Job 15:1-16

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Eliphaz

15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite^(A) replied:

²“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?^(B)
³Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?^(C)
⁴But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.^(D)
⁵Your sin^(E) prompts your mouth;^(F)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.^(G)
⁶Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
    your own lips testify against you.^(H)

⁷“Are you the first man ever born?^(I)
    Were you brought forth before the hills?^(J)
⁸Do you listen in on God’s council?^(K)
    Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?^(L)
⁹What do you know that we do not know?
    What insights do you have that we do not have?^(M)
¹⁰The gray-haired and the aged^(N) are on our side,
    men even older than your father.^(O)
¹¹Are God’s consolations^(P) not enough for you,
    words^(Q) spoken gently to you?^(R)
¹²Why has your heart^(S) carried you away,
    and why do your eyes flash,
¹³so that you vent your rage^(T) against God
    and pour out such words^(U) from your mouth?^(V)

¹⁴“What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,^(W) that they could be righteous?^(X)
¹⁵If God places no trust in his holy ones,^(Y)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,^(Z)
¹⁶how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,^(AA)
    who drink up evil^(AB) like water!^(AC)

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1 Peter 1:22-2:10

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²²Now that you have purified^(A) yourselves by obeying^(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^(C) from the heart.^[a] ²³For you have been born again,^(D) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(E) through the living and enduring word of God.^(F) ²⁴For,

“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
²⁵ but the word of the Lord endures forever.”^[b]^(G)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

2 Therefore, rid yourselves^(H) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander^(I) of every kind. ²Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,^(J) so that by it you may grow up^(K) in your salvation, ³now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.^(L)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴As you come to him, the living Stone^(M)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(N) and precious to him— ⁵you also, like living stones, are being built^(O) into a spiritual house^[c]^(P) to be a holy priesthood,^(Q) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(R) ⁶For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,^(S)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”^[d]^(T)

⁷Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,^(U)

“The stone the builders rejected^(V)
has become the cornerstone,”^[e]^(W)

⁸and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”^[f]^(X)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^(Y)

⁹But you are a chosen people,^(Z) a royal priesthood,^(AA) a holy nation,^(AB) God’s special possession,^(AC) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(AD) ¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;^(AE) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Footnotes

1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

Job 16:1-17:2

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Job

16 Then Job replied:

²“I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,^(A) all of you!^(B)
³Will your long-winded speeches never end?^(C)
    What ails you that you keep on arguing?^(D)
⁴I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head^(E) at you.
⁵But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort^(F) from my lips would bring you relief.^(G)

⁶“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.^(H)
⁷Surely, God, you have worn me out;^(I)
    you have devastated my entire household.^(J)
⁸You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness^(K) rises up and testifies against me.^(L)
⁹God assails me and tears^(M) me in his anger^(N)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;^(O)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.^(P)
¹⁰People open their mouths^(Q) to jeer at me;^(R)
    they strike my cheek^(S) in scorn
    and unite together against me.^(T)
¹¹God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.^(U)
¹²All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.^(V)
He has made me his target;^(W)
¹³    his archers surround me.^(X)
Without pity, he pierces^(Y) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.
¹⁴Again and again^(Z) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.^(AA)

¹⁵“I have sewed sackcloth^(AB) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.^(AC)
¹⁶My face is red with weeping,^(AD)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;^(AE)
¹⁷yet my hands have been free of violence^(AF)
    and my prayer is pure.^(AG)

¹⁸“Earth, do not cover my blood;^(AH)
    may my cry^(AI) never be laid to rest!^(AJ)
¹⁹Even now my witness^(AK) is in heaven;^(AL)
    my advocate is on high.^(AM)
²⁰My intercessor^(AN) is my friend^[a]^(AO)
    as my eyes pour out^(AP) tears^(AQ) to God;
²¹on behalf of a man he pleads^(AR) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

²²“Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.^(AS)

17 ¹My spirit^(AT) is broken,
    my days are cut short,^(AU)
    the grave awaits me.^(AV)
²Surely mockers^(AW) surround me;^(AX)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

Footnotes

Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

Mark 5:21-43

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

²¹When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake,^(B) a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.^(C) ²²Then one of the synagogue leaders,^(D) named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. ²³He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on^(E) her so that she will be healed and live.” ²⁴So Jesus went with him.

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. ²⁵And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding^(F) for twelve years. ²⁶She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. ²⁷When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, ²⁸because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes,^(G) I will be healed.” ²⁹Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.^(H)

³⁰At once Jesus realized that power^(I) had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

³¹“You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

³²But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. ³³Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. ³⁴He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.^(J) Go in peace^(K) and be freed from your suffering.”

³⁵While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader.^(L) “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”

³⁶Overhearing^[a] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

³⁷He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.^(M) ³⁸When they came to the home of the synagogue leader,^(N) Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. ³⁹He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”^(O) ⁴⁰But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. ⁴¹He took her by the hand^(P) and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).^(Q) ⁴²Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. ⁴³He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this,^(R) and told them to give her something to eat.