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Samuel 11
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¶And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time
when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants
with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon,
and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off
his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from
the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very
beautiful to look upon.
3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is
not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the
Hittite?
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto
him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness:
and she returned unto her house.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I
am with child.
6 ¶And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab
did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet.
And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him
a mess of meat from the king.
9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants
of his lord, and went not down to his house.
10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto
his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?
why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide
in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped
in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and
to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not do this thing.
12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow
I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and
the morrow.
13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him;
and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed
with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
14 ¶And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a
letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront
of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten,
and die.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned
Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there
fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the
Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end
of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?
knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died
in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab
had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against
us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even
unto the entering of the gate.
24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and
some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite
is dead also.
25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto
Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth
one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the
city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead,
she mourned for her husband.
27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to
his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the
thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
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Jeremiah
15
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1 ¶Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood
before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them
out of my sight, and let them go forth.
2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall
we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such
as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the
sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as
are for the captivity, to the captivity.
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword
to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and
the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth,
because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that
which he did in Jerusalem.
5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan
thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward:
therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee;
I am weary with repenting.
7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will
bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return
not from their ways.
8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I
have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler
at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors
upon the city.
9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost;
her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed
and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword
before their enemies, saith the LORD.
10 ¶Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of
strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither
lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of
them doth curse me.
11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily
I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil
and in the time of affliction.
12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without
price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which
thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall
burn upon you.
15 ¶O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge
me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know
that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto
me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name,
O LORD God of hosts.
17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat
alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth
to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as
waters that fail?
19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring
thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth
the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them
return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and
they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against
thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith
the LORD.
21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I
will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
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Matthew
26
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1 ¶And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings,
he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and
the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and
the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who
was called Caiaphas,
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill
him.
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among
the people.
6 ¶Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the
leper,
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious
ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To
what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to
the poor.
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the
woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did
it for my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached
in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath
done, be told for a memorial of her.
14 ¶Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto
the chief priests,
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver
him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of
silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
17 ¶Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the
disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we
prepare for thee to eat the passover?
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him,
The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at
thy house with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made
ready the passover.
20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one
of you shall betray me.
22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them
to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in
the dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that
man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that
man if he had not been born.
25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is
it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
26 ¶And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed
it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take,
eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit
of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
kingdom.
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount
of Olives.
31 ¶Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because
of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended
because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night,
before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will
I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
36 ¶Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane,
and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began
to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even
unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed,
saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:
nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and
saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my
Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it,
thy will be done.
43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were
heavy.
44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time,
saying the same words.
45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on
now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son
of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray
me.
47 ¶And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came,
and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and elders of the people.
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever
I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed
him.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then
came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out
his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's,
and smote off his ear.
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place:
for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall
presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it
must be?
55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out
as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat
daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might
be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
57 ¶And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas
the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace,
and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought
false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found
they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of
God, and to build it in three days.
62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou
nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said
unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether
thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto
you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right
hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken
blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye
have heard his blasphemy.
66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others
smote him with the palms of their hands,
68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
69 ¶Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came
unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him,
and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus
of Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said
to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth
thee.
74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.
And immediately the cock crew.
75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him,
Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out,
and wept bitterly.
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