seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w path|strong="G3598"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add people\add* walked \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w ate|strong="G2719"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \add of the seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w* \add on which there was a thin layer of\add* moist \add soil\add*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G3361"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* seeds \w grew|strong="G5453"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* plants \w dried|strong="G3583"\w* \w up|strong="G3583"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w moisture|strong="G2429"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \add of the seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \add ground that contained roots of\add* thorny \add weeds\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* thorny weeds \w grew|strong="G4855"\w* \add together\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* young plants, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add they\add* crowded \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add those plants\add*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w grew|strong="G5453"\w* \add well\add*. \add Each seed later\add* \w produced|strong="G4160"\w* 100 \add grains\add*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* understand [MTY] \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w consider|strong="G2192"\w* \add carefully what I have just said\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus explained that the story represented different ways people respond to his teaching.  
\sr Luke 8:9-15  
\p
\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’ \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add later\add* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G3101"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add he had just told\add*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* revealing \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* reveal \w before|strong="G1722"\w*, \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add how he wants to\add* rule [MET] \add over people’s lives\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w people|strong="G3062"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add these things, I tell them\add* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add like a prophet predicted long ago\add*:  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G1097"\w* \add what I am doing\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w perceive|strong="G1722"\w* \add what it means\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* hear \add what I am saying\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add it\add*.   
\p
\v 11 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*: \w The|strong="G1161"\w* seeds \add represent\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 12  \add Some people are like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w path|strong="G3598"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \add the seeds fell\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* causes \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* forget \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}.  
\v 13  \add Some people are like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add soil with\add* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w* \add underneath\add*. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w accept|strong="G1209"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyfully|strong="G5479"\w*. \add But because it does not penetrate deeply\add* [MET] \add into their inner beings\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \add only\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add short\add* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*. \add They are like the plants that\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add deep\add* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* difficult \w things|strong="G3778"\w* happen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \add God’s message\add*.  
\v 14  \add Some people are like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add soil that had roots of\add* thorny \add weeds\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* accept \add God’s message\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* later \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w worry|strong="G3308"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w rich|strong="G3756"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enjoy \add things that give them\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w pleasure|strong="G2237"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \add spiritually\add* \w mature|strong="G5052"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add some people are like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* accept \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add become\add* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*, \w honest|strong="G2570"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* doing \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add that please God\add* [MET].”   
\s1 Jesus explained the need to make his truth clear to others.  
\sr Luke 8:16-18  
\p
\v 16 “\w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w cover|strong="G2572"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* basket \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w lampstand|strong="G3087"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w enter|strong="G1531"\w* \add their house\add* can see \add things from\add* its \w light|strong="G5457"\w* [MET]. \add Similarly, you must tell God’s truth to others so that they can know what I can do for them\add*.  
\v 17  \add God wants to\add* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* clear \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \add of his truth\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w evident|strong="G5318"\w* previously. \add He intends\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the truth\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add he\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w revealed|strong="G5318"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* told \w openly|strong="G5318"\w* {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add his people\add* \w openly|strong="G5318"\w* \w tell|strong="G5318"\w* \add others\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \add of the truth\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add he\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w revealed|strong="G5318"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w*}.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* listen \w carefully|strong="G4459"\w* \add to what I tell you\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* accept \add my truth\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add understand even\add* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* accept \add my truth\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* understand \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \add the little\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add understood\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told them that some people are as dear to him as his own relatives.  
\sr Luke 8:19-21  
\p
\v 19  \add One day Jesus’\add* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add around him in the house\add*.  
\v 20 Someone told \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*, \w wanting|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add as dear to me\add* [MET] \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brothers.”   
\s1 Jesus calmed a storm.  
\sr Luke 8:22-25  
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\v 22 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G1096"\w*’s \w go|strong="G1330"\w* \add around to\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G3041"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w*.  
\v 23 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sailing|strong="G4126"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G2597"\w* asleep. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* big \w windstorm|strong="G2978"\w* struck \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G3041"\w*. Soon \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat \w was|strong="G3588"\w* filling \w with|strong="G2532"\w* water, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w danger|strong="G2793"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w woke|strong="G1326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G4334"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Master|strong="G1988"\w*! \w Master|strong="G1988"\w*! \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* drown!” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1326"\w* \w up|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w waves|strong="G2830"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w calm|strong="G1055"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* wind \add immediately \add* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* blowing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w waves|strong="G2830"\w* calmed down. \add The lake\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w calm|strong="G1055"\w*.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add am disappointed that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* trust \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add to help you\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* trust \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add to help you\add*?►” [RHQ] \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “◄\w What|strong="G5101"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?/\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* ordinary \w men|strong="G3778"\w*!► [RHQ] \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add not only commands people, but\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w commands|strong="G2004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus expelled many demons from a man.  
\sr Luke 8:26-39  
\p
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2668"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* Gerasa, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add town\add* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add was on the eastern\add* side \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Lake \add Galilee\add*.  
\v 27  \add There was\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add in that region\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w*. \add He was\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \add of Gerasa\add*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add In that area there was\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add from that town\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* controlled.) \w For|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worn \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* burial caves.  
\v 28-29 Many times \add demons\add* attacked him. He was guarded {\add People\add* tried to guard him} \add so that he would not injure others\add*. Chains were fastened {They fastened chains} on his hands and shackles on his feet, but he would break the chains and shackles. Then he would be sent away by the demons {the demons would send him away} to some desolate area.  
\p When Jesus stepped out of the boat onto the shore, the man saw him. He \add ran to Jesus\add* and prostrated himself before him. Then Jesus commanded, “You evil spirit, come out of that man!” But it \add did not leave immediately. Instead, it\add* caused the man to shout very loudly, “Jesus, Son of the great God in heaven, since we \add (inc)\add* have nothing in common, \add leave me alone\add* [RHQ]! I beg you, do not torture me \add now\add*!”  
\v 30  \add In order to expel the demon more easily\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \add the demon\add*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*?” \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1525"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* Crowd/Mob.” \add He said that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 31  \add The demons\add* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w begging|strong="G3870"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w command|strong="G2004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* deep place \add where God punishes demons\add*.  
\v 32 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G2425"\w* herd \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* ◄grazing/rooting \w for|strong="G1519"\w* food► \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* hillside. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* demons \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w allow|strong="G2010"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* herd \add of pigs\add* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w steep|strong="G2911"\w* \w bank|strong="G2911"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G3041"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* drowned.   
\p
\v 34 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w taking|strong="G1096"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pigs \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w*! \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G3588"\w* inside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* outside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 35 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \add expelled\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add listening to him\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* clothes \w on|strong="G2521"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w mind|strong="G4993"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* normal \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add because they thought that Jesus would destroy more of their property\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because they realized that he must be very powerful\add*).  
\v 36 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* told \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who had just arrived\add* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* demons \w were|strong="G3588"\w* controlling \add before\add*.  
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add those people and\add* many \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* [HYP] \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* area \w near|strong="G1519"\w* Gerasa \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* leave \w their|strong="G2532"\w* area. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* afraid \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add what else Jesus would do to them\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus and the disciples\add* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* across \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lake.  
\v 38 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w from|strong="G1831"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \add expelled\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w begged|strong="G1189"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Please\add*, \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus refused. Instead\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 39 “\add No\add*, \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G5290"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w away|strong="G5290"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G1334"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* nearby \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus caused a young girl to become alive again, and healed a woman who had been bleeding for years.  
\sr Luke 8:40-56  
\p
\v 40 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus and the disciples\add* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \add to Capernaum\add*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4328"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* welcomed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 41 \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Jairus|strong="G2383"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* leaders ◄\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G3624"\w*► \add there\add*, \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* prostrated \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “Please \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \add and heal my daughter\add*,  
\v 42 \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* dying!”  
\p \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G5217"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* crowded close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 43 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1722"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1722"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* constant \add vaginal\add* [EUP] bleeding \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* {\w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*}.  
\v 44 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w behind|strong="G3693"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* edge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w robe|strong="G2440"\w* \add in order to be healed\add*. \w At|strong="G3588"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* bleeding \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w*.  
\v 45 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* touched \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?” \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G3588"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* around \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowding|strong="G4912"\w* against \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add so any one of them might have touched you\add*!”  
\v 46 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I know that\add* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \add deliberately\add* touched \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add because\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* healed \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \add who touched me\add*.”  
\v 47 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* prevent \add Jesus\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add people\add*) \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w knowing|strong="G2990"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add she was healed\add*, \w her|strong="G3708"\w* body \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* shake. \add She was afraid that because she had disobeyed the law that a woman with such a condition should not touch others, Jesus might scold her for doing that\add*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* prostrated herself \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* told \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w immediately|strong="G3916"\w*.  
\v 48  \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*, “◄Ma’\w am|strong="G3588"\w*/\w My|strong="G3004"\w* dear woman►, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS] \add that I could heal you, I\add* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \add from here, and may you experience God’s\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add within you\add*.”   
\p
\v 49 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \add to her\add*, \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* Jairus’ house \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Jairus, “\w Your|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w has|strong="G2364"\w* \w died|strong="G2348"\w*. \w So|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* useless \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* bother \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \add by urging him to go to your house\add*!/\w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* bother \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \add by urging him to go to your house\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 50 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Jairus, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add I can help her. If you(sg) do that\add*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 51 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* outside Jairus’ \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* allowed \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl’s \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Jairus’ \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 52 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add there\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* beating \w their|strong="G1438"\w* chests \add to show that they were sad\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w*, \add knowing that he would cause the girl to live again\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*! \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* dead! \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add just\add* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* [MET]!”  
\v 53 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w laughed|strong="G2606"\w* \w at|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add the girl\add* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* dead.  
\v 54 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w took|strong="G2902"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w of|strong="G5495"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Child|strong="G3816"\w*, \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*!”  
\v 55 \w At|strong="G3588"\w* \w once|strong="G3916"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w returned|strong="G1994"\w* \add to her body\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!”  
\v 56 \w Her|strong="G3588"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add else yet\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.   
\c 9  
\s1 Jesus sent out his apostles to teach and heal people.  
\sr Luke 9:1-6  
\p
\v 1  \add One day\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4779"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add apostles\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* expel \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add kinds of\add* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \add people with\add* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2  \add Before\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2390"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add what it meant to let\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ◄rule/\w have|strong="G2532"\w* complete control \add over\add*► \add their lives\add*,  
\v 3 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w journey|strong="G3598"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* walking stick \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add traveler’s\add* \w bag|strong="G4082"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* food \w or|strong="G2532"\w* money. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* ◄\w an|strong="G2192"\w* extra \w shirt|strong="G5509"\w*/extra \w clothes|strong="G5509"\w*►.  
\v 4 Whenever \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \add to lodge there\add*, \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w*.  
\v 5  \add In towns\add* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add you should not continue to stay there. Just\add* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w*, shake \w off|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \add Do that to\add* warn \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add that God will punish them for rejecting your message\add*.”  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1330"\w* many \w villages|strong="G2968"\w*. \w Everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \add they went\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Herod was uncertain about who was doing these miracles.  
\sr Luke 9:7-11  
\p
\v 7 \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add that\add* district, heard \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Jesus and his disciples\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w*. \add He had previously commanded his soldiers to execute John the Baptizer, so now\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w perplexed|strong="G1280"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \add and was doing those miracles\add*.  
\v 8 \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5316"\w* \add again as had been prophesied\add*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add other\add* \w former|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w become|strong="G5316"\w* alive again \add and was doing those miracles\add*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add It cannot be John who is doing these things\add*, \add because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add commanded my soldiers to\add* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w his|strong="G4012"\w* head. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add this man\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* hearing \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*?” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* wanting \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add Jesus\add*.   
\p
\v 10 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \add from traveling to various towns\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G1334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add by boat\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* Bethsaida.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \add of people who had been with Jesus\add* \w found|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add on land. When they got to where he was\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* welcomed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w how|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* ◄rule \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*/\w have|strong="G2192"\w* complete control \add over people’s lives\add*►. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3793"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus fed over 5,000 people miraculously.  
\sr Luke 9:12-17  
\p
\v 12 Late \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* afternoon \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add apostles\add* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* nobody lives, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* dismiss \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w surrounding|strong="G2945"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* food \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stay!”  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add No\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add yourselves\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w something|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w small|strong="G1417"\w* loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add cooked\add* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add give\add* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add the money\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* somewhere \w and|strong="G2532"\w* buy \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*?”  
\v 14 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* 5,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add there\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\add No\add*, \add just\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w sit|strong="G2625"\w* \w down|strong="G2625"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w sit|strong="G2625"\w* \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w groups|strong="G2828"\w*, \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* 50 \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* group.”  
\v 15 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2625"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w small|strong="G1417"\w* loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* towards \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \add God for them\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2622"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add into pieces\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* distribute \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 17 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \add the people in the crowd\add* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w enough|strong="G4052"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the disciples\add* collected \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w full|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w broken|strong="G2801"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G4052"\w* \w over|strong="G4052"\w*!   
\s1 After Peter expressed his belief that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus predicted his own death and resurrection.  
\sr Luke 9:18-27  
\p
\v 18  \add One day\add* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \add of people\add*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really\add* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\v 19 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Some people say that you are\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Baptizer, \add who has come back to life again\add*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \add who has returned from heaven as God promised\add*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lived long ago, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* come back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* life again.”  
\v 20 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \add has come from\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w warned|strong="G2008"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* strongly \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add yet\add*.  
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Even though I am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w will|strong="G2532"\w* reject \w me|strong="G3004"\w*}. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G3004"\w*}. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after that\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.”   
\p
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \add of you\add* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3004"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add only\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w yourself|strong="G1438"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \add to do\add*. \add Specifically\add*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* [MET] \add to let others hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what is done to criminals who are forced\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* carry [MET] \w crosses|strong="G4716"\w* \add to the place where they will be executed\add*. \add That is what anyone who wants to\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3004"\w* \add must do\add*.  
\v 24 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* try \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \add by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* live \add eternally\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* killed \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add disciples\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* live \add forever with me\add*.  
\v 25 \w People|strong="G3588"\w* might get everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add they want\add* \w in|strong="G1438"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really gaining \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* not get eternal life \w by|strong="G2228"\w* \add becoming my disciples\add*!/\w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* really gaining \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* not get eternal life \w by|strong="G2228"\w* \add becoming my disciples\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 26 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* reject \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add and\add* refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add they belong\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add they belong to me\add* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* holy angels, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \w brightness|strong="G1391"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* listen carefully! \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ruling [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \add in many powerful ways\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus talked with Moses and Elijah.  
\sr Luke 9:28-36  
\p
\v 28 \w About|strong="G5616"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* week \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add James’ brother\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* led \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \add there\add*.  
\v 29 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*, \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w appeared|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w His|strong="G1722"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2441"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* bright \w as|strong="G1722"\w* lightning.  
\v 30-31 Suddenly, two men appeared who had the brightness \add of heaven\add* surrounding them. They were \add prophets who had lived long ago\add*, Moses and Elijah. They started talking with Jesus about how he \add would accomplish what God had planned when he died\add* [EUP] \add very soon\add* in Jerusalem.  
\v 32 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add disciples\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* sound asleep. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* woke \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add Jesus’\add* \w brightness|strong="G1391"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w standing|strong="G4921"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \add Moses and Elijah\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w starting|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* leave \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Master|strong="G1988"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wonderful \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*! Allow \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w shelters|strong="G4633"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*!” \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* really \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w realize|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 34 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add bright\add* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w appeared|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w covered|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w surrounded|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 35  \add God\add* [MTY/EUP] \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1586"\w* \add to do a great work for me\add*. \add So\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 36 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* [MTY/EUP] \w finished|strong="G1096"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \add the three disciples\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* tell \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w until|strong="G1722"\w* much later.   
\s1 Jesus expelled a demon from a boy.  
\sr Luke 9:37-43a  
\p
\v 37 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w next|strong="G1836"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G2718"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add of people\add* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* plead \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add do something to help\add* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* \w child|strong="G5207"\w*!  
\v 39 \w At|strong="G2532"\w* various times \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w seizes|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add causes\add* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* scream. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* shakes \w him|strong="G3708"\w* violently \w and|strong="G2532"\w* causes \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* foam \w at|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mouth. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2983"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* child \w is|strong="G2532"\w* completely exhausted.  
\v 40 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add who were here\add* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* expel \add the evil spirit\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \add by saying to everyone who had gathered there\add*, “\add You who have seen how I help people\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* believe \add that you can do anything\add*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add think\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w perverted|strong="G1294"\w*! \w How|strong="G2193"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add before you are able to do what I do\add* [RHQ]? \add How long must I\add* endure \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add lack of faith\add*?” \add Then he said to the boy’s father\add*, “\w Bring|strong="G4317"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \add to me\add*!”  
\v 42 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* bringing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* attacked \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w*, \w threw|strong="G4952"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shook|strong="G4952"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* severely. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* returned \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*’s \add care\add*.  
\v 43 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add there\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \add power\add* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* predicted \w his|strong="G3956"\w* arrest.  
\sr Luke 9:43b-45  
\p \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* miracles \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*,  
\v 44 “Think carefully [MTY] \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w am|strong="G3195"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \add Even though I am\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \add I will soon\add* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* authorities (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w my|strong="G5087"\w* enemies) {\add someone\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* enable [MTY] \w my|strong="G5087"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \w me|strong="G5087"\w*}.”  
\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add the disciples\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* understand \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G4487"\w*; \add God\add* \w prevented|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* understanding \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* know \add yet\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w meant|strong="G1510"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add what he had said\add*.   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples who is really great in God’s sight.  
\sr Luke 9:46-48  
\p
\v 46 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* argue \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w greatest|strong="G3173"\w* \add when Jesus became king\add*.  
\v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* perceived \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w thinking|strong="G1261"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w brought|strong="G2476"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* young \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w side|strong="G3844"\w*.  
