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+<!DOCTYPE crossway-bible SYSTEM "schema/crossway.bibles.dtd">
+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="Matthew" num="40">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>The Genealogy of Jesus Christ</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="a" cid="c40001001.1"/>The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, <crossref let="b" cid="c40001001.2"/>the son of David, <crossref let="c" cid="c40001001.3"/>the son of Abraham.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="d" cid="c40001002.1"/>Abraham was the father of Isaac, and <crossref let="e" cid="c40001002.2"/>Isaac the father of Jacob, and <crossref let="f" cid="c40001002.3"/>Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and <crossref let="g" cid="c40001003.1"/>Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,<note nid="n40001003.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001005"/>
+    <verse num="5">and Salmon the father of Boaz by <crossref let="h" cid="c40001005.1"/>Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001006"/>
+    <verse num="6">and <crossref let="i" cid="c40001006.1"/>Jesse the father of David the king.
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/>And <crossref let="j" cid="c40001006.2"/>David was the father of Solomon by <crossref let="k" cid="c40001006.3"/>the wife of Uriah,
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001007"/>
+    <verse num="7">and <crossref let="l" cid="c40001007.1"/>Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,<note nid="n40001007.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001008"/>
+    <verse num="8">and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, <crossref let="m" cid="c40001008.1"/>and Joram the father of Uzziah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001009"/>
+    <verse num="9">and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,<note nid="n40001010.1"/> and Amos the father of Josiah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001011"/>
+    <verse num="11">and <crossref let="n" cid="c40001011.1"/>Josiah the father of <crossref let="o" cid="c40001011.2"/>Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">And after the deportation to Babylon: <crossref let="p" cid="c40001012.1"/>Jechoniah was the father of <crossref let="q" cid="c40001012.2"/>Shealtiel,<note nid="n40001012.1"/> and <crossref let="r" cid="c40001012.3"/>Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001013"/>
+    <verse num="13">and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001014"/>
+    <verse num="14">and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001016"/>
+    <verse num="16">and Jacob the father of <crossref let="s" cid="c40001016.1"/>Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to <crossref let="t" cid="c40001017.1"/>the Christ fourteen generations.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001018"/>
+    <heading>The Birth of Jesus Christ</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">Now the birth of <crossref let="u" cid="c40001018.1"/>Jesus Christ<note nid="n40001018.1"/> took place in this way. <crossref let="v" cid="c40001018.2"/>When his mother Mary had been betrothed<note nid="n40001018.2"/> to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child <crossref let="w" cid="c40001018.3"/>from the Holy Spirit.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling <crossref let="x" cid="c40001019.1"/>to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001020"/>
+    <verse num="20">But as he considered these things, behold, <crossref let="y" cid="c40001020.1"/>an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40001020.1" from="40001020.1" to="40001021.1"/>Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001021"/>
+    <verse num="21">She will bear a son, and <crossref let="z" cid="c40001021.1"/>you shall call his name Jesus, <crossref let="a" cid="c40001021.2"/>for he will save his people from their sins.<q class="end-double" qid="40001021.1" from="40001020.1" to="40001021.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="b" cid="c40001022.1"/>All this took place <crossref let="c" cid="c40001022.2"/>to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001023"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="23">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="d" cid="c40001023.1"/><crossref cid="t40001023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40001023.1" from="40001023.1" to="40001023.2"/>Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and they shall call his name <crossref let="e" cid="c40001023.2"/>Immanuel<q class="end-double" qid="40001023.2" from="40001023.1" to="40001023.2"/><end-line/>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <end-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>(which means, God <crossref let="f" cid="c40001023.3"/>with us).
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001024"/>
+    <verse num="24">When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40001025"/>
+    <verse num="25">but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And <crossref let="g" cid="c40001025.1"/>he called his name Jesus.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>The Visit of the Wise Men</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now <crossref let="h" cid="c40002001.1"/>after Jesus was born in <crossref let="i" cid="c40002001.2"/>Bethlehem of Judea <crossref let="j" cid="c40002001.3"/>in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men<note nid="n40002001.1"/> from <crossref let="k" cid="c40002001.4"/>the east came to Jerusalem,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002002"/>
+    <verse num="2">saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40002002.1" from="40002002.1" to="40002002.2"/>Where is he who has been born <crossref let="l" cid="c40002002.1"/>king of the Jews? For we saw <crossref let="m" cid="c40002002.2"/>his star when it rose<note nid="n40002002.1"/> and have come to <crossref let="n" cid="c40002002.3"/>worship him.<q class="end-double" qid="40002002.2" from="40002002.1" to="40002002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002003"/>
+    <verse num="3">When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where <crossref let="o" cid="c40002004.1"/>the Christ was to be born.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002005"/>
+    <verse num="5">They told him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40002005.1" from="40002005.1" to="40002006.4"/>In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002006"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="6">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="p" cid="c40002006.1"/><crossref cid="t40002006.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40002006.1" from="40002005.1" to="40002006.4"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40002006.2" from="40002006.2" to="40002006.3"/>And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>for from you shall come a ruler<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>who will <crossref let="q" cid="c40002006.2"/>shepherd my people Israel.<q class="end-single" qid="40002006.3" from="40002006.2" to="40002006.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="40002006.4" from="40002005.1" to="40002006.4"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40002008.1" from="40002008.1" to="40002008.2"/>Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.<q class="end-double" qid="40002008.2" from="40002008.1" to="40002008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002009"/>
+    <verse num="9">After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002010"/>
+    <verse num="10">When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, <crossref let="r" cid="c40002011.1"/>they offered him gifts, <crossref let="s" cid="c40002011.2"/>gold and <crossref let="t" cid="c40002011.3"/>frankincense and <crossref let="u" cid="c40002011.4"/>myrrh.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And <crossref let="v" cid="c40002012.1"/>being warned <crossref let="w" cid="c40002012.2"/>in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002013"/>
+    <heading>The Flight to Egypt</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Now when they had departed, behold, <crossref let="x" cid="c40002013.1"/>an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40002013.1" from="40002013.1" to="40002013.2"/>Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.<q class="end-double" qid="40002013.2" from="40002013.1" to="40002013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and remained there until the death of Herod. <crossref let="y" cid="c40002015.1"/>This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, <crossref let="z" cid="c40002015.2"/><crossref cid="t40002015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40002015.1" from="40002015.1" to="40002015.2"/>Out of Egypt I called my son.<q class="end-double" qid="40002015.2" from="40002015.1" to="40002015.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002016"/>
+    <heading>Herod Kills the Children</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="a" cid="c40002017.1"/>Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002018"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="18">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="b" cid="c40002018.1"/><crossref cid="t40002018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40002018.1" from="40002018.1" to="40002018.2"/>A voice was heard in Ramah,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>weeping and loud lamentation,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>Rachel weeping for her children;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>she refused to be comforted, because they <crossref let="c" cid="c40002018.2"/>are no more.<q class="end-double" qid="40002018.2" from="40002018.1" to="40002018.2"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002019"/>
+    <heading>The Return to Nazareth</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40002020.1" from="40002020.1" to="40002020.2"/>Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for <crossref let="d" cid="c40002020.1"/>those who sought the child&apos;s life are dead.<q class="end-double" qid="40002020.2" from="40002020.1" to="40002020.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and <crossref let="e" cid="c40002022.1"/>being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And he went and lived in a city called <crossref let="f" cid="c40002023.1"/>Nazareth, <crossref let="g" cid="c40002023.2"/>so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>John the Baptist Prepares the Way</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="h" cid="c40003001.1"/><crossref cid="t40003001.1"/>In those days <crossref let="i" cid="c40003001.2"/>John the Baptist came preaching in <crossref let="j" cid="c40003001.3"/>the wilderness of Judea,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="k" cid="c40003002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40003002.1" from="40003002.1" to="40003002.2"/>Repent, for <crossref let="l" cid="c40003002.2"/>the kingdom of heaven is at hand.<q class="end-double" qid="40003002.2" from="40003002.1" to="40003002.2"/><note nid="n40003002.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003003"/>
+    <verse num="3">For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="m" cid="c40003003.1"/><crossref cid="t40003003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40003003.1" from="40003003.1" to="40003003.4"/>The voice of one crying in the wilderness:<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="n" cid="c40003003.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40003003.2" from="40003003.2" to="40003003.3"/>Prepare<note nid="n40003003.1"/> the way of the Lord;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>make his paths straight.<q class="end-single" qid="40003003.3" from="40003003.2" to="40003003.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="40003003.4" from="40003003.1" to="40003003.4"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="4">Now John wore <crossref let="o" cid="c40003004.1"/>a garment of camel&apos;s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was <crossref let="p" cid="c40003004.2"/>locusts and <crossref let="q" cid="c40003004.3"/>wild honey.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003006"/>
+    <verse num="6">and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, <crossref let="r" cid="c40003006.1"/>confessing their sins.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">But when he saw many of <crossref let="s" cid="c40003007.1"/>the Pharisees and <crossref let="t" cid="c40003007.2"/>Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, <crossref let="u" cid="c40003007.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40003007.1" from="40003007.1" to="40003012.1"/>You brood of <crossref let="v" cid="c40003007.4"/>vipers! Who warned you to flee from <crossref let="w" cid="c40003007.5"/>the wrath to come?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Bear fruit <crossref let="x" cid="c40003008.1"/>in keeping with repentance.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And do not presume to say to yourselves, <crossref let="y" cid="c40003009.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40003009.1" from="40003009.1" to="40003009.2"/>We have Abraham as our father,<q class="end-single" qid="40003009.2" from="40003009.1" to="40003009.2"/> for I tell you, God is able from <crossref let="z" cid="c40003009.2"/>these stones to raise up children for Abraham.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. <crossref let="a" cid="c40003010.1"/>Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="b" cid="c40003011.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40003011.1" from="40003007.1" to="40003012.1"/>I baptize you with water <crossref let="c" cid="c40003011.2"/>for repentance, but <crossref let="d" cid="c40003011.3"/>he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you <crossref let="e" cid="c40003011.4"/>with the Holy Spirit and <crossref let="f" cid="c40003011.5"/>fire.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003012"/>
