¹⁵ “‘Do not pervert justice;^(A) do not show partiality^(B) to the poor or favoritism to the great,^(C) but judge your neighbor fairly.^(D)

¹⁶ “‘Do not go about spreading slander^(E) among your people.

“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life.^(F) I am the Lord.

¹⁷ “‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart.^(G) Rebuke your neighbor frankly^(H) so you will not share in their guilt.

¹⁸ “‘Do not seek revenge^(I) or bear a grudge^(J) against anyone among your people,^(K) but love your neighbor^(L) as yourself.^(M) I am the Lord.

¹⁹ “‘Keep my decrees.^(N)

“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.

“‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.^(O)

“‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.^(P)

²⁰ “‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man^(Q) but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment.^[a] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. ²¹ The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the Lord.^{(R) 22} With the ram of the guilt offering the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.^(S)

²³ “‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.^[b] For three years you are to consider it forbidden^[c]; it must not be eaten. ²⁴ In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy,^(T) an offering of praise to the Lord. ²⁵ But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the Lord your God.

²⁶ “‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.^(U)

“‘Do not practice divination^(V) or seek omens.^(W)

²⁷ “‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.^(X)

²⁸ “‘Do not cut^(Y) your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

²⁹ “‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute,^(Z) or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.^(AA)

³⁰ “‘Observe my Sabbaths^(AB) and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.^(AC)

³¹ “‘Do not turn to mediums^(AD) or seek out spiritists,^(AE) for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

³² “‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect^(AF) for the elderly^(AG) and revere your God.^(AH) I am the Lord.^(AI)

³³ “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. ³⁴ The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.^(AJ) Love them as yourself,^(AK) for you were foreigners^(AL) in Egypt.^(AM) I am the Lord your God.

³⁵ “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.^{(AN) 36} Use honest scales^(AO) and honest weights, an honest ephah^[d](AP) and an honest hin.^[e](AQ) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.^(AR)

³⁷ “‘Keep all my decrees^(AS) and all my laws^(AT) and follow them. I am the Lord.’”

Servants of Baal Killed

¹⁸ Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served^(A) Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. ¹⁹ Now summon^(B) all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. See that no one is missing, because I am going to hold a great sacrifice for Baal. Anyone who fails to come will no longer live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

²⁰ Jehu said, “Call an assembly^(C) in honor of Baal.” So they proclaimed it. ²¹ Then he sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one stayed away. They crowded into the temple of Baal until it was full from one end to the other. ²² And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.

²³ Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went into the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around and see that no one who serves the Lord is here with you—only servants of Baal.” ²⁴ So they went in to make sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had posted eighty men outside with this warning: “If one of you lets any of the men I am placing in your hands escape, it will be your life for his life.”^(D)

²⁵ As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he ordered the guards and officers: “Go in and kill^(E) them; let no one escape.”^(F) So they cut them down with the sword. The guards and officers threw the bodies out and then entered the inner shrine of the temple of Baal. ²⁶ They brought the sacred stone^(G) out of the temple of Baal and burned it. ²⁷ They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple^(H) of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

²⁸ So Jehu^(I) destroyed Baal worship in Israel. ²⁹ However, he did not turn away from the sins^(J) of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves^(K) at Bethel^(L) and Dan.

³⁰ The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes and have done to the house of Ahab all I had in mind to do, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”^{(M) 31} Yet Jehu was not careful^(N) to keep the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins^(O) of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit.

³² In those days the Lord began to reduce^(P) the size of Israel. Hazael^(Q) overpowered the Israelites throughout their territory ³³ east of the Jordan in all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben and Manasseh), from Aroer^(R) by the Arnon^(S) Gorge through Gilead to Bashan.

³⁴ As for the other events of Jehu’s reign, all he did, and all his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals^(T) of the kings of Israel?

³⁵ Jehu rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son succeeded him as king. ³⁶ The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

Jerusalem as a Useless Vine

15 The word of the Lord came to me: ² “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine^(A) different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest? ³ Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful?^(B) Do they make pegs^(C) from it to hang things on? ⁴ And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?^{(D) 5} If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?

⁶ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem. ⁷ I will set my face against^(E) them. Although they have come out of the fire^(F), the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.^{(G) 8} I will make the land desolate^(H) because they have been unfaithful,^(I) declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman^(A)

⁴⁰ Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. ⁴¹ Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader,^(B) came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house ⁴² because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. ⁴³ And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding^(C) for twelve years,^[a] but no one could heal her. ⁴⁴ She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak,^(D) and immediately her bleeding stopped.

⁴⁵ “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master,^(E) the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

⁴⁶ But Jesus said, “Someone touched me;^(F) I know that power has gone out from me.”^(G)

Present Weakness and Resurrection Life

4 Therefore, since through God’s mercy^(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.^{(B) 2} Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways;^(C) we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.^(D) On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience^(E) in the sight of God. ³ And even if our gospel^(F) is veiled,^(G) it is veiled to those who are perishing.^{(H) 4} The god^(I) of this age^(J) has blinded^(K) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,^(L) who is the image of God.^{(M) 5} For what we preach is not ourselves,^(N) but Jesus Christ as Lord,^(O) and ourselves as your servants^(P) for Jesus’ sake. ⁶ For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”^[a](Q) made his light shine in our hearts^(R) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.^(S)