Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
DECEMBER
18
PSALMS:
18, 48, 78, 108,
138
PROVERBS: 18
OLD
TESTAMENT: NUMBERS 11:24 - 13:33
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 14:22 - 52
PSALMS: 18
For
the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the
words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies
and from the hand of Saul. He said:
1
I
love you, O LORD, my strength.
2
The
LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my
God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
He
is my shield and the horn A of my salvation, my
stronghold.
3
I
call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,
and
I am saved from my enemies.
4
The
cords of death entangled me;
the
torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5
The
cords of the grave B coiled around me;
the
snares of death confronted me.
6
In
my distress I called to the LORD;
I
cried to my God for help.
From
his temple he heard my voice;
my
cry came before him, into his ears.
7
The
earth trembled and quaked,
and
the foundations of the mountains shook;
they
trembled because he was angry.
8
Smoke
rose from his nostrils;
consuming
fire came from his mouth,
burning
coals blazed out of it.
9
He
parted the heavens and came down;
dark
clouds were under his feet.
10
He
mounted the cherubim and flew;
he
soared on the wings of the wind. [1]
11
He
made darkness his covering, his canopy around him--
the
dark rain clouds of the sky.
12
Out
of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
with
hailstones and bolts of lightning.
13
The
LORD thundered from heaven;
the
voice of the Most High resounded. C
14
He
shot his arrows and scattered the enemies,
great
bolts of lightning and routed them.
15
The
valleys of the sea were exposed
and
the foundations of the earth laid bare
at
your rebuke, O LORD,
at
the blast of breath from your nostrils.
16
He
reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he
drew me out of deep waters.
17
He
rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from
my foes, who were too strong for me.
18
They
confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but
the LORD was my support.
19
He
brought me out into a spacious place;
he
rescued me because he delighted in me.
20
The
LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according
to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21
For
I have kept the ways of the LORD;
I
have not done evil by turning from my God.
22
All
his laws are before me;
I
have not turned away from his decrees.
23
I
have been blameless before him
and
have kept myself from sin.
24
The
LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according
to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. [2]
25
To
the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to
the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26
to
the pure you show yourself pure,
but
to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
27
You
save the humble
but
bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
28
You,
O LORD, keep my lamp burning;
my
God turns my darkness into light.
29
With
your help I can advance against a troop D;
with
my God I can scale a wall.
30
As
for God, his way is perfect;
the
word of the LORD is flawless.
He
is a shield
for
all who take refuge in him.
31
For
who is God besides the LORD?
And
who is the Rock except our God?
32
It
is God who arms me with strength
and
makes my way perfect.
33
He
makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
he
enables me to stand on the heights.
34
He
trains my hands for battle;
my
arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35
You
give me your shield of victory,
and
your right hand sustains me;
you
stoop down to make me great.
36
You
broaden the path beneath me,
so
that my ankles do not turn.
37
I
pursued my enemies and overtook them;
I
did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38
I
crushed them so that they could not rise;
they
fell beneath my feet. [3]
39
You
armed me with strength for battle;
you
made my adversaries bow at my feet.
40
You
made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
and
I destroyed my foes.
41
They
cried for help, but there was no one to save them--
to
the LORD, but he did not answer.
42
I
beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind;
I
poured them out like mud in the streets.
43
You
have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
you
have made me the head of nations;
people
I did not know are subject to me.
44
As
soon as they hear me, they obey me;
foreigners
cringe before me.
45
They
all lose heart;
they
come trembling from their strongholds.
46
The
LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted
be God my Savior!
47
He
is the God who avenges me,
who
subdues nations under me,
48
who
saves me from my enemies.
You
exalted me above my foes;
from
violent men you rescued me.
49
Therefore
I will praise you among the nations, O LORD;
I
will sing praises to your name.
50
He
gives his king great victories;
he
shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
to
David and his descendants forever. [4]
PSALMS: 48
A
song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1
Great
is the LORD, and most worthy of praise,
in
the city of our God, his holy mountain.
2
It
is beautiful in its loftiness,
the
joy of the whole earth.
Like
the utmost heights of Zaphon A is Mount Zion,
the
B city of the Great King.
3
God
is in her citadels;
he
has shown himself to be her fortress.
4
When
the kings joined forces,
when
they advanced together,
5
they
saw her and were astounded;
they
fled in terror.
6
Trembling
seized them there,
pain
like that of a woman in labor.
7
You
destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
shattered
by an east wind.
8
As
we have heard,
so
have we seen
in
the city of the LORD Almighty,
in
the city of our God:
God
makes her secure forever.
Selah
9
Within
your temple, O God,
we
meditate on your unfailing love.