+    <verse num="12">His <crossref let="g" cid="c40003012.1"/>winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and <crossref let="h" cid="c40003012.2"/>gather his wheat into the barn, <crossref let="i" cid="c40003012.3"/>but the chaff he will burn with <crossref let="j" cid="c40003012.4"/>unquenchable fire.<q class="end-double" qid="40003012.1" from="40003007.1" to="40003012.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003013"/>
+    <heading>The Baptism of Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="k" cid="c40003013.1"/><crossref cid="t40003013.1"/>Then Jesus came <crossref let="l" cid="c40003013.2"/>from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="m" cid="c40003014.1"/>John would have prevented him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40003014.1" from="40003014.1" to="40003014.2"/>I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?<q class="end-double" qid="40003014.2" from="40003014.1" to="40003014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003015"/>
+    <verse num="15">But Jesus answered him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40003015.1" from="40003015.1" to="40003015.2"/>Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.<q class="end-double" qid="40003015.2" from="40003015.1" to="40003015.2"/></woc> Then he consented.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, <crossref let="o" cid="c40003016.1"/>the heavens were opened to him,<note nid="n40003016.1"/> and he <crossref let="p" cid="c40003016.2"/>saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40003017"/>
+    <verse num="17">and behold, <crossref let="q" cid="c40003017.1"/>a voice from heaven said, <crossref let="r" cid="c40003017.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40003017.1" from="40003017.1" to="40003017.2"/>This is my beloved Son,<note nid="n40003017.1"/> with whom I am well pleased.<q class="end-double" qid="40003017.2" from="40003017.1" to="40003017.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>The Temptation of Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="s" cid="c40004001.1"/><crossref cid="t40004001.1"/>Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness <crossref let="t" cid="c40004001.2"/>to be tempted by the devil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And after fasting <crossref let="u" cid="c40004002.1"/>forty days and forty nights, he <crossref let="v" cid="c40004002.2"/>was hungry.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And <crossref let="w" cid="c40004003.1"/>the tempter came and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40004003.1" from="40004003.1" to="40004003.2"/>If you are <crossref let="x" cid="c40004003.2"/>the Son of God, command <crossref let="y" cid="c40004003.3"/>these stones to become loaves of bread.<q class="end-double" qid="40004003.2" from="40004003.1" to="40004003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004004"/>
+    <verse num="4">But he answered, <woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40004004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40004004.1" from="40004004.1" to="40004004.5"/>It is written,</woc>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40004004.2"/><crossref cid="t40004004.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40004004.2" from="40004004.1" to="40004004.5"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40004004.3" from="40004004.3" to="40004004.4"/>Man shall not live by bread alone,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.<q class="end-single" qid="40004004.4" from="40004004.3" to="40004004.4"/><q class="end-double" qid="40004004.5" from="40004004.1" to="40004004.5"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="b" cid="c40004005.1"/>Then the devil took him to <crossref let="c" cid="c40004005.2"/>the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004006"/>
+    <verse num="6">and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40004006.1" from="40004006.1" to="40004006.8"/>If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="d" cid="c40004006.1"/><crossref cid="t40004006.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40004006.2" from="40004006.1" to="40004006.8"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40004006.3" from="40004006.3" to="40004006.4"/>He will command his angels concerning you,<q class="end-single" qid="40004006.4" from="40004006.3" to="40004006.4"/><end-line/>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <end-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>and
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="continue-double" qid="40004006.5" from="40004006.1" to="40004006.8"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40004006.6" from="40004006.6" to="40004006.7"/>On their hands they will bear you up,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>lest you strike your foot against a stone.<q class="end-single" qid="40004006.7" from="40004006.6" to="40004006.7"/><q class="end-double" qid="40004006.8" from="40004006.1" to="40004006.8"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="7">Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40004007.1" from="40004007.1" to="40004007.4"/>Again <crossref let="e" cid="c40004007.1"/>it is written, <crossref let="f" cid="c40004007.2"/><crossref cid="t40004007.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40004007.2" from="40004007.2" to="40004007.3"/>You shall not <crossref let="g" cid="c40004007.3"/>put the Lord your God to the test.<q class="end-single" qid="40004007.3" from="40004007.2" to="40004007.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="40004007.4" from="40004007.1" to="40004007.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="h" cid="c40004008.1"/>Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40004009.1" from="40004009.1" to="40004009.2"/>All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.<q class="end-double" qid="40004009.2" from="40004009.1" to="40004009.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Then Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40004010.1" from="40004010.1" to="40004010.5"/>Be gone, <crossref let="i" cid="c40004010.1"/>Satan! For <crossref let="j" cid="c40004010.2"/>it is written,</woc>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40004010.3"/><crossref cid="t40004010.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40004010.2" from="40004010.1" to="40004010.5"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40004010.3" from="40004010.3" to="40004010.4"/>You shall worship the Lord your God<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="l" cid="c40004010.4"/>him only shall you serve.<q class="end-single" qid="40004010.4" from="40004010.3" to="40004010.4"/><q class="end-double" qid="40004010.5" from="40004010.1" to="40004010.5"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="11">Then the devil left him, and behold, <crossref let="m" cid="c40004011.1"/>angels came and were ministering to him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004012"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Begins His Ministry</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">Now when he heard that <crossref let="n" cid="c40004012.1"/>John had been arrested, <crossref let="o" cid="c40004012.2"/>he withdrew into Galilee.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And leaving <crossref let="p" cid="c40004013.1"/>Nazareth he went and lived in <crossref let="q" cid="c40004013.2"/>Capernaum by <crossref let="r" cid="c40004013.3"/>the sea, in the territory of <crossref let="s" cid="c40004013.4"/>Zebulun and Naphtali,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="t" cid="c40004014.1"/>so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004015"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="15">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="u" cid="c40004015.1"/><crossref cid="t40004015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40004015.1" from="40004015.1" to="40004016.1"/>The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles&emdash;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004016"/>
+    <verse num="16">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="v" cid="c40004016.1"/>the people dwelling in darkness<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>have seen a great light,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and for those dwelling in the region and <crossref let="w" cid="c40004016.2"/>shadow of death,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>on them a light has dawned.<q class="end-double" qid="40004016.1" from="40004015.1" to="40004016.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="x" cid="c40004017.1"/>From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, <woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40004017.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40004017.1" from="40004017.1" to="40004017.2"/>Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.<q class="end-double" qid="40004017.2" from="40004017.1" to="40004017.2"/><note nid="n40004017.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004018"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Calls the First Disciples</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="a" cid="c40004018.1"/><crossref cid="t40004018.1"/>While walking by <crossref let="b" cid="c40004018.2"/>the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And he said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40004019.1" from="40004019.1" to="40004019.2"/>Follow me, and I will make you <crossref let="c" cid="c40004019.1"/>fishers of men.<q class="end-double" qid="40004019.2" from="40004019.1" to="40004019.2"/><note nid="n40004019.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Immediately they left their nets and followed him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004023"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="d" cid="c40004023.1"/>And he went throughout all Galilee, <crossref let="e" cid="c40004023.2"/>teaching in their synagogues and <crossref let="f" cid="c40004023.3"/>proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and <crossref let="g" cid="c40004023.4"/>healing every disease and every affliction among the people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004024"/>
+    <verse num="24">So his fame spread throughout all <crossref let="h" cid="c40004024.1"/>Syria, and <crossref let="g" cid="c40004024.2"/>they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and <crossref let="i" cid="c40004024.3"/>pains, <crossref let="j" cid="c40004024.4"/>those oppressed by demons, <crossref let="k" cid="c40004024.5"/>those having seizures, and <crossref let="l" cid="c40004024.6"/>paralytics, and he healed them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40004025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="m" cid="c40004025.1"/>And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the <crossref let="n" cid="c40004025.2"/>Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005001"/>
+  <chapter num="5">
+    <heading>The Sermon on the Mount</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Seeing the crowds, <crossref let="o" cid="c40005001.1"/>he went up on the mountain, and when he <crossref let="p" cid="c40005001.2"/>sat down, his disciples came to him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005002"/>
+    <heading>The Beatitudes</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2">And <crossref let="q" cid="c40005002.1"/>he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005003"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40005003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40005003.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are <crossref let="s" cid="c40005003.2"/>the poor in spirit, for <crossref let="u" cid="c40005003.3"/>theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005004.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are <crossref let="v" cid="c40005004.1"/>those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005005.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are the <crossref let="w" cid="c40005005.1"/>meek, for they <crossref let="w" cid="c40005005.2"/>shall inherit the earth.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005006.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are those who hunger and <crossref let="x" cid="c40005006.1"/>thirst <crossref let="y" cid="c40005006.2"/>for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005007.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are <crossref let="z" cid="c40005007.1"/>the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005008.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are <crossref let="a" cid="c40005008.1"/>the pure in heart, for <crossref let="b" cid="c40005008.2"/>they shall see God.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005009.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are <crossref let="c" cid="c40005009.1"/>the peacemakers, for <crossref let="d" cid="c40005009.2"/>they shall be called <crossref let="e" cid="c40005009.3"/>sons<note nid="n40005009.1"/> of God.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40005010.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005010.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness&apos; sake, for <crossref let="u" cid="c40005010.2"/>theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40005011.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005011.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely <crossref let="h" cid="c40005011.2"/>on my account.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40005012.1"/>Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for <crossref let="j" cid="c40005012.2"/>so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005013"/>