\v 48 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the disciples\add*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add love\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* behave like \w me|strong="G1473"\w*) \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* ◄\add like\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w*/\add as\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add would\add*► [MTY], \add God considers that\add* [MET] \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* welcoming \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add God considers\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* [MET] \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* welcoming \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. Remember \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* think \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* unimportant \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ones|strong="G3398"\w* \add whom God considers\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told them not to forbid others from expelling demons.  
\sr Luke 9:49-50  
\p
\v 49 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add*, “\w Master|strong="G1988"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* expelling \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, \add claiming\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add he had\add* authority \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G2967"\w* doing \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add disciples\add*.”  
\v 50 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \add and the other disciples\add*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add do that\add*! Remember \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* opposing \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add achieve the same goals that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*!”   
\s1 People in a Samaritan town refused to welcome Jesus.  
\sr Luke 9:51-56  
\p
\v 51 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* almost \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* heaven, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* firmly resolved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 52 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5613"\w* messengers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4253"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Samaria \add district\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN] \add to go there\add*.  
\v 53 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Samaritans did not like the Jews because of their insisting that it was necessary to go to Jerusalem to worship God. So\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* firmly resolved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \add to their village\add*.  
\v 54 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w two|strong="G2597"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, heard \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* send \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add as the prophet Elijah did long ago\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 55 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4762"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* them \add for saying that\add*.  
\v 56 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told three people what it would cost them if they became his disciples.  
\sr Luke 9:57-62  
\p
\v 57 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*!”  
\v 58  \add In order that the man might know what he could expect if he went with Jesus\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Foxes \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w holes|strong="G5454"\w* \add in the ground in which to live\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nests|strong="G2682"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add even though I am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* home \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* sleep!”  
\v 59 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w*, “Come \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w let|strong="G2010"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G2010"\w* \add home\add* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \add After\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \add dies\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w bury|strong="G2290"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add and then I will come with you\add*.”  
\v 60 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add God considers that those who do not have eternal life are\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* [MET]. \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add do the work of\add* burying \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* die. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, go \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants ◄\w to|strong="G3004"\w* rule/\w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* complete control \add over\add*► \add people’s lives\add*!”  
\v 61 \w Someone|strong="G2087"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3004"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w let|strong="G2010"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G2010"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* goodbye \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* relatives.”  
\v 62 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* plowing \w his|strong="G1519"\w* field \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* look \w back|strong="G3694"\w* \add to see what he has done. He must look forward to what is ahead. Similarly\add*, \add anyone who continues to be concerned about his family and other things he has left behind\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w fit|strong="G2111"\w* \add to serve me and tell others about how\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* rule [MTY] \add people’s lives\add*.”   
\c 10  
\s1 Jesus instructed 72 other disciples before sending them out.  
\sr Luke 10:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* appointed 72 \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \add people\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add prepared to\add* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, two-by-two, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* village \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN] intended \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1519"\w* \add people who are ready to receive my message\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* field \add of\add* [MET] \add grain\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w* {\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* harvested}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1189"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \add to bring them to God\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G1189"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \add more\add* \w workers|strong="G2040"\w* \add who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* fields \add to gather the\add* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w*.  
\v 3 Start \w going|strong="G5217"\w*; but \add remember that\add* \w I|strong="G5613"\w* am sending \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* out \add to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be\add* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* lambs \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add any money in\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* purse. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* traveler’s \w bag|strong="G4082"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \add extra\add* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add spend a lot of time\add* greeting \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*.  
\v 5 Whenever \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \add to lodge there\add*, \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, ‘\w May|strong="G3004"\w* \add God give inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add you people\add* [MTY] \add in\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*!’  
\v 6 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live\add* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add are ◄desiring to have\add*/worthy \w of|strong="G5207"\w* receiving► \add God’s\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* experience \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add offering them\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live\add* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add are not desiring to have God’s\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add will experience God’s inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \add but they will not\add*.  
\v 7  \add If they welcome you\add*, \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \add until you leave that village\add*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w move|strong="G3327"\w* around \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* whatever \w they|strong="G2532"\w* provide \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w worker|strong="G2040"\w* deserves \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* [MET] \add from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go\add*.  
\v 8 Whenever \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \add there\add* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* provided {\w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add they\add* provide} \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sick. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* almost \add time for\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule [MET] \add your lives\add*.’  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \add people\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* its \add main\add* \w streets|strong="G4113"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 11 ‘\add Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* shake \w off|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w clings|strong="G2853"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sandals, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* warn \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add that God will reject/punish you\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add we want you to know that\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* almost \add the time when\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* start \w to|strong="G1519"\w* rule!’  
\v 12 \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* [MTY] \add final\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add God judges everyone\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* ago \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w*, \add the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \add even\add* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* severely \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w any|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \add whose people refused to hear your message\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus warned the unbelievers in three towns.  
\sr Luke 10:13-16  
\p
\v 13 “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* terrible \add punishment\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \add you people who live in\add* [MTY] \w Chorazin|strong="G5523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bethsaida \add cities\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* cities \add to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w performed|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add cities\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w* \add cities\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3819"\w* \w ago|strong="G3819"\w* \add shown that they were sorry for their sins by\add* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground wearing coarse cloth \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w putting|strong="G1722"\w* \w ashes|strong="G4700"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* heads.  
\v 14  \add But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in\add* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* severely \add because you did not pay attention to my message\add*.  
\v 15  \add I also have something to say to\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add people who live in\add* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add city\add*. ◄\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add think that you will be honored\add* {\add that God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* honor \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add think that you will be honored\add* {\add that God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* honor \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?► [RHQ] \add That will not happen! On the contrary\add*, \add after you die, God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* place where \add sinful people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished \add forever\add*!”   
\p
\v 16  \add Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add message\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* reject \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add message\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* rejecting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add he will consider that\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* reject \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* rejecting \add God\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus commented on their ministry after the 72 returned.  
\sr Luke 10:17-24  
\p
\v 17 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* 72 \add people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \add people did what we(exc) told them to do\add*! \w Demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* obeyed \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \add (sg)\add* authority [MTY] \add we commanded them to leave people\add*!”  
\v 18 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though\add* [MET] \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add as suddenly and quickly\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* lightning \add strikes\add*.  
\v 19 \w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* oppose \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \add they will not hurt you\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* defeat \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w enemy|strong="G2190"\w*, \add Satan\add*. \w Nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add although\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* evil \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* obey \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \add more\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w names|strong="G3686"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* \w written|strong="G1449"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w written|strong="G1449"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w names|strong="G3686"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add because you will be with God forever\add*.”   
\p
\v 21 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* caused \add Jesus\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* rule \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \add everything in\add* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add on\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*! \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \add people think that they are\add* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w* \add because\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* well-educated. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w thank|strong="G1843"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* prevented \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add knowing\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \add Instead\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* revealed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who accept your truth as readily\add* [MET] \add as\add* little \w children|strong="G3516"\w* \add do\add*. \w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add you have done that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* seemed \w good|strong="G2107"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add to do\add* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*.”  
\v 22  \add Jesus also said to the 72 disciples\add*, “\add God\add*, \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w has|strong="G3962"\w* revealed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add I need to know and the power I need for my work\add*. \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really\add* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wish|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* reveal \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add God\add* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add*.”   
\p
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G2398"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* seen \add the things that I have done\add*!  
\v 24 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kings \add who lived long ago\add* \w desired|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \add me do\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add happen\add* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w longed|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* hearing \add me say\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add revealed to them\add* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we must show our love to everyone, even ones we do not like to associate with.  
\sr Luke 10:25-37  
\p
\v 25  \add One day as Jesus was teaching people\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* studied carefully \w the|strong="G2532"\w* laws \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add God gave Moses\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* difficult question. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God\add* forever?”  
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1722"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G5101"\w* \w read|strong="G1125"\w* [RHQ] \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add Moses\add* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God gave him\add*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* Moses \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* living forever?”  
\v 27 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add He wrote that\add* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* love \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \add We must show that\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* feel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* think. \add He\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add wrote that we must love\add* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* contact \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* much \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add we love\add* ourselves.”  
\v 28 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \add your question\add* \w correctly|strong="G3723"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add continually\add*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add with God forever\add*.”   
\p
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* defend \add the way\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add acted toward people that he came in contact with\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* defend \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply\add*). \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* contact \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \add should I love\add*?”  
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \add by telling him this illustration\add*: “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w once|strong="G3739"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w*. Bandits attacked \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1562"\w* away \add most of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s clothes \add and everything else that he had\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G2007"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* almost \w dead|strong="G2253"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \add instead of helping him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w side|strong="G3598"\w* \add of the road\add*.  
\v 32 \w Similarly|strong="G3668"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* worked \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* temple \add in Jerusalem\add* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* side \add of the road\add*.  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Samaria \add province\add* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* road \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w where|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* lying. \add People from Samaria despise Jews. But\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* pitied \w him|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 34 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1913"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w wounds|strong="G5134"\w* \add to help heal them\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wound strips \w of|strong="G2532"\w* cloth \add around the wounds\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* placed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* donkey \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w inn|strong="G3829"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w care|strong="G1959"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 35 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* next morning \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* silver coins \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w innkeeper|strong="G3830"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="G1544"\w* \w care|strong="G1959"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w spend|strong="G4325"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* amount \add to care for him\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w back|strong="G1325"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w return|strong="G1880"\w*.’”  
\v 36 Then \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*, “\w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \add saw\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* bandits attacked. \w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add acted in a loving way toward\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*?”  
\v 37 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* studied \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w acted|strong="G4160"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* \w like|strong="G3668"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add toward\add* everyone \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add you can help\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked Martha for being too concerned about household chores.  
\sr Luke 10:38-42  
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\v 38 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* travel, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w* \add near Jerusalem\add*. \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* invited \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.  
\v 39 \w Her|strong="G3137"\w* \add younger\add* sister, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G2564"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w sat|strong="G3869"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* listening \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w concerned|strong="G3199"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* preparing \add a meal\add*. \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3767"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* seem \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w care|strong="G3199"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* sister \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* prepare everything \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w care|strong="G3199"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* sister \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* prepare everything \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w help|strong="G4878"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 41 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Martha|strong="G3136"\w*, \w Martha|strong="G3136"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w worried|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 42 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w necessary|strong="G5532"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \add to listen to what I am teaching\add*. \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* decided \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \add do that\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* better \add than worrying\add*. \add The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* taken away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* {\w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* \add the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me\add*}.”   
\c 11  
\s1 Jesus taught his disciples about prayer.  
\sr Luke 11:1-13  
\p
\v 1 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* somewhere \w praying|strong="G4336"\w*. \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G3973"\w* \add praying\add*, \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add what to say when\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*!”  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add things like this\add*: ‘\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* [MTY] \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* honored/revered. \add We want people to let you(sg)\add* [MTY, MET] rule \w over|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* lives.  
\v 3 \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* food [SYN] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* need.  
\v 4 Forgive \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add for\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G3361"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* forgive \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* tempted {\add someone or something\add* tempts \w us|strong="G1519"\w*}.’”   
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Suppose|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w*. \w Suppose|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg) stand outside and\add* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w*, please \w lend|strong="G5531"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* buns!  
\v 6 \w Another|strong="G3739"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* traveling \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G3854"\w* \add at my house\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* food \add ready\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*!’  
\v 7 Suppose \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* answers \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w inside|strong="G2081"\w* \add his house\add*, ‘\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bother|strong="G2873"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*! \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* {\add We(exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w locked|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* family \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w bed|strong="G2845"\w*. \add So\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* anything!’  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add want to\add* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add any food\add*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* avoid \w being|strong="G1510"\w* ashamed \add for not helping you\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w friend|strong="G5384"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* ashamed \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*), \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5535"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w*: Keep \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \add God for what you need\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add*. Confidently keep expecting \add God to give you the things that you need\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [MET]. \add It will be like\add* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w finding|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. Keep \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \add praying urgently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like\add* \w knocking|strong="G2925"\w* \add on a door\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* open \add the way\add* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to get what you pray for\add*.  
\v 10 Remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* continues \w to|strong="G2532"\w* ask \add him for them\add*. \add He\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whoever|strong="G3588"\w* confidently keeps \w asking|strong="G2212"\w*. \add He\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* open \add the way\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add to get the things that they keep urgently praying for\add*.  
\v 11 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* asked \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \add to eat\add*, ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add poisonous\add* \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*!/\w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add poisonous\add* \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 12 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w egg|strong="G5609"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G2532"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w scorpion|strong="G4651"\w*!/\w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w scorpion|strong="G4651"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 13 \w Even|strong="G3123"\w* \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G3962"\w* certainly \add give good things\add* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add including\add* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \add who is the best gift\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught people various things about demons.  
\sr Luke 11:14-28  
\p
\v 14  \add One day there was a man there who, because a demon controlled him\add* [MTY], \w was|strong="G1510"\w* unable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus expelled\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \add began to\add* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w*. \add Most of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add there\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* Beelzebub, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* enables \add this man\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*!”  
\v 16 \w Other|strong="G2087"\w* \add people there\add* \w asked|strong="G3985"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* perform \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add to prove ◄he was the Messiah/that he had come\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* God► [MTY/EUP]. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* trap \w him|strong="G1537"\w* \add into not being able to perform a miracle or into doing something ridiculous\add*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* thinking. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \add the people in\add* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* nation fight \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, \w their|strong="G1438"\w* nation \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed {\add they\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w their|strong="G1438"\w* nation}. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \add the people in\add* [MTY] \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w divided|strong="G1266"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* cease \w to|strong="G2532"\w* remain \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \add family\add*.  
\v 18  \add Similarly\add*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \add and his demons\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* fighting \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, ◄\w his|strong="G1438"\w* rule \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add certainly\add* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* last!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* rule \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* last?► [RHQ] \add I say this\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* expelling \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add the power of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add his own demons\add*  
\v 19 \w Furthermore|strong="G1161"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \add it is true that\add* Satan enables \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, \add is it also true that\add* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \add who\add* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \add do so\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add Satan’s\add* power [RHQ]? \add No, that is not true\add*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add are not thinking logically\add*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G2316"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add that I expel demons\add*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* showing \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add that the power of\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* [MET] rule \add people’s lives\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G5348"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”   
\p
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G1722"\w*, \add to show that by expelling evil spirits he was making it clear that he was much more powerful than Satan, Jesus said\add* [MET], “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G2478"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* weapons \w guards|strong="G5442"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* house, \w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* can steal \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* house.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w stronger|strong="G2478"\w* \w attacks|strong="G1904"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G2478"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* subdues \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* away \w the|strong="G2532"\w* weapons \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2478"\w* \w trusted|strong="G3982"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* can \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G2478"\w*’s house anything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add wants to\add*.  
\v 23  \add No one can be neutral\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add are opposing\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \add people to become\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add disciples\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* causing \add those people\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \add from me\add*.”   
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\v 24  \add Then Jesus said this\add*: “\add Sometimes when\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G1223"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* leaves someone, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* wanders around \w in|strong="G1519"\w* desolate \w areas|strong="G5117"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \add someone in whom it can\add* rest. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* anyone, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \add to itself\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* person \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* used \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* goes back \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w finds|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Spirit of God is not in control of that person’s life. The person’s life is like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\w that|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w has|strong="G2532"\w*} \w swept|strong="G4563"\w* clean \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w put|strong="G2885"\w* {\w put|strong="G2885"\w* everything} \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2885"\w*, \add but a house that is empty\add*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add this evil spirit\add* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* gets \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add even\add* \w more|strong="G4190"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add all\add* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add that person\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add begin\add* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \add So\add*, \add although\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G4190"\w*’s \w condition|strong="G3588"\w* \add was bad\add* \w before|strong="G4413"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* much \w worse|strong="G5501"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* listening \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \add to him\add*, “\add God is\add* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w birth|strong="G2836"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* nurse \add at her breasts\add*!”  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add is\add* much \w more|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the people for wanting more miracles.  
\sr Luke 11:29-36  
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\v 29 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w group|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* around \add Jesus\add* got larger, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Many of\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* observing \w my|strong="G1325"\w* ministry \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \add me to perform\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add to prove that I have come from God\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w perform|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add like happened to\add* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w*.  
\v 30  \add After Jonah was inside a huge fish for three days, God performed\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add to restore\add* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w*. \add Jonah then went and testified about that\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="G3536"\w* \add city. God will perform\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* similar \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add for me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \add When you people have seen that miracle, you will believe my message\add*.  
\v 31  \add Long ago the\add* queen \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add Sheba\add*, \add far\add* \w south|strong="G3558"\w* \add of Israel, traveled a long distance to hear Solomon speak many\add* \w wise|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \add I, a man\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add is much\add* \w greater|strong="G4183"\w* \add and wiser\add* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*, \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*, \add but you have not listened to what I have told you\add*. \w Therefore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1074"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* judges \add all people\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* queen \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add Sheba\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \add along\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="G3536"\w* \add city\add* turned \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* sinful ways \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w* \w preached|strong="G2782"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w greater|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \add and preached to you\add*, \add but you have not turned from your sinful ways\add*. \w Therefore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1074"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* judges \add all people\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="G3536"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*.”   
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\v 33  \add Then, to show them that they did not need more miracles, but that they needed only to understand better what he had already told them, he said to them\add* [MET], “\w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w light|strong="G5338"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w do|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w then|strong="G3761"\w* hide \w it|strong="G5087"\w*, \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G5087"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w basket|strong="G3426"\w*. Instead, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w lampstand|strong="G3087"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w enter|strong="G1531"\w* \add their house\add* can see \add things from\add* \w its|strong="G5259"\w* \w light|strong="G5338"\w*. \add Similarly, I have not concealed God’s truth. I have revealed it to you\add*.  
\v 34 \w Your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* [MET] \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* healthy, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see everything \w well|strong="G2532"\w* [MET]. \add Similarly, if you(sg) accept my teaching, you will be able to know all that God wants you to know\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see anything. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4652"\w* [MET]. \add And similarly, if you(pl) do not accept what I teach, you will not be able to know all the things that God wants you to know\add*.  
