And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

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His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”(A) And they hated him all the more(B) because of his dream and what he had said.

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35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

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35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’(A) He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.

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27 But some scoundrels(A) said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts.(B) But Saul kept silent.

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29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

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29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(A) underfoot,(B) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(C) that sanctified them,(D) and who has insulted the Spirit(E) of grace?(F)

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27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

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27 Indeed Herod(A) and Pontius Pilate(B) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,(C) whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.(D)

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17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

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17 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone’[a]?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:17 Psalm 118:22

14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message 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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22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

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22 The stone(A) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(B)

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Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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“Let us break their chains(A)
    and throw off their shackles.”(B)

The One enthroned(C) in heaven laughs;(D)
    the Lord scoffs at them.
He rebukes them in his anger(E)
    and terrifies them in his wrath,(F) saying,
“I have installed my king(G)
    on Zion,(H) my holy mountain.(I)

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28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger(A) at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

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14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

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14 The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us?(A) Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

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26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

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26 Your father’s blessings are greater
    than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
    than[a] the bounty of the age-old hills.(A)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,(B)
    on the brow of the prince among[b] his brothers.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:26 Or of my progenitors, / as great as
  2. Genesis 49:26 Or of the one separated from

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

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When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him(A) and could not speak a kind word to him.

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