Ten Men Healed

¹¹ While traveling to Jerusalem,^(A) he passed between^[a] Samaria and Galilee.^{(B) 12} As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy^[b](C) met him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master,^(D) have mercy on us!”

¹⁴ When he saw them, he told them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”^(E) And while they were going, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.^{(F) 16} He fell facedown^(G) at his feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan.^(H)

¹⁷ Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? ¹⁸ Didn’t any return to give glory to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ And he told him, “Get up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.”^[c](I)

Job Replies to the Lord

42 Then Job replied to the Lord:

⁷ After the Lord had finished speaking^[e] to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. ⁸ Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you.^(F) I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” ⁹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

God Restores Job

¹⁰ After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.^{(G) 11} All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances^(H) came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver^[f](I) and a gold earring.^(J)

¹² So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. ¹³ He also had seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.^{(K) 15} No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.

¹⁶ Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. ¹⁷ Then Job died, old and full of days.^(L)

Warning against Divisive People

¹⁷ Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned.^(A) Avoid them,^{(B) 18} because such people do not serve our Lord Christ^(C) but their own appetites.^[a](D) They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.^(E)

Paul’s Gracious Conclusion

¹⁹ The report of your obedience has reached everyone.^(F) Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.^{(G) 20} The God of peace^(H) will soon crush Satan^(I) under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.^(J)

²¹ Timothy,^(K) my coworker, and Lucius,^(L) Jason,^(M) and Sosipater,^(N) my fellow countrymen, greet you.

²² I, Tertius, who wrote this letter,^(O) greet you in the Lord.^[b]

²³ Gaius,^(P) who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus,^(Q) the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.^[c]

Glory to God

²⁵ Now to him who is able to strengthen you^(R) according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ,^(S) according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent^(T) for long ages^{(U) 26} but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures,^(V) according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith^(W) among all the Gentiles— ²⁷ to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ—to him be the glory forever!^[d](X) Amen.