\v 35 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \add you(pl) do not need to see more miracles. You need to think carefully about what I have already\add* told \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w remain|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* spiritual \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* [MET].  
\v 36 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add live completely according to God’s truth, you will be able to know everything that God wants you to know. It will be like\add* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* room \w with|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* shining brightly, enabling \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w see|strong="G5461"\w* everything clearly.”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the Jewish leaders for only pretending to be good.  
\sr Luke 11:37-54; Matthew 23:1-36; Mark 12:38-40  
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\v 37 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* finished \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w invited|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* eat \w a|strong="G1722"\w* meal \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add his house\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* ate \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 38 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*’ ritual \w by|strong="G3756"\w* washing \w his|strong="G3708"\w* hands \w before|strong="G4253"\w* eating. \add The Pharisees washed their hands in a certain way to be cleansed from anything that might have contaminated them. They were afraid that God might reject them if they\add* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \add touched something unacceptable to God\add*.  
\v 39 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add concerned about things that are outside your bodies, not with what is in your\add* ◄\add inner beings/hearts\add*► [MET]. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cups|strong="G4221"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dishes \add before you eat because you think that doing that will make you acceptable to God\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w within|strong="G2081"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* greedy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 40 \w You|strong="G4160"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*! \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w* \add our bodies\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* inner \add beings\add*!/isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* hearts?► [RHQ]  
\v 41 \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \add money\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* poor. \add Give according to what you know within\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ◄inner beings\add /heart\add*► \add that you should give\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add will be surprised to realize that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* acceptable \add to God without having to perform all those rituals about washing\add*.   
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\v 42 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* tenth \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add all you produce, even\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* various \w herbs|strong="G3001"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* grow, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add remember that you must act\add* justly \add toward others\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add give a tenth of your income to God\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 43 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* like \add to sit in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* best \w seats|strong="G4410"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* worship places \add so that people will think highly of you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* like \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* greet \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add respectfully\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marketplaces.  
\v 44 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* ground \w where|strong="G5613"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* marker \add to indicate that there is a\add* \w grave|strong="G3419"\w* \add underneath\add*. \w People|strong="G1492"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1492"\w* \add what is rotten down below\add* [MET]! \add Similarly, people who see you do not realize how polluted you are within yourselves\add*.”   
\p
\v 45 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* criticizing \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add also\add*!”  
\v 46 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* require \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add to obey many rules that are difficult to obey\add* [MET]. \add That is like making them\add* carry heavy \w burdens|strong="G5413"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* backs. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* obey \w the|strong="G2532"\w* laws \add that you require others to obey\add*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* anything \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \add others to obey the laws\add*.)  
\v 47 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* decorate \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tombs|strong="G3419"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* killed, \add but you do not live according to what the prophets taught\add*.  
\v 48 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* declaring \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w approve|strong="G4909"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* prophets, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add are not honoring the prophets! You just\add* decorate \w their|strong="G1438"\w* tombs!  
\v 49 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* wise [PRS], \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* send \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \add to you Jews\add*. \add You\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* kill \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* greatly.  
\v 50  \add As a result, I\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* consider \w that|strong="G2443"\w* many \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add who have observed my Son’s ministry\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* guilty [MTY] \add of murder, as if you had\add* killed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* killed, \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w time|strong="G1074"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* created \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*,  
\v 51 starting \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add Adam’s son Cain\add* killing \add his brother\add* Abel \w and|strong="G2532"\w* continuing \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* prophet \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w* \add in the holy place\add* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* temple.’ \w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add is true\add* [MTY]. \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* observed \w my|strong="G3004"\w* ministry, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* considers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* guilty [MTY] \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \add killing\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* prophets!  
\v 52 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add not let people\add* know \add God’s truth\add* [MET]! \add It is as though you are\add* taking away \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w key|strong="G2807"\w* \add to a house\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \add the house\add* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* letting \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w either|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 53 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* finished saying \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* act \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w hostile|strong="G1758"\w* way toward \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 54 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* kept waiting \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w say|strong="G1537"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \add wrong\add* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* accuse \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 12  
\s1 Jesus warned the people not to be like the Pharisees.  
\sr Luke 12:1-3  
\p
\v 1 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w many|strong="G3461"\w* \w thousands|strong="G3461"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w gathered|strong="G1996"\w* \add around Jesus\add*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G5620"\w* \w many|strong="G3461"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w stepping|strong="G2662"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Then|strong="G5620"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w Beware|strong="G4337"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \add becoming\add* hypocrites \add like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*. \w Their|strong="G1438"\w* \add evil influence\add* [MET] \add spreads to others like\add* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \add spreads its influence in dough\add*.  
\v 2 \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* concealing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add they or other\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* conceal \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add some day\add* \w cause|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w hidden|strong="G2927"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* {\add everyone\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hide \w now|strong="G1161"\w*}.  
\v 3 \w All|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w* \add secretly, some day\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* heard {\w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* daylight. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w whispered|strong="G2980"\w* [SYN] privately \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w rooms|strong="G5009"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2784"\w* {\add people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} publicly.”   
\s1 Jesus told them not to be afraid to tell others of their faith in him.  
\sr Luke 12:4-12  
\p
\v 4 “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*, listen \add carefully\add*. \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add are able to\add* kill \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add to hurt you\add*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w warn|strong="G5263"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G5399"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G5399"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* only \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \add the power to\add* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* die, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* throw \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w* \w afterward|strong="G3326"\w*! \w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G5399"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 6  \add Think about\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sparrows|strong="G4765"\w*. \add They are worth so little \add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you\add* can [RHQ] buy \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w small|strong="G1417"\w* coins. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w forgotten|strong="G1950"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w forgets|strong="G1950"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}!  
\v 7 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w worth|strong="G1308"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \add to God\add* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w sparrows|strong="G4765"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add of what people can do to you! God\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* knows how \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w hairs|strong="G2359"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* each \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w*, \add so that if you(sg) lose one hair, he knows about it. So nothing bad can happen to you without his knowing it\add*.   
\p
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \add without being afraid, are willing to\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add that they are my disciples\add*, \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G3670"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \add God that they are my disciples\add*. \add I will do that while\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s angels listen.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add are\add* afraid \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w front|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add my disciples\add*, \add I\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s angels listen, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \add my disciples\add*.  
\v 10  \add I will tell you\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God is willing to\add* forgive \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* forgive \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add does\add*.  
\v 11  \add So\add* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Jewish worship houses \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* presence \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rulers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w authorities|strong="G1849"\w* \add about your trusting in me\add*, \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* answer \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add when they accuse you\add*. \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 12 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned them about being greedy.  
\sr Luke 12:13-21  
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add Jesus\add*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add older\add* brother \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w divide|strong="G3307"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* father’s property \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add the part that belongs\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Man|strong="G5101"\w*, ◄\w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* settle \add matters when people are\add* disputing \w about|strong="G1909"\w* property!/\w did|strong="G5101"\w* anyone \w appoint|strong="G2525"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* settle \add matters when people are\add* disputing \w about|strong="G1909"\w* property?► [RHQ]”  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* crowd, “\w Guard|strong="G5442"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* carefully, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* desire \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*! \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* secure \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add obtaining\add* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w possessions|strong="G5225"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G4145"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* illustration: “\w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* crops grew \w very|strong="G2164"\w* well.  
\v 17  \add So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to himself\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G2192"\w* \w place|strong="G4226"\w* \add big enough\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w store|strong="G4863"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w crops|strong="G2590"\w*!’  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* himself, ‘\add I know\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tear|strong="G2507"\w* \w down|strong="G2507"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* grain bins \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w larger|strong="G3173"\w* \w ones|strong="G3173"\w*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w store|strong="G4863"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* wheat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* goods \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add the big new bins\add*.  
\v 19  \add Then\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* [SYN], “\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* plenty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* goods stored \w up|strong="G1519"\w*. \add They will last\add* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. \add So now\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* easy. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add all that I want to\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* happy \add for a long time\add*!”’  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* foolish \add man\add*! \w Tonight|strong="G3571"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* die! ◄\w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \add the goods\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* saved up \add for yourself\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add belong to someone else, not to\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add will benefit from\add* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* stored up \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*?► [RHQ]’”   
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\v 21  \add Then Jesus ended this illustration by saying\add*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w store|strong="G2343"\w* \w up|strong="G2343"\w* goods \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* value \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add considers\add* valuable.”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples not to worry about the things that they need.  
\sr Luke 12:22-34  
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \add things you need\add* \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w live|strong="G2068"\w*. \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \add whether you will have enough food\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G3366"\w* \add enough clothes\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* wear.  
\v 23 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* important \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sufficient \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothing|strong="G1742"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w you|strong="G1510"\w* conduct \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* important./\w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w you|strong="G1510"\w* conduct \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* important?► [RHQ]  
\v 24 Think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w*: \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* plant \add seeds\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* harvest \add crops\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w rooms|strong="G5009"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* buildings \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* store crops. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* provides food \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add And\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w valuable|strong="G1308"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w*. \add So God will certainly provide what you need\add*!  
\v 25 ◄\w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w add|strong="G4369"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* little bit \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* lives \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w worrying|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*!/\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w add|strong="G4369"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* little bit \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* lives \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w worrying|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 26 \w Worrying|strong="G3309"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w small|strong="G1646"\w* \w thing|strong="G1646"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* since \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* add \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* life, ◄\w you|strong="G1487"\w* certainly \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you need to have in order to live!\add*/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you need to have in order to live\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 27 Think \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* flowers grow \add in the fields\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w work|strong="G2872"\w* \add to earn money\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* make \w their|strong="G1722"\w* own clothes. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add even though King\add* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*, \add who lived long ago, wore very beautiful clothes\add*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* clothes \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* beautiful \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add flowers\add*.  
\v 28 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* makes \w the|strong="G1722"\w* flowers beautiful, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grow \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* fields \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add they are cut at the same time that the grass\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thrown \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* oven \add to be burned to make heat for baking\add* bread. \add So they really are not worth very much. But you are very precious to\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add and he\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add care for you\add* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \add than he cares for the grass by filling it with beautiful flowers\add*. \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* provide clothes \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live much longer than the grass. Why\add* [RHQ] \add do you\add* trust \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w little|strong="G3640"\w*?  
\v 29 \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* always \w be|strong="G2532"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G2212"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* enough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w worrying|strong="G3349"\w* \w about|strong="G2212"\w* \w those|strong="G2212"\w* \w things|strong="G5101"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* worried \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add in heaven\add* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5535"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \add so you should not worry about them\add*.  
\v 31 Instead, \w be|strong="G2532"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G2212"\w* letting \add God\add* completely direct \add your life\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* give \w you|strong="G5210"\w* enough \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add you need\add*.   
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\v 32  \add You who are my disciples are like a\add* \w small|strong="G3398"\w* \w flock|strong="G4168"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* sheep, \add and I am like your shepherd\add*. \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. \w Your|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add in heaven\add* wants \w to|strong="G1325"\w* let \w you|strong="G5210"\w* rule \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in heaven\add*.  
\v 33  \add So now\add* \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \add the money that you get for those things\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* poor \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \add If you do that, it will be as though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* providing \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* purses \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w wear|strong="G3822"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add God will give\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w treasure|strong="G2344"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* always \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w safe|strong="G1722"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w thief|strong="G2812"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \add to steal it\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* termite \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w destroy|strong="G1311"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 34 Remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the things\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add think are the most\add* valuable \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add the things\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* constantly concerned \w about|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told them that they should be ready for his return.  
\sr Luke 12:35-48  
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\v 35 “\w Be|strong="G1510"\w* always ready \add for doing God’s work\add* [MET], like \add people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* work clothes \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ready \add during the day\add*, \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w lamps|strong="G3088"\w* \w burning|strong="G2545"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* night.  
\v 36 \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \add ready for me to return\add* [MET], \w like|strong="G3664"\w* servants \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* return \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w* \add for several days\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add waiting to\add* open \w the|strong="G2532"\w* door \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add start working for him again\add* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* soon \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* arrives \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knocks|strong="G2925"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* door.  
\v 37 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* returns, \add he will\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3739"\w* \add the kind of clothes\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* wear \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sit down, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meal.  
\v 38  \add Even\add* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w between|strong="G1722"\w* midnight \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sunrise, \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w finds|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* servants \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add awake and\add* ready \add for him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w remember|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w If|strong="G1487"\w* owners \w of|strong="G3624"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w thief|strong="G2812"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \add would stay awake and\add* \w would|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G1097"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w broken|strong="G1358"\w* \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \add and their goods to be stolen\add* {\add the thief\add* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w break|strong="G1358"\w* \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \add and steal their goods\add*}.  
\v 40 Similarly, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \add for me to return\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add again\add* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w expect|strong="G1380"\w* \add me to come\add*.”   
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\v 41 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* illustration \add only\add* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add else also\add*?”  
\v 42 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I am saying it for you and for anyone else\add* [MET, RHQ] \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w* \w manager|strong="G3623"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* house. \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w appoints|strong="G2525"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add supervise affairs in his house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w servants|strong="G2322"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* food \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w proper|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*. \add Then he leaves on a long trip\add*.  
\v 43 If \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* work \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* returns, \add his master\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G1565"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 44 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w His|strong="G3956"\w* master \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w appoint|strong="G2525"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* supervise \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w affairs|strong="G3588"\w* \add permanently\add*.  
\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* think \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \add has been away\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G5549"\w* \w time|strong="G5549"\w*, \add so he probably will\add* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* return \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \add and find out what I am doing\add*.’ \add Then he might\add* start \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G5180"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w male|strong="G3816"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* female ones. \add He might also start\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add a lot of food\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G3182"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3182"\w*.  
\v 46  \add If he does that, and if\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* returns \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w does|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w expect|strong="G4328"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* two \w pieces|strong="G1371"\w*/punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w* severely► [HYP] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in the place where he puts all\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add serve him\add* faithfully.  
\v 47 \w Every|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w get|strong="G2090"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w desires|strong="G2307"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w beaten|strong="G1194"\w* \w severely|strong="G4183"\w* {\add The master\add* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w severely|strong="G4183"\w* \w every|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w get|strong="G2090"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w desires|strong="G2307"\w*}.  
\v 48 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \add servant\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add what his master wanted\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* deserved \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w beaten|strong="G1194"\w* lightly {\add the master\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* lightly \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \add servant\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add what his master wanted\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* deserved \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add his master\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}. \add God will treat his people similarly, because he\add* expects \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add he\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* allowed \add to understand a lot\add*. \w People|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w entrust|strong="G3908"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add to others’ care\add* expect \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add to care for those things\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*. Similarly, \add God\add* expects \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* allowed \add to understand a lot\add*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* expects \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* \add ability\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned that people would face opposition even within their own families.  
\sr Luke 12:49-53  
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\v 49 “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add there to be trials\add* [MET], \add which will purify you as\add* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \add purifies metal\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* judgment/divisions \w among|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*). \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w wish|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add you\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* purified {\w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* purify \w you|strong="G1487"\w*} (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* divisions \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* caused {\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* divisions \w among|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*}) \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* begun.  
\v 50 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* soon \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* [IDM] greatly. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w distressed|strong="G4912"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w distressed|strong="G4912"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w my|strong="G2192"\w* \w suffering|strong="G4912"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* result \w of|strong="G1093"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w coming|strong="G3854"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1093"\w* live \w together|strong="G1722"\w* peacefully? \w No|strong="G3780"\w*! \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add that is not what will happen! Instead, people\add* \w will|strong="G1093"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* divided.  
\v 52 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \add will believe in me and some will not\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w divided|strong="G1266"\w*. \add For example\add*, \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \add who do not believe in me\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* oppose \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add who do believe\add*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add who do not believe in me\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* oppose \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \add who do believe\add*.  
\v 53 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughter-in-law|strong="G3565"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w mother-in-law|strong="G3994"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told the people that they needed to settle their relationship with God before it was too late.  
\sr Luke 12:54-59  
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\v 54 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, “\add In this country\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add dark\add* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* forming \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w west|strong="G1424"\w*, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rain!’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happens|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 55  \add In this region\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wind|strong="G3558"\w* \w blows|strong="G4154"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w south|strong="G3558"\w*, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w hot|strong="G2742"\w* day!’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w happens|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 56 \w You|strong="G4459"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*! \w By|strong="G2532"\w* observing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* clouds \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind, \w you|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w discern|strong="G1381"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* happening regarding \add the weather\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w discern|strong="G1381"\w* \add what God is doing\add* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w present|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* [RHQ]!   
\p
\v 57 ◄\w Each|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* ought \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w determine|strong="G2919"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w thing|strong="G5101"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*, \add while you still have time to do that\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w determine|strong="G2919"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \add thing for you to do now while you still have time to do that\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 58  \add If you do not do that, God will punish you\add* [MET]. \add It will be like what happens when\add* someone takes \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* court, saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done something \w very|strong="G2532"\w* bad. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* settle \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* still \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* court. \w If|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* forces \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* decide \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* court \w officer|strong="G4233"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w officer|strong="G4233"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.  
\v 59 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* prison, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*, \add because you will never be able to\add* pay \w every|strong="G2532"\w* bit \add of what the judge says you owe\add* [MET]. \add Similarly, you ought to settle accounts with God before you die, too\add*.”   
\c 13  
\s1 Jesus warned people that God would punish them if they did not turn from their sinful lives.  
\sr Luke 13:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add listening to Jesus\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add district who had gone to Jerusalem\add*. \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \add the Roman governor\add*, \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \add ordered soldiers to\add* kill \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* offering \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \add in the Temple there\add*.  
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \add that this happened to those\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add because\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* sinful \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*?  
\v 3 \w I|strong="G1437"\w* assure \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add that was\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add so\add*! \w But|strong="G3361"\w* instead \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \add being concerned about them, you need to remember that God\add* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w similarly|strong="G3668"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add eternally\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* sinful behavior.  
