1 Samuel 5-7:2 - Jon B

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1 Samuel 5–7:2 (ESV)
1 Samuel 5:1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 
1 Samuel 5:2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. 
1 Samuel 5:3 And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. 
1 Samuel 5:4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 
1 Samuel 5:5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. 
1 Samuel 5:6 The hand of the LORD was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. 
1 Samuel 5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand is hard against us and against Dagon our god.” 
1 Samuel 5:8 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there. 
1 Samuel 5:9 But after they had brought it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them. 
1 Samuel 5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But as soon as the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people.” 
1 Samuel 5:11 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there. 
1 Samuel 5:12 The men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven. 
1 Samuel 6:1 The ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 
1 Samuel 6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us with what we shall send it to its place.” 
1 Samuel 6:3 They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.” 
1 Samuel 6:4 And they said, “What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?” They answered, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords. 
1 Samuel 6:5 So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land. 
1 Samuel 6:6 Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed? 
1 Samuel 6:7 Now then, take and prepare a new cart and two milk cows on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them. 
1 Samuel 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD and place it on the cart and put in a box at its side the figures of gold, which you are returning to him as a guilt offering. Then send it off and let it go its way
1 Samuel 6:9 and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence.” 
1 Samuel 6:10 The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home. 
1 Samuel 6:11 And they put the ark of the LORD on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors. 
1 Samuel 6:12 And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh. 
1 Samuel 6:13 Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, they rejoiced to see it. 
1 Samuel 6:14 The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there. A great stone was there. And they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. 
1 Samuel 6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the box that was beside it, in which were the golden figures, and set them upon the great stone. And the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on that day to the LORD. 
1 Samuel 6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron. 
1 Samuel 6:17 These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron, 
1 Samuel 6:18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh. 
1 Samuel 6:19 And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the LORD. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great blow. 
1 Samuel 6:20 Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?” 
1 Samuel 6:21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up to you.” 
1 Samuel 7:1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the LORD. 
1 Samuel 7:2 From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

1 Samuel 4 - Jon B

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1 Samuel 4 (ESV)
1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 
1 Samuel 4:2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle. 
1 Samuel 4:3 And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD here from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.” 
1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 
1 Samuel 4:5 As soon as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded. 
1 Samuel 4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, “What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” And when they learned that the ark of the LORD had come to the camp, 
1 Samuel 4:7 the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. 
1 Samuel 4:8 Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. 
1 Samuel 4:9 Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight.” 
1 Samuel 4:10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 
1 Samuel 4:11 And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. 
1 Samuel 4:12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. 
1 Samuel 4:13 When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out. 
1 Samuel 4:14 When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, “What is this uproar?” Then the man hurried and came and told Eli. 
1 Samuel 4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes were set so that he could not see. 
1 Samuel 4:16 And the man said to Eli, “I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” And he said, “How did it go, my son?” 
1 Samuel 4:17 He who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.” 
1 Samuel 4:18 As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years. 
1 Samuel 4:19 Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. 
1 Samuel 4:20 And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention. 
1 Samuel 4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 
1 Samuel 4:22 And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”

1 Samuel 3 - Jon B

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1 Samuel 3 (ESV)
1 Samuel 3:1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. 
1 Samuel 3:2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place. 
1 Samuel 3:3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was. 
1 Samuel 3:4 Then the LORD called Samuel, and he said, “Here I am!” 
1 Samuel 3:5 and ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. 
1 Samuel 3:6 And the LORD called again, “Samuel!” and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” 
1 Samuel 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. 
1 Samuel 3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy. 
1 Samuel 3:9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant hears.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 
1 Samuel 3:10 And the LORD came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.” 
1 Samuel 3:11 Then the LORD said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 
1 Samuel 3:12 On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 
1 Samuel 3:13 And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them. 
1 Samuel 3:14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.” 
1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 
1 Samuel 3:16 But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.” 
1 Samuel 3:17 And Eli said, “What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you.” 
1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him.” 
1 Samuel 3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. 
1 Samuel 3:20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the LORD. 
1 Samuel 3:21 And the LORD appeared again at Shiloh, for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:12-36 - Jon B

