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woman will ask for articles of silver
and gold and fine clothing from her
Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will
dress your sons and daughters with
these, stripping the Egyptians of their
wealth.”
2:22 Gershom sounds like a Hebrew term that means
“a foreigner there.” 2:25 Or and acknowledged his
obligation to help them.
3:1a Moses’ father-in-law
went by two names, Jethro and Reuel. 3:1b Hebrew
Horeb, another name for Sinai. 3:6 Greek version
reads your fathers.
3:14 Or I Will Be What I Will
Be.
3:15 Yahweh (also in 3:16) is a transliteration of
the proper name YHWH that is sometimes rendered
“Jehovah”; in this translation it is usually rendered
“the Lord” (note the use of small capitals). 3:19 As
in Greek and Latin versions; Hebrew reads will not let
you go, not by a mighty hand.
MATTHEW 17:1027
Then his disciples asked him, “Why
do the teachers of religious law insist
that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?*”
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Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed
coming first to get everything ready.
12 But I tell you, Eli
jah has already
come, but he w
asn’t recognized, and
they chose to abuse him. And in the
same way they will also make the Son
of Man suffer.” 13 Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the
Baptist.
14 At the foot of the mountain, a
large crowd was waiting for them. A
man came and knelt before J esus and
said, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son.
He has seizures and suffers terribly.
He often falls into the fire or into the
water. 16 So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”
17 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with
you? How long must I put up with
you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Then
Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy,
and it left him. From that moment the
boy was well.
19 Afterward the disciples asked
Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast
out that demon?”
20 “You d
on’t have enough faith,”
Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth,
if you had faith even as small as a
mustard seed, you could say to this
mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’
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and it would move. Nothing would be
impossible.*”
22 After they gathered again in Gali
lee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man
is going to be betrayed into the hands
of his enemies. 23 He will be killed, but
on the third day he will be raised from
the dead.” And the disciples were
filled with grief.
24 On their arrival in Ca
pernaum,
the collectors of the Temple tax* came
to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your
teacher pay the Temple tax?”
25 “Yes, he does,” Pe
ter replied.
Then he went into the house.
But before he had a chance to speak,
Jesus asked him, “What do you think,
Peter?* Do kings tax their own people
or the people they have conquered?*”
26 “They tax the people they have
conquered,” Peter replied.
“Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free! 27 However, we don’t
want to offend them, so go down to
the lake and throw in a line. Open the
mouth of the first fish you catch, and
you will find a large silver coin.* Take
it and pay the tax for both of us.”
17:10 Greek that Elijah must come first?
17:20 Some
manuscripts add verse 21, But this kind of demon
won’t leave except by prayer and fasting. Compare
Mark 9:29. 17:24 Greek the two-drachma [tax];
also in 17:24b. See Exod 30:1316; Neh 10:3233.
17:25a Greek Simon?
17:25b Greek their sons or
others?
17:27 Greek a stater [a Greek coin equivalent
to four drachmas].
PSALM 22:118
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to
be sung to the tune “Doe of the Dawn.”
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2
3
4
5
My God, my God, why have you
abandoned me?
Why are you so far away when
I groan for help?
Every day I call to you, my God,
but you do not answer.
Every night I lift my voice, but
I find no relief.
Yet you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of
Israel.
Our ancestors trusted in you,
and you rescued them.
They cried out to you and were
saved.
