21 (A)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in (B)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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21 So these came to (A)Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

10 On their return (A)the apostles told him all that they had done. (B)And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

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Jesus Walks on the Water

45 (A)Immediately he (B)made his disciples get into (C)the boat and go before him to the other side, (D)to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

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The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

21 (A)And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

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not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. (A)Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you. (B)But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel (C)have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.

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The Death of Herod

20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and (A)having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain,[a] they asked for peace, because (B)their country depended on the king's country for food.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:20 That is, trusted personal attendant

44 Now (A)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

17 And (A)he came down with them and stood on a level place, with (B)a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of (C)Tyre and Sidon,

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Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

22 And they came (A)to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

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Jesus Heals a Deaf Man

31 (A)Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to (B)the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the (C)Decapolis.

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and Jerusalem and (A)Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around (B)Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.

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therefore I despise myself,
    and repent[a] in (A)dust and ashes.”

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  1. Job 42:6 Or and am comforted

11 Woe to them! For they walked in (A)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain (B)to Balaam's error and (C)perished in Korah's rebellion.

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25 And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: (A)“The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

26 (B)“‘Go to this people, and say,
(C)“You will indeed hear but never understand,
    and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
27 (D)For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears they can barely hear,
    and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
    and (E)turn, and I would heal them.’

28 Therefore let it be known to you that (F)this (G)salvation of God (H)has been sent to the Gentiles; (I)they will listen.”[a]

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  1. Acts 28:28 Some manuscripts add verse 29: And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, having much dispute among themselves

The next day we put in at Sidon. And (A)Julius (B)treated Paul kindly and (C)gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.

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44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 (A)But (B)when the Jews[a] saw the crowds, they were filled with (C)jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, (D)reviling him. 46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God (E)be spoken first to you. (F)Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves (G)unworthy of eternal life, behold, we (H)are turning to the Gentiles. 47 (I)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

(J)“‘I have made you (K)a light for the Gentiles,
    that you may (L)bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and (M)glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:45 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 50

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born (A)of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (B)That which is born of the flesh is (C)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[a] (D)Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You[b] must be born (E)again.’ (F)The wind[c] blows (G)where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Nicodemus said to him, (H)“How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel (I)and yet you do not understand these things?

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit
  2. John 3:7 The Greek for you is plural here
  3. John 3:8 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit

42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For (B)you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect (C)justice and (D)the love of God. (E)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For (F)you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! (G)For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

45 One of (H)the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” 46 And he said, “Woe to you (I)lawyers also! For (J)you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 (K)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. 48 (L)So you are witnesses and you (M)consent to the deeds of (N)your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore also (O)the Wisdom of God said, (P)‘I will send them (Q)prophets and apostles, (R)some of whom they will (S)kill and persecute,’ 50 so that (T)the blood of all the prophets, shed (U)from the foundation of the world, may be (V)charged against this generation, 51 from the blood of (W)Abel to the blood of (X)Zechariah, who perished between (Y)the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be (Z)required of this generation. 52 Woe to you (AA)lawyers! (AB)For you have taken away the key of (AC)knowledge. You (AD)did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

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Woe to Unrepentant Cities

13 (A)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in (B)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 (C)But it will be more bearable in the judgment for (D)Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, (E)will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to (F)Hades.

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26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (A)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

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The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith

24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.[a] And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:24 Some manuscripts omit and Sidon

24 The Son of Man goes (A)as it is written of him, but (B)woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! (C)It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

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13 “But woe (A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a] 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (D)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (E)child of (F)hell[b] as yourselves.

16 “Woe to (G)you, (H)blind guides, who say, (I)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or (J)the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by (K)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or (L)the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by (M)him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by (N)heaven swears by (O)the throne of God and by (P)him who sits upon it.

23 (Q)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (R)you tithe mint and dill and (S)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: (T)justice and mercy and faithfulness. (U)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing (V)a camel!

25 (W)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (X)you clean the outside of (Y)the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of (Z)greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of (AA)the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

27 (AB)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like (AC)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and (AD)all uncleanness. 28 So you also (AE)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of (AF)hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 (AG)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation
  2. Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33

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