10
Like
your name, O God,
your
praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
your
right hand is filled with righteousness. [5]
11
Mount
Zion rejoices,
the
villages of Judah are glad
because
of your judgments.
12
Walk
about Zion, go around her,
count
her towers,
13
consider
well her ramparts,
view
her citadels,
that
you may tell of them to the next generation.
14
For
this God is our God for ever and ever;
he
will be our guide even to the end. [6]
PSALMS: 78
A
maskil A of Asaph.
1
O
my people, hear my teaching;
listen
to the words of my mouth.
2
I
will open my mouth in parables,
I
will utter hidden things, things from of old--
3
what
we have heard and known,
what
our fathers have told us.
4
We
will not hide them from their children;
we
will tell the next generation
the
praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,
his
power, and the wonders he has done.
5
He
decreed statutes for Jacob
and
established the law in Israel,
which
he commanded our forefathers
to
teach their children,
6
so
the next generation would know them,
even
the children yet to be born,
and
they in turn would tell their children.
7
Then
they would put their trust in God
and
would not forget his deeds
but
would keep his commands.
8
They
would not be like their forefathers--
a
stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose
hearts were not loyal to God,
whose
spirits were not faithful to him.
9
The
men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned
back on the day of battle;
10
they
did not keep God's covenant
and
refused to live by his law.
11
They
forgot what he had done,
the
wonders he had shown them.
12
He
did miracles in the sight of their fathers
in
the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13
He
divided the sea and led them through;
he
made the water stand firm like a wall.
14
He
guided them with the cloud by day
and
with light from the fire all night.
15
He
split the rocks in the desert
and
gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16
he
brought streams out of a rocky crag
and
made water flow down like rivers.
17
But
they continued to sin against him,
rebelling
in the desert against the Most High.
18
They
willfully put God to the test
by
demanding the food they craved.
19
They
spoke against God, saying,
"Can
God spread a table in the desert?
20
When
he struck the rock, water gushed out,
and
streams flowed abundantly.
But
can he also give us food?
Can
he supply meat for his people?"
21
When
the LORD heard them, he was very angry;
his
fire broke out against Jacob,
and
his wrath rose against Israel,
22
for
they did not believe in God
or
trust in his deliverance.
23
Yet
he gave a command to the skies above
and
opened the doors of the heavens;
24
he
rained down manna for the people to eat, [7]
he
gave them the grain of heaven.
25
Men
ate the bread of angels;
he
sent them all the food they could eat.
26
He
let loose the east wind from the heavens
and
led forth the south wind by his power.
27
He
rained meat down on them like dust,
flying
birds like sand on the seashore.
28
He
made them come down inside their camp,
all
around their tents.
29
They
ate till they had more than enough,
for
he had given them what they craved.
30
But
before they turned from the food they craved,
even
while it was still in their mouths,
31
God's
anger rose against them;
he
put to death the sturdiest among them,
cutting
down the young men of Israel.
32
In
spite of all this, they kept on sinning;
in
spite of his wonders, they did not believe.
33
So
he ended their days in futility
and
their years in terror.
34
Whenever
God slew them, they would seek him;
they
eagerly turned to him again.
35
They
remembered that God was their Rock,
that
God Most High was their Redeemer.
36
But
then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying
to him with their tongues;
37
their
hearts were not loyal to him,
they
were not faithful to his covenant.
38
Yet
he was merciful;
he
forgave their iniquities
and
did not destroy them.
Time
after time he restrained his anger
and
did not stir up his full wrath. [8]
39
He
remembered that they were but flesh,
a
passing breeze that does not return.
40
How
often they rebelled against him in the desert
and
grieved him in the wasteland!
41
Again
and again they put God to the test;
they
vexed the Holy One of Israel.
42
They
did not remember his power--
the
day he redeemed them from the oppressor,
43
the
day he displayed his miraculous signs in Egypt,
his
wonders in the region of Zoan.
44
He
turned their rivers to blood;
they
could not drink from their streams.
45
He
sent swarms of flies that devoured them,
and
frogs that devastated them.
46
He
gave their crops to the grasshopper,
their
produce to the locust.
47
He
destroyed their vines with hail
and
their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48
He
gave over their cattle to the hail,
their
livestock to bolts of lightning.
49
He
unleashed against them his hot anger,
his
wrath, indignation and hostility--
a
band of destroying angels.
50
He
prepared a path for his anger;
he
did not spare them from death
but
gave them over to the plague.
51
He
struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,
the
firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.
52
But
he brought his people out like a flock;
he
led them like sheep through the desert.
53
He
guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
but
the sea engulfed their enemies.