+    <heading>Salt and Light</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005013.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>You are the salt of the earth, <crossref let="k" cid="c40005013.1"/>but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people&apos;s feet.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="l" cid="c40005014.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005014.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40005015.1"/>Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005016"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>In the same way, let your light shine before others, so <crossref let="n" cid="c40005016.1"/>that<note nid="n40005016.1"/> they may see your good works and <crossref let="o" cid="c40005016.2"/>give glory to your Father who is in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005017"/>
+    <heading>Christ Came to Fulfill the Law</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40005017.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005017.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Do not think that I have come to abolish <crossref let="q" cid="c40005017.2"/>the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but <crossref let="r" cid="c40005017.3"/>to fulfill them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>For truly, I say to you, <crossref let="s" cid="c40005018.1"/>until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40005019.1"/>Therefore whoever relaxes <crossref let="u" cid="c40005019.2"/>one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least <crossref let="v" cid="c40005019.3"/>in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great <crossref let="v" cid="c40005019.4"/>in the kingdom of heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds <crossref let="w" cid="c40005020.1"/>that of the scribes and Pharisees, you <crossref let="x" cid="c40005020.2"/>will never enter the kingdom of heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005021"/>
+    <heading>Anger</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="y" cid="c40005021.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005021.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>You have heard that it was said to those of old, <crossref let="z" cid="c40005021.2"/><crossref cid="t40005021.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40005021.2" from="40005021.2" to="40005021.3"/>You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable <crossref let="a" cid="c40005021.3"/>to judgment.<q class="end-single" qid="40005021.3" from="40005021.2" to="40005021.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc>But I say to you that <crossref let="b" cid="c40005022.1"/>everyone who is angry with his brother<note nid="n40005022.1"/> will be liable <crossref let="a" cid="c40005022.2"/>to judgment; whoever insults<note nid="n40005022.2"/> his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, <q class="begin-single" qid="40005022.1" from="40005022.1" to="40005022.2"/>You fool!<q class="end-single" qid="40005022.2" from="40005022.1" to="40005022.2"/> will be liable to <crossref let="c" cid="c40005022.3"/>the hell<note nid="n40005022.3"/> of fire.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="d" cid="c40005023.1"/>So if <crossref let="e" cid="c40005023.2"/>you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc>leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40005025.1"/>Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="g" cid="c40005026.1"/>you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.<note nid="n40005026.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005027"/>
+    <heading>Lust</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40005027.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005027.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>You have heard that it was said, <crossref let="i" cid="c40005027.2"/><crossref cid="t40005027.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40005027.2" from="40005027.2" to="40005027.3"/>You shall not commit adultery.<q class="end-single" qid="40005027.3" from="40005027.2" to="40005027.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>But I say to you that <crossref let="j" cid="c40005028.1"/>everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40005029.1"/>If your right eye <crossref let="l" cid="c40005029.2"/>causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into <crossref let="m" cid="c40005029.3"/>hell.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40005030.1"/>And if your right hand <crossref let="l" cid="c40005030.2"/>causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into <crossref let="m" cid="c40005030.3"/>hell.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005031"/>
+    <heading>Divorce</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40005031.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005031.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>It was also said, <crossref let="n" cid="c40005031.2"/><crossref cid="t40005031.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40005031.2" from="40005031.2" to="40005031.3"/>Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.<q class="end-single" qid="40005031.3" from="40005031.2" to="40005031.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="o" cid="c40005032.1"/>But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and <crossref let="p" cid="c40005032.2"/>whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005033"/>
+    <heading>Oaths</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40005033.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Again <crossref let="h" cid="c40005033.1"/>you have heard that it was said to those of old, <crossref let="q" cid="c40005033.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40005033.2" from="40005033.2" to="40005033.3"/>You shall not swear falsely, but <crossref let="r" cid="c40005033.3"/>shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.<q class="end-single" qid="40005033.3" from="40005033.2" to="40005033.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005034"/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc>But I say to you, <crossref let="s" cid="c40005034.1"/>Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for <crossref let="t" cid="c40005034.2"/>it is the throne of God,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc>or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is <crossref let="u" cid="c40005035.1"/>the city of the great King.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005036"/>
+    <verse num="36" class="woc"><woc>And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005037"/>
+    <verse num="37" class="woc"><woc>Let what you say be simply <q class="begin-single" qid="40005037.1" from="40005037.1" to="40005037.2"/>Yes<q class="end-single" qid="40005037.2" from="40005037.1" to="40005037.2"/> or <q class="begin-single" qid="40005037.3" from="40005037.3" to="40005037.4"/>No<q class="end-single" qid="40005037.4" from="40005037.3" to="40005037.4"/>; <crossref let="v" cid="c40005037.1"/>anything more than this comes from evil.<note nid="n40005037.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005038"/>
+    <heading>Retaliation</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40005038.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005038.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>You have heard that it was said, <crossref let="y" cid="c40005038.2"/><crossref cid="t40005038.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40005038.2" from="40005038.2" to="40005038.3"/>An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.<q class="end-single" qid="40005038.3" from="40005038.2" to="40005038.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc>But I say to you, <crossref let="z" cid="c40005039.1"/>Do not resist the one who is evil. But <crossref let="a" cid="c40005039.2"/><crossref cid="t40005039.1"/>if anyone <crossref let="b" cid="c40005039.3"/>slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005040"/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="z" cid="c40005040.1"/>if anyone would sue you and take your tunic,<note nid="n40005040.1"/> let him have your cloak as well.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005041"/>
+    <verse num="41" class="woc"><woc>And if anyone <crossref let="c" cid="c40005041.1"/>forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005042"/>
+    <verse num="42" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="d" cid="c40005042.1"/>Give to the one who begs from you, and <crossref let="e" cid="c40005042.2"/>do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005043"/>
+    <heading>Love Your Enemies</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="43" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40005043.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40005043.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>You have heard that it was said, <crossref let="g" cid="c40005043.2"/><crossref cid="t40005043.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40005043.2" from="40005043.2" to="40005043.3"/>You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.<q class="end-single" qid="40005043.3" from="40005043.2" to="40005043.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005044"/>
+    <verse num="44" class="woc"><woc>But I say to you, <crossref let="i" cid="c40005044.1"/>Love your enemies and <crossref let="j" cid="c40005044.2"/>pray for those who persecute you,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005045"/>
+    <verse num="45" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40005045.1"/>so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and <crossref let="l" cid="c40005045.2"/>sends rain on the just and on the unjust.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005046"/>
+    <verse num="46" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40005046.1"/>For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005047"/>
+    <verse num="47" class="woc"><woc>And if you greet only your brothers,<note nid="n40005047.1"/> what more are you doing than others? Do not even <crossref let="n" cid="c40005047.1"/>the Gentiles do the same?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40005048"/>
+    <verse num="48" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="o" cid="c40005048.1"/>You therefore must be <crossref let="p" cid="c40005048.2"/>perfect, <crossref let="q" cid="c40005048.3"/>as your heavenly Father is perfect.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006001"/>
+  <chapter num="6">
+    <heading>Giving to the Needy</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40006001.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Beware of <crossref let="r" cid="c40006001.1"/>practicing your righteousness before other people in order <crossref let="s" cid="c40006001.2"/>to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40006002.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40006002.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may <crossref let="u" cid="c40006002.2"/>be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have <crossref let="v" cid="c40006002.3"/>received their reward.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>so that your giving may be in secret. <crossref let="w" cid="c40006004.1"/>And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006005"/>
