20:1
Then God
spoke
all
these
words:
20:2
I am the
LORD
your
God, who
brought
you out
of the
land of
Egypt,
out of
the
house of
slavery;
20:3
you
shall
have no
other
gods
before
me.
20:4
You
shall
not make
for
yourself
an idol,
whether
in the
form of
anything
that is
in
heaven
above,
or that
is on
the
earth
beneath,
or that
is in
the
water
under
the
earth.
20:5
You
shall
not bow
down to
them or
worship
them;
for I
the LORD
your God
am a
jealous
God,
punishing
children
for the
iniquity
of
parents,
to the
third
and the
fourth
generation
of those
who
reject
me,
20:6
but
showing
steadfast
love to
the
thousandth
generation
of those
who love
me and
keep my
commandments.
20:7
You
shall
not make
wrongful
use of
the name
of the
LORD
your
God, for
the LORD
will not
acquit
anyone
who
misuses
his
name.
20:8
Remember
the
sabbath
day, and
keep it
holy.
20:9
Six days
you
shall
labor
and do
all your
work.
20:10
But the
seventh
day is a
sabbath
to the
LORD
your
God; you
shall
not do
any
work--you,
your son
or your
daughter,
your
male or
female
slave,
your
livestock,
or the
alien
resident
in your
towns.
20:11
For in
six days
the LORD
made
heaven
and
earth,
the sea,
and all
that is
in them,
but
rested
the
seventh
day;
therefore
the LORD
blessed
the
sabbath
day and
consecrated
it.
20:12
Honor
your
father
and your
mother,
so that
your
days may
be long
in the
land
that the
LORD
your God
is
giving
you.
20:13
You
shall
not
murder.
20:14
You
shall
not
commit
adultery.
20:15
You
shall
not
steal.
20:16
You
shall
not bear
false
witness
against
your
neighbor.
20:17
You
shall
not
covet
your
neighbor's
house;
you
shall
not
covet
your
neighbor's
wife, or
male or
female
slave,
or ox,
or
donkey,
or
anything
that
belongs
to your
neighbor.
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19:1
The
heavens
are
telling
the
glory of
God; and
the
firmament
proclaims
his
handiwork.
19:2
Day to
day
pours
forth
speech,
and
night to
night
declares
knowledge.
19:3
There is
no
speech,
nor are
there
words;
their
voice is
not
heard;
19:4
yet
their
voice
goes out
through
all the
earth,
and
their
words to
the end
of the
world.
In the
heavens
he has
set a
tent for
the sun,
19:5
which
comes
out like
a
bridegroom
from his
wedding
canopy,
and like
a strong
man runs
its
course
with
joy.
19:6
Its
rising
is from
the end
of the
heavens,
and its
circuit
to the
end of
them;
and
nothing
is hid
from its
heat.
19:7
The law
of the
LORD is
perfect,
reviving
the
soul;
the
decrees
of the
LORD are
sure,
making
wise the
simple;
19:8
the
precepts
of the
LORD are
right,
rejoicing
the
heart;
the
commandment
of the
LORD is
clear,
enlightening
the
eyes;
19:9
the fear
of the
LORD is
pure,
enduring
forever;
the
ordinances
of the
LORD are
true and
righteous
altogether.
19:10
More to
be
desired
are they
than
gold,
even
much
fine
gold;
sweeter
also
than
honey,
and
drippings
of the
honeycomb.
19:11
Moreover
by them
is your
servant
warned;
in
keeping
them
there is
great
reward.
19:12
But who
can
detect
their
errors?
Clear me
from
hidden
faults.
19:13
Keep
back
your
servant
also
from the
insolent;
do not
let them
have
dominion
over me.
Then I
shall be
blameless,
and
innocent
of great
transgression.
19:14
Let the
words of
my mouth
and the
meditation
of my
heart be
acceptable
to you,
O LORD,
my rock
and my
redeemer.
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1:18
For the
message
about
the
cross is
foolishness
to those
who are
perishing,
but to
us who
are
being
saved it
is the
power of
God.
1:19
For it
is
written,
"I
will
destroy
the
wisdom
of the
wise,
and the
discernment
of the
discerning
I will
thwart."
1:20
Where is
the one
who is
wise?
Where is
the
scribe?
Where is
the
debater
of this
age? Has
not God
made
foolish
the
wisdom
of the
world?
1:21
For
since,
in the
wisdom
of God,
the
world
did not
know God
through
wisdom,
God
decided,
through
the
foolishness
of our
proclamation,
to save
those
who
believe.
1:22
For Jews
demand
signs
and
Greeks
desire
wisdom,
1:23
but we
proclaim
Christ
crucified,
a
stumbling
block to
Jews and
foolishness
to
Gentiles,
1:24
but to
those
who are
the
called,
both
Jews and
Greeks,
Christ
the
power of
God and
the
wisdom
of God.
1:25
For
God's
foolishness
is wiser
than
human
wisdom,
and
God's
weakness
is
stronger
than
human
strength.
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2:13
The
Passover
of the
Jews was
near,
and
Jesus
went up
to
Jerusalem.
2:14
In the
temple
he found
people
selling
cattle,
sheep,
and
doves,
and the
money
changers
seated
at their
tables.
2:15
Making a
whip of
cords,
he drove
all of
them out
of the
temple,
both the
sheep
and the
cattle.
He also
poured
out the
coins of
the
money
changers
and
overturned
their
tables.
2:16
He told
those
who were
selling
the
doves,
"Take
these
things
out of
here!
Stop
making
my
Father's
house a
marketplace!"
2:17
His
disciples
remembered
that it
was
written,
"Zeal
for your
house
will
consume
me."
2:18
The Jews
then
said to
him,
"What
sign can
you show
us for
doing
this?"
2:19
Jesus
answered
them,
"Destroy
this
temple,
and in
three
days I
will
raise it
up."
2:20
The Jews
then
said,
"This
temple
has been
under
construction
for
forty-six
years,
and will
you
raise it
up in
three
days?"
2:21
But he
was
speaking
of the
temple
of his
body.
2:22
After he
was
raised
from the
dead,
his
disciples
remembered
that he
had said
this;
and they
believed
the
scripture
and the
word
that
Jesus
had
spoken.
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