²⁴ And ^(A)Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety. ²⁵ And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, ^(B)“Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” ²⁶ He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself,^[a] that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For ^(C)your servant is lame. ^27 (D)He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is ^(E)like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you. ²⁸ For all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but ^(F)you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?” ²⁹ And the king said to him, “Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land.” ³⁰ And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home.”

³¹ Now ^(G)Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan. ³² Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. ^(H)He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man. ³³ And the king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.” ³⁴ But Barzillai said to the king, ^(I)“How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵ I am this day ^(J)eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be ^(K)an added burden to my lord the king? ³⁶ Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? ³⁷ Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant ^(L)Chimham. Let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you.” ³⁸ And the king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you, and all that you desire of me I will do for you.” ³⁹ Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. And ^(M)the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home. ⁴⁰ The king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. All the people of Judah, and also half the people of Israel, brought the king on his way.

⁴¹ Then all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and ^(N)brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?” ⁴² All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is ^(O)our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift?” ⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ^(P)ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” ^(Q)But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Head Coverings

² Now I commend you ^(A)because you remember me in everything and ^(B)maintain the traditions ^(C)even as I delivered them to you. ³ But I want you to understand that ^(D)the head of every man is Christ, ^(E)the head of a wife^[a] is her husband,^[b] and ^(F)the head of Christ is God. ⁴ Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, ⁵ but every wife^[c] who prays or ^(G)prophesies ^(H)with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same ^(I)as if her head were shaven. ⁶ For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. ⁷ For a man ought not to cover his head, since ^(J)he is the image and glory of God, but ^(K)woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For ^(L)man was not made from woman, but woman from man. ⁹ Neither was man created for woman, but ^(M)woman for man. ¹⁰ That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.^{[d] 11} Nevertheless, ^(N)in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; ¹² for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And ^(O)all things are from God. ¹³ Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, ¹⁵ but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. ^16 (P)If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do ^(Q)the churches of God.

The Lord's Supper

¹⁷ But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. ¹⁸ For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, ^(R)I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part,^{[e] 19} for ^(S)there must be factions among you in order ^(T)that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. ²⁰ When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. ²¹ For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, ^(U)another gets drunk. ²² What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^(V)the church of God and ^(W)humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

²³ For ^(X)I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that ^(Y)the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for^[f] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”^{[g] 25} In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death ^(Z)until he comes.

^27 (AA)Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord ^(AB)in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning ^(AC)the body and blood of the Lord. ^28 (AD)Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. ²⁹ For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. ³⁰ That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some ^(AE)have died.^{[h] 31 (AF)}But if we judged^[i] ourselves truly, we would not be judged. ³² But when we are judged by the Lord, ^(AG)we are disciplined^[j] so that we may not be ^(AH)condemned along with the world.

³³ So then, my brothers,^[k] when you come together to eat, wait for^[l] one another— ^34 (AI)if anyone is hungry, ^(AJ)let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things ^(AK)I will give directions ^(AL)when I come.

The Last Words of David

23 Now these are the last words of David:

David's Mighty Men

^8 (H)These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: ^(I)Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three.^[e] He wielded his spear^[f] against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.

⁹ And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of ^(J)Dodo, son of ^(K)Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew. ¹⁰ He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the Lord brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him only to strip the slain.

¹¹ And next to him was Shammah, the son of Agee the ^(L)Hararite. The Philistines gathered together at Lehi,^[g] where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the men fled from the Philistines. ¹² But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and struck down the Philistines, and the Lord worked a great victory.

¹³ And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the ^(M)cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped ^(N)in the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁴ David was then ^(O)in the stronghold, and ^(P)the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem. ¹⁵ And David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!” ¹⁶ Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it. He poured it out to the Lord ¹⁷ and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink ^(Q)the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

A Woman with a Disabling Spirit

¹⁰ Now ^(A)he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹ And behold, there was a woman who had had ^(B)a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. ¹² When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” ¹³ And he ^(C)laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she ^(D)glorified God. ¹⁴ But ^(E)the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus ^(F)had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, ^(G)“There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” ¹⁵ Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! ^(H)Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? ¹⁶ And ought not this woman, ^(I)a daughter of Abraham whom ^(J)Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” ¹⁷ As he said these things, ^(K)all his adversaries were put to shame, and ^(L)all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

^18 (M)He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It is like ^(N)a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”

²⁰ And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? ^21 (O)It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in ^(P)three measures of flour, until it was ^(Q)all leavened.”

The Narrow Door

^22 (R)He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and ^(S)journeying toward Jerusalem. ²³ And someone said to him, “Lord, ^(T)will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, ^24 (U)“Strive ^(V)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ^25 (W)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ^(X)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^(Y)‘I do not know where you come from.’ ²⁶ Then you will begin to say, ^(Z)‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷ But he will say, ‘I tell you, ^(AA)I do not know where you come from. ^(AB)Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ ^28 (AC)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see ^(AD)Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but ^(AE)you yourselves cast out. ²⁹ And ^(AF)people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and ^(AG)recline at table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold, ^(AH)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Lament over Jerusalem

³¹ At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from ^(AI)here, for ^(AJ)Herod wants to kill you.” ³² And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day ^(AK)I finish my course. ³³ Nevertheless, ^(AL)I ^(AM)must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that ^(AN)a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ ^34 (AO)O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(AP)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! ^(AQ)How often would I have ^(AR)gathered ^(AS)your children together ^(AT)as a hen gathers her brood ^(AU)under her wings, and ^(AV)you were not willing! ³⁵ Behold, ^(AW)your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ^(AX)‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”