\v 4 \w Or|strong="G2228"\w*, \add consider\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* 18 \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w died|strong="G4098"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tower|strong="G4444"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Siloam|strong="G4611"\w* \add outside Jerusalem\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \add that this happened to them because\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* sinful \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*?  
\v 5 \w I|strong="G1437"\w* assure \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add that was\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w so|strong="G3361"\w*! \w But|strong="G3361"\w* instead, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add need to realize that God\add* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w similarly|strong="G5615"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add eternally\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* sinful behavior!”   
\s1 Jesus warned that he would punish the Jews for not showing that they appreciated God’s blessings.  
\sr Luke 13:6-9  
\p
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* illustration \add to show what God would do to the Jews, whom he continually blessed, but who did not do things that please him\add*: “\w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w planted|strong="G5452"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* farmland. ◄\add Each year/Many times\add*► \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* figs, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* figs.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* gardener, ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w* \add here\add*! \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w year|strong="G2094"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* past \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* figs. \w Cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G1581"\w*! ◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* nutrients \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G2444"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add nutrients in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \add for nothing\add*?► [RHQ]’  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gardener \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, leave \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w year|strong="G2094"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w dig|strong="G4626"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w manure|strong="G2874"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 9 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w bears|strong="G4160"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* year, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* allow \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* growing. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w bear|strong="G4160"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* year, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w down|strong="G1581"\w*.’”   
\s1 Jesus told a synagogue leader that he was being hypocritical regarding working on the Sabbath.  
\sr Luke 13:10-17  
\p
\v 10 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*►, \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting places.  
\v 11 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* [MTY] \w had|strong="G2192"\w* crippled \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 18 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always \w bent|strong="G4794"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w*; \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* stand \w up|strong="G1519"\w* straight.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w over|strong="G4377"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \add I am\add* freeing \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* illness!”  
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2007"\w* straight, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* charge ◄\w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* synagogue/\w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meeting \w place|strong="G1722"\w*► \w was|strong="G1510"\w* angry \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*►. \add He considered that healing was doing work\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w six|strong="G1803"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \add each week\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \add our Jewish\add* laws permit \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w*. \add If you need healing\add*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* ◄\add to the synagogue/to the meeting place\add*► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg) and your fellow religious leaders are\add* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*! ◄\w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rest►, \add just like on every other day\add*, ◄\w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* unties \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w ox|strong="G1016"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w donkey|strong="G3688"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* leads \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food trough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* where \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w water|strong="G4222"\w*./\w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w ox|strong="G1016"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w donkey|strong="G3688"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w lead|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food trough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* where \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w water|strong="G4222"\w*?► [RHQ] \add That is work, too\add*!  
\v 16 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \add is more important than an animal; she is a Jew\add*, descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham! \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \add kept her\add* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \add crippled\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 18 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*, \add as though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \add and not let her escape\add*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3708"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* freed {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add I\add* \w free|strong="G3089"\w* \w her|strong="G3708"\w*}, \add even if this\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*!/\w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* freed {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add I\add* \w free|strong="G3089"\w* \w her|strong="G3708"\w*}, \add even if this\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 17 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add there\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* opposed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G2617"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add there\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wonderful \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus gave two illustrations about God’s rule over people’s lives.  
\sr Luke 13:18-21; Matthew 13:31-33; Mark 4:30-32  
\p
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \add the number of people who let\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule [MET] \add their lives will increase\add*./\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* know \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \add the number of people who let\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule [MET] \add their lives will increase\add*?► [RHQ] \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w compare|strong="G3666"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 19 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add tiny\add* \w mustard|strong="G4615"\w* \w seed|strong="G2848"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w planted|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* field. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \add big, like\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add so big that\add* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w built|strong="G2532"\w* nests \w in|strong="G1722"\w* its \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* [RHQ] \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* illustrate \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule [MET] \add their lives can influence their society more and more\add*.  
\v 21 \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \add a little bit of\add* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* mixed \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* 50 pounds \w of|strong="G1519"\w* flour. \add That small amount of yeast made\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* batch \w of|strong="G1519"\w* dough swell \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus warns that not all people who think that they will go to heaven will go there.  
\sr Luke 13:22-30; Matthew 7:13-14,21-23  
\p
\v 22  \add Jesus\add* continued traveling, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add with his disciples\add*, \w through|strong="G2596"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add the people\add*.  
\v 23 \w Someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w saves|strong="G4982"\w*}?” \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add There will not be many, because\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w way|strong="G5100"\w* \add to heaven\add* [MET] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* narrow door.  
\v 24  \add Therefore, try hard\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w narrow|strong="G4728"\w* doorway, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add heaven by some other way\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w*.  
\v 25  \add God is like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3617"\w*. \add Some day\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* lock \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knock|strong="G2925"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, open \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!’ \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add No, I will not open it, because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘◄\add You must have forgotten!/Surely you know us, because\add*► [RHQ] \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \add meals\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \add people\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w streets|strong="G4116"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add towns\add*’!  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add I tell you again\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add are\add* wicked \w people|strong="G3956"\w*! \w Get|strong="G2532"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w*!’”  
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* continued, saying, “\add From where God will send you\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* distance. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who lived long ago will also be there\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add is ruling\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*, crying \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grinding \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add because you will have severe pain\add*!  
\v 29 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add be inside\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add lands to\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w north|strong="G1005"\w*, east, \w south|strong="G3558"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w west|strong="G1424"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* feasting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ◄\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ruling/\w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s kingdom►.  
\v 30 \w Think|strong="G2400"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w*: \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w others|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add consider\add* important \add now, God will make\add* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* important \add then\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add others consider\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* important \add now, God will make\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* important \add then\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus stated that it was necessary for him to die as a prophet in Jerusalem.  
\sr Luke 13:31-35; Matthew 23:37-39  
\p
\v 31 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* area, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add the ruler\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*!”  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Herod \w is|strong="G3588"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \add as cruel as\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fox, \add but also as insignificant as a fox\add*. \add So I do not worry about him\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add to show him that no one can harm me until it is the time and place God has determined\add*, \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add message from me\add*: ‘\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* expelling \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* performing miracles \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add I will continue doing\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5154"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G5048"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* work.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* trip \add to Jerusalem\add* during \w the|strong="G2532"\w* coming days, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add they killed many other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add since I am also a prophet\add*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* appropriate \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \add me\add*.’”   
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\v 34  \add Then Jesus said\add*, “O \add people of\add* [MTY] \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* [APO]! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* killed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who lived long ago, and you killed others\add*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add by throwing\add* \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \add at them\add*. Many times \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w gather|strong="G1996"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w together|strong="G1996"\w* \add to protect you\add* [SIM] \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hen|strong="G3733"\w* \w gathers|strong="G1996"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* \w chicks|strong="G3555"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w wings|strong="G4420"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add me to do that\add*.  
\v 35 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Your|strong="G2962"\w* city [MTY] (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \w your|strong="G2962"\w* temple) \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* abandoned (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G3361"\w* protect \w it|strong="G3754"\w*). \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* [MTY] \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add will enter your city only once more. After that\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \add I return and\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add about me\add*, ‘\w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* authority [MTY]!’”   
\c 14  
\s1 Jesus told the Jewish leaders that they were being hypocritical about not helping people on the Sabbath.  
\sr Luke 14:1-6  
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\v 1 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* ◄Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*/\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* [SYN] \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \add men who studied the Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w watching|strong="G3906"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* carefully \add to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him\add*.  
\v 2 Unexpectedly, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w whose|strong="G2532"\w* arms \w and|strong="G2532"\w* legs \w were|strong="G1510"\w* swollen.  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w permitted|strong="G1832"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add our(inc)\add* Jewish laws \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \add someone\add* ◄\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*►, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*?”  
\v 4  \add They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do\add* ◄\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Sabbath/\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rest day► (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it\add*). \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* reply. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* hands \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \add home\add*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rest \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w ox|strong="G1016"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* rest►, \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \add work to\add* pull \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \add or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day\add*?”  
\v 6  \add They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* reply \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should not try to make ourselves seem important.  
\sr Luke 14:7-11  
\p
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w noticed|strong="G1907"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Pharisee\add* \w had|strong="G3588"\w*} \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \add to the meal\add* \w chose|strong="G1586"\w* \add to sit in\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w places|strong="G4411"\w* where important \add people usually sit\add*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \add this advice\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*:  
\v 8 “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* {\w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w invites|strong="G2564"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w*, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w sit|strong="G2625"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G4411"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* important \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w sit|strong="G2625"\w*. \w Perhaps|strong="G3379"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add giving the feast\add* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w more|strong="G1784"\w* important \w than|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*.  
\v 9  \add When that man comes\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, ‘\w Let|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* seat!’ \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most undesirable seat, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ashamed.  
\v 10 Instead, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* {\add someone\add* \w invites|strong="G2564"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \add to a feast\add*, \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w sit|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* most undesirable seat. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*, ‘\w Friend|strong="G5384"\w*, \w sit|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* better seat!’ \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* see \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* honoring \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \add remember this\add*: \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w exalt|strong="G5312"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w exalt|strong="G5312"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should share with others who cannot repay us.  
\sr Luke 14:12-14  
\p
\v 12  \add Jesus\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Pharisee\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meal, “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \w people|strong="G4145"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* midday \w or|strong="G2228"\w* evening meal, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* family \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w neighbors|strong="G1069"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* later \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) for a meal\add*. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* way \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* repay \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 13 Instead, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w feast|strong="G1403"\w*, \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \add people\add*, crippled \add people\add*, \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \add people\add*, or \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \add people\add*.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w repay|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \add But God will bless you! He\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w repay|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add at the time\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add he causes\add* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that many Jews would reject God’s invitation to come to him.  
\sr Luke 14:15-24  
\p
\v 15 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has truly\add* \w blessed|strong="G3107"\w* \add us Jews\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add with the Messiah\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* starts \w to|strong="G3004"\w* rule!”  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation\add* [MET], \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w time|strong="G3173"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add decided\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* prepare \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* feast. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G5610"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* feast, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w*} \w invited|strong="G2564"\w*, ‘\w Come|strong="G2064"\w* \add now\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* everything \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w*!’  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add when the servant did that\add*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add whom he had invited\add* \w began|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* why \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add man the servant went to\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* bought \w a|strong="G2192"\w* field, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Please|strong="G2065"\w* \add ask your master to\add* forgive \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G1831"\w*!’  
\v 19 \w Another|strong="G2087"\w* \w person|strong="G2087"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* bought \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w pair|strong="G2201"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w oxen|strong="G1016"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w examine|strong="G1381"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Please|strong="G2065"\w* \add ask your master to\add* forgive \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* coming!’  
\v 20 \w Another|strong="G2087"\w* \w person|strong="G2087"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*.’  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w returned|strong="G5119"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add everyone had said\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3617"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w angry|strong="G3710"\w* \add when he heard the reasons they gave for not\add* \w coming|strong="G1831"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5030"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w streets|strong="G4113"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w alleys|strong="G4505"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add and find\add* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* crippled \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \add people, and bring\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add my house\add*!’  
\v 22  \add After the servant went and did that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add came back and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w room|strong="G5117"\w* \add for more people\add*.’  
\v 23  \add So\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \add outside the city\add*. Search \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w highways|strong="G3598"\w*. Search \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* narrow \w roads|strong="G3598"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w hedges|strong="G5418"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add where homeless people may be staying\add*. Strongly urge \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add my house\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G1072"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add people\add*!’”  
\v 24  \add Then Jesus said\add*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Very|strong="G1565"\w* few \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* enjoy \w my|strong="G1473"\w* feast, \w even|strong="G1063"\w* \w though|strong="G3754"\w* \add I\add* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add first to eat it with me when I become king\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned that it would be difficult to be his disciple.  
\sr Luke 14:25-33  
\p
\v 25 \w Large|strong="G4183"\w* groups \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w traveling|strong="G4848"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*,  
\v 26 “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* loves \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters \add more than\add* [HYP] \add he loves me\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1135"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* love \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* loves \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*!  
\v 27  \add People who are ready to execute a prisoner make\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* carry \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* [MET] \add to the place where others will nail him\add* \w on|strong="G3756"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Only|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* willing \add to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them\add* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* willing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* teach, \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.  
\v 28  \add I will illustrate\add* [MET]. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w desired|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* ◄\w tower|strong="G4444"\w*/big house►, ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* surely \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G4413"\w* determine \w how|strong="G5101"\w* much \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w cost|strong="G1160"\w*!/\w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G4413"\w* determine \w how|strong="G5101"\w* much \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w cost|strong="G1160"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Then|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* determine \w whether|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* enough money \w to|strong="G1519"\w* complete \w it|strong="G1063"\w*.  
\v 29  \add If you did not do that\add*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w finish|strong="G1615"\w* \add the rest of the tower\add*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 30 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \add a tower\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G1615"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 31 \w Or|strong="G2228"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* decided \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add send his army to\add* \w war|strong="G4171"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, ◄\w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* surely \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \add with those who\add* advised \add him\add*./\w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \add with those who\add* advised \add him\add*?► [RHQ] \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* determine \w whether|strong="G1487"\w* \add his army\add*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* 10,000 soldiers, \w could|strong="G1415"\w* defeat \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other army\add*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* 20,000 soldiers, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* attack \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \add army\add*.  
\v 32 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add decided\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G4314"\w* army \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add defeat that army\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* send messengers \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add the other king\add* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* army \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w far|strong="G4206"\w* \w away|strong="G4206"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w the|strong="G1161"\w* messengers \w to|strong="G4314"\w* say \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* country?’  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G3779"\w*, similarly, \w if|strong="G5225"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w first|strong="G1438"\w* decide \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add willing to\add* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned about losing our usefulness to God.  
\sr Luke 14:34-35  
\p
\v 34  \add Jesus also said, “You are like\add* [MET] salt, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* useful \add to put on food\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* ◄salt \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3471"\w* {\add you\add* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G5101"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* salt} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* taste salty \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* stops tasting salty!/can salt \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3471"\w* {can \add you\add* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* salt} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* taste salty \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* quits tasting salty?► [RHQ]  
\v 35  \add If salt does not taste salty any more\add*, \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w even|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w manure|strong="G2874"\w* heap. \add People\add* throw \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w away|strong="G1854"\w*. \add The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God\add*. If \w you|strong="G1510"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* understand \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* said [IDM], \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w consider|strong="G2192"\w* \add carefully\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* heard!”   
\c 15  
\s1 Jesus taught that God is pleased when people turn from their sinful behavior.  
\sr Luke 15:1-10  
\p
\v 1 Many [HYP] \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add others whom people considered to be\add* habitual sinners \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* teach.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \add who were there\add* [SYN] began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w grumble|strong="G1234"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w welcomes|strong="G4327"\w* sinners \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add defiles himself by eating\add* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*:  
\v 4 “\w Suppose|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* 100 \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* lost, ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w leave|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* 99 \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pasture|strong="G2048"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* search \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* lost \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*./\w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w leave|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* 99 \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pasture|strong="G2048"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* search \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* lost \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 5 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w shoulders|strong="G5606"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* happy.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w brought|strong="G2064"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w neighbors|strong="G1069"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* lost!’  
\v 7 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* similarly \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w about|strong="G1909"\w* each \w and|strong="G3772"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* sinner \w who|strong="G3588"\w* turns \w from|strong="G3588"\w* doing evil. \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* happy \w about|strong="G1909"\w* 99 \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add think that they\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* [IRO] \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G3772"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w turn|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* doing evil.   
\p
\v 8 \w Or|strong="G2228"\w*, \w suppose|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \add very valuable\add* \w silver|strong="G1406"\w* \w coins|strong="G1406"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* loses \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ◄\w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w light|strong="G3088"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sweep|strong="G4563"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* floor \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w search|strong="G2212"\w* \w carefully|strong="G1960"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w finds|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!/\w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w light|strong="G3088"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sweep|strong="G4563"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* floor \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w search|strong="G2212"\w* \w carefully|strong="G1960"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w finds|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 9 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w finds|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w neighbors|strong="G1069"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coin|strong="G1406"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* lost!’  
\v 10 \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* similarly \w the|strong="G1909"\w* angels \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* happy \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \add even just\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* sinner \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w turns|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* evil.”   
\s1 Jesus taught the Jewish leaders that they also ought to be glad when people turn from their sinful ways.  
\sr Luke 15:11-32  
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 12 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w younger|strong="G3501"\w* son \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, ‘\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add I do not want to wait until you(sg) die\add*. \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w share|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* property \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*!’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w divided|strong="G1244"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* property \w between|strong="G1244"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* two sons.  
\v 13 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3756"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w younger|strong="G3501"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add sold his share\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* money \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w*. \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G4183"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* money foolishly \w in|strong="G1519"\w* reckless/\w wild|strong="G2532"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 14 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G1159"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* money, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enough \add food to\add* eat.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* landowners \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* area \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w for|strong="G1519"\w* work. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* work taking care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* field.  
\v 16  \add Because he was very hungry\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* glad \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bean \w pods|strong="G2769"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.  
\v 17 Finally \w he|strong="G1161"\w* thought clearly \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* done. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, ‘\w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*’s \w hired|strong="G3407"\w* servants \w have|strong="G1473"\w* plenty \w of|strong="G3962"\w* food! \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w more|strong="G4052"\w* [SYN] \w than|strong="G4052"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* can eat, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* dying \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* anything \w to|strong="G1519"\w* eat [HYP]!  
\v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G4198"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY, EUP] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*.  
\v 19 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* worthy \w to|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add you\add* \w calling|strong="G2564"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w your|strong="G4160"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w Just|strong="G5613"\w* hire \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w hired|strong="G3407"\w* servants.”’  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*’s house. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w distance|strong="G3112"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* pitied \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* son \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w embraced|strong="G1968"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add on the cheek\add*.  
