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trees were destroyed. 26 The only place
without hail was the region of Goshen,
where the people of Israel lived.
27 Then Pharaoh quickly summoned
Moses and Aaron. “This time I have
sinned,” he confessed. “The Lord is
the righteous one, and my people and
I are wrong. 28 Please beg the Lord to
end this terrifying thunder and hail.
We’ve had enough. I will let you go;
you don’t need to stay any longer.”
29 “All right,”
Moses replied. “As
soon as I leave the city, I will lift my
hands and pray to the Lord. Then the
thunder and hail will stop, and you
will know that the earth belongs to
the Lord. 30 But I know that you and
your officials still do not fear the Lord
God.”
31 (All the flax and barley were
ruined by the hail, because the barley
had formed heads and the flax was
budding. 32 But the wheat and the
emmer wheat were spared, because
they had not yet sprouted from the
ground.)
33 So Moses left Pharaoh’s court and
went out of the city. When he lifted
his hands to the Lord, the thunder
and hail stopped, and the downpour
ceased. 34 But when Pha
r aoh saw
that the rain, hail, and thunder had
stopped, he and his officials sinned
again, and Pharaoh again became
stubborn.* 35 Because his heart was
hard, Pha
r aoh refused to let the
people leave, just as the Lord had
predicted through Moses.
8:1 Verses 8:14 are numbered 7:2629 in Hebrew text.
8:5 Verses 8:532 are numbered 8:128 in Hebrew
text. 8:15 Hebrew made his heart heavy; also in 8:32.
8:23 As in Greek and Latin versions; Hebrew reads
I will set redemption between.
9:7 Hebrew heavy.
9:14 Hebrew on your heart.
9:16 Greek version
reads to display my power in you; compare Rom 9:17.
9:34 Hebrew made his heart heavy.
MATTHEW 19:1330
One day some parents brought their
children to Jesus so he could lay his
hands on them and pray for them. But
the disciples scolded the parents for
bothering him.
14 But J
esus said, “Let the children
come to me. Don’t stop them! For the
Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those
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who are like these children.” 15 And he
placed his hands on their heads and
blessed them before he left.
16 Someone came to Jesus with this
question: “Teacher,* what good deed
must I do to have eternal life?”
17 “Why ask me about what is
good?” Jesus replied. “There is only
One who is good. But to answer your
question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep* the commandments.”
18 “Which ones?” the man asked.
And Jesus replied: “‘You must not
murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must
not testify falsely. 19 Honor your father
and mother. Love your neighbor as
yourself.’*”
20 “I’ve obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What
else must I do?”
21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be
perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
22 But when the young man heard
this, he went away sad, for he had
many possessions.
23 Then
Jesus said to his disciples,
“I tell you the truth, it is very hard for
a rich person to enter the Kingdom of
Heaven. 24 I’ll say it again—it is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich person to enter
the Kingdom of God!”
25 The disciples were astounded.
“Then who in the world can be
saved?” they asked.
26 Jesus looked at them intently and
said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is
possible.”
27 Then Pe
ter said to him, “We’ve
given up everything to follow you.
What will we get?”
28 Jesus replied, “I assure you that
when the world is made new* and the
Son of Man* sits upon his glorious
throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every
one who has given up
houses or brothers or sisters or father
