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55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.[a]

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  1. 9:55 Some manuscripts add an expanded conclusion to verse 55 and an additional sentence in verse 56: And he said, “You don’t realize what your hearts are like. 56 For the Son of Man has not come to destroy people’s lives, but to save them.”

55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

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19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.

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Do not repay evil with evil(A) or insult with insult.(B) On the contrary, repay evil with blessing,(C) because to this(D) you were called(E) so that you may inherit a blessing.(F)

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29 “Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies,
    or become excited when harm came their way?
30 No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone
    or by asking for revenge.

31 “My servants have never said,
    ‘He let others go hungry.’

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29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(A)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(B)
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life(C)
31 if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(D)

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Where have you gotten all these wise sayings?
    Whose spirit speaks through you?

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Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(A)

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10 But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.

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10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)

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  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

“I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.[a] 10 Indeed, I did just that in Jerusalem. Authorized by the leading priests, I caused many believers[b] there to be sent to prison. And I cast my vote against them when they were condemned to death. 11 Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus.[c] I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.

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  1. 26:9 Or Jesus of Nazareth.
  2. 26:10 Greek many of God’s holy people.
  3. 26:11 Greek to blaspheme.

“I too was convinced(A) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(B) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(C) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(D) in prison,(E) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(F) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(G) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

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But Paul said to him, “God will slap you, you corrupt hypocrite![a] What kind of judge are you to break the law yourself by ordering me struck like that?”

Those standing near Paul said to him, “Do you dare to insult God’s high priest?”

“I’m sorry, brothers. I didn’t realize he was the high priest,” Paul replied, “for the Scriptures say, ‘You must not speak evil of any of your rulers.’[b]

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  1. 23:3 Greek you whitewashed wall.
  2. 23:5 Exod 22:28.

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall!(A) You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”(B)

Those who were standing near Paul said, “How dare you insult God’s high priest!”

Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’[a](C)

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  1. Acts 23:5 Exodus 22:28

51 But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear.

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51 With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword,(A) drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.(B)

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41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”

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41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.(A) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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33 Peter declared, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you.”

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33 Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

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23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

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23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!(A) You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

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“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
    and desperately wicked.
    Who really knows how bad it is?

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The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

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