\v 21 \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* worthy \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add you\add* \w calling|strong="G2564"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*} \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.’  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="G1519"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5036"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1627"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w best|strong="G4413"\w* \w robe|strong="G4749"\w* \add in the house\add*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* son. \w Put|strong="G1746"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ring|strong="G1146"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w finger|strong="G5495"\w* \add to show that I am honoring him again as my son\add*! \w Put|strong="G1746"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \add to show that I do not consider him to be a slave\add*!  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fat \w calf|strong="G3448"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add and cook it\add*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w celebrate|strong="G2165"\w*,  
\v 24 \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* returned! \add It is as though\add* [MET] \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*! \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* lost \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w*!’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w celebrate|strong="G2165"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* happening, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*’s \w older|strong="G4245"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add working\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* field. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add people playing\add* \w music|strong="G4858"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dancing|strong="G5525"\w*.  
\v 26 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G3816"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* happening.  
\v 27 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \add home\add* \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \add told us to\add* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fat \w calf|strong="G3448"\w* \add to celebrate\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* brother \w has|strong="G3962"\w* returned \w safe|strong="G5198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* healthy.’  
\v 28  \add But\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* older brother \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w angry|strong="G3710"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add the house\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to come in\add*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, ‘\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*! \w For|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G5118"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* slave. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* always obeyed everything \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G2056"\w* \w goat|strong="G2056"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \add kill it and cook it and\add* \w celebrate|strong="G2165"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*.  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w yours|strong="G4771"\w* spent \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add money he got from\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* spent \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \add to pay for sleeping with\add* \w prostitutes|strong="G4204"\w*! \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* home, \add but it is not fair that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* told \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \add servants\add* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* fat \w calf|strong="G3448"\w* \add and cook it\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!’  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* father \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G1699"\w* \w son|strong="G5043"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* property \add that I did not give to your brother\add* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w yours|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w your|strong="G2532"\w* brother \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*! \add It is as though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* lost \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* appropriate \w for|strong="G3754"\w* us \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w celebrate|strong="G2165"\w*!’ ”   
\c 16  
\s1 Jesus taught that we should handle our money in ways that are pleasing to God.  
\sr Luke 16:1-13  
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\v 1  \add Jesus\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w Once|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* household \w manager|strong="G3623"\w*. \add One day\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* {\add someone\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add the manager\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* managing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* money badly.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G5455"\w* \add his manager\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* terrible \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*!/\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* [RHQ]?► \w Give|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \add the funds\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* managing, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* \add household\add* \w manager|strong="G3621"\w*!’  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w manager|strong="G3623"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G3004"\w* fire \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*./\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* [RHQ]?► \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w strong|strong="G2480"\w* \w enough|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add work by\add* digging ditches, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* ashamed \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w beg|strong="G1871"\w* \add for money\add*.’  
\v 4  \add Suddenly he had an idea\add*. ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w take|strong="G1209"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w houses|strong="G3624"\w* \add and provide for me\add* \w after|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* dismissed {\w after|strong="G3752"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* master dismisses \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* work!’  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add one by one\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* money. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, ‘\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w owe|strong="G3784"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w*?’  
\v 6 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Eight \w hundred|strong="G1540"\w* gallons \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w olive|strong="G1637"\w* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w*.’ \w The|strong="G2532"\w* manager \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="G1209"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w bill|strong="G1121"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5030"\w* change \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* 400 \add gallons\add*!’  
\v 7 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G2087"\w*, ‘\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w owe|strong="G3784"\w*?’ \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2087"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w A|strong="G2532"\w* thousand bushels \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w*.’ \w The|strong="G2532"\w* manager \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="G1209"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w bill|strong="G1121"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* change \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* 800 \add bushels\add*!’ \add He did similar things for the others who owed his master money\add*.  
\v 8 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \add heard what the manager had done\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* admired \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dishonest \w manager|strong="G3623"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* clever \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*. \add The truth\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ungodly \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* world \w act|strong="G4160"\w* \w more|strong="G5228"\w* \w wisely|strong="G5430"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w godly|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MET] \w act|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 9  \add So\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Use|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G3126"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add here\add* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G4160"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add you die and\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* cannot \add take\add* \w any|strong="G2443"\w* \w money|strong="G3126"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add God and his angels\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \add in heaven\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* last \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* manage \w small|strong="G1646"\w* \add matters\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* manage important \add matters\add*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* dishonest \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add the way they handle\add* \w small|strong="G1646"\w* \add matters\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* dishonest \add in the way they handle\add* important \add matters\add*.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* handled \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w money|strong="G3126"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God has given you here\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* earth, ◄\w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* allow \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* possess \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G4103"\w* \add spiritual\add* riches \add in heaven!\add*/\w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* allow \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* possess \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w true|strong="G4103"\w* \add spiritual\add* riches \add in heaven\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* managed \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, ◄\add God\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G1325"\w* \add treasures in heaven that\add* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!/\w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w allow|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G1325"\w* \add treasures in heaven that\add* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 13 \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w servant|strong="G3610"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add different\add* bosses \add at the same time. If he tried to do that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* prefer \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* loyal \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w despise|strong="G2706"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*. \add Similarly\add*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \add devote your life\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* worshipping \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add worshipping\add* \w money|strong="G3126"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* material goods \add at the same time\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that God’s laws are permanent.  
\sr Luke 16:14-18  
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\v 14 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add there\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* loved \add to acquire\add* \w money|strong="G5366"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ridiculed|strong="G1592"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* think \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1344"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ◄inner beings/\w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*►. \add So he will reject you. Keep in mind that many\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* think \w are|strong="G1510"\w* important, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* thinks \w are|strong="G1510"\w* detestable.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God gave Moses\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* [MTY] \add wrote\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\add in effect/what you needed to obey\add*► \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w came|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Since|strong="G5119"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* how \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add rule people’s lives in a new way\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* many \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add accepting that message and\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* eagerly asking \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* control \add their lives. But that does not mean that God has abolished the laws that he established previously\add*.  
\v 17  \add All of God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \add even those that seem\add* insignificant, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* permanent \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.   
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\v 18  \add For example, because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that\add* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* divorces \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w committing|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add considers that\add* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* divorced \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3956"\w* husband {\w whose|strong="G3588"\w* husband \w has|strong="G2532"\w* divorced \w her|strong="G3956"\w*} \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add also\add* \w committing|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned what would happen to those who did not share their possessions with poor people.  
\sr Luke 16:19-31  
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\v 19  \add Jesus also said\add* [MET], “Once \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* wore \add expensive\add* \w purple|strong="G4209"\w* \w linen|strong="G1040"\w* \add garments\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* ate luxuriously \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 20 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w every|strong="G1161"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* laid {\add some people also\add* laid \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*} \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w gate|strong="G4440"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* rich \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s \add house\add*. \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w*’ body \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w covered|strong="G1669"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w sores|strong="G1669"\w*.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add was so hungry that he\add* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w the|strong="G2532"\w* scraps \add of food\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w table|strong="G5132"\w* where \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w man|strong="G4145"\w* \add ate\add*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to make things worse\add*, \w dogs|strong="G2965"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* licked \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w sores|strong="G1668"\w*.  
\v 22  \add Eventually\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w man|strong="G4145"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angels {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add start feasting\add* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \add ancestor\add* Abraham. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w man|strong="G4145"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* {\add some people\add* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w*}.  
\v 23 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* dead \w people|strong="G3588"\w* wait \add for God to judge them\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* pain. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* Abraham \w far|strong="G3113"\w* \w away|strong="G3113"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham.  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, ‘\w Father|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1722"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w fire|strong="G5395"\w*! \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \add please\add* pity \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \add here\add* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* dip \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w finger|strong="G1147"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \add and touch\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w cool|strong="G2711"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Abraham \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Son|strong="G5043"\w*, \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \add on earth\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* enjoyed \add many\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lazarus|strong="G2976"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* miserable. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \add it is fair that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* happy \w here|strong="G5602"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Besides|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w huge|strong="G3173"\w* ravine \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w cross|strong="G1276"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*.’  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* rich \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w*, \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \add Abraham\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \add Lazarus\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 28 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* brothers \add who live there\add*. Tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w warn|strong="G1263"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to turn away from their sinful behavior so that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w*, \w where|strong="G5117"\w* \add we(exc)\add* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* pain!’  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Abraham \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add No, I will not do that, because your brothers\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add go to the Jewish meeting places where the priests\add* read \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add wrote\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* [MTY] \add wrote\add*!’  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* rich \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="G3780"\w*, \w father|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham, \add that will not be enough\add* \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and warns them\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* turn \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* sinful behavior.’  
\v 31  \add Abraham\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w No|strong="G3756"\w*! \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w listen|strong="G3982"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add what\add* [MTY] \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* [MTY] \add wrote\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \add and go and warn them\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3982"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* convince \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add that they should turn from their sinful behavior\add*.’”   
\c 17  
\s1 Jesus warned about God punishing those who cause others to sin.  
\sr Luke 17:1-4  
\p
\v 1  \add One day Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w Things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* tempt \add people\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* sin \w are|strong="G1510"\w* certain \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* terrible \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* causes \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*!  
\v 2 \w Suppose|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* caused \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add do not believe in me very strongly\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* huge \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* fastened {\w someone|strong="G1520"\w* fastened \w a|strong="G2532"\w* huge \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*} \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w thrown|strong="G4496"\w* {\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \add you would consider that a severe punishment, but God will punish\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* severely \add if you cause someone to sin!\add*  
\v 3 \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w careful|strong="G4337"\w* \add how you act\add*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add know about\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sins, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w rebuke|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add says that he\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \add and asks you to forgive him\add*, forgive \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w seven|strong="G2034"\w* \w times|strong="G2034"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*’, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* forgiving \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught them what big things they could accomplish if they had true faith.  
\sr Luke 17:5-6  
\p
\v 5  \add One day\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, “Help \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trust \add in you\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add in God\add*) \w more|strong="G2532"\w* strongly!”  
\v 6 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Mustard|strong="G4615"\w* \add seeds are very small, but in this area they grow and produce large\add* [MET] \add plants\add*. \add Similarly\add*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* grows \w until|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add will do what you ask him to, you will be able to do anything\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \add even\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mulberry|strong="G4807"\w* \w tree|strong="G4807"\w*, ‘Pull \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add with your roots\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w plant|strong="G5452"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*!’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should serve God faithfully without expecting to be thanked.  
\sr Luke 17:7-10  
\p
\v 7  \add Jesus also said\add*, “\w Suppose|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* plowing \add your fields\add* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* taking care \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4165"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w comes|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* house \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* field, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* [RHQ], ‘Sit \w down|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* eat \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w*!’  
\v 8 Instead, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w Put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* apron \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*! Afterwards \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*.’  
\v 9 ◄\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G5485"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* told {\w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*!/\w Would|strong="G5485"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G5485"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* told {\w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 10 Similarly, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="G3739"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* worthy \add of God thanking us\add* {\add being thanked\add*}. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.’”   
\s1 Jesus healed ten lepers, but only a non-Jewish one thanked him.  
\sr Luke 17:11-19  
\p
\v 11 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jesus and his disciples\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* road \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \add the region\add* \w between|strong="G3319"\w* \w Samaria|strong="G4540"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add districts\add*.  
\v 12 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w*, \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w lepers|strong="G3015"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road. \add Because lepers were not permitted to come near other people\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w distance|strong="G4207"\w*  
\v 13 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w Master|strong="G1988"\w*, pity \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add and heal us\add*!”  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\w Each|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1925"\w* \w yourself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \add in Jerusalem so that he can see if you are healed\add*.” \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \add there\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* healed.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w*, \w turned|strong="G5290"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w*, \w praising|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add came to Jesus\add*, prostrated himself \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’ \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samaritan|strong="G4541"\w*, \add not a Jew\add*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I\add* healed \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \add lepers\add* ◄\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w nine|strong="G1767"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* come back!/\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w nine|strong="G1767"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* disappointed [RHQ] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* non-Jewish \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* thank \w God|strong="G2316"\w*; \w none|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*!”  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man, “\w Get|strong="G4982"\w* \w up|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4198"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w journey|strong="G4198"\w*. \add God\add* [PRS] \add has saved you and\add* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* trusted \add in me\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that God’s rule is within our lives.  
\sr Luke 17:20-21  
\p
\v 20  \add One day\add* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \add some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* [SYN] {\add some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* [SYN] \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \add Jesus\add*}, “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add going\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s ruling [MET] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* something \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G1905"\w*.  
\v 21 \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*! \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add ruling\add* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*!’ \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* ‘\w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add ruling\add* \w over|strong="G1563"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*!’ \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \add contrary to what you think\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s ruling \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*’s inner beings (\w OR|strong="G2228"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* already happening \w among|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*).”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples that without warning he would return and judge people.  
\sr Luke 17:22-37  
\p
\v 22  \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add me\add* [MTY], \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \add ruling powerfully\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 23  \add Some\add* \w people|strong="G2046"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \add the Messiah\add* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1563"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*!’ \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add they will say\add* ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*!’ \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* believe \w them|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w follow|strong="G1377"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \add to go see the Messiah\add*.  
\v 24 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lightning flashes \w and|strong="G2250"\w* lights \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* side \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w*, \add everyone can see it. Similarly\add* [SIM], \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* [MTY] \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w*, \add everyone will see me\add*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G4413"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happens, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* ways (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*). \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* {\w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* reject \w me|strong="G1163"\w*}, \add even though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add have observed me doing good for people\add*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \add come again, people\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* \add lived\add*.  
\v 27  \add At that time\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \add as usual\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w married|strong="G1060"\w* \add as usual\add*, \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* \add and his family\add* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boat. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w flood|strong="G2627"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who were not in the boat\add*.  
\v 28 \w Similarly|strong="G3668"\w*, \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lot|strong="G3091"\w* lived \add in Sodom city\add*, \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \add there \add* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2068"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \add as usual\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* bought \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2068"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w planted|strong="G5452"\w* \add crops\add* \w and|strong="G2068"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \add houses as usual\add*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Lot|strong="G3091"\w* \add and his family\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w*, \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add burning\add* \w sulfur|strong="G2303"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* down \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \add who stayed in the city\add*.  
\v 30 Similarly, \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* heaven, return \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w earth|strong="G3739"\w*, \add people will be unprepared\add* (\w OR|strong="G3739"\w*, \add enjoying normal life\add*).  
\v 31 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* outside \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w*, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* own \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \add the houses\add*, \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \add in\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1994"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away, \add because there will not be enough time to do that\add*. \w Similarly|strong="G3668"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* field \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w back|strong="G3694"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \add to get anything\add*; \add they must flee immediately\add*.  
\v 32 \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w Lot|strong="G3091"\w*’s \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*! \add Because she turned back and wanted to get some of her things from Sodom, she died immediately and became a pillar of salt\add*.  
\v 33 \w Anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hold onto \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \add and his possessions\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \add receive eternal\add* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add willing to\add* die \add for my sake\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternally\add*.  
\v 34 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \add when I return\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add sleeping\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add who believes in me\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w taken|strong="G3880"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add who believes in me\add*} \add to heaven\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* left \add behind and punished\add* {\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* leave \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add behind and punish him\add*}.  
\v 35-36 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left {\add God\add* will take one and leave the other} \add behind\add*.”  
\v 37  \add His disciples\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \add will this happen\add*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* animal carcass, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vultures \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w gather|strong="G1996"\w* \add to eat it\add* [MET]. \add Similarly, wherever there are people who are spiritually dead, God will punish them\add*.”   
\c 18  
\s1 Jesus taught about continuing to believe that God will answer prayer.  
\sr Luke 18:1-8  
\p
\v 1  \add Jesus\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \add his disciples\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* teach \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* confidently \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* discouraged \add if God does not immediately answer their prayers\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* revere \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* care \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w either|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 3 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Please decide \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \add in the dispute between me and\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1565"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* opposing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add in court!’\add*  
\v 4 \w For|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* judge \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \add to help her\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3761"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* revere \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* care \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*,  
\v 5 \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w* keeps \w bothering|strong="G2873"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w she|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* treated justly. \add If I do not do that\add*, \w she|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* exhaust \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!’”  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Even though\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* not \w a|strong="G1161"\w* righteous \w man|strong="G5101"\w*, think carefully \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*!  
\v 7  \add Similarly\add*, ◄\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add what you\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*!/\w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add what you\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*?► [RHQ] \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*. \add He will do this for you\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* pray \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, asking \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add help you\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w delay|strong="G3114"\w* \add helping you\add*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G4133"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add some day\add* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* right, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5034"\w*. \w But|strong="G4133"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, return \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, ◄\w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w may|strong="G5207"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \add many people who will still\add* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* trusting \add that I will vindicate them\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*)./\w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \add many people who will still\add* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* trusting \add that I will vindicate them\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*)?► [RHQ]”   
\s1 Jesus taught about not thinking that we are better than others in God’s sight.  
\sr Luke 18:9-14  
\p
\v 9  \add Jesus\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add to warn\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* mistakenly \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* doing \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Besides|strong="G1909"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w despised|strong="G1848"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 10  \add He said this\add*: “\w Two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collector|strong="G5057"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* silently, ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*. \add Some\add* extort money \add from others\add*; \w some|strong="G3588"\w* treat \w others|strong="G3062"\w* unjustly; \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w commit|strong="G3756"\w* adultery. \add I do not do such things. And I am certainly not\add* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collector|strong="G5057"\w* \add who cheats people\add*!  
\v 12  \add Our law says that we(exc) should\add* ◄\w fast|strong="G3522"\w*/abstain \w from|strong="G3588"\w* food► \add once a week\add*, \add but I do more than that. I\add* \w fast|strong="G3522"\w* \w twice|strong="G1364"\w* \w a|strong="G2932"\w* \w week|strong="G4521"\w*! \w I|strong="G3745"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \add you\add* ten percent \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3745"\w* earn!’  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collector|strong="G5057"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w far|strong="G3113"\w* \add from the other people in the Temple courtyard because he felt very unworthy\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* look \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w beat|strong="G5180"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w chest|strong="G4738"\w* \add to show that he was sorry for his sin\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* sinner; \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w merciful|strong="G2433"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and forgive me\add*!’”  
