And all the people of Israel (A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or (B)would that we had died in this wilderness!

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All the Israelites grumbled(A) against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!(B) Or in this wilderness!(C)

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24 But my servant (A)Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has (B)followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

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24 But because my servant Caleb(A) has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly,(B) I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.(C)

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The Penalty for Israel's Rebellion

34 “And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore, 35 (A)‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers, 36 (B)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’

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34 When the Lord heard(A) what you said, he was angry(B) and solemnly swore:(C) 35 “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land(D) I swore to give your ancestors, 36 except Caleb(E) son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.(F)

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20 You (A)led your people like a flock
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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20 You led your people(A) like a flock(B)
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(C)

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13 And the Lord said:
“Because (A)this people (B)draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’”

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They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(A)[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

If Your Brother Sins Against You

15 (A)“If your brother sins against you, (B)go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have (C)gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established (D)by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, (E)tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, (F)let him be to you as (G)a Gentile and (H)a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, (I)whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[a] in heaven.

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  1. Matthew 18:18 Or shall have been bound… shall have been loosed

Dealing With Sin in the Church

15 “If your brother or sister[a] sins,[b] go and point out their fault,(A) just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[c](B) 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;(C) and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.(D)

18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven.(E)

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  1. Matthew 18:15 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35.
  2. Matthew 18:15 Some manuscripts sins against you
  3. Matthew 18:16 Deut. 19:15
  4. Matthew 18:18 Or will have been
  5. Matthew 18:18 Or will have been

22 And when he had said this, he (A)breathed on them and said to them, (B)“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 (C)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

24 Now (D)Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,[a] was not with them when Jesus came.

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  1. John 20:24 Greek Didymus

22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.(A) 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”(B)

Jesus Appears to Thomas

24 Now Thomas(C) (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

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  1. John 20:24 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.

For though (A)absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. When you are assembled (B)in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are (C)to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so (D)that his spirit may be saved (E)in the day of the Lord.[a]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Some manuscripts add Jesus

For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.(A) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus(B) on the one who has been doing this. So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over(C) to Satan(D) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(E)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body