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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;

It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying,

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,

with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.

Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved.

The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.

Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."

Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!

Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy

I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"

even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

[Lover] The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;

All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."

As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it."

Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.

Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the head of gold.

As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.

Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.

Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.

After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.

Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

"For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.

Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.

Won't the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.

"For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it.

The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.

These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,

He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."

That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.

After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.

Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.

Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.

After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias.

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.

When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.

Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."

Therefore, having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.

Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.

Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.

and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.

But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.

So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.

At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.

This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.

From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,

while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;

He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father: