2 Chronicles 36 1 Then the people of the
land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king
in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
2 Jehoahaz was
twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3 And the king of
Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land
in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4 And the king of
Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho
took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
5 ¶ Jehoiakim was
twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to
Babylon.
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of
the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at
Babylon.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his
abominations which he did, and that which was found in
him, behold, they are written in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned
in his stead.
9 ¶ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days
in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD.
10 And when the year was expired, king
Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the
goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah
and Jerusalem.
11 ¶ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old
when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem.
12 And he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before
Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of
the LORD.
13 And he also rebelled against king
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he
stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the LORD
God of Israel.
14 ¶ Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the
people, transgressed very much after all the abominations
of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed
in Jerusalem.
15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his
messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he
had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and
despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the
wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was
no remedy.
17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the
Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the
house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon
young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for
age: he gave them all into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great
and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of
the king, and of his princes; all these he brought
to Babylon.
19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down
the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof
with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried
he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and
his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had
enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay
desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten
years.
22 ¶ Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,
that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom,
and put it also in writing, saying,
23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the
kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me
to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in
Judah. Who is there among you of all his people?
The LORD his
God be with him, and let him go up.
Luke 8 1 And it came to pass
afterward, that he went throughout every city and
village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the
kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
2 And certain
women, which had been healed of evil spirits and
infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went
seven devils,
3 And Joanna the
wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many
others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
4 ¶ And when much
people were gathered together, and were come to him out
of every city, he spake by a parable:
5 A sower went out
to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way
side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air
devoured it.
6 And some fell
upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered
away, because it lacked moisture.
7 And some fell
among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and
choked it.
8 And other fell on
good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried,
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
9 And his disciples
asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And he said,
Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom
of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might
not see, and hearing they might not understand.
11 Now the parable
is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those by the way
side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and
taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they
should believe and be saved.
13 They on the rock
are they, which, when they hear, receive the word
with joy; and these have no root, which for a while
believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
14 And that which
fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard,
go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and
pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to
perfection.
15 But that on the
good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth
fruit with patience.
16 ¶ No man, when
he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or
putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a
candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
17 For nothing is
secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any
thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
18 Take heed
therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall
be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken
even that which he seemeth to have.
19 ¶ Then came to
him his mother and his brethren, and could not
come at him for the press.
20 And it was told
him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy
brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
21 And he answered
and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these
which hear the word of God, and do it.
22 ¶ Now it came
to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with
his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto
the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
23 But as they
sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of
wind on the lake; and they were filled with water,
and were in jeopardy.
24 And they came to
him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish.
Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the
water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 And he said unto
them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid
wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is
this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and
they obey him.
26 ¶ And they
arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over
against Galilee.
27 And when he went
forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain
man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes,
neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw
Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a
loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou
Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For he had
commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For
oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with
chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was
driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
30 And Jesus asked
him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion:
because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they
besought him that he would not command them to go out
into the deep.
32 And there was
there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and
they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into
them. And he suffered them.
33 Then went the
devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and
the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake,
and were choked.
34 When they that
fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went
and told it in the city and in the country.
35 Then they went
out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found
the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at
the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and
they were afraid.
36 They also which
saw it told them by what means he that was
possessed of the devils was healed.
37 ¶ Then the
whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round
about besought him to depart from them; for they were
taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and
returned back again.
38 Now the man out
of whom the devils were departed besought him that he
might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39 Return to thine
own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto
thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the
whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
40 And it came to
pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly
received him: for they were all waiting for him.
41 ¶ And, behold,
there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought
him that he would come into his house:
42 For he had one
only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a
dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
43 ¶ And a woman
having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent
all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed
of any,
44 Came behind him,
and touched the border of his garment: and immediately
her issue of blood stanched.
45 And Jesus said,
Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were
with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and
press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
46 And Jesus said,
Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is
gone out of me.
47 And when the
woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and
falling down before him, she declared unto him before all
the people for what cause she had touched him, and how
she was healed immediately.
48 And he said unto
her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made
thee whole; go in peace.
49 ¶ While he yet
spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's
house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead;
trouble not the Master.
50 But when Jesus
heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not:
believe only, and she shall be made whole.
51 And when he came
into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter,
and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the
maiden.
52 And all wept,
and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead,
but sleepeth.
53 And they laughed
him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54 And he put them
all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying,
Maid, arise.
55 And her spirit
came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded
to give her meat.
56 And her parents
were astonished: but he charged them that they should
tell no man what was done.
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