5:9
The LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away
from you the disgrace of Egypt." And so that place
is called Gilgal to this day.
5:10
While the Israelites were camped in Gilgal they kept the
passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the
month in the plains of Jericho.
5:11
On the day after the passover, on that very day, they
ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and
parched grain.
5:12
The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the
land, and the Israelites no longer had manna; they ate
the crops of the land of Canaan that year.
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32:1
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose
sin is covered.
32:2
Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
32:3
While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my
groaning all day long.
32:4
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my
strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
32:5
Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my
iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions
to the LORD," and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Selah
32:6
Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall
not reach them.
32:7
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from
trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.
Selah
32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
32:9
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it
will not stay near you.
32:10
Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love
surrounds those who trust in the LORD.
32:11
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous, and shout
for joy, all you upright in heart.
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5:16
From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human
point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a
human point of view, we know him no longer in that way.
5:17
So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation:
everything old has passed away; see, everything has
become new!
5:18
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself
through Christ, and has given us the ministry of
reconciliation;
5:19
that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to
himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and
entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
5:20
So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making
his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of
Christ, be reconciled to God.
5:21
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so
that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near
to listen to him.
15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and
saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with
them."
15:3
So he told them this parable:
15:11b
"There was a man who had two sons.
15:12
The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me
the share of the property that will belong to me.' So he
divided his property between them.
15:13
A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and
traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered
his property in dissolute living.
15:14
When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place
throughout that country, and he began to be in need.
15:15
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens
of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the
pigs.
15:16
He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that
the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything.
15:17
But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my
father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but
here I am dying of hunger!
15:18
I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to
him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and
before you;
15:19
I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me
like one of your hired hands."'
15:20
So he set off and went to his father. But while he was
still far off, his father saw him and was filled with
compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and
kissed him.
15:21
Then the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against
heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be
called your son.'
15:22
But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly, bring out a
robe--the best one--and put it on him; put a ring on his
finger and sandals on his feet.
15:23
And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and
celebrate;
15:24
for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was
lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.
15:25
"Now his elder son was in the field; and when he
came and approached the house, he heard music and
dancing.
15:26
He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on.
15:27
He replied, 'Your brother has come, and your father has
killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe
and sound.'
15:28
Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father
came out and began to plead with him.
15:29
But he answered his father, 'Listen! For all these years
I have been working like a slave for you, and I have
never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given
me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my
friends.
15:30
But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured
your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted
calf for him!'
15:31
Then the father said to him, 'Son, you are always with
me, and all that is mine is yours.
15:32
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this
brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was
lost and has been found.'"
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