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1 Samuel 2:12–36 (ESV)
1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the LORD. 
1 Samuel 2:13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, 
1 Samuel 2:14 and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 
1 Samuel 2:15 Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw.” 
1 Samuel 2:16 And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now, and if not, I will take it by force.” 
1 Samuel 2:17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD with contempt. 
1 Samuel 2:18 Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy clothed with a linen ephod. 
1 Samuel 2:19 And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 
1 Samuel 2:20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the LORD give you children by this woman for the petition she asked of the LORD.” So then they would return to their home. 
1 Samuel 2:21 Indeed the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD. 
1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 
1 Samuel 2:23 And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. 
1 Samuel 2:24 No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading abroad. 
1 Samuel 2:25 If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the LORD to put them to death. 
1 Samuel 2:26 Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and also with man. 
1 Samuel 2:27 And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh? 
1 Samuel 2:28 Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. 
1 Samuel 2:29 Why then do you scorn my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’ 
1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the LORD declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 
1 Samuel 2:31 Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 
1 Samuel 2:32 Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. 
1 Samuel 2:33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men. 
1 Samuel 2:34 And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day. 
1 Samuel 2:35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever. 
1 Samuel 2:36 And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, “Please put me in one of the priests’ places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.” ’ ”

1 Samuel 1-2:11 - Jon B

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1 Samuel 1–2:11 (ESV)
1 Samuel 1:1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. 
1 Samuel 1:2 He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 
1 Samuel 1:3 Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the LORD. 
1 Samuel 1:4 On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 
1 Samuel 1:5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb. 
1 Samuel 1:6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb. 
1 Samuel 1:7 So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the LORD, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. 
1 Samuel 1:8 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?” 
1 Samuel 1:9 After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. 
1 Samuel 1:10 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. 
1 Samuel 1:11 And she vowed a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.” 
1 Samuel 1:12 As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. 
1 Samuel 1:13 Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman. 
1 Samuel 1:14 And Eli said to her, “How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.” 
1 Samuel 1:15 But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD. 
1 Samuel 1:16 Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.” 
1 Samuel 1:17 Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.” 
1 Samuel 1:18 And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. 
1 Samuel 1:19 They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. 
1 Samuel 1:20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the LORD.” 
1 Samuel 1:21 The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. 
1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the LORD and dwell there forever.” 
1 Samuel 1:23 Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the LORD establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. 
1 Samuel 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. And the child was young. 
1 Samuel 1:25 Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli. 
1 Samuel 1:26 And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the LORD. 
1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him. 
1 Samuel 1:28 Therefore I have lent him to the LORD. As long as he lives, he is lent to the LORD.” And he worshiped the LORD there. 
1 Samuel 2:1 And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. 
1 Samuel 2:2 “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. 
1 Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 
1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength. 
1 Samuel 2:5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn. 
1 Samuel 2:6 The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. 
1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. 
1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them he has set the world. 
1 Samuel 2:9 “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail. 
1 Samuel 2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.” 
1 Samuel 2:11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.

Luke 24:13-35 - Jon B

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Luke 24:13–35 (ESV)
Luke 24:13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 
Luke 24:14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 
Luke 24:15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 
Luke 24:16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 
Luke 24:17 And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. 
Luke 24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 
Luke 24:19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 
Luke 24:20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 
Luke 24:21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 
Luke 24:22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 
Luke 24:23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 
Luke 24:24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 
Luke 24:25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 
Luke 24:26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 
Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. 
Luke 24:28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, 
Luke 24:29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 
Luke 24:30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 
Luke 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. 
Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” 
Luke 24:33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 
Luke 24:34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 
Luke 24:35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Colossians 3:18-4:18 - Jon B

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Colossians 3:18–4:18 (ESV)
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 
Colossians 3:22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 
Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 
Colossians 3:25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. 
Colossians 4:1 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 
Colossians 4:2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 
Colossians 4:3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— 
Colossians 4:4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. 
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. 
Colossians 4:7 Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. 
Colossians 4:8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, 
Colossians 4:9 and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here. 
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), 
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. 
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. 
Colossians 4:13 For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. 
Colossians 4:14 Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas. 
Colossians 4:15 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. 
Colossians 4:16 And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea. 
Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.” 
Colossians 4:18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

