Satan Attacks Job's Health

2 Again ^(A)there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. ² And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” ³ And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still ^(B)holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him ^(C)without reason.” ⁴ Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. ⁵ But ^(D)stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will ^(E)curse you to your face.” ⁶ And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome ^(F)sores from ^(G)the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. ⁸ And he took ^(H)a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in ^(I)the ashes.

⁹ Then his wife said to him, “Do you still ^(J)hold fast your integrity? ^(K)Curse God and die.” ¹⁰ But he said to her, “You speak as one of the ^(L)foolish women would speak. ^(M)Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”^{[a] (N)}In all this Job did not ^(O)sin with his lips.

Job's Three Friends

¹¹ Now when Job's three ^(P)friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz ^(Q)the Temanite, Bildad ^(R)the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to ^(S)show him sympathy and comfort him. ¹² And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they ^(T)tore their robes and sprinkled ^(U)dust on their heads toward heaven. ¹³ And they sat with him on the ground ^(V)seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

The Conversion of Saul

9 But Saul, ^(A)still ^(B)breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to ^(C)the high priest ² and asked him for letters ^(D)to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ^(E)the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. ^3 (F)Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. ⁴ And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting ^(G)me?” ⁵ And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, ^(H)whom you are persecuting. ⁶ But ^(I)rise and enter the city, and you will be told ^(J)what you are to do.” ^7 (K)The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, ^(L)hearing the voice but seeing no one. ⁸ Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, ^(M)he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. ⁹ And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

^27 (A)Do not work for the food that perishes, but for ^(B)the food that endures to eternal life, which ^(C)the Son of Man will give to you. For on ^(D)him God the Father has ^(E)set his seal.” ²⁸ Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing ^(F)the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, ^(G)that you believe in him whom ^(H)he has sent.” ³⁰ So they said to him, ^(I)“Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? ^31 (J)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^(K)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ³² Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is ^(L)he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ They said to him, ^(M)“Sir, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, ^(N)“I am the bread of life; ^(O)whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. ³⁶ But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. ^37 (P)All that ^(Q)the Father gives me will come to me, and ^(R)whoever comes to me I will never cast out. ³⁸ For ^(S)I have come down from heaven, not to do ^(T)my own will but ^(U)the will of him ^(V)who sent me. ³⁹ And ^(W)this is the will of him who sent me, ^(X)that I should lose nothing of ^(Y)all that he has given me, but ^(Z)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^(AA)looks on the Son and ^(AB)believes in him ^(AC)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”