Micah 4:1-5

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Peaceful Latter Days

4 And it will come about in the ^(A)last days
That the ^(B)mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established ^[a]as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the ^(C)peoples will stream to it.
²^(D)Many nations will come and say,
“^(E)Come and let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
So that ^(F)He may teach us about His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For ^(G)from Zion will go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
³And He will ^(H)judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, ^[b]distant nations.
Then they will beat their swords ^(I)into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift a sword against nation,
And never again will they ^[c]train for war.
⁴Instead, each of them will ^(J)sit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With ^(K)no one to make them afraid,
Because the ^(L)mouth of the Lord of armies has spoken.
⁵Though all the peoples walk,
Each in the ^(M)name of his god,
As for us, ^(N)we will walk
In the name of the ^(O)Lord our God forever and ever.

⁶“On that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will assemble those who ^(P)limp
And ^(Q)gather the scattered,
Those whom I have afflicted.
⁷I will make those who limp a ^(R)remnant,
And those who ^[d]have strayed a mighty nation,
And the ^(S)Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
⁸As for you, ^[e]^(T)tower of the flock,
^[f]Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come—
Yes, the ^(U)former dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

⁹“Now, why do you ^(V)cry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your ^(W)counselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
¹⁰^(X)Writhe and scream,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will ^(Y)go out of the city,
Live in the field,
And go to Babylon.
^(Z)There you will be rescued,
^(AA)There the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
¹¹And now ^(AB)many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be defiled,
And let our eyes ^[g]gloat over Zion!’
¹²But they do not ^(AC)know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His plan;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
¹³Arise and ^(AD)thresh, daughter of Zion,
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hoofs bronze,
So that you may ^(AE)pulverize many peoples,
And ^(AF)dedicate to the Lord their unjust profit,
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Birth of the King in Bethlehem

5 “^[h]Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;
^[i]They have laid siege against us;
With a rod they will ^(AG)strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Footnotes

Micah 4:1 Lit on
Micah 4:3 Lit at a distance
Micah 4:3 Lit learn
Micah 4:7 Or are far removed
Micah 4:8 Heb Migdal-eder
Micah 4:8 Heb Ophel
Micah 4:11 Lit see with pleasure
Micah 5:1 Ch 4:14 in Heb
Micah 5:1 Lit He has

Matthew 9:1-17

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A Paralyzed Man Healed

9 Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the Sea of Galilee and came to ^(A)His own city.

²^(B)And they brought to Him a ^(C)paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man who was paralyzed, “^(D)Take courage, ^[a]son; ^(E)your sins are forgiven.” ³And some of the scribes said ^[b]to themselves, “This man is ^(F)blaspheming!” ⁴And Jesus, ^(G)perceiving their thoughts, said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say, ‘^(H)Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ⁶But so that you may know that ^(I)the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the ^(J)paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your stretcher and go home.” ⁷And he got up and ^[c]went home. ⁸But when the crowds saw this, they were ^[d]awestruck, and they ^(K)glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Matthew Called

⁹^(L)As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called ^(M)Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s office; and He *said to him, “^(N)Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

¹⁰Then it happened that as ^[e]Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and ^[f]sinners came and began dining with Jesus and His disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “^(O)Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” ¹²But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not ^(P)those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. ¹³Now go and learn ^[g]^(Q)what this means: ‘^(R)I desire ^[h]compassion, ^[i]rather than sacrifice,’ for ^(S)I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

The Question about Fasting

¹⁴Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and ^(T)the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁵And Jesus said to them, “The ^[j]attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for ^[k]the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. ¹⁷Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 9:2 Lit child
Matthew 9:3 Lit among
Matthew 9:7 Lit departed to his home
Matthew 9:8 Lit afraid
Matthew 9:10 Lit He
Matthew 9:10 I.e., irreligious Jews
Matthew 9:13 Lit what is
Matthew 9:13 Or mercy
Matthew 9:13 Lit and not
Matthew 9:15 Lit sons of the wedding place
Matthew 9:16 Lit that which fills up

Micah 5:2-15

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²^[a]But as for ^(A)you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From ^(B)you One will come forth for Me to be ^(C)ruler in Israel.
His times of coming forth are ^(D)from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
³Therefore He will ^(E)give them up until the time
When she ^(F)who is in labor has given birth.
Then the ^(G)remainder of His kinsmen
Will return to the sons of Israel.
⁴And He will arise and ^(H)shepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will ^[b]remain,
Because ^[c]at that time He will be great
To the ^(I)ends of the earth.
⁵This One ^(J)will be our peace.
When the ^(K)Assyrian invades our land,
When he tramples on our ^[d]citadels,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight leaders of people.
⁶They will ^(L)shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of ^(M)Nimrod at its entrances;
And He will ^(N)rescue us from the Assyrian
When he invades our land,
And when he tramples our territory.

