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And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
