Luke 21:1-19

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The Widow’s Two Mites^(A)

21 And He looked up ^(B)and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, ²and He saw also a certain ^(C)poor widow putting in two ^(D)mites.^[a] ³So He said, “Truly I say to you ^(E)that this poor widow has put in more than all; ⁴for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings ^[b]for God, but she out of her poverty put in ^(F)all the livelihood that she had.”

Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple^(G)

⁵^(H)Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was ^[c]adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, ⁶“These things which you see—the days will come in which ^(I)not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age^(J)

⁷So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?”

⁸And He said: ^(K)“Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ ^[d]Therefore do not ^[e]go after them. ⁹But when you hear of ^(L)wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.”

¹⁰^(M)Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹And there will be great ^(N)earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. ¹²^(O)But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and ^(P)prisons. ^(Q)You will be brought before kings and rulers ^(R)for My name’s sake. ¹³But ^(S)it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. ¹⁴^(T)Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will ^[f]answer; ¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom ^(U)which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or ^[g]resist. ¹⁶^(V)You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put ^(W)some of you to death. ¹⁷And ^(X)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. ¹⁸^(Y)But not a hair of your head shall be lost. ¹⁹By your patience possess your souls.

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Luke 21:2 Gr. lepta, very small copper coins
Luke 21:4 NU omits for God
Luke 21:5 decorated
Luke 21:8 NU omits Therefore
Luke 21:8 follow
Luke 21:14 say in defense
Luke 21:15 withstand

Hebrews 2:1-9

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Do Not Neglect Salvation

2 Therefore we must give ^[a]the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. ²For if the word ^(A)spoken through angels proved steadfast, and ^(B)every transgression and disobedience received a just ^[b]reward, ³^(C)how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, ^(D)which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was ^(E)confirmed to us by those who heard Him, ⁴^(F)God also bearing witness ^(G)both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and ^(H)gifts^[c] of the Holy Spirit, ^(I)according to His own will?

The Son Made Lower than Angels^(J)

⁵For He has not put ^(K)the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. ⁶But one testified in a certain place, saying:

^(L)“What is man that You are mindful of him,
Or the son of man that You take care of him?
⁷You have made him ^[d]a little lower than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
^[e]And set him over the works of Your hands.
⁸^(M)You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”

For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now ^(N)we do not yet see all things put under him. ⁹But we see Jesus, ^(O)who was made ^[f]a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death ^(P)crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death ^(Q)for everyone.

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Hebrews 2:1 all the more careful attention
Hebrews 2:2 retribution or penalty
Hebrews 2:4 distributions
Hebrews 2:7 Or for a little while
Hebrews 2:7 NU, M omit the rest of v. 7.
Hebrews 2:9 Or for a little while

Proverbs 19:15-29

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¹⁵^(A)Laziness casts one into a deep sleep,
And an idle person will ^(B)suffer hunger.

¹⁶^(C)He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who ^[a]is careless of his ways will die.

¹⁷^(D)He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
And He will pay back what he has given.

¹⁸^(E)Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart ^[b]on his destruction.

¹⁹A man of great wrath will suffer punishment;
For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

²⁰Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
That you may be wise ^(F)in your latter days.

²¹There are many plans in a man’s heart,
^(G)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.

²²What is desired in a man is ^[c]kindness,
And a poor man is better than a liar.

²³^(H)The fear of the Lord leads to life,
And he who has it will abide in satisfaction;
He will not be visited with evil.

²⁴^(I)A lazy man buries his hand in the ^[d]bowl,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

²⁵Strike a scoffer, and the simple ^(J)will become wary;
^(K)Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge.

²⁶He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
Is ^(L)a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

²⁷Cease listening to instruction, my son,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

²⁸A ^[e]disreputable witness scorns justice,
And ^(M)the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

²⁹Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
^(N)And beatings for the backs of fools.

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Proverbs 19:16 Is reckless, lit. despises
Proverbs 19:18 Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying
Proverbs 19:22 Lit. lovingkindness
Proverbs 19:24 LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit
Proverbs 19:28 Lit. witness of Belial, worthless witness

Isaiah 6-8

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Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet^(A)

6 In the year that ^(B)King Uzziah died, I ^(C)saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. ²Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, ^(D)with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. ³And one cried to another and said:

^(E)“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
^(F)The whole earth is full of His glory!”

