¹⁰ and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes. ¹¹ Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.” ¹² Then Joseph said to him, ^(A)“This is its interpretation: ^(B)the three branches are three days. ¹³ In three days Pharaoh will ^(C)lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer. ¹⁴ Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house. ¹⁵ For ^(D)I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and ^(E)here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”

¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, ¹⁷ and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” ¹⁸ And Joseph answered and said, ^(F)“This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. ^19 (G)In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and ^(H)hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.”

²⁰ On the third day, which was Pharaoh's ^(I)birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and ^(J)lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. ^21 (K)He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and ^(L)he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. ²² But he ^(M)hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. ²³ Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

The Philistines Capture the Ark

4 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel.

Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at ^(A)Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at ^(B)Aphek. ² The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle. ³ And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here ^(C)from Shiloh, that it^[a] may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.” ⁴ So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, ^(D)who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

⁵ As soon as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel ^(E)gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded. ⁶ And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, “What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” And when they learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp, ⁷ the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. ⁸ Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. ^9 (F)Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews ^(G)as they have been to you; be men and fight.”

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, ^(H)and Israel was defeated, ^(I)and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. ^11 (J)And the ark of God was captured, ^(K)and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

True and False Fasting

The Lord Challenges Job

⁶ Then the Lord ^(A)answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees

23 Then Jesus ^(A)said to the crowds and to his disciples, ^2 (B)“The scribes and the Pharisees ^(C)sit on Moses' seat, ³ so do and observe whatever they tell you, ^(D)but not the works they do. ^(E)For they preach, but do not practice. ^4 (F)They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,^[a] and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. ^5 (G)They do all their deeds ^(H)to be seen by others. For they make ^(I)their phylacteries broad and ^(J)their fringes long, ⁶ and they ^(K)love the place of honor at feasts and ^(L)the best seats in the synagogues ⁷ and ^(M)greetings in ^(N)the marketplaces and being called ^(O)rabbi^[b] by others.

¹⁰ And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied:

“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense. ¹¹ You can verify that ^(A)it is not more than twelve days since I ^(B)went up ^(C)to worship in Jerusalem, ¹² and ^(D)they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. ^13 (E)Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me. ¹⁴ But this I confess to you, that according to ^(F)the Way, which they call ^(G)a sect, ^(H)I worship ^(I)the God of our fathers, believing everything ^(J)laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, ^15 (K)having ^(L)a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be ^(M)a resurrection ^(N)of both the just and the unjust. ¹⁶ So I always ^(O)take pains to have a ^(P)clear conscience toward both God and man. ¹⁷ Now ^(Q)after several years ^(R)I came to bring alms to ^(S)my nation and to present ^(T)offerings. ¹⁸ While I was doing this, they found me ^(U)purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But ^(V)some Jews from Asia— ^19 (W)they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me. ²⁰ Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, ²¹ other than this one thing ^(X)that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’”

Paul Kept in Custody

²² But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of ^(Y)the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case.” ²³ Then he gave orders to the centurion that he ^(Z)should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that ^(AA)none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.