+    <heading>The Lord&apos;s Prayer</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40006005.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love <crossref let="x" cid="c40006005.1"/>to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. <crossref let="y" cid="c40006005.2"/>Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>But when you pray, <crossref let="z" cid="c40006006.1"/>go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. <crossref let="a" cid="c40006006.2"/>And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40006007.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as <crossref let="b" cid="c40006007.1"/>the Gentiles do, for <crossref let="c" cid="c40006007.2"/>they think that they will be heard <crossref let="d" cid="c40006007.3"/>for their many words.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>Do not be like them, <crossref let="e" cid="c40006008.1"/>for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40006009.1"/>Pray then like this:</woc>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40006009.2"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40006009.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Our Father in heaven,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c40006009.3"/>hallowed be <crossref let="i" cid="c40006009.4"/>your name.<note nid="n40006009.1"/></woc><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40006010.1"/>Your kingdom come,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="k" cid="c40006010.2"/>your will be done,<note nid="n40006010.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="l" cid="c40006010.3"/>on earth as it is in heaven.</woc><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40006011.1"/>Give us <crossref let="n" cid="c40006011.2"/>this day our daily bread,<note nid="n40006011.1"/></woc><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc>and forgive us our debts,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>as we also have forgiven our debtors.</woc><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc>And <crossref let="o" cid="c40006013.1"/>lead us not into temptation,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but <crossref let="p" cid="c40006013.2"/>deliver us from <crossref let="q" cid="c40006013.3"/>evil.<note nid="n40006013.1"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40006014.1"/>For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c40006015.1"/>but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006016"/>
+    <heading>Fasting</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40006016.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>And <crossref let="t" cid="c40006016.1"/>when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. <crossref let="u" cid="c40006016.2"/>Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>But when you fast, <crossref let="v" cid="c40006017.1"/>anoint your head and wash your face,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. <crossref let="w" cid="c40006018.1"/>And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006019"/>
+    <heading>Lay Up Treasures in Heaven</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40006019.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40006019.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where <crossref let="y" cid="c40006019.2"/>moth and rust<note nid="n40006019.1"/> destroy and where thieves <crossref let="z" cid="c40006019.3"/>break in and steal,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40006020.1"/>but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006021"/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc>For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40006022.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40006022.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40006023.1"/>but if <crossref let="b" cid="c40006023.2"/>your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="c" cid="c40006024.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40006024.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and <crossref let="d" cid="c40006024.2"/>money.<note nid="n40006024.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006025"/>
+    <heading>Do Not Be Anxious</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40006025.1"/><crossref cid="t40006025.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40006025.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Therefore I tell you, <crossref let="f" cid="c40006025.2"/>do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40006026.1"/>Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. <crossref let="h" cid="c40006026.2"/>Are you not of more value than they?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his <crossref let="i" cid="c40006027.1"/>span of life?<note nid="n40006027.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>yet I tell you, <crossref let="j" cid="c40006029.1"/>even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, <crossref let="k" cid="c40006030.1"/>O you of little faith?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc>Therefore do not be anxious, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40006031.1" from="40006031.1" to="40006031.2"/>What shall we eat?<q class="end-single" qid="40006031.2" from="40006031.1" to="40006031.2"/> or <q class="begin-single" qid="40006031.3" from="40006031.3" to="40006031.4"/>What shall we drink?<q class="end-single" qid="40006031.4" from="40006031.3" to="40006031.4"/> or <q class="begin-single" qid="40006031.5" from="40006031.5" to="40006031.6"/>What shall we wear?<q class="end-single" qid="40006031.6" from="40006031.5" to="40006031.6"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="l" cid="c40006032.1"/>the Gentiles seek after all these things, and <crossref let="m" cid="c40006032.2"/>your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006033"/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="n" cid="c40006033.1"/>seek first <crossref let="o" cid="c40006033.2"/>the kingdom of God and his righteousness, <crossref let="p" cid="c40006033.3"/>and all these things will be added to you.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40006034"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40006034.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40006034.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007001"/>
+  <chapter num="7">
+    <heading>Judging Others</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40007001.1"/><crossref cid="t40007001.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40007001.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Judge not, that you be not judged.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007002"/>
+    <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c40007002.1"/>For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and <crossref let="t" cid="c40007002.2"/>with the measure you use it will be measured to you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>Why do you see the speck that is in your brother&apos;s eye, but <crossref let="u" cid="c40007003.1"/>do not notice the log that is in your own eye?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>Or how can you say to your brother, <q class="begin-single" qid="40007004.1" from="40007004.1" to="40007004.2"/>Let me take the speck out of your eye,<q class="end-single" qid="40007004.2" from="40007004.1" to="40007004.2"/> when there is the log in your own eye?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother&apos;s eye.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="v" cid="c40007006.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40007006.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Do not give <crossref let="w" cid="c40007006.2"/>dogs what is holy, and do not throw your <crossref let="x" cid="c40007006.3"/>pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007007"/>
+    <heading>Ask, and It Will Be Given</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="y" cid="c40007007.1"/><crossref cid="t40007007.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40007007.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Ask, <crossref let="z" cid="c40007007.2"/>and it will be given to you; <crossref let="a" cid="c40007007.3"/>seek, and you will find; <crossref let="b" cid="c40007007.4"/>knock, and it will be opened to you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc>Or which one of you, if his son asks him for <crossref let="c" cid="c40007009.1"/>bread, will give him <crossref let="c" cid="c40007009.2"/>a stone?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>If you then, <crossref let="d" cid="c40007011.1"/>who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will <crossref let="z" cid="c40007011.2"/>your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007012"/>
+    <heading>The Golden Rule</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40007012.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>So <crossref let="e" cid="c40007012.1"/>whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is <crossref let="f" cid="c40007012.2"/>the Law and the Prophets.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40007013.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40007013.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy<note nid="n40007013.1"/> that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>For the gate is narrow and <crossref let="h" cid="c40007014.1"/>the way is hard that leads to life, and <crossref let="i" cid="c40007014.2"/>those who find it are few.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007015"/>
+    <heading>A Tree and Its Fruit</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40007015.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40007015.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep&apos;s clothing but inwardly are <crossref let="k" cid="c40007015.2"/>ravenous wolves.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007016"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>You will recognize them <crossref let="l" cid="c40007016.1"/>by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>So, <crossref let="m" cid="c40007017.1"/>every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40007019.1"/>Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>Thus you will recognize them <crossref let="l" cid="c40007020.1"/>by their fruits.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007021"/>
+    <heading>I Never Knew You</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="o" cid="c40007021.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40007021.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Not everyone who <crossref let="p" cid="c40007021.2"/>says to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="40007021.2" from="40007021.2" to="40007021.3"/>Lord, Lord,<q class="end-single" qid="40007021.3" from="40007021.2" to="40007021.3"/> will <crossref let="q" cid="c40007021.3"/>enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who <crossref let="r" cid="c40007021.4"/>does the will of my Father who is in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c40007022.1"/>On that day <crossref let="t" cid="c40007022.2"/>many will say to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="40007022.1" from="40007022.1" to="40007022.2"/>Lord, Lord, did we not <crossref let="u" cid="c40007022.3"/>prophesy in your name, and cast out demons <crossref let="v" cid="c40007022.4"/>in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?<q class="end-single" qid="40007022.2" from="40007022.1" to="40007022.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40007023.1"/>And then will I declare to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="40007023.1" from="40007023.1" to="40007023.2"/>I <crossref let="w" cid="c40007023.2"/>never knew you; <crossref let="x" cid="c40007023.3"/>depart from me, <crossref let="y" cid="c40007023.4"/>you workers of lawlessness.<q class="end-single" qid="40007023.2" from="40007023.1" to="40007023.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007024"/>
+    <heading>Build Your House on the Rock</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40007024.1"/><crossref cid="t40007024.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40007024.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/>Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like <crossref let="a" cid="c40007024.2"/>a wise man who built his house on the rock.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like <crossref let="a" cid="c40007026.1"/>a foolish man who built his house on the sand.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.<q class="end-double" qid="40007027.1" from="40005003.1" to="40007027.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007028"/>
+    <heading>The Authority of Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">And when Jesus finished these sayings, <crossref let="b" cid="c40007028.1"/>the crowds were astonished at his teaching,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40007029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="c" cid="c40007029.1"/>for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008001"/>
+  <chapter num="8">
+    <heading>Jesus Cleanses a Leper</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">When he came down from the mountain, <crossref let="d" cid="c40008001.1"/>great crowds followed him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="e" cid="c40008002.1"/><crossref cid="t40008002.1"/>And behold, a leper<note nid="n40008002.1"/> came to him and <crossref let="f" cid="c40008002.2"/>knelt before him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40008002.1" from="40008002.1" to="40008002.2"/>Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.<q class="end-double" qid="40008002.2" from="40008002.1" to="40008002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And Jesus<note nid="n40008003.1"/> stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008003.1" from="40008003.1" to="40008003.2"/>I will; be clean.<q class="end-double" qid="40008003.2" from="40008003.1" to="40008003.2"/></woc> And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And Jesus said to him, <woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40008004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40008004.1" from="40008004.1" to="40008004.2"/>See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, <crossref let="h" cid="c40008004.2"/>show yourself to the priest and <crossref let="i" cid="c40008004.3"/>offer the gift that Moses commanded, <crossref let="j" cid="c40008004.4"/>for a proof to them.<q class="end-double" qid="40008004.2" from="40008004.1" to="40008004.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008005"/>
