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And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
And there was great joy in that city.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
