THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - January 28 - Full Text!

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 

THEINC-HIM Daily Bible Meditation

JANUARY 28

PSALMS: 28, 58, 88, 118, 148

PROVERBS: 28

OLD TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 19:1 - 22:20

NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 19:28 - 48

PSALMS: 28

Of David.

¹ To you I call, O LORD my Rock;

do not turn a deaf ear to me.

For if you remain silent,

I will be like those who have gone down to the pit.

² Hear my cry for mercy

as I call to you for help,

as I lift up my hands

toward your Most Holy Place.

³ Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with those who do evil,

who speak cordially with their neighbors

but harbor malice in their hearts.

⁴ Repay them for their deeds

and for their evil work;

repay them for what their hands have done

and bring back upon them what they deserve.

⁵ Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD

and what his hands have done,

he will tear them down

and never build them up again.

⁶ Praise be to the LORD,

for he has heard my cry for mercy.

⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield;

my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.

My heart leaps for joy

and I will give thanks to him in song. ¹

⁸ The LORD is the strength of his people,

a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.

⁹ Save your people and bless your inheritance;

be their shepherd and carry them forever. ²

PSALMS: 58

For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. ^A

¹ Do you rulers indeed speak justly?

Do you judge uprightly among men?

² No, in your heart you devise injustice,

and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

³ Even from birth the wicked go astray;

from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.

⁴ Their venom is like the venom of a snake,

like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

⁵ that will not heed the tune of the charmer,

however skillful the enchanter may be.

⁶ Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;

tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!

⁷ Let them vanish like water that flows away;

when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.

⁸ Like a slug melting away as it moves along,

like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns--

whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away. ^B

¹⁰ The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,

when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹¹ Then men will say,

"Surely the righteous still are rewarded;

surely there is a God who judges the earth." ³

PSALMS: 88

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. ^A A maskil ^B of Heman the Ezrahite.

¹ O LORD, the God who saves me,

day and night I cry out before you.

² May my prayer come before you;

turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of trouble

and my life draws near the grave. ^C

⁴ I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I am like a man without strength.

⁵ I am set apart with the dead,

like the slain who lie in the grave,

whom you remember no more,

who are cut off from your care.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,

in the darkest depths.

⁷ Your wrath lies heavily upon me;

you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.

Selah

⁸ You have taken from me my closest friends

and have made me repulsive to them.

I am confined and cannot escape;

⁹ my eyes are dim with grief.

I call to you, O LORD, every day;

I spread out my hands to you.

¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead? ⁴

Do those who are dead rise up and praise you?

Selah

¹¹ Is your love declared in the grave,

your faithfulness in Destruction ^D?

¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,

or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help, O LORD;

in the morning my prayer comes before you.

¹⁴ Why, O LORD, do you reject me

and hide your face from me?

¹⁵ From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death;

I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.

¹⁶ Your wrath has swept over me;

your terrors have destroyed me.

¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;

they have completely engulfed me.

¹⁸ You have taken my companions and loved ones from me;

the darkness is my closest friend. ⁵

PSALMS: 118

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his love endures forever.

² Let Israel say:

"His love endures forever."

³ Let the house of Aaron say:

"His love endures forever."

⁴ Let those who fear the LORD say:

"His love endures forever."

⁵ In my anguish I cried to the LORD,

and he answered by setting me free.

⁶ The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

⁷ The LORD is with me; he is my helper.

I will look in triumph on my enemies.

⁸ It is better to take refuge in the LORD

than to trust in man.

⁹ It is better to take refuge in the LORD

than to trust in princes.

¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me,

but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹¹ They surrounded me on every side,

but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹² They swarmed around me like bees,

but they died out as quickly as burning thorns;

in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹³ I was pushed back and about to fall,

but the LORD helped me.

¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation. ⁶

¹⁵ Shouts of joy and victory

resound in the tents of the righteous:

"The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!

¹⁶ The LORD's right hand is lifted high;

the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"

¹⁷ I will not die but live,

and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

¹⁸ The LORD has chastened me severely,

but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹ Open for me the gates of righteousness;

I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.

²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD

through which the righteous may enter.

²¹ I will give you thanks, for you answered me;

you have become my salvation.

