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Exodus
14:19-31
Psalm
114
Romans
14:1-12
Matthew
18:21-35
Exodus
14:19-31
14:19
The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and
went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of
them and took its place behind them.
14:20
It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel. And so
the cloud was there with the darkness, and it lit up the night;
one did not come near the other all night.
14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The LORD drove the
sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into
dry land; and the waters were divided.
14:22
The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming
a wall for them on their right and on their left.
14:23
The Egyptians pursued, and went into the sea after them, all of
Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and chariot drivers.
14:24
At the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and cloud
looked down upon the Egyptian army, and threw the Egyptian army
into panic.
14:25
He clogged their chariot wheels so that they turned with
difficulty. The Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the
Israelites, for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt."
14:26
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the
sea, so that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon
their chariots and chariot drivers."
14:27
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea
returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the
LORD tossed the Egyptians into the sea.
14:28
The waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot
drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into
the sea; not one of them remained.
14:29
But the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the
waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
14:30
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel
saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
14:31
Israel saw the great work that the LORD did against the Egyptians.
So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his
servant Moses.
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Psalm
114
114:1 When Israel went
out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange
language,
114:2
Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
114:3
The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.
114:4
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
114:5
Why is it, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
114:6
O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?
114:7
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of
the God of Jacob,
114:8
who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring
of water.
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Romans
14:1-12
14:1 Welcome those who
are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over
opinions.
14:2
Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only
vegetables.
14:3
Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who
abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat; for God has
welcomed them.
14:4
Who are you to pass judgment on servants of another? It is before
their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld,
for the Lord is able to make them stand.
14:5
Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge
all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own
minds.
14:6
Those who observe the day, observe it in honor of the Lord. Also
those who eat, eat in honor of the Lord, since they give thanks to
God; while those who abstain, abstain in honor of the Lord and
give thanks to God.
14:7
We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.
14:8
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the
Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the
Lord's.
14:9
For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be
Lord of both the dead and the living.
14:10
Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do
you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before
the judgment seat of God.
14:11
For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee
shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."
14:12
So then, each of us will be accountable to God.
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Matthew
18:21-35
18:21 Then Peter came
and said to him, "Lord, if another member of the church sins
against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven
times?"
18:22
Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, but, I tell you,
seventy-seven times.
18:23
"For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a
king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.
18:24
When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents
was brought to him;
18:25
and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold,
together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and
payment to be made.
18:26
So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, 'Have patience
with me, and I will pay you everything.'
18:27
And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and
forgave him the debt.
18:28
But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow
slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the
throat, he said, 'Pay what you owe.'
18:29
Then his fellow slave fell down and pleaded with him, 'Have
patience with me, and I will pay you.'
18:30
But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he
would pay the debt.
18:31
When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly
distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had
taken place.
18:32
Then his lord summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked slave! I
forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
18:33
Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy
on you?'
18:34
And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he
would pay his entire debt.
18:35
So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do
not forgive your brother or sister from your heart."
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