And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for (A)they have not rejected you, but (B)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.

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And the Lord told him: “Listen(A) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(B) but they have rejected me as their king.(C)

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19 (A)But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your [a]clans.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 10:19 Lit. thousands

19 But you have now rejected(A) your God, who saves(B) you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king(C) over us.’(D) So now present(E) yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

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27 But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”

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27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

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14 (A)But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

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14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

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Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but (A)against the Lord.”

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Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling(A) against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”(B)

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16 (A)He who hears you hears Me, (B)he who rejects you rejects Me, and (C)he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

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16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”(A)

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A Cup of Cold Water(A)

40 (B)“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

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40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me,(A) and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.(B)

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10 [a]I will be your King;
(A)Where is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom (B)you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 (C)I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.

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  1. Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Where is your king?

10 Where is your king,(A) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(B)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(C)
    and in my wrath I took him away.(D)

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20 Remember the word that I said to you, (A)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (B)If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But (C)all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

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20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](A) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(B) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(C) for they do not know the one who sent me.(D)

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  1. John 15:20 John 13:16

16 (A)Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,(A) nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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24 (A)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If (B)they have called the master of the house [a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

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  1. Matthew 10:25 NU, M Beelzebul; a Philistine deity, 2 Kin. 1:2, 3

24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.(A) 25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,(B) how much more the members of his household!

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So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
(A)Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”

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so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.(A)
For when I called, no one answered,(B)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil(C) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(D)

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11 “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have (A)none of Me.
12 (B)So I gave them over to [a]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.

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  1. Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart

11 “But my people would not listen to me;
    Israel would not submit to me.(A)
12 So I gave them over(B) to their stubborn hearts
    to follow their own devices.

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