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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
