The Land of Judah

15 So this was the ^[a]lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

^(A)The border of Edom at the ^(B)Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. ² And their ^(C)southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. ³ Then it went out to the southern side of ^(D)the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa. ⁴ From there it passed ^(E)toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.

⁵ The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

And the ^(F)border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. ⁶ The border went up to ^(G)Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up ^(H)to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. ⁷ Then the border went up toward ^(I)Debir from ^(J)the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at ^(K)En Rogel. ⁸ And the border went up ^(L)by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the ^(M)Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley ^(N)of ^[b]Rephaim northward. ⁹ Then the border went around from the top of the hill to ^(O)the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around ^(P)to Baalah (which is ^(Q)Kirjath Jearim). ¹⁰ Then the border ^[c]turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to ^(R)Timnah. ¹¹ And the border went out to the side of ^(S)Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.

¹² The west border was ^(T)the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.

Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir^(U)

^13 (V)Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of ^(W)Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, ^(X)Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). ¹⁴ Caleb drove out ^(Y)the three sons of Anak from there: ^(Z)Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ¹⁵ Then ^(AA)he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).

^16 (AB)And Caleb said, “He who ^[d]attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.” ¹⁷ So ^(AC)Othniel the ^(AD)son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him ^(AE)Achsah his daughter as wife. ^18 (AF)Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So ^(AG)she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?” ¹⁹ She answered, “Give me a ^(AH)blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The Cities of Judah

²⁰ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

²¹ The cities at the limits of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the South, were Kabzeel, ^(AI)Eder, Jagur, ²² Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, ²³ Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, ^24 (AJ)Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, ²⁵ Hazor, Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (which is Hazor), ²⁶ Amam, Shema, Moladah, ²⁷ Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, ²⁸ Hazar Shual, ^(AK)Beersheba, Bizjothjah, ²⁹ Baalah, Ijim, Ezem, ³⁰ Eltolad, Chesil, ^(AL)Hormah, ^31 (AM)Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, ³² Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and ^(AN)Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

³³ In the lowland: ^(AO)Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, ³⁴ Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, ³⁵ Jarmuth, ^(AP)Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, ³⁶ Sharaim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages; ³⁷ Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, ³⁸ Dilean, Mizpah, ^(AQ)Joktheel, ^39 (AR)Lachish, Bozkath, ^(AS)Eglon, ⁴⁰ Cabbon, ^[e]Lahmas, Kithlish, ⁴¹ Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages; ^42 (AT)Libnah, Ether, Ashan, ⁴³ Jiphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, ⁴⁴ Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages; ⁴⁵ Ekron, with its towns and villages; ⁴⁶ from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near ^(AU)Ashdod, with their villages; ⁴⁷ Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages—as far as ^(AV)the Brook of Egypt and ^(AW)the Great Sea with its coastline.

⁴⁸ And in the mountain country: Shamir, Jattir, Sochoh, ⁴⁹ Dannah, Kirjath Sannah (which is Debir), ⁵⁰ Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, ^51 (AX)Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages; ⁵² Arab, Dumah, Eshean, ⁵³ Janum, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, ⁵⁴ Humtah, ^(AY)Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages; ^55 (AZ)Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, ⁵⁶ Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, ⁵⁷ Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages; ⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, ⁵⁹ Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages; ^60 (BA)Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim) and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

⁶¹ In the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, ⁶² Nibshan, the City of Salt, and ^(BB)En Gedi: six cities with their villages.

⁶³ As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ^(BC)the children of Judah could not drive them out; ^(BD)but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

Ephraim and West Manasseh

16 The lot ^[f]fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the ^(BE)wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to ^[g]Bethel, ² then went out ^[h]from ^(BF)Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, ³ and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, ^(BG)as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to ^(BH)Gezer; and ^[i]it ended at the sea.

^4 (BI)So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their ^[j]inheritance.

The Land of Ephraim

^5 (BJ)The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was ^(BK)Ataroth Addar ^(BL)as far as Upper Beth Horon.

⁶ And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of ^(BM)Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah. ⁷ Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and ^[k]Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

⁸ The border went out from ^(BN)Tappuah westward to the ^(BO)Brook Kanah, and ^[l]it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families. ^9 (BP)The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

^10 (BQ)And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.

The Glories of the Messiah and His Bride

To the Chief Musician. ^(A)Set to ^[a]“The Lilies.” A ^[b]Contemplation of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

Seeking a Sign^(A)

^29 (B)And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks a ^(C)sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah ^[a]the prophet. ³⁰ For as ^(D)Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation. ^31 (E)The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a ^(F)greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for ^(G)they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

The Lamp of the Body^(H)

^33 (I)“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a ^(J)basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. ^34 (K)The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is ^[b]good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is ^[c]bad, your body also is full of darkness. ³⁵ Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. ³⁶ If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”

Woe to the Pharisees and Lawyers

³⁷ And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat. ^38 (L)When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

^39 (M)Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but ^(N)your inward part is full of ^[d]greed and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Foolish ones! Did not ^(O)He who made the outside make the inside also? ^41 (P)But rather give alms of ^[e]such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.

^42 (Q)“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and ^(R)pass by justice and the ^(S)love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. ^43 (T)Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the ^[f]best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. ^44 (U)Woe to you, ^[g]scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^(V)For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

⁴⁵ Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”

⁴⁶ And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! ^(W)For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ^47 (X)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ^(Y)‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, ^51 (Z)from the blood of Abel to ^(AA)the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

^52 (AB)“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”

^53 [h]And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things, ⁵⁴ lying in wait for Him, ^[i]and ^(AC)seeking to catch Him in something He might say, ^[j]that they might accuse Him.