Colossians 3:1-17 - Jon B

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Colossians 3:1–17 (ESV)
Colossians 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 
Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 
Colossians 3:3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 
Colossians 3:4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 
Colossians 3:5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 
Colossians 3:6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 
Colossians 3:7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 
Colossians 3:8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 
Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 
Colossians 3:11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. 
Colossians 3:12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 
Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 
Colossians 3:14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 2:6-23 - Jon B

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Colossians 3:6–23 (ESV)
Colossians 3:6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 
Colossians 3:7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 
Colossians 3:8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 
Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 
Colossians 3:11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. 
Colossians 3:12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 
Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 
Colossians 3:14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. 
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 
Colossians 3:22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Colossians 1:24-2:5 - Jon B

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Colossians 1:15-23 - Jon B

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Colossians 1:15–23 (ESV)
Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 
Colossians 1:16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 
Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 
Colossians 1:19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 
Colossians 1:20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. 
Colossians 1:21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 
Colossians 1:22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 
Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Colossians 1:1-14 - Jon B

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Colossians 1:1–14 (ESV)
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 
Colossians 1:2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. 
Colossians 1:3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 
Colossians 1:4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 
Colossians 1:5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 
Colossians 1:6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 
Colossians 1:7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf
Colossians 1:8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. 
Colossians 1:9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 
Colossians 1:10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 
Colossians 1:11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 
Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 
Colossians 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

I Share the Gospel - Jon B

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I'm Part of the Church Family - Jon B

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I Take in the Word - Jon B

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I Follow Jesus - Jon B

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What is the Church? - Jon B

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Luke 2:8-20 - Jon B

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Luke 2:8–20 (ESV)
Luke 2:8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 
Luke 2:9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 
Luke 2:10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 
Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 
Luke 2:12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 
Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 
Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” 
Luke 2:15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 
Luke 2:16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 
Luke 2:17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 
Luke 2:18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 
Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 
Luke 2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

1 John 4:7-21 - Jon B

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1 John 4:7–21 (ESV)
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 
1 John 4:8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 
1 John 4:9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 
1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 
1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 
1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 
1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 
1 John 4:16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 
1 John 4:17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us. 
1 John 4:20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 
1 John 4:21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Nahum 2-3 - Jon B

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Nahum 2–3 (ESV)
Nahum 2:1 The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength. 
Nahum 2:2 For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and ruined their branches. 
Nahum 2:3 The shield of his mighty men is red; his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots come with flashing metal on the day he musters them; the cypress spears are brandished. 
Nahum 2:4 The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning. 
Nahum 2:5 He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up. 
Nahum 2:6 The river gates are opened; the palace melts away; 
Nahum 2:7 its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts. 
Nahum 2:8 Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry, but none turns back. 
Nahum 2:9 Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of the treasure or of the wealth of all precious things. 
Nahum 2:10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale! 
Nahum 2:11 Where is the lions’ den, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were, with none to disturb? 
Nahum 2:12 The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh. 
Nahum 2:13 Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard. 
Nahum 3:1 Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey! 
Nahum 3:2 The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! 
Nahum 3:3 Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies! 
Nahum 3:4 And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms. 
Nahum 3:5 Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts, and will lift up your skirts over your face; and I will make nations look at your nakedness and kingdoms at your shame. 
Nahum 3:6 I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle. 
Nahum 3:7 And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, “Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you? 
Nahum 3:8 Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall? 
Nahum 3:9 Cush was her strength; Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers. 
Nahum 3:10 Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains. 
Nahum 3:11 You also will be drunken; you will go into hiding; you will seek a refuge from the enemy. 
Nahum 3:12 All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater. 
Nahum 3:13 Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars. 
Nahum 3:14 Draw water for the siege; strengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold! 
Nahum 3:15 There will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper! 
Nahum 3:16 You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away. 
Nahum 3:17 Your princes are like grasshoppers, your scribes like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in a day of cold— when the sun rises, they fly away; no one knows where they are. 
Nahum 3:18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them. 
Nahum 3:19 There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?