\v 14  \add Then Jesus said\add*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* tax collector \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* sins \w was|strong="G3588"\w* erased {\add God\add* erased \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* sins}, \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Pharisee. \add Remember this\add*: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w exalt|strong="G5312"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w humbled|strong="G5013"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w exalt|strong="G5312"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*}, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w exalted|strong="G5312"\w* {\add he\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w exalt|strong="G5312"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*}.”   
\s1 Jesus taught about accepting God’s rule in our lives as easily as little children do.  
\sr Luke 18:15-17  
\p
\v 15  \add One day when many people were coming to Jesus\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w bringing|strong="G4374"\w* small \w children|strong="G1025"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* hands \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \add the children and bless them\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \add those who were bringing those children\add*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \add to come to him\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add humble and trusting\add* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* experience \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ruling \add their lives\add*.  
\v 17 Note \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add trust God and\add* allow \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* direct \add their lives\add*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \add do\add*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* [MET] \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rules.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that rich people do not easily let God rule their lives.  
\sr Luke 18:18-30; Matthew 19:16-29; Mark 10:17-30  
\p
\v 18 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* leader \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \add Jesus\add*, “\w Good|strong="G5101"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*?”  
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*! \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add else\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*! ◄\w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*(sg) \w should|strong="G2316"\w* consider carefully \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add you are implying by\add* \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*!/\add Do you realize that you are implying that I am God by\add* \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ]   
\p
\v 20  \add But to answer your question\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commandments|strong="G1785"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God gave Moses. He commanded such things as\add* ‘\w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w murder|strong="G5407"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* testify falsely \add about what you have seen or heard\add*, \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.’”  
\v 21 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* obeyed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add commandments\add* ever \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* young. \add So\add* ◄\add there must be something else I have not done./is that enough\add*?►”  
\v 22 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \add him say\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add done\add* \w yet|strong="G2089"\w*. \w Sell|strong="G4453"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* own. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \add the money\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \add The result will be that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add spiritual\add* riches \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 23 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w sad|strong="G4036"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4970"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \add and he did not want to give everything away\add*.  
\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \add as he left\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* difficult \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w wealthy|strong="G5536"\w* \add to decide\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \add lives\add*.  
\v 25  \add You would say\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* impossible \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w camel|strong="G2574"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* eye \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* needle. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add almost\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* difficult [HYP] \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G4145"\w* \add to decide\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \add lives\add*.”  
\v 26  \add The Jews thought that God favored rich people, so they thought that if God did not save rich people, he would not save others, either\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add one of the disciples\add* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* seems \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add that God\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* anyone} [RHQ]!”  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* impossible \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add to save themselves\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add God can save them, because\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* anything!”  
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add You know that we(exc) have left\add* everything \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* [RHQ]. \add So what about us?\add* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \add So will God accept/save us?\add*”)  
\v 29 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Keep|strong="G1135"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* mind: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* left \add their\add* homes, \add their\add* \w wives|strong="G1135"\w*, \add their\add* brothers, \add their\add* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*, \add their\add* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \add or any other family members\add*, \add to tell others\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G3004"\w* rule [MET] \add people’s lives\add*,  
\v 30 \w will|strong="G2532"\w* receive \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w many|strong="G4179"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w much|strong="G4179"\w* \add as they left\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* future \w age|strong="G2540"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w live|strong="G2532"\w* eternally \add with God\add*/ \w have|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*►.”   
\s1 Jesus again predicted his death and resurrection.  
\sr Luke 18:31-34; Matthew 20:17-19; Mark 10:32-34  
\p
\v 31  \add Jesus\add* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* place \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w* carefully! \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add now\add* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \add While we are there\add*, \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*} \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G5055"\w* {\w will|strong="G2532"\w* occur}.  
\v 32 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G3860"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* {\add My enemies\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G3860"\w* me \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*} non-Jews. \add The non-Jews\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* me \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mistreat|strong="G5195"\w* me \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spit|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* me.  
\v 33 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* whip me, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add then\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill me. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after that\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add the disciples\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he said\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* prevented {\add Something\add* prevented \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w understanding|strong="G4920"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \add them\add*.   
\s1 Jesus healed a blind man.  
\sr Luke 18:35-43  
\p
\v 35 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jesus and his disciples\add* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w* \add city\add*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w beside|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \add He was\add* \w begging|strong="G1871"\w* \add for money\add*.  
\v 36 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add of people\add* \w passing|strong="G1279"\w* \w by|strong="G1510"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* someone, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happening?”  
\v 37 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add the man\add* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w* \add town\add*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w passing|strong="G3928"\w* \w by|strong="G2424"\w*.”  
\v 38 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* shouted, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add you who are\add* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \add the Messiah\add*, pity \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 39 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add walking\add* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G4254"\w* \add of the crowd\add* \w scolded|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \add and\add* \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G4601"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w loudly|strong="G4183"\w*, “\w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \add the Messiah\add*, pity \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 40 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* bring \w the|strong="G1161"\w* man \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add the blind man\add* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 41 “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, enable \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \add again\add*!”  
\v 42 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Then\add* see! \w Because|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* trusted [PRS] \add in me\add*, \add I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 43 \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \w praising|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add going with Jesus\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\c 19  
\s1 Zacchaeus changed his way of life after talking with Jesus.  
\sr Luke 19:1-10  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 2 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4145"\w* \add there\add* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Zacchaeus|strong="G2195"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* tax collector, \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add near Jesus\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4390"\w* \w further|strong="G1909"\w* \w ahead|strong="G1715"\w* \add along the road\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w on|strong="G1909"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* climbed \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sycamore-fig \w tree|strong="G4809"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*.  
\v 5 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Zacchaeus|strong="G2195"\w*, \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add God wants\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \add with you(sg)\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add tonight\add*”!  
\v 6 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w quickly|strong="G4692"\w*. \add He took Jesus to his house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G5264"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyfully|strong="G5463"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add who saw Jesus go there\add* grumbled \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w gone|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w guest|strong="G2647"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G3956"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sinner!”  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zacchaeus|strong="G2195"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \add while they were eating\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w half|strong="G2255"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* own \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* cheated, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w four|strong="G5073"\w* \w times|strong="G5073"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* amount \add I have gotten from them by cheating\add*.”  
\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* forgiven [PRS] \add you and the other people in\add* [MTY] \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add have shown that you have trusted in God as\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ancestor Abraham \add did\add*.  
\v 10 Remember \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seek|strong="G2212"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \add people like you(sg)\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add gone astray from God, just like a shepherd who searches for his\add* lost \add sheep\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught about being willing to take risks in using what he has given us.  
\sr Luke 19:11-27; Matthew 25:14-30  
\p
\v 11 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w coming|strong="G3195"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add going with Jesus\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w soon|strong="G3916"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \add he got to Jerusalem\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12  \add So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w this|strong="G1519"\w* parable: “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* prince prepared \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w distant|strong="G3117"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Emperor\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* king. \add He intended\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w return|strong="G5290"\w* later.  
\v 13  \add Before he left\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G2564"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* coin worth three months’ wages. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w business|strong="G4231"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* coins \w until|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* return!’ \add Then he left\add*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add many of\add* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* fellow-citizens \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3694"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* messengers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add the Emperor\add*, ‘\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*!’  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Emperor\add* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* anyway. \add Later\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add new king\add* \w returned|strong="G1880"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* coins \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w summoned|strong="G5455"\w* {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* summon \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* coins}. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* much \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* gained \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w business|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* coins.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \add to him\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w with|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* coin \add I\add* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* earned \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w more|strong="G4333"\w* \add coins\add*!’  
\v 17 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w* \w man|strong="G4103"\w*, ‘\add You are a\add* \w good|strong="G2095"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*! \add You have\add* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \add very\add* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*! \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add handled\add* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w small|strong="G1646"\w* \w amount|strong="G1510"\w* \add of money, I will give you\add* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \add to rule\add* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*.’  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* coin \add I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* earned \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add coins\add*!’  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* servant similarly, ‘\add Good! I will give you authority to rule\add* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*.’  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* coin. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* wrapped \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w napkin|strong="G4676"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* away, \add so that nothing would happen to it\add*.  
\v 21 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add because\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add of what you would do to me if the business failed. I know\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* money. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add even\add* \w take|strong="G5087"\w* \add from others money\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add like a farmer who\add* harvests grain \add from another man’s field\add* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add even\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* planting.’  
\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w wicked|strong="G4190"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G4750"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add have just now spoken\add*. ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add do foolish things with my money\add*./\w Did|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add do foolish things with my money\add*?► [RHQ] \add You said\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add even\add* \w take|strong="G5087"\w* \add from others money\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \add belong to me\add*, \add like a farmer who\add* harvests grain \add from another man’s field\add* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add even\add* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* planting.  
\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* least \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* money lenders!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add at least\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* bankers?► [RHQ] \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add when I returned\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w collected|strong="G4238"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* amount plus \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w interest|strong="G5110"\w* \add it would have earned\add*!’  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the king\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* near, ‘\w Take|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* coin \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the servant\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* coins!’  
\v 25 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* protested, ‘\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* already \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \add coins\add*!’  
\v 26  \add But the king said\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add use well what\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add received\add*, \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* {\add I\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add do\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add use well what they have received\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add already\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* taken away {\add I\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* away \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* already \w have|strong="G2192"\w*}.  
\v 27 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w*, \add as for\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* execute \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* watching!’”   
\s1 Jesus entered Jerusalem humbly, but like a king.  
\sr Luke 19:28-40; Matthew 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; John 12:12-15  
\p
\v 28 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add continued on the road\add* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w ahead|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* disciples.  
\v 29 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* Bethphage \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bethany \add villages\add*, \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w*} \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*,  
\v 30 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* two \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add his\add* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w ahead|strong="G2713"\w* \add of you\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add two\add* \w enter|strong="G1531"\w* \add it\add*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* animal \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w ever|strong="G4455"\w* ridden, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w*} \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add to me\add*.  
\v 31 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w asks|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*?’ \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.’”  
\v 32  \add So\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add two disciples\add* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \add to the village\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add animal\add*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w its|strong="G3089"\w* \w owners|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* two \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* young animal?”  
\v 34 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.” \add So the owners said that they could take it\add*.  
\v 35 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add two disciples\add* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \add the animal\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1977"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* animal’s \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \add for him to sit on\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w get|strong="G1913"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* rode \w along|strong="G1722"\w*, \add others\add* \w spread|strong="G5291"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \add to honor him\add*.  
\v 37 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G3101"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add*, \w on|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* road \w that|strong="G3739"\w* descends \w from|strong="G5456"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* praise \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \add Jesus do\add*.  
\v 38 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* like, “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* representing [MTY] \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!” “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add between God\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add and us his people\add*!” “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \add everyone\add* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 39 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w rebuke|strong="G2008"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add for saying things like that\add*!”  
\v 40 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w silent|strong="G4623"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w shout|strong="G2896"\w* \add to praise me\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus prophesied that Jerusalem would be destroyed.  
\sr Luke 19:41-44  
\p
\v 41 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \add to\add* Jerusalem \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \add its people\add*.  
\v 42 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add My disciples know what they need to do\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add with God\add*; \w I|strong="G2532"\w* wish \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w today|strong="G2250"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* unable \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* [MTY] \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 43 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* know \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: Soon \add your enemies\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w barricade|strong="G5482"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add city\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w surround|strong="G4033"\w* \add the city\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* attack \add it\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w sides|strong="G3840"\w*.  
\v 44 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add break through\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* walls \add and\add* destroy everything. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* smash \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*/\w children|strong="G5043"\w*. \add When they finish destroying everything\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* left \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3037"\w*. \add All this will happen\add* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \add Messiah\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add save\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus expelled the merchants from the Temple courtyard, and taught there.  
\sr Luke 19:45-48  
\p
\v 45  \add Jesus entered Jerusalem and\add* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \add things there\add*,  
\v 46 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* chase \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add A prophet\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures that God said\add*, ‘\add I want\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G4335"\w* where \w people|strong="G1510"\w* pray’; \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* bandits \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cave|strong="G4693"\w* where \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \add hide\add*!”   
\p
\v 47 \w Each|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add during that week Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G4413"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other Jewish\add* \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 48 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* way \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* listened eagerly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and would have resisted them if they had tried to hurt him\add*.   
\c 20  
\s1 Jesus refused to answer a question about his authority.  
\sr Luke 20:1-8  
\p
\v 1 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add during that week, Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s\add* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other Jewish\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* authorized \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add like you did here yesterday\add*?”  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w question|strong="G2065"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,  
\v 4 where \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* get \add his authority to\add* baptize \add those who came to him\add*? \add Did he get it\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* discussed \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add If we(inc) say\add*, ‘\add It was\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY/EUP],’ \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add Then\add* ◄\w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w*’s \add message\add*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* preached?► [RHQ]’  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add from\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*,’ \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add here\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add kill us by\add* throwing stones \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \add all\add* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add from God\add*.”  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* replied, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \add John got his authority\add*.”  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Because you did not answer my question\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* authorized \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add here yesterday\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told a parable about how God would punish those who reject him.  
\sr Luke 20:9-18  
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself\add*: “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \add certain\add* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w planted|strong="G5452"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w rented|strong="G1554"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \add to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stayed \w there|strong="G2532"\w* several years.  
\v 10 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add the vines started producing \add* grapes, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w taking|strong="G1325"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* expected \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* grapes \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w produced|strong="G1325"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add after the servant arrived\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G2443"\w* grapes. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add just\add* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w*.  
\v 11  \add Later\add*, \add the owner\add* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mistreated \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add also\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* giving \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G2087"\w* grapes.  
\v 12  \add Still later, the owner\add* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wounded|strong="G5135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \add of the vineyard\add*.  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* vineyard \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* himself, ‘◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*!/\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?► [RHQ]’ \add Then he had an idea. He thought to himself\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w send|strong="G3992"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \add whom I\add* love \add very much\add*. \w Perhaps|strong="G2481"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w respect|strong="G1788"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and give him my share of the grapes\add*.’  
\v 14  \add So he sent his son\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* caring \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* vineyard \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add coming\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, ‘\w Here|strong="G1510"\w* \add comes\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add some day\add* inherit \add the vineyard\add*. \w Let|strong="G1096"\w*’s kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* vineyard \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w ours|strong="G1473"\w*!’  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* dragged \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* tell \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!/\w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w taking|strong="G1096"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* arrange \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add We would\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* anything like \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* directly \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \add but think about\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* words \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w which|strong="G3739"\w* \add a prophet\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} [RHQ] \add in the Scriptures\add*,  
\q1 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* house rejected \w a|strong="G1096"\w* certain \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* its proper \w place|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w most|strong="G3037"\w* important \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* [MET].   
\p
\v 18  \add That stone represents me, the Messiah\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* reject \w me|strong="G1909"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add like people who fall on this stone\add*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w falls|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w broken|strong="G4917"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w pieces|strong="G4917"\w* {\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* break \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w pieces|strong="G4917"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w falls|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*}, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* crush \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w falls|strong="G4098"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus foiled their attempts to trap him when they asked a question about paying taxes.  
\sr Luke 20:19-26  
\p
\v 19 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* accusing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add about what those wicked men did\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* immediately \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w find|strong="G1097"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* seize [MTY] \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \add they did not seize him, because\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add what\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add there would do if they did that\add*.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w watched|strong="G3906"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* carefully. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* hired ◄\w spies|strong="G1455"\w*/secret agents► \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w pretended|strong="G5271"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* sincere. \add But\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* really wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \add which they could accuse\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \add of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government\add*.  
\v 21  \add So\add* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G3723"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* important \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* like \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* truthfully \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w*.  
\v 22  \add So tell us what you think about this matter\add*: \w Is|strong="G1832"\w* \w it|strong="G1325"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3756"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3756"\w* Roman government [MTY], \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*?”  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G4314"\w* trick \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government\add*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 24 “\w Show|strong="G1166"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add Roman\add* coin. \add Then tell me\add* \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* picture \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add tell me whose\add* name \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add showed him a coin and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w and|strong="G2532"\w* name \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \add the head of the Roman government\add*.”  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w*, \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government [MTY] \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add require\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add requires\add*.”  
\v 26 \w While|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add spies\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find fault \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* answer. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus foiled their attempt to trap him with a question about the resurrection.  
\sr Luke 20:27-40  
\p
\v 27 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \add Jesus\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* Jewish sect \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive again \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* die.  
\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add wanted to\add* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* question \add in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again\add*. \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Jesus\add*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add Jews\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* situations \w where|strong="G5100"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* dies, \w his|strong="G2983"\w* brother \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w marry|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add dead man’s\add* widow \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* child \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \add will consider\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* child \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add who died\add*, \add and in that way the dead man will have descendants\add*.  
\v 29 \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* brothers \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* family. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* oldest \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w married|strong="G2983"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G2983"\w* children. Later \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \add brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him\add*.  
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \add brother\add* \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \add but the same thing happened again\add*. \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \add brothers, one by one, married that woman\add*, \add but\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add one by one\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Afterwards|strong="G5305"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \add if it is true that there will be a time\add* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* dead \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* alive again, \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \add do you think that woman\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \add then\add*? ◄\add Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because\add* \w she|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w married|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* brothers!► [RHQ]”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* world \w take|strong="G2532"\w* wives, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G1061"\w* wives \add by their parents\add* {\w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add parents\add* choose wives \add for them\add*}.  
\v 35 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* considers \w worthy|strong="G2661"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add being in heaven after\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w*.  
\v 36  \add You need to know also that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* die \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add immortal\add* [SIM] \w like|strong="G2465"\w* \w angels|strong="G2465"\w*. \add The fact that God has caused\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2089"\w* \add will show\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w children|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add as for people\add* becoming alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* wrote something \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1909"\w* \w where|strong="G5613"\w* \add he wrote about\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add burning\add* bush, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* mentions \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* Abraham \add worships\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \add worships\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \add worships\add*.  