²² The stone the builders rejected

has become the capstone;

²³ the LORD has done this,

and it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴ This is the day the LORD has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵ O LORD, save us;

O LORD, grant us success.

²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.

From the house of the LORD we bless you. ^A

²⁷ The LORD is God,

and he has made his light shine upon us.

With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession

up ^B to the horns of the altar. ⁷

²⁸ You are my God, and I will give you thanks;

you are my God, and I will exalt you.

²⁹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his love endures forever. ⁸

PSALMS: 148

¹ Praise the LORD. ^A

Praise the LORD from the heavens,

praise him in the heights above.

² Praise him, all his angels,

praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

³ Praise him, sun and moon,

praise him, all you shining stars.

⁴ Praise him, you highest heavens

and you waters above the skies.

⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD,

for he commanded and they were created.

⁶ He set them in place for ever and ever;

he gave a decree that will never pass away.

⁷ Praise the LORD from the earth,

you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,

⁸ lightning and hail, snow and clouds,

stormy winds that do his bidding,

⁹ you mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars,

¹⁰ wild animals and all cattle,

small creatures and flying birds,

¹¹kings of the earth and all nations,

you princes and all rulers on earth,

¹² young men and maidens,

old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD,

for his name alone is exalted;

his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

¹⁴ He has raised up for his people a horn, ^B

the praise of all his saints,

of Israel, the people close to his heart. ⁹

Praise the LORD. ¹⁰

PROVERBS: 28

28 ¹ The wicked man flees though no one pursues,

but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

² When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,

but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

³ A ruler ^A who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

⁴ Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,

but those who keep the law resist them.

⁵ Evil men do not understand justice,

but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.

⁶ Better a poor man whose walk is blameless

than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

⁷ He who keeps the law is a discerning son,

but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

⁸ He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest

amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.

⁹ If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law,

even his prayers are detestable.

¹⁰ He who leads the upright along an evil path

will fall into his own trap,

but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

¹¹ A rich man may be wise in his own eyes,

but a poor man who has discernment sees through him. ¹¹

¹² When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;

but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding.

¹³ He who conceals his sins does not prosper,

but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

¹⁴ Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD,

but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

¹⁵ Like a roaring lion or a charging bear

is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people.

¹⁶ A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment,

but he who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long life.

¹⁷ A man tormented by the guilt of murder

will be a fugitive till death;

let no one support him.

¹⁸ He whose walk is blameless is kept safe,

but he whose ways are perverse will suddenly fall.

¹⁹ He who works his land will have abundant food,

but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

²⁰ A faithful man will be richly blessed,

but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

²¹ To show partiality is not good--

yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

²² A stingy man is eager to get rich

and is unaware that poverty awaits him. ¹²

²³ He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor

than he who has a flattering tongue.

²⁴ He who robs his father or mother

and says, "It's not wrong"--

he is partner to him who destroys.

²⁵ A greedy man stirs up dissension,

but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

²⁶ He who trusts in himself is a fool,

but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

²⁷ He who gives to the poor will lack nothing,

but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

²⁸ When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;

but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive. ¹³

OLD TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 19:1 - 22:20

19 ¹ The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon, clan by clan. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. ² It included:

Beersheba (or Sheba), ^A Moladah, ³Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, ⁶ Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen--thirteen towns and their villages;

⁷ Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan--four towns and their villages— ⁸ and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, clan by clan. ⁹ The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah's portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.

¹⁰ The third lot came up for Zebulun, clan by clan:

The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. ¹¹ Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. ¹² It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. ¹³ Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. ¹⁴ There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. ¹⁵ Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

¹⁶ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, clan by clan.

¹⁷ The fourth lot came out for Issachar, clan by clan. ¹⁸ Their territory included:

Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ^{14 20} Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. ²² The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages. ²³ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, clan by clan.

²⁴ The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher, clan by clan. ²⁵ Their territory included:

Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, ²⁶ Allammelech, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. ²⁷ It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left. ²⁸ It went to Abdon, ^B Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. ²⁹ The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the sea in the region of Aczib, ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages. ³¹ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, clan by clan.

³² The sixth lot came out for Naphtali, clan by clan:

³³ Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. ³⁴ The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan ^C on the east.

³⁵ The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷ Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, ³⁸ Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their ¹⁵ villages.

³⁹ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, clan by clan.

⁴⁰ The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, clan by clan. ⁴¹ The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.