+    <heading>The Faith of a Centurion</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="k" cid="c40008005.1"/><crossref cid="t40008005.1"/>When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="begin-double" qid="40008006.1" from="40008006.1" to="40008006.2"/>Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.<q class="end-double" qid="40008006.2" from="40008006.1" to="40008006.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And he said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008007.1" from="40008007.1" to="40008007.2"/>I will come and heal him.<q class="end-double" qid="40008007.2" from="40008007.1" to="40008007.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But the centurion replied, <q class="begin-double" qid="40008008.1" from="40008008.1" to="40008009.7"/>Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but <crossref let="l" cid="c40008008.1"/>only say the word, and my servant will be healed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008009"/>
+    <verse num="9">For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, <q class="begin-single" qid="40008009.1" from="40008009.1" to="40008009.2"/>Go,<q class="end-single" qid="40008009.2" from="40008009.1" to="40008009.2"/> and he goes, and to another, <q class="begin-single" qid="40008009.3" from="40008009.3" to="40008009.4"/>Come,<q class="end-single" qid="40008009.4" from="40008009.3" to="40008009.4"/> and he comes, and to my servant,<note nid="n40008009.1"/> <q class="begin-single" qid="40008009.5" from="40008009.5" to="40008009.6"/>Do this,<q class="end-single" qid="40008009.6" from="40008009.5" to="40008009.6"/> and he does it.<q class="end-double" qid="40008009.7" from="40008008.1" to="40008009.7"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008010"/>
+    <verse num="10">When Jesus heard this, <crossref let="m" cid="c40008010.1"/>he marveled and said to those who followed him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008010.1" from="40008010.1" to="40008012.1"/>Truly, I tell you, with <crossref let="n" cid="c40008010.2"/>no one in Israel<note nid="n40008010.1"/> have I found such faith.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>I tell you, <crossref let="o" cid="c40008011.1"/>many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40008012.1"/>while the sons of the kingdom <crossref let="q" cid="c40008012.2"/>will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place <crossref let="r" cid="c40008012.3"/>there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<q class="end-double" qid="40008012.1" from="40008010.1" to="40008012.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And to the centurion Jesus said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008013.1" from="40008013.1" to="40008013.2"/>Go; let it be done for you <crossref let="s" cid="c40008013.1"/>as you have believed.<q class="end-double" qid="40008013.2" from="40008013.1" to="40008013.2"/></woc> <crossref let="t" cid="c40008013.2"/>And the servant was healed at that very moment.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008014"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals Many</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="u" cid="c40008014.1"/><crossref cid="t40008014.1"/>And when Jesus entered Peter&apos;s house, he saw <crossref let="v" cid="c40008014.2"/>his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008015"/>
+    <verse num="15">He <crossref let="w" cid="c40008015.1"/>touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008016"/>
+    <verse num="16">That evening they brought to him many who were <crossref let="x" cid="c40008016.1"/>oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits <crossref let="y" cid="c40008016.2"/>with a word and healed all who were sick.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="z" cid="c40008017.1"/>This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: <crossref let="a" cid="c40008017.2"/><crossref cid="t40008017.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40008017.1" from="40008017.1" to="40008017.2"/>He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.<q class="end-double" qid="40008017.2" from="40008017.1" to="40008017.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008018"/>
+    <heading>The Cost of Following Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">Now <crossref let="b" cid="c40008018.1"/>when Jesus saw a crowd around him, <crossref let="c" cid="c40008018.2"/>he gave orders to go over to the other side.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="d" cid="c40008019.1"/><crossref cid="t40008019.1"/>And a scribe came up and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40008019.1" from="40008019.1" to="40008019.2"/>Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.<q class="end-double" qid="40008019.2" from="40008019.1" to="40008019.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008020.1" from="40008020.1" to="40008020.2"/>Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.<q class="end-double" qid="40008020.2" from="40008020.1" to="40008020.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Another of the disciples said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40008021.1" from="40008021.1" to="40008021.2"/>Lord, let me first go and bury my father.<q class="end-double" qid="40008021.2" from="40008021.1" to="40008021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008022.1" from="40008022.1" to="40008022.2"/>Follow me, and leave <crossref let="e" cid="c40008022.1"/>the dead to bury their own dead.<q class="end-double" qid="40008022.2" from="40008022.1" to="40008022.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008023"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Calms a Storm</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="f" cid="c40008023.1"/><crossref cid="t40008023.1"/>And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but <crossref let="g" cid="c40008024.1"/>he was asleep.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And they went and woke him, saying, <crossref let="h" cid="c40008025.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40008025.1" from="40008025.1" to="40008025.2"/>Save us, Lord; we are perishing.<q class="end-double" qid="40008025.2" from="40008025.1" to="40008025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And he said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008026.1" from="40008026.1" to="40008026.2"/>Why are you <crossref let="i" cid="c40008026.1"/>afraid, <crossref let="j" cid="c40008026.2"/>O you of little faith?<q class="end-double" qid="40008026.2" from="40008026.1" to="40008026.2"/></woc> Then he rose and <crossref let="k" cid="c40008026.3"/>rebuked the winds and the sea, and <crossref let="l" cid="c40008026.4"/>there was a great calm.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And the men <crossref let="m" cid="c40008027.1"/>marveled, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40008027.1" from="40008027.1" to="40008027.2"/>What sort of man is this, that even <crossref let="n" cid="c40008027.2"/>winds and sea obey him?<q class="end-double" qid="40008027.2" from="40008027.1" to="40008027.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008028"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28"><crossref let="o" cid="c40008028.1"/><crossref cid="t40008028.1"/>And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,<note nid="n40008028.1"/> two <crossref let="p" cid="c40008028.2"/>demon-possessed<note nid="n40008028.2"/> men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And behold, they <crossref let="q" cid="c40008029.1"/>cried out, <q class="begin-double" qid="40008029.1" from="40008029.1" to="40008029.2"/>What have you to do with us, <crossref let="r" cid="c40008029.2"/>O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us <crossref let="s" cid="c40008029.3"/>before the time?<q class="end-double" qid="40008029.2" from="40008029.1" to="40008029.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008030"/>
+    <verse num="30">Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And the demons begged him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40008031.1" from="40008031.1" to="40008031.2"/>If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.<q class="end-double" qid="40008031.2" from="40008031.1" to="40008031.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And he said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40008032.1" from="40008032.1" to="40008032.2"/>Go.<q class="end-double" qid="40008032.2" from="40008032.1" to="40008032.2"/></woc> So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008033"/>
+    <verse num="33">The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the <crossref let="t" cid="c40008033.1"/>demon-possessed men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40008034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, <crossref let="u" cid="c40008034.1"/>they begged him to leave their region.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009001"/>
+  <chapter num="9">
+    <heading>Jesus Heals a Paralytic</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to <crossref let="v" cid="c40009001.1"/>his own city.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="w" cid="c40009002.1"/><crossref cid="t40009002.1"/>And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus <crossref let="x" cid="c40009002.2"/>saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, <woc><crossref let="y" cid="c40009002.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009002.1" from="40009002.1" to="40009002.2"/>Take heart, my son; <crossref let="z" cid="c40009002.4"/>your sins are forgiven.<q class="end-double" qid="40009002.2" from="40009002.1" to="40009002.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, <crossref let="a" cid="c40009003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009003.1" from="40009003.1" to="40009003.2"/>This man is blaspheming.<q class="end-double" qid="40009003.2" from="40009003.1" to="40009003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009004"/>
+    <verse num="4">But Jesus, <crossref let="b" cid="c40009004.1"/>knowing<note nid="n40009004.1"/> their thoughts, said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40009004.1" from="40009004.1" to="40009006.1"/>Why do you think evil in your hearts?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>For which is easier, to say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40009005.1" from="40009005.1" to="40009005.2"/>Your sins are forgiven,<q class="end-single" qid="40009005.2" from="40009005.1" to="40009005.2"/> or to say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40009005.3" from="40009005.3" to="40009005.4"/>Rise and walk<q class="end-single" qid="40009005.4" from="40009005.3" to="40009005.4"/>?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins<q class="end-double" qid="40009006.1" from="40009004.1" to="40009006.1"/></woc>&emdash;he then said to the paralytic&emdash;<woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40009006.2" from="40009006.2" to="40009006.3"/>Rise, pick up your bed and go home.<q class="end-double" qid="40009006.3" from="40009006.2" to="40009006.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And he rose and went home.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009008"/>
+    <verse num="8">When the crowds saw it, <crossref let="c" cid="c40009008.1"/>they were afraid, and <crossref let="c" cid="c40009008.2"/>they glorified God, who had <crossref let="d" cid="c40009008.3"/>given such authority to men.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009009"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Calls Matthew</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="e" cid="c40009009.1"/><crossref cid="t40009009.1"/>As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called <crossref let="f" cid="c40009009.2"/>Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40009009.1" from="40009009.1" to="40009009.2"/>Follow me.<q class="end-double" qid="40009009.2" from="40009009.1" to="40009009.2"/></woc> And he rose and followed him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">And as Jesus<note nid="n40009010.1"/> reclined at table in the house, behold, many <crossref let="g" cid="c40009010.1"/>tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, <crossref let="h" cid="c40009011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009011.1" from="40009011.1" to="40009011.2"/>Why does your teacher eat with <crossref let="g" cid="c40009011.2"/>tax collectors and sinners?<q class="end-double" qid="40009011.2" from="40009011.1" to="40009011.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009012"/>