⁴And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

⁵So I said:

“Woe is me, for I am ^[a]undone!
Because I am a man of ^(G)unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”

⁶Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from ^(H)the altar. ⁷And he ^(I)touched my mouth with it, and said:

“Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin ^[b]purged.”

⁸Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for ^(J)Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

⁹And He said, “Go, and ^(K)tell this people:

‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

¹⁰“Make ^(L)the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
^(M)Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”

¹¹Then I said, “Lord, how long?”

And He answered:

^(N)“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
¹²^(O)The Lord has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
¹³But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So ^(P)the holy seed shall be its stump.”

Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz^(Q)

7 Now it came to pass in the days of ^(R)Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against ^(S)it, but could not ^[c]prevail against it. ²And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are ^[d]deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

³Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and ^[e]Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field, ⁴and say to him: ^[f]‘Take heed, and ^[g]be ^(T)quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah. ⁵Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying, ⁶“Let us go up against Judah and ^[h]trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”— ⁷thus says the Lord God:

^(U)“It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.
⁸^(V)For the head of Syria is Damascus,
And the head of Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be ^[i]broken,
So that it will not be a people.
⁹The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son.
^(W)If you will not believe,
Surely you shall not be established.” ’ ”

The Immanuel Prophecy

¹⁰Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ¹¹^(X)“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ^[j]ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”

¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”

¹³Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? ¹⁴Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: ^(Y)Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear ^(Z)a Son, and shall call His name ^(AA)Immanuel.^[k] ¹⁵Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. ¹⁶^(AB)For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by ^(AC)both her kings. ¹⁷^(AD)The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that ^(AE)Ephraim departed from Judah.”

¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord ^(AF)will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
¹⁹They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in ^(AG)the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.

²⁰In the same day the Lord will shave with a ^(AH)hired ^(AI)razor,
With those from beyond ^[l]the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

²¹It shall be in that day
That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
²²So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give,
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.

²³It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
^(AJ)It will be for briers and thorns.
²⁴With arrows and bows men will come there,
Because all the land will become briers and thorns.

²⁵And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.

Assyria Will Invade the Land

8 Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and ^(AK)write on it with a man’s pen concerning ^[m]Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. ²And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, ^(AL)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

³Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz; ⁴^(AM)for before the child ^[n]shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ ^(AN)the riches of Damascus and the ^[o]spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

⁵The Lord also spoke to me again, saying:

⁶“Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of ^(AO)Shiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice ^(AP)in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;
⁷Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of ^[p]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will ^[q]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.
⁸He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
^(AQ)He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will ^[r]fill the breadth of Your land, O ^(AR)Immanuel.^[s]

⁹“Be^(AS) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
¹⁰^(AT)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, ^(AU)but it will not stand,
^(AV)For ^[t]God is with us.”

Fear God, Heed His Word

¹¹For the Lord spoke thus to me with ^[u]a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

¹²“Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’
Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy,
Nor be afraid of their ^[v]threats, nor be ^[w]troubled.
¹³The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow;
Let Him be your fear,
And let Him be your dread.
¹⁴^(AW)He will be as a ^[x]sanctuary,
But ^(AX)a stone of stumbling and a rock of ^[y]offense
To both the houses of Israel,
As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
¹⁵And many among them shall ^(AY)stumble;
They shall fall and be broken,
Be snared and ^[z]taken.”

¹⁶Bind up the testimony,
Seal the law among my disciples.
¹⁷And I will wait on the Lord,
Who ^(AZ)hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I ^(BA)will hope in Him.
¹⁸^(BB)Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me!
We ^(BC)are for signs and wonders in Israel
From the Lord of hosts,
Who dwells in Mount Zion.

¹⁹And when they say to you, ^(BD)“Seek those who are mediums and wizards, ^(BE)who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they ^(BF)seek the dead on behalf of the living? ²⁰^(BG)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because ^(BH)there^[aa] is no light in them.

²¹They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and ^(BI)curse ^[ab]their king and their God, and look upward. ²²Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.