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15 the one on the housetop must not go down or enter to take anything from the house;

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15 Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.

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31 On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away, and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.

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31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.(A) 32 Remember Lot’s wife!(B) 33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.(C)

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By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.(A)

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By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(A) in holy fear built an ark(B) to save his family.(C) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(D)

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Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.(A) More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ(B)

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But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(A) for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(B) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(C)

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38 After they had satisfied their hunger, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.(A)

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38 When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.(A)

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18 We were being pounded by the storm so violently that on the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard,(A) 19 and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship’s tackle overboard.

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18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.(A) 19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

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16 then those in Judea must flee to the mountains; 17 the one on the housetop must not go down to take things from the house; 18 the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat.

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16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the housetop(A) go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.

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The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.

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The prudent see danger and take refuge,(A)
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.(B)

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Give your eyes no sleep
    and your eyelids no slumber;(A)
save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter,[a]
    like a bird from the hand of the fowler.(B)

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  1. 6.5 Cn: Heb from the hand

Allow no sleep to your eyes,
    no slumber to your eyelids.(A)
Free yourself, like a gazelle(B) from the hand of the hunter,(C)
    like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(D)

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Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life.

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  1. 2.4 Heb the satan

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(A) for his own life.

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26 But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.(A)

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26 But Lot’s wife looked back,(A) and she became a pillar of salt.(B)

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22 Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” Therefore the city was called Zoar.[a]

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  1. 19.22 That is, little

22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.[a](A))

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  1. Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.

15 When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be consumed in the punishment of the city.”(A) 16 But he lingered, so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and left him outside the city.(B) 17 When they had brought them outside, they[a] said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the plain; flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed.”(C)

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  1. 19.17 Gk Syr Vg: Heb he

15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away(A) when the city is punished.(B)

16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters(C) and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them.(D) 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives!(E) Don’t look back,(F) and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!(G) Flee to the mountains(H) or you will be swept away!”

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