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Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
