Luke 13
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Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
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Jesus answered them, “\+w Do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w think|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w Galileans|strong="G1057"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* worse sinners \+w than|strong="G3844"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w other|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w Galileans|strong="G1057"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w suffered|strong="G3958"\+w* \+w such|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3956"\+w*?
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\+w I|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G3361"\+w* \+w unless|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w repent|strong="G3340"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* perish \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w same|strong="G3668"\+w* \+w way|strong="G3668"\+w*.
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\+w Or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* eighteen \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w tower|strong="G4444"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Siloam|strong="G4611"\+w* \+w fell|strong="G4098"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* killed \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w*—\+w do|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w think|strong="G1380"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w were|strong="G3588"\+w* worse offenders \+w than|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w men|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w dwell|strong="G2730"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*?
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\+w I|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w no|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w but|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w unless|strong="G1437"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w repent|strong="G3340"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* perish \+w in|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w same|strong="G5615"\+w* \+w way|strong="G5615"\+w*.”
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He spoke this parable. “\+w A|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w certain|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w man|strong="G5100"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w planted|strong="G5452"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1722"\+w* vineyard, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w came|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w seeking|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w found|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w none|strong="G3756"\+w*.
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\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w said|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w vine|strong="G1093"\+w* dresser, ‘\+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w these|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5140"\+w* \+w years|strong="G2094"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w looking|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w for|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w fig|strong="G4808"\+w* \+w tree|strong="G4808"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w found|strong="G2147"\+w* \+w none|strong="G3756"\+w*. \+w Cut|strong="G1581"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w down|strong="G1581"\+w*! \+w Why|strong="G2444"\+w* \+w does|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* waste \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w soil|strong="G1093"\+w*?’
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\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w answered|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, leave \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w alone|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w year|strong="G2094"\+w* \+w also|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w dig|strong="G4626"\+w* \+w around|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* fertilize \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*.
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\+w If|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w bears|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w fruit|strong="G2590"\+w*, fine; \+w but|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w if|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3361"\+w*, \+w after|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G1487"\+w* \+w can|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w cut|strong="G1581"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w down|strong="G1581"\+w*.’”
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He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
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Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and could in no way straighten herself up.
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When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “\+w Woman|strong="G1135"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* freed \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* infirmity.”
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He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
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The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
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Therefore the Lord answered him, “\+w You|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\+w*! Doesn’\+w t|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w each|strong="G1538"\+w* \+w one|strong="G1538"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w free|strong="G3089"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w ox|strong="G1016"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2228"\+w* \+w his|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="G3688"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stall|strong="G5336"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w lead|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w him|strong="G3588"\+w* away \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w water|strong="G4222"\+w*?
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\+w Ought|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G3778"\+w*, \+w being|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w daughter|strong="G2364"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2250"\+w* Abraham \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w bound|strong="G1210"\+w* \+w eighteen|strong="G1176"\+w* \+w long|strong="G2250"\+w* \+w years|strong="G2094"\+w*, \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* freed \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* bondage \+w on|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\+w* \+w day|strong="G2250"\+w*?”
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As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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He said, “\+w What|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*’s Kingdom \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w*? \+w To|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w compare|strong="G3666"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w*?
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\+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w grain|strong="G2848"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w mustard|strong="G4615"\+w* \+w seed|strong="G2848"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w man|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w put|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w own|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w garden|strong="G2779"\+w*. \+w It|strong="G2532"\+w* grew \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w became|strong="G1096"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1096"\+w* large \+w tree|strong="G1186"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w birds|strong="G4071"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w sky|strong="G3772"\+w* \+w live|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* its \+w branches|strong="G2798"\+w*.”
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Again he said, “\+w To|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w what|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w shall|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w compare|strong="G3666"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*’s Kingdom?
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\+w It|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w is|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w like|strong="G3664"\+w* \+w yeast|strong="G2219"\+w*, \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w a|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w woman|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w took|strong="G2983"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1135"\+w* \+w hid|strong="G2928"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w three|strong="G5140"\+w* \+w measures|strong="G4568"\+w* \+w of|strong="G1519"\+w* flour, \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w it|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w was|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3650"\+w* \+w leavened|strong="G2220"\+w*.”
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He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
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One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?”
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“Strive \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w by|strong="G1223"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w narrow|strong="G4728"\+w* \+w door|strong="G2374"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w many|strong="G4183"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seek|strong="G2212"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w enter|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1525"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w able|strong="G2480"\+w*.
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\+w When|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w once|strong="G3617"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w master|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3617"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w risen|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1453"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w has|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w shut|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w door|strong="G2374"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* begin \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w outside|strong="G1854"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w knock|strong="G2925"\+w* \+w at|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w door|strong="G2374"\+w*, \+w saying|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*, open \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w us|strong="G3004"\+w*!’ \+w then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* answer \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* don’\+w t|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w or|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w where|strong="G4159"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*.’
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\+w Then|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* begin \+w to|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w We|strong="G2249"\+w* \+w ate|strong="G2068"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w drank|strong="G4095"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w presence|strong="G1799"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w taught|strong="G1321"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w our|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w streets|strong="G4116"\+w*.’
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\+w He|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* don’t \+w know|strong="G1492"\+w* \+w where|strong="G4159"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w come|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w*. Depart \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*, \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w workers|strong="G2040"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* iniquity.’
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\+w There|strong="G1563"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w weeping|strong="G2805"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w gnashing|strong="G1030"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w teeth|strong="G3599"\+w* \+w when|strong="G3752"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* Abraham, \+w Isaac|strong="G2464"\+w*, \+w Jacob|strong="G2384"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*’s Kingdom, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w being|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w outside|strong="G1854"\+w*.
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\+w They|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w come|strong="G2240"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* east, \+w west|strong="G1424"\+w*, \+w north|strong="G1005"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w south|strong="G3558"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2316"\+w* sit down \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*’s Kingdom.
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\+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w last|strong="G2078"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w there|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w some|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w first|strong="G4413"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w will|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w be|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w last|strong="G2078"\+w*.”
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On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”
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He said to them, “\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* fox, ‘\+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w cast|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1544"\+w* \+w demons|strong="G1140"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* perform \+w cures|strong="G2392"\+w* \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* tomorrow, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w third|strong="G5154"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w I|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w complete|strong="G5048"\+w* \+w my|strong="G3708"\+w* mission.
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\+w Nevertheless|strong="G4133"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w must|strong="G1163"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w on|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w my|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w way|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w today|strong="G4594"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* tomorrow \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w next|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w day|strong="G4594"\+w*, \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w it|strong="G2532"\+w* can’\+w t|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2192"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w would|strong="G2532"\+w* perish \+w outside|strong="G1854"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*.’
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“\+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* kills \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="G4396"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stones|strong="G3036"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w sent|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w*! \+w How|strong="G4212"\+w* \+w often|strong="G4212"\+w* \+w I|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w to|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w gather|strong="G1996"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w children|strong="G5043"\+w* \+w together|strong="G1996"\+w*, \+w like|strong="G2309"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w hen|strong="G3733"\+w* \+w gathers|strong="G1996"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w own|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w brood|strong="G3555"\+w* \+w under|strong="G5259"\+w* \+w her|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w wings|strong="G4420"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w refused|strong="G3756"\+w*!
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\+w Behold|strong="G2400"\+w*, \+w your|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w house|strong="G3624"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* left \+w to|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* desolate. \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*, \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w see|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w until|strong="G2193"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w say|strong="G3004"\+w*, ‘\+w Blessed|strong="G2127"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w comes|strong="G2064"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w name|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w of|strong="G3686"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w Lord|strong="G2962"\+w*!’”