+    <verse num="12">But when he heard it, he said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40009012.1" from="40009012.1" to="40009013.3"/>Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc>Go and learn <crossref let="i" cid="c40009013.1"/>what this means: <crossref let="j" cid="c40009013.2"/><crossref cid="t40009013.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40009013.1" from="40009013.1" to="40009013.2"/>I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.<q class="end-single" qid="40009013.2" from="40009013.1" to="40009013.2"/> For <crossref let="k" cid="c40009013.3"/>I came not to call the righteous, <crossref let="l" cid="c40009013.4"/>but sinners.<q class="end-double" qid="40009013.3" from="40009012.1" to="40009013.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009014"/>
+    <heading>A Question About Fasting</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">Then <crossref let="m" cid="c40009014.1"/>the disciples of John came to him, saying, <crossref let="n" cid="c40009014.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009014.1" from="40009014.1" to="40009014.2"/>Why do we and <crossref let="o" cid="c40009014.3"/>the Pharisees fast,<note nid="n40009014.1"/> but your disciples do not fast?<q class="end-double" qid="40009014.2" from="40009014.1" to="40009014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And Jesus said to them, <woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40009015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009015.1" from="40009015.1" to="40009017.1"/>Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? <crossref let="q" cid="c40009015.2"/>The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and <crossref let="r" cid="c40009015.3"/>then they will fast.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009016"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>Neither is new wine put into old <crossref let="s" cid="c40009017.1"/>wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.<q class="end-double" qid="40009017.1" from="40009015.1" to="40009017.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009018"/>
+    <heading>A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="t" cid="c40009018.1"/><crossref cid="t40009018.1"/>While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and <crossref let="u" cid="c40009018.2"/>knelt before him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40009018.1" from="40009018.1" to="40009018.2"/>My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.<q class="end-double" qid="40009018.2" from="40009018.1" to="40009018.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And behold, a woman <crossref let="v" cid="c40009020.1"/>who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched <crossref let="w" cid="c40009020.2"/>the fringe of his garment,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009021"/>
+    <verse num="21">for she said to herself, <q class="begin-double" qid="40009021.1" from="40009021.1" to="40009021.2"/>If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.<q class="end-double" qid="40009021.2" from="40009021.1" to="40009021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, <woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40009022.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009022.1" from="40009022.1" to="40009022.2"/>Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.<q class="end-double" qid="40009022.2" from="40009022.1" to="40009022.2"/></woc> <crossref let="y" cid="c40009022.2"/>And instantly<note nid="n40009022.1"/> the woman was made well.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And when Jesus came to the ruler&apos;s house and saw <crossref let="z" cid="c40009023.1"/>the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009024"/>
+    <verse num="24">he said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40009024.1" from="40009024.1" to="40009024.2"/>Go away, for <crossref let="a" cid="c40009024.1"/>the girl is not dead but <crossref let="b" cid="c40009024.2"/>sleeping.<q class="end-double" qid="40009024.2" from="40009024.1" to="40009024.2"/></woc> And they laughed at him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009025"/>
+    <verse num="25">But <crossref let="c" cid="c40009025.1"/>when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and <crossref let="d" cid="c40009025.2"/>took her by the hand, and the girl arose.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And the report of this went through all that district.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009027"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals Two Blind Men</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="e" cid="c40009027.1"/>And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, <q class="begin-double" qid="40009027.1" from="40009027.1" to="40009027.2"/>Have mercy on us, <crossref let="f" cid="c40009027.2"/>Son of David.<q class="end-double" qid="40009027.2" from="40009027.1" to="40009027.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009028"/>
+    <verse num="28">When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40009028.1" from="40009028.1" to="40009028.2"/>Do you believe that I am able to do this?<q class="end-double" qid="40009028.2" from="40009028.1" to="40009028.2"/></woc> They said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40009028.3" from="40009028.3" to="40009028.4"/>Yes, Lord.<q class="end-double" qid="40009028.4" from="40009028.3" to="40009028.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="g" cid="c40009029.1"/>Then he touched their eyes, saying, <woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40009029.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009029.1" from="40009029.1" to="40009029.2"/>According to your faith be it done to you.<q class="end-double" qid="40009029.2" from="40009029.1" to="40009029.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, <woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40009030.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40009030.1" from="40009030.1" to="40009030.2"/>See that no one knows about it.<q class="end-double" qid="40009030.2" from="40009030.1" to="40009030.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009031"/>
+    <verse num="31"><crossref let="j" cid="c40009031.1"/>But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009032"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals a Man Unable to Speak</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32">As they were going away, behold, a <crossref let="k" cid="c40009032.1"/>demon-oppressed man who was mute <crossref let="l" cid="c40009032.2"/>was brought to him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds <crossref let="m" cid="c40009033.1"/>marveled, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40009033.1" from="40009033.1" to="40009033.2"/>Never was anything like this seen in Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="40009033.2" from="40009033.1" to="40009033.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009034"/>
+    <verse num="34">But the Pharisees said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40009034.1" from="40009034.1" to="40009034.2"/>He casts out demons by the prince of demons.<q class="end-double" qid="40009034.2" from="40009034.1" to="40009034.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009035"/>
+    <heading>The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Laborers Few</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="n" cid="c40009035.1"/>And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009036"/>
+    <verse num="36"><crossref let="o" cid="c40009036.1"/>When he saw the crowds, <crossref let="p" cid="c40009036.2"/>he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, <crossref let="q" cid="c40009036.3"/>like sheep without a shepherd.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009037"/>
+    <verse num="37"><crossref let="r" cid="c40009037.1"/>Then he said to his disciples, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40009037.1" from="40009037.1" to="40009038.1"/>The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40009038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc>therefore <crossref let="s" cid="c40009038.1"/>pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to <crossref let="t" cid="c40009038.2"/>send out laborers into his harvest.<q class="end-double" qid="40009038.1" from="40009037.1" to="40009038.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010001"/>
+  <chapter num="10">
+    <heading>The Twelve Apostles</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="u" cid="c40010001.1"/>And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="v" cid="c40010002.1"/><crossref cid="t40010002.1"/>The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, <crossref let="w" cid="c40010002.2"/>who is called Peter, and <crossref let="x" cid="c40010002.3"/>Andrew his brother; <crossref let="x" cid="c40010002.4"/>James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and <crossref let="y" cid="c40010003.1"/>Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;<note nid="n40010003.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Simon the Zealot,<note nid="n40010004.1"/> and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010005"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="u" cid="c40010005.1"/>These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40010005.1" from="40010005.1" to="40010042.1"/>Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of <crossref let="z" cid="c40010005.2"/>the Samaritans,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40010006.1"/>but go rather to <crossref let="b" cid="c40010006.2"/>the lost sheep of <crossref let="c" cid="c40010006.3"/>the house of Israel.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>And proclaim as you go, saying, <crossref let="d" cid="c40010007.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40010007.1" from="40010007.1" to="40010007.2"/>The kingdom of heaven is at hand.<q class="end-single" qid="40010007.2" from="40010007.1" to="40010007.2"/><note nid="n40010007.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40010008.1"/>Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers,<note nid="n40010008.1"/> cast out demons. <crossref let="f" cid="c40010008.2"/>You received without paying; give without pay.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40010009.1"/><crossref cid="t40010009.1"/>Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>no bag for your journey, or two tunics<note nid="n40010010.1"/> or sandals or a staff, for <crossref let="h" cid="c40010010.1"/>the laborer deserves his food.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc>As you enter the house, <crossref let="i" cid="c40010012.1"/>greet it.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc>And if the house is <crossref let="j" cid="c40010013.1"/>worthy, let <crossref let="i" cid="c40010013.2"/>your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let <crossref let="i" cid="c40010013.3"/>your peace return to you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, <crossref let="l" cid="c40010014.1"/>shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="m" cid="c40010015.1"/>it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for <crossref let="n" cid="c40010015.2"/>the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010016"/>
+    <heading>Persecution Will Come</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="o" cid="c40010016.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40010016.1" from="40010005.1" to="40010042.1"/>Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be <crossref let="p" cid="c40010016.2"/>wise as serpents and <crossref let="q" cid="c40010016.3"/>innocent as doves.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>Beware of men, for <crossref let="r" cid="c40010017.1"/>they will deliver you over to courts and flog you <crossref let="s" cid="c40010017.2"/>in their synagogues,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40010018.1"/>and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, <crossref let="t" cid="c40010018.2"/>to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40010019.1"/>When <crossref let="u" cid="c40010019.2"/>they deliver you over, <crossref let="v" cid="c40010019.3"/>do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for <crossref let="w" cid="c40010019.4"/>what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40010020.1"/>For it is not you who speak, but <crossref let="y" cid="c40010020.2"/>the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010021"/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40010021.1"/>Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40010022.1"/>and you will be hated by all for my name&apos;s sake. <crossref let="b" cid="c40010022.2"/>But the one who endures to the end will be saved.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc>When they <crossref let="c" cid="c40010023.1"/>persecute you in one town, <crossref let="d" cid="c40010023.2"/>flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel <crossref let="e" cid="c40010023.3"/>before the Son of Man comes.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40010024.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40010024.1" from="40010005.1" to="40010042.1"/>A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant<note nid="n40010024.1"/> above his master.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. <crossref let="g" cid="c40010025.1"/>If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign<note nid="n40010025.1"/> those of his household.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010026"/>
