John 19:1-16

New King James Version

The Soldiers Mock Jesus^(A)

19 So then ^(B)Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. ²And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. ³^[a]Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they ^(C)struck Him with their hands.

⁴Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, ^(D)that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”

Pilate’s Decision

⁵Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”

⁶^(E)Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”

⁷The Jews answered him, ^(F)“We have a law, and according to ^[b]our law He ought to die, because ^(G)He made Himself the Son of God.”

⁸Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid, ⁹and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” ^(H)But Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have ^[c]power to crucify You, and power to release You?”

¹¹Jesus answered, ^(I)“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^(J)the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

¹²From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. ^(K)Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

¹³^(L)When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴Now ^(M)it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

¹⁵But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”

The chief priests answered, ^(N)“We have no king but Caesar!”

¹⁶^(O)Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus ^[d]and led Him away.

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Footnotes

John 19:3 NU And they came up to Him and said
John 19:7 NU the law
John 19:10 authority
John 19:16 NU omits and led Him away

Revelation 13

New King James Version

The Beast from the Sea

13 Then ^[a]I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw ^(A)a beast rising up out of the sea, ^(B)having ^[b]seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a ^(C)blasphemous name. ²Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The ^(D)dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. ³And I saw one of his heads ^(E)as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And ^(F)all the world marveled and followed the beast. ⁴So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^(G)“Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

⁵And he was given ^(H)a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to ^[c]continue for ^(I)forty-two months. ⁶Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, ^(J)His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. ⁷It was granted to him ^(K)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And ^(L)authority was given him over every ^[d]tribe, tongue, and nation. ⁸All who dwell on the earth will worship him, ^(M)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain ^(N)from the foundation of the world.

⁹^(O)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰^(P)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; ^(Q)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. ^(R)Here is the ^[e]patience and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then I saw another beast ^(S)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. ¹²And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, ^(T)whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³^(U)He performs great signs, ^(V)so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴^(W)And he deceives ^[f]those who dwell on the earth ^(X)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword ^(Y)and lived. ¹⁵He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak ^(Z)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, ^(AA)to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, ¹⁷and that no one may buy or sell except one who has ^[g]the mark or ^(AB)the name of the beast, ^(AC)or the number of his name.

¹⁸^(AD)Here is wisdom. Let him who has ^(AE)understanding calculate ^(AF)the number of the beast, ^(AG)for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

Footnotes

Revelation 13:1 NU he
Revelation 13:1 NU, M ten horns and seven heads
Revelation 13:5 M make war
Revelation 13:7 NU, M add and people
Revelation 13:10 perseverance
Revelation 13:14 M my own people
Revelation 13:17 NU, M the mark, the name

Job 36:1-15

New King James Version

Elihu Proclaims God’s Goodness

36 Elihu also proceeded and said:

²“Bear with me a little, and I will show you
That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
³I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
⁴For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
^(A)He is mighty in strength ^[a]of understanding.
⁶He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the ^(B)oppressed.
⁷^(C)He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But ^(D)they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
⁸And ^(E)if they are bound in ^[b]fetters,
Held in the cords of affliction,
⁹Then He tells them their work and their transgressions—
That they have acted ^[c]defiantly.
¹⁰^(F)He also opens their ear to ^[d]instruction,
And commands that they turn from iniquity.
¹¹If they obey and serve Him,
They shall ^(G)spend their days in prosperity,
And their years in pleasures.
¹²But if they do not obey,
They shall perish by the sword,
And they shall die ^[e]without ^(H)knowledge.

¹³“But the hypocrites in heart ^(I)store up wrath;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
¹⁴^(J)They^[f] die in youth,
And their life ends among the ^[g]perverted persons.
¹⁵He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.

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Footnotes

Job 36:5 of heart
Job 36:8 chains
Job 36:9 proudly
Job 36:10 discipline
Job 36:12 MT as one without knowledge
Job 36:14 Lit. Their soul dies
Job 36:14 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy or prostitution in religious rituals

Micah 6-7

New King James Version

God Pleads with Israel

6 Hear now what the Lord says:

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
²^(A)Hear, O you mountains, ^(B)the Lord’s complaint,
And you strong foundations of the earth;
For ^(C)the Lord has a complaint against His people,
And He will ^[a]contend with Israel.

³“O My people, what ^(D)have I done to you?
And how have I ^(E)wearied you?
Testify against Me.
⁴^(F)For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
⁵O My people, remember now
What ^(G)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From ^[b]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know ^(H)the righteousness of the Lord.”

⁶With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
⁷^(I)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand ^(J)rivers of oil?
^(K)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
^[c]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸He has ^(L)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But ^(M)to do justly,
To love ^[d]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

Punishment of Israel’s Injustice

⁹The Lord’s voice cries to the city—
Wisdom shall see Your name:

“Hear the rod!
Who has appointed it?
¹⁰Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
¹¹Shall I count pure those with ^(N)the wicked scales,
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
¹²For her rich men are full of ^(O)violence,
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And ^(P)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹³“Therefore I will also ^(Q)make you sick by striking you,
By making you desolate because of your sins.
¹⁴^(R)You shall eat, but not be satisfied;
^[e]Hunger shall be in your midst.
You may carry some away,^[f] but shall not save them;
And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.

¹⁵“You shall ^(S)sow, but not reap;
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
¹⁶For the statutes of ^(T)Omri are ^(U)kept;
All the works of Ahab’s house are done;
And you walk in their counsels,
That I may make you a ^[g]desolation,
And your inhabitants a hissing.
Therefore you shall bear the ^(V)reproach of ^[h]My people.”

Sorrow for Israel’s Sins

7 Woe is me!
For I am like those who gather summer fruits,
Like those who ^(W)glean vintage grapes;
There is no cluster to eat
Of the first-ripe fruit which ^(X)my soul desires.
²The ^(Y)faithful^[i] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
^(Z)Every man hunts his brother with a net.

³That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a ^(AA)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
⁴The best of them is ^(AB)like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.

⁵^(AC)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your ^(AD)bosom.
⁶For ^(AE)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
⁷Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will ^(AF)wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.

Israel’s Confession and Comfort

⁸^(AG)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
^(AH)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
⁹^(AI)I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my ^(AJ)case
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I will see His righteousness.
¹⁰Then she who is my enemy will see,
And ^(AK)shame will cover her who said to me,
^(AL)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.

¹¹In the day when your ^(AM)walls are to be built,
In that day ^[j]the decree shall go far and wide.
¹²In that day ^(AN)they^[k] shall come to you
From Assyria and the ^[l]fortified cities,
From the ^[m]fortress to ^[n]the River,
From sea to sea,
And mountain to mountain.
¹³Yet the land shall be desolate
Because of those who dwell in it,
And ^(AO)for the fruit of their deeds.

God Will Forgive Israel

¹⁴Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
The flock of Your heritage,
Who dwell ^[o]solitarily in a ^(AP)woodland,
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
As in days of old.

¹⁵“As^(AQ) in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show ^[p]them ^(AR)wonders.”

¹⁶The nations ^(AS)shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
^(AT)They shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
¹⁷They shall lick the ^(AU)dust like a serpent;
^(AV)They shall crawl from their holes like ^[q]snakes of the earth.
^(AW)They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
¹⁸^(AX)Who is a God like You,
^(AY)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of ^(AZ)the remnant of His heritage?

^(BA)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in ^(BB)mercy.^[r]
¹⁹He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all ^[s]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
²⁰^(BC)You will give truth to Jacob
And ^[t]mercy to Abraham,
^(BD)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.