26 and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And (A)you shall eat there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.

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Flee Sexual Immorality

12 (A)“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13 (B)“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one (C)and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but (D)for the Lord, and (E)the Lord for the body.

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Jesus Cleanses the Temple

12 (A)And Jesus entered the temple[a] and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of (B)the money-changers and the seats of those who sold (C)pigeons.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:12 Some manuscripts add of God

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

Go, (A)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

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14 But they had (A)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and (B)put God to the test in the desert;

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11 And (A)you shall rejoice in all the good that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.

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And (A)there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and (B)you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

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Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as (A)they did.

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14 (A)In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make (B)my Father's house a house of trade.”

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Jesus Cleanses the Temple

15 (A)And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of (B)the money-changers and the seats of those who sold (C)pigeons.

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22 up to 100 talents[a] of silver, 100 cors[b] of wheat, 100 baths[c] of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:22 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  2. Ezra 7:22 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  3. Ezra 7:22 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters

15 and also to carry the silver and gold that the king (A)and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, (B)whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, 16 (C)with all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and (D)with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem. 17 With this money, then, you shall with all diligence buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and (E)you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God that is in Jerusalem.

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20 “When the Lord your God (A)enlarges your territory, (B)as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire. 21 If (C)the place that the Lord your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, (D)then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.

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15 “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire, (A)according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you. (B)The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer.

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12 And (A)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male servants and your female servants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since (B)he has no portion or inheritance with you.

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18 but (A)you shall eat them before the Lord your God in (B)the place that the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your towns. And (C)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake.

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