\v 38 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3956"\w* worship \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3956"\w* worship him. \add Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive\add*! \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \add people\add* \w whose|strong="G3756"\w* \add spirits\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \add again after they die continue to live to honor God\add*!”   
\p
\v 39 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w very|strong="G2573"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*!”  
\v 40 \w After|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G1063"\w*, \w they|strong="G1063"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w dared|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G5111"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w* \w questions|strong="G1905"\w* \add like that to try to trap him\add*.   
\s1 Jesus showed them that the Messiah must be greater than King David.  
\sr Luke 20:41-44; Matthew 22:41-45; Mark 12:35-37  
\p
\v 41 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* show \w you|strong="G3004"\w* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, prove \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*) \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add are wrong who\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add merely\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*! [RHQ]  
\v 42 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* himself wrote \add about the Messiah\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Psalms|strong="G5568"\w*,  
\q1 \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,  
\q1 \w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \add here beside me\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w*, \add where I will highly honor you(sg)\add* [MTY].  
\v 43  \add Sit here\add* \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2193"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* defeat \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*.   
\p
\v 44 King \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w calls|strong="G2564"\w* \add the Messiah\add* ‘\add my\add* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\add the Messiah\add* cannot \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add just someone\add* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Messiah \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add just\add* someone descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*?► [RHQ] \add What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right\add*?”   
\s1 Jesus warned them not to show off like the teachers of the Jewish laws did.  
\sr Luke 20:45-47; Matthew 23:1-36; Mark 12:38-40  
\p
\v 45 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening, \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*,  
\v 46 “\w Beware|strong="G4337"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you do not act like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w long|strong="G4749"\w* \w robes|strong="G4749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \add to make people think that they are very important\add*. \add They\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \add people to\add* greet \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add respectfully\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marketplaces. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \add to sit in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most important \w places|strong="G4411"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting \w places|strong="G4411"\w*. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w dinner|strong="G1173"\w* parties \add they like to sit in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seats|strong="G4410"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most honored \w people|strong="G3588"\w* sit.  
\v 47 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* swindle [MET] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \add and property\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w*. \add Then\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pretend \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \add long\add* \w prayers|strong="G4336"\w* \add publicly. God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add certainly\add* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* severely.”   
\c 21  
\s1 Jesus taught that God commends people who give to him sacrificially.  
\sr Luke 21:1-4  
\p
\v 1  \add Jesus\add* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add from where he was sitting\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G4145"\w* putting \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add offering\add* boxes \add in the Temple courtyard\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w poor|strong="G3998"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w* putting \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add small\add* \w copper|strong="G3016"\w* \w coins|strong="G3016"\w*.  
\v 3-4 He said \add to his disciples\add*, “The truth is that these rich people have a lot of money, \add but\add* they gave \add only a small part of it\add*. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs! So \add God considers that\add* [HYP] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the others.”   
\s1 Jesus warned about the terrible things that will happen before he returns.  
\sr Luke 21:5-19  
\p
\v 5 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \add of Jesus’ disciples\add* talked \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w*. \add They commented about\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w beautiful|strong="G2570"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \add used in building the Temple\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* decorations \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add people\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* given, decorations \add that were on the walls\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 6 “\add I want to tell you something about\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w looking|strong="G2334"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w*. \add They will be destroyed\add* {\add Foreign invaders will\add* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \add these buildings\add*} \add completely\add*. \w Every|strong="G1722"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \add in these buildings\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* thrown \w down|strong="G2647"\w* {\w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* throw \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* buildings}. \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* left {\w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* leave \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*} \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w another|strong="G3037"\w*.”   
\p
\v 7  \add Later\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \add to the temple\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* indicate \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add you(sg) just told us\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*?”  
\v 8 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add All that I will say is\add*, \w be|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w deceived|strong="G4105"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w deceive|strong="G4105"\w* \add you\add*} \add about these things\add*! \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add sent them\add*/\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* authority► [MTY]. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add the Messiah\add*!’ \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add say\add* ‘\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add when God will begin to rule\add*!’ \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w follow|strong="G3694"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to become their disciples\add*  
\v 9 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* hear \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w wars|strong="G4171"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* riots, \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w terrified|strong="G4422"\w*. \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God has said that\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add when they happen\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* mean \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the world\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* away!”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Groups in various\add* countries \w will|strong="G2532"\w* fight each other, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add various\add* governments \add will also fight\add* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* each other.  
\v 11 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add big\add* \w earthquakes|strong="G4578"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w famines|strong="G3042"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w plagues|strong="G3061"\w*. \add People will see\add* \w things|strong="G3173"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* terrify \w them|strong="G2532"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* unusual \w things|strong="G3173"\w* happening \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w*, \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* arrested {\w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* arrest \w you|strong="G5210"\w*} [MTY]. \add Some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* {\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*} \add on trial\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* places \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* gather \w to|strong="G1519"\w* worship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add you will be thrown\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* trial {\add They\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* trial} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w front|strong="G4253"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* government authorities \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* [MTY] \add disciples\add*.  
\v 13 \w That|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G4771"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \add them about me\add*.  
\v 14 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* determine \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* worrying \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happens \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3767"\w* say \w to|strong="G1722"\w* defend \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w*,  
\v 15 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w wise|strong="G3756"\w* [HEN] \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add know\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w none|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* enemies \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* ◄refute \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* wrong►.  
\v 16  \add And there will also be other evil things that will happen\add*: \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w* \add who do not believe in me\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/help \w your|strong="G2532"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w you|strong="G5210"\w*►. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w some|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 17  \add In general\add*, most \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* [HYP] \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add you believe in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY].  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* souls \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* absolutely safe [IDM].  
\v 19 \w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w enduring|strong="G5281"\w* \add all these things people will do to you\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5590"\w* preserve \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* [SYN].”   
\s1 Jesus predicted that Jerusalem would be destroyed.  
\sr Luke 21:20-24  
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\v 20 “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* been \w surrounded|strong="G2944"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w armies|strong="G4760"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \add your enemies\add*, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \add this city\add* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* completely destroyed {\add them\add* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* completely destroy \add this city\add*}.  
\v 21 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add of you\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w flee|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add higher\add* hills. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* city \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w leave|strong="G1633"\w* \add quickly\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w nearby|strong="G1722"\w* \w countryside|strong="G5561"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* city \add to get any of their possessions before they flee\add*.  
\v 22  \add You must obey what I tell you\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w*, \w in|strong="G3956"\w* order \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* fulfilled, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* severely \w punish|strong="G1557"\w* \add the people who stay in this city\add*.  
\v 23  \add I feel\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1063"\w* women \add in this city\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* women \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w nursing|strong="G2337"\w* \add their babies\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \add because it will be very difficult for them to run away! I\add* feel sorry \add because\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add land\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3173"\w* [MTY] \add when God punishes them\add*.  
\v 24 Many \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* killed {\w Their|strong="G2532"\w* enemies \w will|strong="G1510"\w* kill many \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w*. \add Others will be captured\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* taken {\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* capture \add others\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* [HYP] \add other\add* countries. Non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* trample \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add that God has determined for them to rule the city\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w ended|strong="G4137"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told about frightening things that will happen before he returns.  
\sr Luke 21:25-28  
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\v 25 “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* strange \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add happen to\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stars. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \add many\add* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*, \add people\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* frightened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* anxious \add when they hear\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ocean \w roaring|strong="G2279"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add see huge\add* \w waves|strong="G4535"\w*.  
\v 26 \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* faint \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* afraid \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wait \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1904"\w*. \add They will be afraid\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \add objects\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w* {\w shake|strong="G4531"\w*}.  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* powerfully \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* gloriously.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add I have just now described\add* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \w stand|strong="G5210"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \add straight and\add* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* brave, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w close|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* free \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add from all suffering\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught them how to know when his return was near.  
\sr Luke 21:29-33  
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\v 29  \add Then\add* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*: “Think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w trees|strong="G1186"\w*.  
\v 30 \w As|strong="G1438"\w* \w soon|strong="G3752"\w* \w as|strong="G1438"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w see|strong="G1097"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* leaves beginning \w to|strong="G1438"\w* sprout, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w summer|strong="G2330"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w*.  
\v 31 Similarly, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I have just described\add* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* almost time \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add truly\add* rule \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* mind: \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I have just now described\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* observed \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33  \add You can be certain that these things\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* told \add you\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add certain\add* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* exist.”   
\s1 Jesus taught how to be ready for his return.  
\sr Luke 21:34-38  
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\v 34 “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w guard|strong="G4337"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* getting drunk \w with|strong="G1722"\w* carousing \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* distracted \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w worries|strong="G3308"\w* \add concerning\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* lives [SYN] {\w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w worries|strong="G3308"\w* \add concerning\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* lives [SYN] distract \w you|strong="G5210"\w*}. \add If you do wrong things like those, you may be suddenly surprised by my return\add* [MTY], like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* trap \add suddenly catches an animal in it\add*.  
\v 35  \add You need to know that my return will surprise\add* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 36 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w ready|strong="G3195"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w*. \w Pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* able \w to|strong="G2443"\w* endure \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* afraid \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add difficult\add* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \add confidently\add* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* me, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven.”   
\p
\v 37 \w Each|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add during that week Jesus\add* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard in Jerusalem\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add and his disciples\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the city\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Early|strong="G3719"\w* \add each\add* \w morning|strong="G3719"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 22  
\s1 Judas agreed to put Jesus into his enemies’ hands.  
\sr Luke 22:1-6  
\p
\v 1 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* almost time \w to|strong="G3004"\w* celebrate \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w festival|strong="G1859"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Unleavened Bread, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add began with\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \w festival|strong="G1859"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* way \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \add But they wanted to do it secretly\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \add they did not do\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* secretly, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add might riot\add*.   
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \add even though\add* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \add the man from\add* Kerioth \add village\add*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 Judas \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w conferred|strong="G4814"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G4755"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w officers|strong="G4755"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Temple guards. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w discussed|strong="G4814"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \add Jesus\add*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* pleased \add that he wanted to do that\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* offered \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G1325"\w* money \add for doing it\add*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w agreed|strong="G1843"\w*, \add and they gave him the money\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G2120"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \add Jesus\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* around \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus arranged for his disciples to prepare the Passover meal.  
\sr Luke 22:7-13  
\p
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add first part of the week-long festival\add* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* Unleavened Bread \w came|strong="G2064"\w*, \add the day\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add the\add* lambs \add for the\add* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w killed|strong="G2380"\w*.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add*.”  
\v 9 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*?”  
\v 10 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add two of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w* carefully. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add two\add* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* carrying \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \add large\add* jar \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w meet|strong="G4876"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add When\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \add a house\add*,  
\v 11 \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G3617"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, ‘\add Our\add* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \add that we(exc) should\add* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \add you(sg) to please\add* show \add us\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w room|strong="G2646"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he arranged with you\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add meal\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add us\add*, \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* [RHQ].’  
\v 12 \w He|strong="G1563"\w* \w will|strong="G2548"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2090"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* room \w that|strong="G1166"\w* \w is|strong="G3173"\w* on \w the|strong="G2090"\w* upper \add floor of the house\add*. \w It|strong="G2090"\w* \w will|strong="G2548"\w* \w be|strong="G1563"\w* \w all|strong="G3173"\w* set up \add for a meal\add*. \w Prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2090"\w* meal \w for|strong="G2090"\w* \w us|strong="G1166"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add the two disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \add into the city\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* everything \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \add the meal for\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration there\add*.   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples how they should remember his death for them.  
\sr Luke 22:14-23  
\p
\v 14 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* [MTY] \add to eat the Passover meal\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add came and\add* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* down \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add twelve\add* apostles.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* greatly \w desired|strong="G1937"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add meal\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \add and die\add*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add the Passover meal\add* \w again|strong="G3765"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rules \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* realize \add what it represents\add*.”  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \add of wine\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \add God for it\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G3568"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add from now on\add* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* wine \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* makes \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add into pieces\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to eat\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \add bread represents\add* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add I\add* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sacrifice \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Keep|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \add eating bread\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \add regularly\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w remember|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add have done for you\add*.”  
\v 20 \w Similarly|strong="G5615"\w*, \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \add they had eaten\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meal, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \add another\add* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \add of wine\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add The wine in\add* [MTY] \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \add represents\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* blood, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* flow \add from my body when I die\add*. \add With\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* blood \add I will sign\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* agreement \add that God is making with\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G4133"\w* \add note that\add* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* enable \w my|strong="G3708"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G1909"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* eating right \w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!  
\v 22  \add It is certain that I\add*, \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* planned. \w But|strong="G4133"\w* \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* ◄\w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*/enable \w my|strong="G3739"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G2596"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1223"\w*►!”  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G4314"\w* ask \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w such|strong="G4238"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*?”   
\s1 Jesus taught the apostles that they should imitate him by serving each other humbly.  
\sr Luke 22:24-30  
\p
\v 24  \add The apostles\add* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* argue \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3173"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \add will be\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w greatest|strong="G3173"\w* \add when Jesus becomes king\add*?”  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \add enjoy\add* showing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* powerful. \add Yet\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \add themselves\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* title, ‘ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* help \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*.’  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add want God to consider them\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w greatest|strong="G3173"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add act as though they\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w youngest|strong="G3501"\w*, \add since the youngest are expected to serve the older ones\add*. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w leader|strong="G2233"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w serves|strong="G1247"\w* \add the others\add*.  
\v 27 Keep \w in|strong="G1722"\w* mind \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* [RHQ]. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \add just sits\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* table, \w not|strong="G3780"\w* [RHQ] \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \add the meal\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \add your leader\add*, \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \add an example for you\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w serving|strong="G1247"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add while I have been\add* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\p
\v 28 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* troubles.  
\v 29 \w So|strong="G2504"\w* now, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* appointed \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3962"\w* rule \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w a|strong="G4771"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* appointing \w you|strong="G5210"\w*  
\v 30 \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* can \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add and rule\add* [MET] \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* become \w king|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w thrones|strong="G2362"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w tribes|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus predicted that Peter would say that he did not know Jesus.  
\sr Luke 22:31-34  
\p
\v 31 “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* asked \add God to let him test you, and God has permitted him to do it. Satan wants to cause you to suffer distress\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \add distress you\add*) \add so that you will not believe/trust in me any more/longer. He wants to shake you, just like a man shakes wheat in a sieve to sift it\add* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G1189"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, Simon, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* completely \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* restore \w your|strong="G2532"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w help|strong="G4012"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow apostles \add to trust in me more\add*!”  
\v 33 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tonight, \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* rooster \w crows|strong="G5455"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus warned his disciples that they would soon face opposition.  
\sr Luke 22:35-38  
\p
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add to other villages, and you went\add* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* taking \w any|strong="G5100"\w* money \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add traveling\add* \w bag|strong="G4082"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add extra\add* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w lack|strong="G5302"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*, \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add That’s right\add*, \add we(exc) did\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add lack\add* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*.”  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to show them that now many people would oppose them\add*, (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to show them that they needed to be prepared to protect themselves\add*,) \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \add things will be different. So\add* \w whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G2440"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* money \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Likewise|strong="G3668"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* carrying \w bag|strong="G4082"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* buy \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*.  
\v 37 \w Because|strong="G3754"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add something must happen to me to fulfill these words that a prophet\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*: ‘\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* treated {\w They|strong="G2532"\w* treated \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add though he were\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* criminal.’ \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* forget \w that|strong="G3754"\w* everything \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*} \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G5055"\w*.”  
\v 38  \add One of\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w look|strong="G2400"\w*! \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w*!” \add Realizing that they did not understand the meaning of what he said\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w enough|strong="G2425"\w* \add talk about swords\add*”!   
\s1 Luke 22:39-46  
\p
\v 39 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the city\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* usually \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 40 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \add where he often spent the night\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God will help you\add* whenever something tempts \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 41 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* distance \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* 30 meters/yards. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* someone can \w throw|strong="G1000"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.) \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1119"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*,  
\v 42 “\add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w willing|strong="G1014"\w* \add to do it\add*, force \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to have to undergo\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* terrible \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add are about to happen to me\add* [MTY]. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w*. Instead, \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w*.”  
\v 43 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w an|strong="G1161"\w* angel \w from|strong="G3772"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* Jesus \w and|strong="G1161"\w* caused \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* stronger.  
\v 44 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* greatly distressed. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G1617"\w*. \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w sweat|strong="G2402"\w* \w fell|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* large \w drops|strong="G2361"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* blood.  
\v 45 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2837"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* exhausted \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sorrowful|strong="G3077"\w*.  
\v 46 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add woke them and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Get|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*! \w Pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add God will help you\add* whenever \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* tempted {\w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \add like this\add* tempts \w you|strong="G3004"\w*}!”   
\s1 Jesus’ enemies captured him.  
\sr Luke 22:47-53  
\p
\v 47 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add came to him\add*. \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \add even though he was\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w close|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kissed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add on the cheek as if to greet him, but was really a signal to those with him which one was Jesus\add*.  
\v 48 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, ◄\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* kissing \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* enabling \add my enemies\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* seize \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven!/\w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* kissing \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add as though you loved me\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* enabling \add my enemies\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* seize \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven?► [RHQ]”  
\v 49 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add disciples\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* going \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w shall|strong="G2962"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w strike|strong="G3960"\w* \add them\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w*?”  
\v 50 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*\add drew his sword and\add* \w struck|strong="G3960"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \add to kill him, but only\add* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w ear|strong="G3775"\w*.  
\v 51 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add do\add* \w any|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*!” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add servant’s\add* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 52-53 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the Temple guards, and the \add Jewish\add* elders who had come to \add seize\add* him, “◄It is ridiculous that you have come \add here\add* with swords and clubs to capture [MTY] me, as \add if I were\add* a bandit!/Why have you come here with swords and clubs to capture [MTY] me, as if I were a bandit?► [RHQ] Day after day \add I was with you\add* in the Temple \add courtyard\add*, \add and\add* you did not seize me! But this is the time [MTY] when \add God is allowing\add* you \add to do what you want\add*. It is also the time [MTY] when God is allowing \add Satan, who rules\add* [MTY] \add in\add* the darkness, \add to do what he wants\add*.”   
