31 When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place.

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31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.

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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

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15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.(A)

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(A)Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

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Continue to remember those in prison(A) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

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And he (A)looked around at them with anger, grieved at (B)their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” (C)He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

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He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it,

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41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A)

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21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in (A)the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

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21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’(A)

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[a] (A)Oh that my head were waters,
    and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
    for the slain of (B)the daughter of my people!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew

[a]Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!(A)
I would weep(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.

136 My eyes (A)shed streams of tears,
    because people (B)do not keep your law.

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136 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes,
    for your law is not obeyed.(B)

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These are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought (A)a bad report of them to their father.

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This is the account(A) of Jacob’s family line.

Joseph,(B) a young man of seventeen,(C) was tending the flocks(D) with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah(E) and the sons of Zilpah,(F) his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report(G) about them.

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17 Obey (A)your leaders and submit to them, (B)for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to (C)give an account. (D)Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

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17 Have confidence in your leaders(A) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(B) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

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God's Sovereign Choice

(A)I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For (B)I could wish that I myself were (C)accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,[a] my kinsmen (D)according to the flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:3 Or brothers and sisters

Paul’s Anguish Over Israel

I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying,(A) my conscience confirms(B) it through the Holy Spirit— I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself(C) were cursed(D) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(E) those of my own race,(F)

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158 I look at (A)the faithless with (B)disgust,
    because they do not keep your commands.

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158 I look on the faithless with loathing,(A)
    for they do not obey your word.(B)

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21 To my shame, I must say, (A)we were too weak for that!

But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.

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21 To my shame I admit that we were too weak(A) for that!

Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.(B)

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