54
Thus
he brought them to the border of his holy land, [9]
to
the hill country his right hand had taken.
55
He
drove out nations before them
and
allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;
he
settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
56
But
they put God to the test
and
rebelled against the Most High;
they
did not keep his statutes.
57
Like
their fathers they were disloyal and faithless,
as
unreliable as a faulty bow.
58
They
angered him with their high places;
they
aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59
When
God heard them, he was very angry;
he
rejected Israel completely.
60
He
abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
the
tent he had set up among men.
61
He
sent the ark of his might into captivity,
his
splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62
He
gave his people over to the sword;
he
was very angry with his inheritance.
63
Fire
consumed their young men,
and
their maidens had no wedding songs;
64
their
priests were put to the sword,
and
their widows could not weep.
65
Then
the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as
a man wakes from the stupor of wine.
66
He
beat back his enemies;
he
put them to everlasting shame.
67
Then
he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he
did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68
but
he chose the tribe of Judah, [10]
Mount
Zion, which he loved.
69
He
built his sanctuary like the heights,
like
the earth that he established forever.
70
He
chose David his servant
and
took him from the sheep pens;
71
from
tending the sheep he brought him
to
be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
of
Israel his inheritance.
72
And
David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
with
skillful hands he led them. [11]
PSALMS: 108
A
song. A psalm of David.
1
My
heart is steadfast, O God;
I
will sing and make music with all my soul.
2
Awake,
harp and lyre!
I
will awaken the dawn.
3
I
will praise you, O LORD, among the nations;
I
will sing of you among the peoples.
4
For
great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your
faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5
Be
exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and
let your glory be over all the earth.
6
Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
7
God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In triumph I will parcel out
Shechem
and
measure off the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead
is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim
is my helmet,
Judah
my scepter.
9 Moab
is my washbasin,
upon
Edom I toss my sandal;
over
Philistia I shout in triumph."
10
Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
11
Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
12
Give
us aid against the enemy,
for
the help of man is worthless.
13
With
God we will gain the victory, [12]
and
he will trample down our enemies. [13]
PSALMS: 138
Of
David.
1
I
will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
before
the "gods" I will sing your praise.
2
I
will bow down toward your holy temple
and
will praise your name
for
your love and your faithfulness,
for
you have exalted above all things
your
name and your word.
3
When
I called, you answered me;
you
made me bold and stouthearted.
4
May
all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD,
when
they hear the words of your mouth.
5
May
they sing of the ways of the LORD,
6
Though
the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly,
but
the proud he knows from afar.
7
Though
I walk in the midst of trouble,
you
preserve my life;
you
stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes,
with
your right hand you save me.
8
The
LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your
love, O LORD, endures forever--
do
not abandon the works of your hands. [14]
PROVERBS: 18
18
1
An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends;
he
defies all sound judgment.
2
A
fool finds no pleasure in understanding
but
delights in airing his own opinions.
3
When
wickedness comes, so does contempt,
and
with shame comes disgrace.
4
The
words of a man's mouth are deep waters,
but
the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
5
It
is not good to be partial to the wicked
or
to deprive the innocent of justice.
6
A
fool's lips bring him strife,
and
his mouth invites a beating.
7
A
fool's mouth is his undoing,
and
his lips are a snare to his soul.
8
The
words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they
go down to a man's inmost parts.
9
One
who is slack in his work
is
brother to one who destroys.
10
The
name of the LORD is a strong tower;
the
righteous run to it and are safe.
11
The
wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they
imagine it an unscalable wall. [15]
12
Before
his downfall a man's heart is proud,
but
humility comes before honor.
13
He
who answers before listening--
that
is his folly and his shame.
14
A
man's spirit sustains him in sickness,
but
a crushed spirit who can bear?
15
The
heart of the discerning acquires knowledge;
the
ears of the wise seek it out.
16
A
gift opens the way for the giver
and
ushers him into the presence of the great.
17
The
first to present his case seems right,
till
another comes forward and questions him.
18
Casting
the lot settles disputes
and
keeps strong opponents apart.
19
An
offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city,
and
disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.
20
From
the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is filled;
with
the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
21
The
tongue has the power of life and death,
and
those who love it will eat its fruit.
22
He
who finds a wife finds what is good
and
receives favor from the LORD. [16]
23
A
poor man pleads for mercy,
but
a rich man answers harshly.
24
A
man of many companions may come to ruin,
but
there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. [17]
OLD
TESTAMENT: NUMBERS 11:24 - 13:33
24
So
Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He brought together
seventy of their elders and had them stand around the Tent. 25 Then
the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit
that was on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested
on them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again. B
26
However,
two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were
listed among the elders, but did not go out to the Tent. Yet the Spirit also
rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. 27 A young man ran
and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
28
Joshua
son of Nun, who had been Moses' aide since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my
lord, stop them!"