\s1 Peter said three times that he did not know Jesus.  
\sr Luke 22:54-62  
\p
\v 54 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G4815"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1521"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G3113"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1521"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* followed \add them\add* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w*.  
\v 55 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* kindled \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* courtyard \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w together|strong="G4776"\w*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 56 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \add from the fire\add* shone \add on his face, a\add* female \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* intently \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \add the man whom they have arrested\add*!”  
\v 57 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Peter denied \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 58 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w someone|strong="G2087"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add were with\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2087"\w* \add they arrested\add*!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Man|strong="G2087"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add one of them\add*!”  
\v 59 \w About|strong="G5616"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* emphatically \add about Peter\add*, “\add The way\add* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add speaks shows that he\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add district\add*. \w Certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w whom|strong="G3778"\w* \add they arrested, who is from Galilee\add*!”  
\v 60 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Man|strong="G3739"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*!” \w Immediately|strong="G3916"\w*, \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crowed|strong="G5455"\w*.  
\v 61 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* right \w at|strong="G1689"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w remembered|strong="G5279"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G4594"\w*, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crows|strong="G5455"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w deny|strong="G3588"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \add that you know\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 62 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add of the courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorrowfully.   
\s1 The soldiers made fun of Jesus.  
\sr Luke 22:63-65  
\p
\v 63 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* guarding \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* made fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 64 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blindfold|strong="G4028"\w* \w on|strong="G4028"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add beat him again. Then\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Because you(sg) say\add* [IRO] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prophet, \add prove it by\add* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w struck|strong="G3817"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 65 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, insulting \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 The Jewish leaders asked Jesus about his identity.  
\sr Luke 22:66-71  
\p
\v 66 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w dawn|strong="G1096"\w* \add the next morning\add*, many \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* group included \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 67 “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 68 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \add what you think about the Messiah\add*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2065"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* answer \w me|strong="G2065"\w*.  
\v 69 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven, \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* next \w to|strong="G1161"\w* almighty \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* ruling [MTY]!”  
\v 70 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add you(sg) saying that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►?” \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY].”  
\v 71 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to each other\add*, “◄\w We|strong="G1063"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2192"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* anyone \w else|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* testify \add against him\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* testify \add against him\add*?► [RHQ]” \w We|strong="G1063"\w* ourselves \w have|strong="G2192"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \add that he is equal with God\add*!   
\c 23  
\s1 Jesus was accused before Pilate, the Roman governor.  
\sr Luke 23:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* whole \w group|strong="G4128"\w* got \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \add the Roman governor\add*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* determined \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* fellow \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* political trouble \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* country. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \add telling people that they should\add* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government [MTY]. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 3 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) claim that you are\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?” \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add It is\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \add just\add* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* conclude \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w crime|strong="G2147"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2992"\w* \w insisting|strong="G2001"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* inciting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add to riot\add*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \add ideas\add* \w throughout|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* started \add doing it\add* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*!”   
\s1 After Pilate sent Jesus to Herod, Jesus refused to answer Herod’s questions.  
\sr Luke 23:6-12  
\p
\v 6 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* man \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add district\add*?”  
\v 7 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add from Galilee, which was the district\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add* ruled, \add he told them\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w take|strong="G1921"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 8  \add So they did\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* happy. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add had heard about Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w hoping|strong="G1679"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G2425"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* perform \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1905"\w* \w many|strong="G2425"\w* \w questions|strong="G1905"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1905"\w* did \w not|strong="G3762"\w* reply \add to any of them\add*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* near \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* strongly.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w* ◄\w made|strong="G1161"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w*/ridiculed► \add Jesus\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w gorgeous|strong="G2986"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2066"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to mock him as being a king\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Until|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w hostile|strong="G2189"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w friends|strong="G5384"\w*.   
\s1 Pilate was unsuccessful in his efforts to set Jesus free.  
\sr Luke 23:13-25  
\p
\v 13 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* gathered \w together|strong="G4779"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jewish\add* leaders \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \add that was still there\add*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* caused trouble \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add I want you to know that\add* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* examined \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* conclude \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w*.  
\v 15  \add Obviously\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \add conclude that\add* \w either|strong="G3761"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add without punishing him\add*. \add So it\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* clear \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w which|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 16-17 So I will \add have my soldiers\add* flog him and then release him.”\f + \fr 23:16-17 \ft Pilate had to release one prisoner for the people during the Passover festival each year.\f*  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* whole crowd shouted, “Execute \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*! Release Barrabas \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add (exc)\add*!”  
\v 19 Barrabas \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* persuade \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rebel \add against the Roman government. While doing that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* murdered \add someone\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \add where he was waiting to be executed\add*.  
\v 20 \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* release \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2309"\w* persuade \w the|strong="G1161"\w* crowd \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* kept \w shouting|strong="G2019"\w*, “\add Command your soldiers to\add* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* nailing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* cross!/\w Have|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w*!”  
\v 22 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \add spoke to them\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w time|strong="G5154"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w crime|strong="G2147"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w committed|strong="G4160"\w*? \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* concluded \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* deserves \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \add have my soldiers\add* \w flog|strong="G3811"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* release \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* insisting. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* shouted \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* nailed {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Pilate\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add have his soldiers\add* nail \add Jesus\add*} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross. Finally, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* shout [PRS] \add so loudly\add*,  
\v 24 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd requested.  
\v 25 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w*} \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* rebelled \add against the government\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* murdered \add someone\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* released! \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w had|strong="G2424"\w* asked \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to release\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \add to the soldiers\add*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add the crowd\add* wanted.   
\s1 The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross.  
\sr Luke 23:26-31  
\p
\v 26 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w taking|strong="G1949"\w* \add Jesus\add* away, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G1949"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \add who was\add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \add city in Africa\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w returning|strong="G2064"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* countryside. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add took from Jesus the cross that he had been carrying. Then\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2007"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s shoulders, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add told him to\add* \w carry|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w behind|strong="G3693"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 27 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w followed|strong="G2992"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* included \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* beating \w their|strong="G2532"\w* breasts \add to show how sad they were\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wailing|strong="G2875"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* women \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* cry \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, cry \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add what is going to happen to\add* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*!  
\v 29 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Women [SYN] \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* borne \w children|strong="G1080"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w nursed|strong="G5142"\w* babies \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w fortunate|strong="G3107"\w*!’  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add in order that they will not have to suffer greatly when their enemies destroy this city\add*, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* left \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mountains|strong="G3735"\w*, ‘\w Fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hills|strong="G1015"\w*, ‘\w Cover|strong="G2572"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!’  
\v 31  \add I am innocent\add* [MET]. \add I am like\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* living \w tree|strong="G3586"\w* \add that people do not try to burn. But the people of Jerusalem deserve that their enemies punish them. They are like\add* \w dry|strong="G3584"\w* \w wood|strong="G3586"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add burn\add*. \w So|strong="G1096"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \add nail me to the cross\add*, ◄\add their enemies\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* certainly \w do|strong="G4160"\w* much worse \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* worse \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ]”   
\s1 The things that happened when Jesus died.  
\sr Luke 23:32-49  
\p
\v 32 \w Two|strong="G1417"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w criminals|strong="G2557"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* led away {\add The soldiers\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* led away \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w criminals|strong="G2557"\w*}. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* executed {\add The soldiers\add* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* execute \w them|strong="G2532"\w*} \add with Jesus\add*.  
\v 33 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Skull|strong="G2898"\w*’, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \add Jesus\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \add after removing his clothes\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w criminals|strong="G2557"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \add side of Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* left \add side\add*.  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* prayed, “\add My\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w realize|strong="G1492"\w* \add whom\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \add this to\add*!” \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \add the soldiers\add* \w divided|strong="G1266"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w clothing|strong="G2440"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* gambling \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* like \w dice|strong="G2819"\w*, \add to decide which piece of clothing each one would get\add*.  
\v 35 Many \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* nearby, \w watching|strong="G2334"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\w made|strong="G4982"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2316"\w*/\w ridiculed|strong="G1592"\w*► \add Jesus\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add said\add* [IRO] \add that he\add* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*! \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*!”  
\v 36 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* ridiculed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add claimed to be a king\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w up|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w*.  
\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*!”  
\v 38  \add They\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add fastened on the cross\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sign \add that stated\add* why \add they\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* nailing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross. \add But all it said was\add*, ‘\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*’.   
\p
\v 39 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w criminals|strong="G2557"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w hanging|strong="G2910"\w* \add on a cross\add* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* insult \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) said that you\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \add you must be powerful\add*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \add criminal\add* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add punishing you\add*!/\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add punishing you\add*?► [RHQ] \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* punishing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and us\add* similarly.  
\v 41 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w justly|strong="G1346"\w* decided \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (inc) two\add* must die. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* punishing \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* deserve \add for the evil things that we did\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* wrong!”  
\v 42 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add please\add* \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and take care of me\add* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* become \w king|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* everyone \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happy!” (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paradise|strong="G3857"\w*!)   
\p
\v 44  \add Then it\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* noontime. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* dark \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \add and it stayed dark\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* afternoon.  
\v 45 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* light \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add thick\add* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \add that closed off the most holy place\add* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w split|strong="G4977"\w* into \w two|strong="G3319"\w* pieces. \add That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God\add*.  
\v 46  \add As that happened\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* shouted \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* care [MTY]!” \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* [EUP] \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 47 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* officer \add who supervised the soldiers who were executing Jesus\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add for the way Jesus died\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I am\add* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* nothing wrong!”  
\v 48 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* gathered \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* events \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \add to their homes\add*, \w beating|strong="G5180"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w chests|strong="G4738"\w* \add to show that they were sorrowful\add*.  
\v 49 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ friends, \w including|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*, \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Joseph and others buried Jesus while some women watched.  
\sr Luke 23:50-56  
\p
\v 50 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \add came there\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Arimathea \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Judea. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w member|strong="G1010"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w Council|strong="G1010"\w*.  
\v 51 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* agreed \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* Council \add members\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w decided|strong="G1012"\w* \add to kill Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add planned how to\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* expectantly \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \add the time when\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add would send\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule.  
\v 52 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w and|strong="G4334"\w* asked \add Pilate to permit him\add* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \add take\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \add and bury it. After Pilate allowed him to do that\add*,  
\v 53 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add and some others\add* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \add Jesus’ body\add* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \add from the cross\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G1794"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* body \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3418"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add hired others to\add* dig \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w rock|strong="G2991"\w* \add cliff\add*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* body \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 54  \add They had to do it quickly because\add* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add Friday\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add people\add* prepared \add things for the Jewish day of rest\add*. ◄\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*► \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G2020"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* start \add at sunset, so they had to finish burying Jesus’ body before sunset\add*.  
\v 55 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4905"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w followed|strong="G2628"\w* \add Joseph and the men who were with him\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \add Jesus’\add* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \add inside it, and saw the men roll a huge stone across the entrance\add*.  
\v 56 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* women \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* houses \add where they were staying. That evening\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* spices \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ointments|strong="G3464"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \add on Jesus’ body\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*► \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w rested|strong="G2270"\w*, \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add Moses\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w*.   
\c 24  
\s1 Some women discovered that Jesus had become alive again.  
\sr Luke 24:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w Before|strong="G1909"\w* \w dawn|strong="G3722"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* Sunday \w those|strong="G3588"\w* women \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3418"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G5342"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* spices \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \add to put on Jesus’ body\add*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* discovered \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w rolled|strong="G3037"\w* away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add the entrance to\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* tomb, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*!  
\v 4 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G2400"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* wearing bright shining \w clothes|strong="G2066"\w* \w stood|strong="G2186"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 5 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add women\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w frightened|strong="G1719"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* prostrated \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* someone \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add a place where they bury\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add a place where they bury\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* someone \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*; \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*/\w risen|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dead►! \w Remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*,  
\v 7 ‘\add Even though I\add* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \add someone\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable sinful \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize [MTY] \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add kill me by\add* nailing \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after that\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \add again\add*.’ ”  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add women\add* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* \add apostles\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \add disciples\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Magdala \add village\add*, \w Joanna|strong="G2489"\w*, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mother \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w women|strong="G3062"\w* \add who were\add* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostles thought \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* women \add said\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w nonsense|strong="G3026"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* women \w said|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \add anyway\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w stooped|strong="G3879"\w* \w down|strong="G3879"\w* \add and looked inside\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G3608"\w* cloths \add in which Jesus’ body had been wrapped\add*. \add The cloths were\add* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add He did not see\add* anything \w else|strong="G2532"\w*). \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w wondering|strong="G2296"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G1438"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus appeared to two disciples as they were walking to Emmaus.  
\sr Luke 24:13-35  
\p
\v 13 \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add Jesus’ disciples\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w walking|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Emmaus|strong="G1695"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* ◄\w seven|strong="G2250"\w* \w miles|strong="G4712"\w*/eleven kilometers► \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3656"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G4819"\w* \add to Jesus\add*.  
\v 15 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w discussing|strong="G4802"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w approached|strong="G1448"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* walking \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w prevented|strong="G2902"\w* {\add something\add* \w prevented|strong="G2902"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w recognizing|strong="G1921"\w* [MTY] \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17  \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* two \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w*?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* faces \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G4659"\w*.  
\v 18 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w Cleopas|strong="G2810"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w visiting|strong="G3939"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \add for the Passover festival\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* events \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* recent \w days|strong="G2250"\w*!/\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w visiting|strong="G3939"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \add for the Passover festival\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* events \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* recent \w days|strong="G2250"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3739"\w* events?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add The things that happened\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add the man\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*. \w Many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w saw|strong="G2424"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add perform\add* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w miracles|strong="G2041"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add enabled him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* teach wonderful \add messages\add*!  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leaders \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \add to the Roman authorities. The authorities\add* sentenced \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* nailing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross.  
\v 21 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w hoping|strong="G1679"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \add us\add* Israelites \add from our enemies\add* \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add this does not seem possible now, because\add* \w three|strong="G1096"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add already\add* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 22 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* hand, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* group \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w Early|strong="G3720"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w morning|strong="G3720"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*,  
\v 23 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*! \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add back\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* angels \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w vision|strong="G3701"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*!  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w exactly|strong="G3779"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add Jesus\add*.”  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add You two\add* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \add men! You are so\add* \w slow|strong="G1021"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \add about the Messiah\add*!  
\v 26 ◄\add You should certainly have known that\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add and die\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \add home in heaven\add*!/\w Was|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add and die\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \add home in heaven\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1329"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the prophets\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* started \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* [MTY] \add wrote\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w explained|strong="G1329"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add wrote\add*.   
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\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add which the two men\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* indicated \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w further|strong="G4208"\w*,  
\v 29 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w urged|strong="G3849"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to not do that\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add tonight\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* late \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* afternoon \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* soon \w be|strong="G1510"\w* dark.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w* \add the house\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2625"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \add some pieces\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* enabled \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1921"\w* [MTY] \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add immediately\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* disappeared!  
\v 32 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w two|strong="G5613"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G1722"\w*, “\add While we were walking\add* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add enabled\add* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* understand \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add became so excited that it was as though\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G5613"\w* fire \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w burning|strong="G2545"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* [RHQ]! \add We should not stay here; we should go tell the others what happened\add*!”  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2147"\w* immediately \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* \add apostles\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4867"\w* \w together|strong="G4867"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*  
\v 34 \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \add those two men\add*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w two|strong="G5613"\w* \add men\add* \w told|strong="G1834"\w* \add the others\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \add as they were walking\add* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add told them how\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1097"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* broke \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bread \add for them\add*.   
\s1 Jesus appeared to many of his disciples and taught them more and gave them other instructions.  
\sr Luke 24:36-49  
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\v 36 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* himself \add suddenly\add* appeared \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*, “\add May God give\add* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add inner\add* peace!”  
\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w startled|strong="G4422"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G1719"\w*, \add because\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w seeing|strong="G2334"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w ghost|strong="G4151"\w*!  
\v 38 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* alarmed!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* alarmed?► [RHQ] \w And|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w doubting|strong="G1261"\w* \add that I am alive\add*/\w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w doubting|strong="G1261"\w* \add that I am alive\add*/\w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 39 \w Look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \add the wounds in\add* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*! \w You|strong="G3754"\w* can \w touch|strong="G5584"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add my body\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* can \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*. \add You can tell that I am really alive\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* ghosts \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* bodies, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*!”  
\v 40 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \add the wounds in\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.  
\v 41 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*, \add but\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* believe \add that he was really alive\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add that Jesus was the one that they were seeing\add*). \add So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w here|strong="G1759"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G1034"\w*?”  
\v 42  \add So\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w gave|strong="G1929"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w piece|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w broiled|strong="G3702"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*.  
\v 43 \w While|strong="G2068"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* watching, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 44 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add I will repeat\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* [MTY] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Psalms|strong="G5568"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w*!”  
\v 45 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* enabled \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add the things that had been written about him in\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*.  
\v 46 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*: \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \add and die\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 47  \add They\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add wrote that the message\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* {\add that his disciples\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \add the message\add*} \add everywhere that people\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* turn \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful ways \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* forgive \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sins. \add They wrote that his followers should preach that message, claiming\add* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* authority [MTY]. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* start \add preaching\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add go and\add* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ethnic groups.  
\v 48 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add apostles\add* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* know \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add that happened to me\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* true.  
\v 49 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G1821"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Holy Spirit\add* [MTY] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add he would do\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w stay|strong="G2523"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* fills \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add of his Spirit\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus left his disciples and returned to heaven.  
\sr Luke 24:50-53  
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\v 50 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* outside \add the city\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* Bethany \add village\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lifted|strong="G1869"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 51 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and went up to heaven\add*.  
\v 52 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyfully|strong="G5479"\w*.  
\v 53 \w Each|strong="G1223"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* [SYN] \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* spent \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w praising|strong="G2127"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.