Jeremiah
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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"Come, go down to the potter's house, and there I will let
you hear my words."
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So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working
at his wheel.
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The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's
hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to
him.
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Then the word of the LORD came to me:
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Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter
has done? says the LORD. Just like the clay in the potter's
hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
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At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom,
that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,
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but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from
its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I
intended to bring on it.
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And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a
kingdom that I will build and plant it,
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but if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then
I will change my mind about the good that I had intended to do
to it.
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Now, therefore, say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem: Thus says the LORD: Look, I am a potter shaping
evil against you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, all
of you from your evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
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139:1
O LORD, you have searched me and known me.
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You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my
thoughts from far away.
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You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted
with all my ways.
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Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it
completely.
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You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I
cannot attain it.
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For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together
in my mother's womb.
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I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful
are your works; that I know very well.
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My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in
secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
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Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were
written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them
as yet existed.
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How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum
of them!
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I try to count them--they are more than the sand; I come to the
end--I am still with you.
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To
Philemon our dear friend and co-worker,
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to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to
the church in your house:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
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When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God
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because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith
toward the Lord Jesus.
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I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when
you perceive all the good that we may do for Christ.
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I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your
love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed
through you, my brother.
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For this reason, though I am bold enough in Christ to command
you to do your duty,
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yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love--and I,
Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of
Christ Jesus.
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I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I
have become during my imprisonment.
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Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both
to you and to me.
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I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.
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I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to
me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel;
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but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order
that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced.
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Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a
while, so that you might have him back forever,
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no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved
brother--especially to me but how much more to you, both in the
flesh and in the Lord.
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So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would
welcome me.
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If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge
that to my account.
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I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I
say nothing about your owing me even your own self.
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Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord!
Refresh my heart in Christ.
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Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that
you will do even more than I say.
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Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said
to them,
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"Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life
itself, cannot be my disciple.
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Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my
disciple.
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For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit
down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to
complete it?
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Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to
finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
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saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'
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Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will
not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten
thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty
thousand?
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If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends
a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.
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So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not
give up all your possessions.
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