⁷Then the ^(O)remnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like ^(P)dew from the Lord,
Like ^(Q)showers on vegetation
That do not wait for man,
Or delay for ^[e]mankind.
⁸The remnant of Jacob
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
^(R)Like a lion among the animals of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
^(S)Tramples and ^(T)tears,
And there is ^(U)no one who can rescue.
⁹Your hand will be ^(V)lifted up against your adversaries,
And all your enemies will be eliminated.

¹⁰“And it will be on that day,” declares the Lord,
“^(W)That I will eliminate your ^(X)horses from among you,
And destroy your chariots.
¹¹I will also eliminate the ^(Y)cities of your land,
And tear down all your ^(Z)fortifications.
¹²I will eliminate ^(AA)sorceries from your hand,
And you will have no fortune-tellers.
¹³^(AB)I will eliminate your carved images
And your memorial stones from among you,
So that you will no longer bow down
To the work of your hands.
¹⁴I will uproot your ^[f]^(AC)Asherim from among you,
And destroy your cities.
¹⁵And I will ^(AD)execute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations which have not obeyed.”

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Footnotes

Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Heb
Micah 5:4 Or live in safety
Micah 5:4 Lit now
Micah 5:5 Or palaces
Micah 5:7 Lit sons of mankind
Micah 5:14 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

Galatians 1

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Introduction

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle (^(B)not sent from men nor through human agency, but ^(C)through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who ^(D)raised Him from the dead), ²and all ^(E)the brothers who are with me,

To ^(F)the churches of Galatia:

³^(G)Grace to you and peace from ^[a]God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴who ^(H)gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from ^(I)this present evil ^[b]age, according to the will of ^(J)our God and Father, ⁵^(K)to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.

Distortion of the Gospel

⁶I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting ^(L)Him who called you ^[c]by the grace of Christ, for a ^(M)different gospel, ⁷which is not just another account; but there are some who are ^(N)disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. ⁸But even if we, or ^(O)an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be ^[d]^(P)accursed! ⁹As we ^(Q)have said before, even now I say again: ^(R)if anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be ^[e]^(S)accursed!

¹⁰For am I now ^(T)seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a ^(U)bond-servant of Christ.

Paul Defends His Ministry

¹¹For ^(V)I would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^(W)not ^[f]of human invention. ¹²For ^(X)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(Y)revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³For you have heard of ^(Z)my former way of life in Judaism, how I ^(AA)used to persecute ^(AB)the church of God beyond measure and ^(AC)tried to destroy it; ¹⁴and I ^(AD)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my ^[g]countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ^(AE)ancestral traditions. ¹⁵But when ^[h]He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and ^(AF)called me through His grace was pleased ¹⁶to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(AG)preach Him among the Gentiles, ^(AH)I did not immediately consult with ^[i]^(AI)flesh and blood, ¹⁷^(AJ)nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^(AK)Damascus.

¹⁸Then ^(AL)three years later I went up ^(AM)to Jerusalem to ^[j]become acquainted with ^[k]^(AN)Cephas, and stayed with him for fifteen days. ¹⁹But I did not see another one of the apostles except ^[l]^(AO)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰(Now in what I am writing to you, ^[m]I assure you ^(AP)before God that I am not lying.) ²¹Then ^(AQ)I went into the regions of ^(AR)Syria and ^(AS)Cilicia. ²²I was still unknown by ^[n]sight to ^(AT)the churches of Judea which are ^(AU)in Christ; ²³but they only kept hearing, “The man who once persecuted us is now preaching ^(AV)the faith which he once ^(AW)tried to destroy.” ²⁴And they ^(AX)were glorifying God ^[o]because of me.