The words of his mouth are (A)trouble and deceit;
    (B)he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

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The words of their mouths(A) are wicked and deceitful;(B)
    they fail to act wisely(C) or do good.(D)

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21 His (A)speech was (B)smooth as butter,
    yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
    yet they were (C)drawn swords.

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21 His talk is smooth as butter,(A)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(B)
    yet they are drawn swords.(C)

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22 “For (A)my people are foolish;
    they know me not;
they are stupid children;
    they have no understanding.
(B)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
    But how to do good they know not.”

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22 “My people are fools;(A)
    they do not know me.(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;(D)
    they know not how to do good.”(E)

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(A)His mouth is filled with cursing and (B)deceit and (C)oppression;
    (D)under his tongue are (E)mischief and (F)iniquity.

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His mouth is full(A) of lies and threats;(B)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(C)

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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35 (A)And one of them, (B)a lawyer, asked him a question (C)to test him.

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35 One of them, an expert in the law,(A) tested him with this question:

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Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 (A)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how (B)to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent (C)their disciples to him, along with (D)the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, (E)we know that you are true and teach (F)the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for (G)you are not swayed by appearances.[a] 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay (H)taxes to (I)Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why (J)put me to the test, you hypocrites?

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  1. Matthew 22:16 Greek for you do not look at people's faces

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(A)

15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians.(B) “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a](C) to Caesar or not?”

18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?

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  1. Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens

(A)those who have turned back from following the Lord,
    (B)who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

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those who turn back from following(A) the Lord
    and neither seek(B) the Lord nor inquire(C) of him.”

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They make (A)their tongue sharp as (B)a serpent's,
    and (C)under their lips is the (D)venom of asps. Selah

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They make their tongues as sharp as(A) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(B) is on their lips.[a]

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  1. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.

But those who (A)turn aside to their (B)crooked ways
    the Lord will lead away with (C)evildoers!
    (D)Peace be upon Israel!

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But those who turn(A) to crooked ways(B)
    the Lord will banish(C) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.(D)

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(A)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?

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Take notice, you senseless ones(A) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?

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The wicked are (A)estranged from the womb;
    they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

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Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

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