+    <heading>Have No Fear</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40010026.1" from="40010005.1" to="40010042.1"/>So have no fear of them, <crossref let="i" cid="c40010026.1"/><crossref cid="t40010026.1"/>for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on <crossref let="j" cid="c40010027.1"/>the housetops.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="k" cid="c40010028.1"/>do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him <crossref let="l" cid="c40010028.2"/>who can destroy both soul and body in hell.<note nid="n40010028.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?<note nid="n40010029.1"/> And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="m" cid="c40010030.1"/>even the hairs of your head are all numbered.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc>Fear not, therefore; <crossref let="n" cid="c40010031.1"/>you are of more value than many sparrows.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="o" cid="c40010032.1"/>So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010033"/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc>but <crossref let="p" cid="c40010033.1"/>whoever denies me before men, <crossref let="q" cid="c40010033.2"/>I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010034"/>
+    <heading>Not Peace, but a Sword</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40010034.1"/><crossref cid="t40010034.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40010034.1" from="40010005.1" to="40010042.1"/>Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. <crossref let="s" cid="c40010034.2"/>I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40010035.1"/>For I have come <crossref let="t" cid="c40010035.2"/>to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010036"/>
+    <verse num="36" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40010036.1"/>And a person&apos;s enemies will be those of his own household.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010037"/>
+    <verse num="37" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="v" cid="c40010037.1"/>Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="w" cid="c40010038.1"/>whoever does not take his cross and <crossref let="x" cid="c40010038.2"/>follow me is not worthy of me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="y" cid="c40010039.1"/>Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010040"/>
+    <heading>Rewards</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40010040.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40010040.1" from="40010005.1" to="40010042.1"/>Whoever receives you receives me, and <crossref let="a" cid="c40010040.2"/>whoever receives me receives him who sent me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010041"/>
+    <verse num="41" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="b" cid="c40010041.1"/>The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet&apos;s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person&apos;s reward.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40010042"/>
+    <verse num="42" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="c" cid="c40010042.1"/>whoever gives one of <crossref let="d" cid="c40010042.2"/>these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.<q class="end-double" qid="40010042.1" from="40010005.1" to="40010042.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011001"/>
+  <chapter num="11">
+    <heading>Messengers from John the Baptist</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="e" cid="c40011002.1"/><crossref cid="t40011002.1"/>Now when John heard <crossref let="f" cid="c40011002.2"/>in prison about the deeds of <crossref let="g" cid="c40011002.3"/>the Christ, he sent word by <crossref let="h" cid="c40011002.4"/>his disciples</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40011003.1" from="40011003.1" to="40011003.2"/>Are you <crossref let="i" cid="c40011003.1"/>the one who is to come, or shall we <crossref let="j" cid="c40011003.2"/>look for another?<q class="end-double" qid="40011003.2" from="40011003.1" to="40011003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And Jesus answered them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40011004.1" from="40011004.1" to="40011006.1"/>Go and tell John what you hear and see:</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40011005.1"/>the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers<note nid="n40011005.1"/> are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and <crossref let="l" cid="c40011005.2"/>the poor have good news preached to them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>And blessed is the one who <crossref let="m" cid="c40011006.1"/>is not offended by me.<q class="end-double" qid="40011006.1" from="40011004.1" to="40011006.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40011007.1" from="40011007.1" to="40011019.3"/>What did you go out <crossref let="n" cid="c40011007.1"/>into the wilderness to see? <crossref let="o" cid="c40011007.2"/>A reed shaken by the wind?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>What then did you go out to see? A man<note nid="n40011008.1"/> dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings&apos; houses.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc>What then did you go out to see? <crossref let="p" cid="c40011009.1"/>A prophet?<note nid="n40011009.1"/> Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>This is he of whom it is written,</woc>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40011010.1"/><crossref cid="t40011010.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40011010.1" from="40011007.1" to="40011019.3"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40011010.2" from="40011010.2" to="40011010.3"/>Behold, I send my messenger before your face,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>who will prepare your way before you.<q class="end-single" qid="40011010.3" from="40011010.2" to="40011010.3"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40011012.1"/>From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,<note nid="n40011012.1"/> and the violent take it by force.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40011013.1"/>For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>and if you are willing to accept it, he is <crossref let="s" cid="c40011014.1"/>Elijah who is to come.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40011015.1"/>He who has ears to hear,<note nid="n40011015.1"/> let him hear.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40011016.1" from="40011007.1" to="40011019.3"/>But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011017"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40011017.1" from="40011007.1" to="40011019.3"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40011017.2" from="40011017.2" to="40011017.3"/>We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.<q class="end-single" qid="40011017.3" from="40011017.2" to="40011017.3"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011018"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>For John came <crossref let="u" cid="c40011018.1"/>neither eating <crossref let="v" cid="c40011018.2"/>nor drinking, and they say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40011018.1" from="40011018.1" to="40011018.2"/>He has a demon.<q class="end-single" qid="40011018.2" from="40011018.1" to="40011018.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>The Son of Man came <crossref let="w" cid="c40011019.1"/>eating and drinking, and they say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40011019.1" from="40011019.1" to="40011019.2"/>Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, <crossref let="x" cid="c40011019.2"/>a friend of <crossref let="y" cid="c40011019.3"/>tax collectors and sinners!<q class="end-single" qid="40011019.2" from="40011019.1" to="40011019.2"/> Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.<q class="end-double" qid="40011019.3" from="40011007.1" to="40011019.3"/><note nid="n40011019.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011020"/>
+    <heading>Woe to Unrepentant Cities</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="z" cid="c40011020.1"/>Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011021"/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40011021.1"/><crossref cid="t40011021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40011021.1" from="40011021.1" to="40011024.1"/>Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in <crossref let="b" cid="c40011021.2"/>Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="c" cid="c40011022.1"/>But I tell you, it will be more bearable on <crossref let="d" cid="c40011022.2"/>the day of judgment for <crossref let="b" cid="c40011022.3"/>Tyre and Sidon than for you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc>And you, <crossref let="e" cid="c40011023.1"/>Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to <crossref let="f" cid="c40011023.2"/>Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="c" cid="c40011024.1"/>But I tell you that <crossref let="g" cid="c40011024.2"/>it will be more tolerable on <crossref let="d" cid="c40011024.3"/>the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.<q class="end-double" qid="40011024.1" from="40011021.1" to="40011024.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011025"/>
+    <heading>Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="h" cid="c40011025.1"/><crossref cid="t40011025.1"/>At that time Jesus declared, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40011025.1" from="40011025.1" to="40011030.1"/>I thank you, Father, <crossref let="i" cid="c40011025.2"/>Lord of heaven and earth, that <crossref let="j" cid="c40011025.3"/>you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and <crossref let="k" cid="c40011025.4"/>revealed them to little children;</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>yes, Father, for such was your <crossref let="l" cid="c40011026.1"/>gracious will.<note nid="n40011026.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40011027.1"/>All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son <crossref let="n" cid="c40011027.2"/>except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone <crossref let="o" cid="c40011027.3"/>to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40011028.1"/>Come to <crossref let="q" cid="c40011028.2"/>me, all who labor and are <crossref let="r" cid="c40011028.3"/>heavy laden, and I will give you rest.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>Take my yoke upon you, and <crossref let="s" cid="c40011029.1"/>learn from me, for I am <crossref let="t" cid="c40011029.2"/>gentle and lowly in heart, and <crossref let="u" cid="c40011029.3"/>you will find rest for your souls.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40011030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="v" cid="c40011030.1"/>my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.<q class="end-double" qid="40011030.1" from="40011025.1" to="40011030.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012001"/>
+  <chapter num="12">
+    <heading>Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">At that time <crossref let="w" cid="c40012001.1"/><crossref cid="t40012001.1"/>Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and <crossref let="x" cid="c40012001.2"/>they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012002"/>
+    <verse num="2">But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, <crossref let="y" cid="c40012002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40012002.1" from="40012002.1" to="40012002.2"/>Look, your disciples are doing <crossref let="z" cid="c40012002.2"/>what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.<q class="end-double" qid="40012002.2" from="40012002.1" to="40012002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012003"/>
+    <verse num="3">He said to them, <woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40012003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40012003.1" from="40012003.1" to="40012008.1"/>Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>how he entered the house of God and ate <crossref let="b" cid="c40012004.1"/>the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>Or have you not read <crossref let="c" cid="c40012005.1"/>in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>I tell you, <crossref let="d" cid="c40012006.1"/>something greater than the temple is here.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>And if you had known <crossref let="e" cid="c40012007.1"/>what this means, <crossref let="f" cid="c40012007.2"/><crossref cid="t40012007.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40012007.1" from="40012007.1" to="40012007.2"/>I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,<q class="end-single" qid="40012007.2" from="40012007.1" to="40012007.2"/> you would not have condemned the guiltless.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="g" cid="c40012008.1"/>the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.<q class="end-double" qid="40012008.1" from="40012003.1" to="40012008.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012009"/>
+    <heading>A Man with a Withered Hand</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">He went on from there and <crossref let="h" cid="c40012009.1"/><crossref cid="t40012009.1"/>entered their synagogue.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, <crossref let="i" cid="c40012010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40012010.1" from="40012010.1" to="40012010.2"/>Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?<q class="end-double" qid="40012010.2" from="40012010.1" to="40012010.2"/>&emdash;<crossref let="j" cid="c40012010.2"/>so that they might accuse him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012011"/>
