And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, (A)why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!

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And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

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And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(A)“My son, (B)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.

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And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(A) when he rebukes you,

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10 Then the king of Israel said, “Alas! (A)The Lord has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

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10 “What!” exclaimed the king of Israel. “Has the Lord called us three kings together only to deliver us into the hands of Moab?”

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17 And (A)Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? (B)Do you not yet perceive (C)or understand? (D)Are your hearts hardened? 18 (E)Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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17 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?(A) 18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?

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20 He said to them, (A)“Because of your little faith. For (B)truly, I say to you, (C)if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, (D)you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and (E)nothing will be impossible for you.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:20 Some manuscripts insert verse 21: But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting

20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith(A) as small as a mustard seed,(B) you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.(C) Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and (A)twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? (B)How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

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17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

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Jeremiah's Complaint

12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    when I complain to you;
    yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
    Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
You plant them, and they take root;
    they grow and produce fruit;
(D)you are near in their mouth
    and far from their heart.

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?
You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.(G)

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11 (A)I said in my alarm,
    (B)“All mankind are liars.”

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11 in my alarm I said,
    “Everyone is a liar.”(A)

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“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. (A)Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. (B)From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.

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“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River(A) into the land(B) I am about to give to them(C)—to the Israelites. I will give you every place where you set your foot,(D) as I promised Moses.(E) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon,(F) and from the great river, the Euphrates(G)—all the Hittite(H) country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.(I)

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Why have you brought the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle? And (A)why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”

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Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,(A) that we and our livestock should die here?(B) Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.(C) And there is no water to drink!(D)

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Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? (A)Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?(A) Our wives and children(B) will be taken as plunder.(C) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?(D)

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But the people thirsted there for water, and (A)the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

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But the people were thirsty(A) for water there, and they grumbled(B) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(C) of thirst?”

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and the people of Israel said to them, (A)“Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, (B)when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

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The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!(A) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food(B) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”(C)

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