46 Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing his job when he comes.(A)

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46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.(A)

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48 But if that wicked servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’

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48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

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49 and starts to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,(A)

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49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.(A)

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37 Blessed will be those servants the master finds alert(A) when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will get ready,[a] have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.(B)

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  1. 12:37 Lit will gird himself

37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.(A) Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.(B)

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45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’(A) and starts to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

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45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

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47 And that servant who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it[a] will be severely beaten.(A)

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  1. 12:47 Lit or do toward his will,

47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(A)

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17 “‘As for you, my flock, the Lord God says this: Look, I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and goats.(A) 18 Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Yet my flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.

20 “‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over, 22 I will save my flock. They will no longer be prey, and I will judge between one sheep and another.

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17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.(A) 18 Is it not enough(B) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?(C) Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.(D) 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns(E) until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.(F)

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11 “‘For this is what the Lord God says: See, I myself will search for my flock and look for them. 12 As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered(A) on a day of clouds and total darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them to their own soil. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14 I will tend them in good pasture, and their grazing place will be on Israel’s lofty mountains. There they will lie down in a good grazing place; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will tend my flock and let them lie down.(B) This is the declaration of the Lord God. 16 I will seek the lost,(C) bring back the strays, bandage the injured,(D) and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy[a] the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

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  1. 34:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg read watch over

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep(A) and look after them. 12 As a shepherd(B) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.(C) 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather(D) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.(E) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.(F) 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(G) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(H) on the mountains of Israel.(I) 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,(J) declares the Sovereign Lord.(K) 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(L) the injured and strengthen the weak,(M) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(N) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(O)

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13 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

“Look! My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry.
Look! My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty.
Look! My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.

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13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“My servants will eat,(A)
    but you will go hungry;(B)
my servants will drink,(C)
    but you will go thirsty;(D)
my servants will rejoice,(E)
    but you will be put to shame.(F)

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The Third Trumpet

10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven.(A) It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water.

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10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky(A) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water(B)

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11 The name of the star is Wormwood,(A) and a third of the waters became wormwood. So, many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

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11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third(A) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.(B)

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  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.