15 I will abundantly (A)bless her provisions;
    I will (B)satisfy her poor with bread.

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15 I will bless her with abundant provisions;
    her poor I will satisfy with food.(A)

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14 He (A)makes peace in your borders;
    he (B)fills you with the (C)finest of the wheat.

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14 He grants peace(A) to your borders
    and satisfies you(B) with the finest of wheat.(C)

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then (A)I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. (B)Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And (C)you shall eat your bread to the full and (D)dwell in your land securely.

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I will send you rain(A) in its season,(B) and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.(C) Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want(D) and live in safety in your land.(E)

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)

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10 He who supplies (A)seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and (B)increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 (C)You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which (D)through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

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10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(A) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(B) 11 You will be enriched(C) in every way so that you can be generous(D) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(E)

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And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and (A)having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. And they had a few small fish. And (B)having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. And (C)they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, (D)seven baskets full. And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.

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He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them.(A) The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.(B) About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away,

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“Blessed are those who hunger and (A)thirst (B)for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.(A)

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53 he has filled (A)the hungry with good things,
    and the rich (B)he has sent away empty.

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53 He has filled the hungry with good things(A)
    but has sent the rich away empty.

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32 For (A)the Gentiles seek after all these things, and (B)your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But (C)seek first (D)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (E)and all these things will be added to you.

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32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.(A) 33 But seek first his kingdom(B) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(C)

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(A)If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send (B)the curse upon you and I will curse (C)your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

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If you do not listen,(A) and if you do not resolve to honor(B) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(C) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(D) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.

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16 how did you fare? (A)When[a] one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 (B)I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, (C)yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. 18 (D)Consider from this day onward, (E)from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since (F)the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, (G)consider: 19 (H)Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on (I)I will bless you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 2:16 Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Lord, since they were. When

16 When anyone came to a heap(A) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(B) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(C) 17 I struck all the work of your hands(D) with blight,(E) mildew and hail,(F) yet you did not return(G) to me,’ declares the Lord.(H) 18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(I) to the day when the foundation(J) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(K) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(L)

“‘From this day on I will bless(M) you.’”

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(A)You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, (B)I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house (C)that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

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“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(A) What you brought home, I blew(B) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(C) while each of you is busy with your own house.

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(A)You have sown much, and harvested little. (B)You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who (C)earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

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You have planted much, but harvested little.(A) You eat, but never have enough.(B) You drink, but never have your fill.(C) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(D) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

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