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On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