⁴⁷ (But the Danites had difficulty taking possession of their territory, so they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their forefather.) ⁴⁸ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, clan by clan.

⁴⁹ When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, ⁵⁰ as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for--Timnath Serah ^D in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

⁵¹ These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. And so they finished dividing the land. ¹⁶

20 ¹ Then the LORD said to Joshua: ² "Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, ³ so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.

⁴ "When he flees to one of these cities, he is to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state his case before the elders of that city. Then they are to admit him into their city and give him a place to live with them. ⁵ If the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the one accused, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought. ⁶ He is to stay in that city until he has stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then he may go back to his own home in the town from which he fled."

⁷ So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

⁸ On the east side of the Jordan of Jericho^A they designated Bezer in the desert on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh. ⁹ Any of the Israelites or any alien living among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly. ¹⁷

21 ¹ Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel ² at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, "The LORD commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock." ³ So, as the LORD had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

⁴ The first lot came out for the Kohathites, clan by clan. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin. ⁵ The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

⁶ The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

⁷ The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

⁸ So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

⁹ From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name

¹⁰ (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the ¹⁸ forefather of Anak.) ¹² But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

¹³ So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah, ¹⁴ Jattir, Eshtemoa, ¹⁵ Holon, Debir, ¹⁶ Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands--nine towns from these two tribes.

¹⁷ And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba, ¹⁸ Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands--four towns. ¹⁹ All the towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

²⁰ The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

²¹ In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer, ²² Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.

²³ Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon, ²⁴ Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands--four towns.

²⁵ From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands--two towns. ²⁶ All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

²⁷ The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:

from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshtarah, together with their pasturelands--two towns; ²⁸ from the tribe of Issachar, ¹⁹ Kishion, Daberath, ²⁹ Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands--four towns; ³⁰ from the tribe of Asher,

Mishal, Abdon, ³¹ Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands--four towns;

³² from the tribe of Naphtali,

Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands--three towns. ³³ All the towns of the Gershonite clans were thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

³⁴ The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:

from the tribe of Zebulun,

Jokneam, Kartah, ³⁵ Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands--four towns; ³⁶ from the tribe of Reuben,

Bezer, Jahaz, ³⁷ Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands--four towns; ³⁸ from the tribe of Gad,

Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,

³⁹ Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands--four towns in all. ⁴⁰ All the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, were twelve.

⁴¹ The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands. ⁴² Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

⁴³ So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there. ⁴⁴ The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD ²⁰ handed all their enemies over to them. ⁴⁵ Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

22 ¹ Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh ² and said to them, "You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded. ³ For a long time now--to this very day--you have not deserted your brothers but have carried out the mission the LORD your God gave you. ⁴ Now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan. ⁵ But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul."

⁶ Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.

⁷ (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan with their brothers.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them, ⁸ saying, "Return to your homes with your great wealth--with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing--and divide with your brothers the plunder from your enemies."

⁹ So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own ²¹ land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses.

¹⁰ When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan. ¹¹ And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side, ¹² the whole assembly of Israel gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

¹³ So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead--to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. ¹⁴ With him they sent ten of the chief men, one for each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.

¹⁵ When they went to Gilead--to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh--they said to them: ¹⁶ "The whole assembly of the LORD says: `How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the LORD and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now? ¹⁷ Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the LORD! ¹⁸ And are you now turning away from the LORD?

"`If you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel. ¹⁹ If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the LORD's land, where the LORD's ²² tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the LORD our God. ²⁰ When Achan son of Zerah acted unfaithfully regarding the devoted things, ^A did not wrath come upon the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.'" ²³

NEW TESTAMENT: LUKE 19:28 - 48

²⁸ After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ³⁰ "Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

³¹ If anyone asks you, `Why are you untying it?' tell him, `The Lord needs it.'"

³² Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. ³³ As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

³⁴ They replied, "The Lord needs it."

³⁵ They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶ As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.

³⁷ When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸ "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" ^B

"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

⁴⁰ "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry ²⁴ out."

⁴¹ As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it ⁴² and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. ⁴⁴ They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you."

⁴⁵ Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling.

⁴⁶ "It is written," he said to them, "`My house will be a house of prayer' <sup>C</sup>; but you have made it `a den of robbers.' ^D"

⁴⁷ Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. ⁴⁸ Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. ²⁵

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 John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H