29
But
Moses replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD's people
were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!" 30
Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.
31
Now
a wind went out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It brought them
C down all around the camp to about three feet D above the
ground, as far as a day's walk in any direction. 32 All that day and
night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one
gathered less than ten homers. E Then they spread them out all around
the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and
before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people,
and he struck them with a severe plague. 34 Therefore the place was
named Kibroth Hattaavah, F because there they buried the people who
had craved other food.
35
From
Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed
there.
12
1
Miriam
and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had
married a Cushite. 2 "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?" they
asked. "Hasn't he also spoken through us?" And the LORD heard this.
3
(Now
Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the
earth.)
4
At
once the LORD said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, "Come out to the Tent of Meeting,
all three of you." So the three of them came out.
5
Then
the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the Tent
and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them stepped forward,
6
he
said, "Listen to my words: [18]
"When a prophet of the LORD is among you,
I
reveal myself to him in visions,
I
speak to him in dreams.
7
But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he
is faithful in all my house.
8
With him I speak face to face,
clearly
and not in riddles;
he
sees the form of the LORD.
Why
then were you not afraid
to
speak against my servant Moses?"
9
The
anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.
10
When
the cloud lifted from above the Tent, there stood Miriam--leprous, A
like snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had leprosy; 11
and he said to Moses, "Please, my lord, do not hold against us the sin we
have so foolishly committed. 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn
infant coming from its mother's womb with its flesh half eaten away."
13
So
Moses cried out to the LORD, "O God, please heal her!"
14
The
LORD replied to Moses, "If her father had spit in her
face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside
the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back." 15
So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did
not move on till she was brought back.
16
After
that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of
Paran.
13
1
The
LORD said to Moses, 2 "Send some men to
explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each
ancestral tribe send one of its leaders."
3
So
at the LORD's command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them
were leaders of the Israelites. 4 These are their names: [19]
from
the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5
from
the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6
from
the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7
from
the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8
from
the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9
from
the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10
from
the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11
from
the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
12
from
the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13
from
the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14
from
the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15
from
the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16
These
are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son
of Nun the name Joshua.)
17
When
Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and on into
the hill country. 18 See what the land is like and whether the people
who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land
do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they
unwalled or fortified? 20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are
there trees on it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the
land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
21
So
they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob,
toward Lebo A Hamath. 22 They went up through the Negev
and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak,
lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23
When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, B they cut off a branch
bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between
them, along with some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called
the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off
there. 25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the
land.
26
They
came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the
Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and
showed them the fruit of the land. 27 They gave Moses this account:
"We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and
honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are
powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants
of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites,
Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near
the sea and along the Jordan." [20]
30
Then
Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take
possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."
31
But
the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are
stronger than we are." 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad
report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored
devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.
33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the
Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same
to them." [21]
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TESTAMENT: MARK 14:22 - 52
22
While
they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his
disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body."
23
Then
he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it.
24
"This is my blood of the B covenant, which is poured out for many," he said to
them. 25 "I tell you the truth, I will not
drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the
kingdom of God."
26
When
they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27
"You will all fall away," Jesus told them, "for it is written:
"`I
will strike the shepherd,
and
the sheep will be scattered.'
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28 But after I have risen, I will
go ahead of you into Galilee."
29
Peter
declared, "Even if all fall away, I will not."
30
"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "today--yes,
tonight--before the rooster crows twice D you yourself will disown me three times."
31
But
Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never
disown you." And all the others said the same.
32
They
went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." 33 He took Peter,
James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and
troubled. 34 "My soul is overwhelmed with
sorrow to the point of death," he said to them. "Stay here and keep watch."
35
Going
a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour
might pass from him. 36 "Abba, E
Father," he said, "everything is possible for
you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
37
Then
he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?
38 Watch and pray so that you will
not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
39
Once
more he went away and prayed the same thing. 40 When he came back, he
again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what
to say to him.
41
Returning
the third time, he said to them, "Are you still
sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!"
43
Just
as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd
armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief [22]
priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders.
44
Now
the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest
him and lead him away under guard." 45 Going at once to Jesus, Judas
said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him. 46 The men seized Jesus and arrested
him. 47 Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the
servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
48
"Am I leading a rebellion," said Jesus, "that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?
49 Every day I was with you,
teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures
must be fulfilled." 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled.
51
A
young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they
seized him, 52 he fled naked, leaving his garment behind. [23]
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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
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