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The Lord, an Abundant Helper.

Amos Accused; Gives an Answer

¹⁰ Then Amaziah, the ^(A)priest of Bethel, sent word to ^(B)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has ^(C)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. ¹¹ For this is what Amos says: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’” ¹² Then Amaziah said to Amos, “^(D)Go, you seer, flee to the land of Judah; and eat bread there and do your prophesying there! ¹³ But ^(E)do not prophesy at Bethel any longer, for it is a ^(F)sanctuary of the king and a royal ^[a]residence.”

¹⁴ Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the ^(G)son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a ^[b]grower of sycamore figs. ¹⁵ But the Lord took me from ^[c]following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go ^(H)prophesy to My people Israel.’ ¹⁶ So now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You ^(I)shall not prophesy against Israel ^(J)nor shall you ^[d]prophesy against the house of Isaac.’ ¹⁷ Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Your ^(K)wife will become a prostitute in the city, your ^(L)sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die ^[e]upon ^(M)unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

The Patmos Vision

^9 (A)I, John, your ^(B)brother and ^(C)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(D)kingdom and ^[a](E)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(F)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was ^(G)in the ^[b]Spirit on ^(H)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(I)like the sound of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “^(J)Write ^[c]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(K)seven churches: to ^(L)Ephesus, ^(M)Smyrna, ^(N)Pergamum, ^(O)Thyatira, ^(P)Sardis, ^(Q)Philadelphia, and ^(R)Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^(S)seven golden lampstands; ¹³ and ^(T)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(U)like ^[d]a son of man, ^(V)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(W)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴ His head and His ^(X)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(Y)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ His ^(Z)feet were like ^[e]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^(AA)voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ In His right hand He held ^(AB)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(AC)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(AD)face was like ^(AE)the sun ^[f]shining in its strength.

^34 (A)But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced ^(B)the Sadducees, they gathered together. ³⁵ And one of them, ^[a](C)a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him: ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷ And He said to him, “‘^(D)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the great and ^[b]foremost commandment. ³⁹ The second is like it, ‘^(E)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ^40 (F)Upon these two commandments ^[c]hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”

^41 (G)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: ⁴² “What do you think about the ^[d]Christ? Whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “^(H)The son of David.” ⁴³ He *said to them, “Then ^[e]how does David ^[f](I)in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

⁴⁵ Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ ^[g]how is He his son?” ^46 (K)No one was able to offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.