+    <verse num="11">He said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40012011.1" from="40012011.1" to="40012012.1"/>Which one of you who has a sheep, <crossref let="k" cid="c40012011.1"/>if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="l" cid="c40012012.1"/>Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So <crossref let="m" cid="c40012012.2"/>it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.<q class="end-double" qid="40012012.1" from="40012011.1" to="40012012.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Then he said to the man, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40012013.1" from="40012013.1" to="40012013.2"/>Stretch out your hand.<q class="end-double" qid="40012013.2" from="40012013.1" to="40012013.2"/></woc> And <crossref let="n" cid="c40012013.1"/>the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012014"/>
+    <verse num="14">But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012015"/>
+    <heading>God&apos;s Chosen Servant</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">Jesus, aware of this, <crossref let="o" cid="c40012015.1"/>withdrew from there. And <crossref let="p" cid="c40012015.2"/>many followed him, and he healed them all</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012016"/>
+    <verse num="16">and <crossref let="q" cid="c40012016.1"/>ordered them not to make him known.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="r" cid="c40012017.1"/>This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012018"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="18">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="s" cid="c40012018.1"/><crossref cid="t40012018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40012018.1" from="40012018.1" to="40012021.1"/>Behold, my <crossref let="t" cid="c40012018.2"/>servant whom I have chosen,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="u" cid="c40012018.3"/>I will put my Spirit upon him,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012019"/>
+    <verse num="19">
+        <begin-line/>He will not quarrel or cry aloud,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012020"/>
+    <verse num="20">
+        <begin-line/>a bruised reed he will not break,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and a smoldering wick he will not quench,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>until he brings justice to victory;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012021"/>
+    <verse num="21">
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="v" cid="c40012021.1"/>and in his name the Gentiles will hope.<q class="end-double" qid="40012021.1" from="40012018.1" to="40012021.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012022"/>
+    <heading>Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="w" cid="c40012022.1"/><crossref cid="t40012022.1"/>Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="x" cid="c40012023.1"/>And all the people were amazed, and said, <crossref let="x" cid="c40012023.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40012023.1" from="40012023.1" to="40012023.2"/>Can this be the Son of David?<q class="end-double" qid="40012023.2" from="40012023.1" to="40012023.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012024"/>
+    <verse num="24">But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, <crossref let="y" cid="c40012024.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40012024.1" from="40012024.1" to="40012024.2"/>It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.<q class="end-double" qid="40012024.2" from="40012024.1" to="40012024.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="z" cid="c40012025.1"/>Knowing their thoughts, <crossref let="a" cid="c40012025.2"/><crossref cid="t40012025.1"/>he said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40012025.1" from="40012025.1" to="40012037.1"/>Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, <crossref let="b" cid="c40012027.1"/>by whom do <crossref let="c" cid="c40012027.2"/>your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>But if it is <crossref let="d" cid="c40012028.1"/>by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then <crossref let="e" cid="c40012028.2"/>the kingdom of God has come upon you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>Or <crossref let="f" cid="c40012029.1"/>how can someone enter a strong man&apos;s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed <crossref let="g" cid="c40012029.2"/>he may plunder his house.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40012030.1"/>Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40012031.1"/><crossref cid="t40012031.1"/>Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but <crossref let="j" cid="c40012031.2"/>the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc>And whoever speaks a word <crossref let="k" cid="c40012032.1"/>against the Son of Man <crossref let="l" cid="c40012032.2"/>will be forgiven, but <crossref let="j" cid="c40012032.3"/>whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in <crossref let="m" cid="c40012032.4"/>this age or in the age to come.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012033"/>
+    <heading>A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40012033.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40012033.1" from="40012025.1" to="40012037.1"/>Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, <crossref let="o" cid="c40012033.2"/>for the tree is known by its fruit.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012034"/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40012034.1"/>You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, <crossref let="q" cid="c40012034.2"/>when you are evil? <crossref let="r" cid="c40012034.3"/>For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40012035.1"/>The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012036"/>
+    <verse num="36" class="woc"><woc>I tell you, <crossref let="s" cid="c40012036.1"/>on the day of judgment <crossref let="t" cid="c40012036.2"/>people will give account for <crossref let="u" cid="c40012036.3"/>every careless word they speak,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012037"/>
+    <verse num="37" class="woc"><woc>for <crossref let="v" cid="c40012037.1"/>by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.<q class="end-double" qid="40012037.1" from="40012025.1" to="40012037.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012038"/>
+    <heading>The Sign of Jonah</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40012038.1" from="40012038.1" to="40012038.2"/>Teacher, <crossref let="w" cid="c40012038.1"/>we wish to see a sign from you.<q class="end-double" qid="40012038.2" from="40012038.1" to="40012038.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012039"/>
+    <verse num="39">But he answered them, <woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40012039.1"/><crossref cid="t40012039.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40012039.1" from="40012039.1" to="40012045.1"/>An evil and <crossref let="y" cid="c40012039.2"/>adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012040"/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="z" cid="c40012040.1"/>just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, <crossref let="a" cid="c40012040.2"/>so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012041"/>
+    <verse num="41" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="b" cid="c40012041.1"/>The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and <crossref let="c" cid="c40012041.2"/>condemn it, for <crossref let="d" cid="c40012041.3"/>they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, <crossref let="e" cid="c40012041.4"/>something greater than Jonah is here.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012042"/>
+    <verse num="42" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40012042.1"/>The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, <crossref let="e" cid="c40012042.2"/>something greater than Solomon is here.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012043"/>
+    <heading>Return of an Unclean Spirit</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="43" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40012043.1" from="40012039.1" to="40012045.1"/>When <crossref let="g" cid="c40012043.1"/><crossref cid="t40012043.1"/>the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through <crossref let="h" cid="c40012043.2"/>waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012044"/>
+    <verse num="44" class="woc"><woc>Then it says, <q class="begin-single" qid="40012044.1" from="40012044.1" to="40012044.2"/>I will return to my house from which I came.<q class="end-single" qid="40012044.2" from="40012044.1" to="40012044.2"/> And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012045"/>
+    <verse num="45" class="woc"><woc>Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and <crossref let="i" cid="c40012045.1"/>the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this <crossref let="j" cid="c40012045.2"/>evil generation.<q class="end-double" qid="40012045.1" from="40012039.1" to="40012045.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012046"/>
+    <heading>Jesus&apos; Mother and Brothers</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="46">While he was still speaking to the people, behold, <crossref let="k" cid="c40012046.1"/><crossref cid="t40012046.1"/>his mother and his <crossref let="l" cid="c40012046.2"/>brothers<note nid="n40012046.1"/> stood outside, asking to speak to him.<note nid="n40012046.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012048"/>
+    <verse num="48">But he replied to the man who told him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40012048.1" from="40012048.1" to="40012048.2"/>Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?<q class="end-double" qid="40012048.2" from="40012048.1" to="40012048.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012049"/>
+    <verse num="49">And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40012049.1" from="40012049.1" to="40012050.1"/>Here are my mother and my brothers!</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40012050"/>
+    <verse num="50" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="m" cid="c40012050.1"/>whoever <crossref let="n" cid="c40012050.2"/>does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.<q class="end-double" qid="40012050.1" from="40012049.1" to="40012050.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013001"/>
+  <chapter num="13">
+    <heading>The Parable of the Sower</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">That same day Jesus went out of the house <crossref let="o" cid="c40013001.1"/><crossref cid="t40013001.1"/>and sat beside the sea.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And great crowds gathered about him, <crossref let="p" cid="c40013002.1"/>so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And <crossref let="q" cid="c40013003.1"/>he told them many things in parables, saying: <woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40013003.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013003.1" from="40013003.1" to="40013009.1"/>A sower went out to sow.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>but <crossref let="s" cid="c40013006.1"/>when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, <crossref let="t" cid="c40013006.2"/>they withered away.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>Other seeds fell among <crossref let="u" cid="c40013007.1"/>thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some <crossref let="v" cid="c40013008.1"/>a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="w" cid="c40013009.1"/>He who has ears,<note nid="n40013009.1"/> let him hear.<q class="end-double" qid="40013009.1" from="40013003.1" to="40013009.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013010"/>
+    <heading>The Purpose of the Parables</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">Then the disciples came and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40013010.1" from="40013010.1" to="40013010.2"/>Why do you speak to them in parables?<q class="end-double" qid="40013010.2" from="40013010.1" to="40013010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And he answered them, <woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40013011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013011.1" from="40013011.1" to="40013023.1"/>To you it has been given to know <crossref let="y" cid="c40013011.2"/>the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40013012.1"/>For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, <crossref let="a" cid="c40013012.2"/>even what he has will be taken away.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc>This is why I speak to them in parables, because <crossref let="b" cid="c40013013.1"/>seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, <crossref let="c" cid="c40013013.2"/>nor do they understand.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:</woc>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="d" cid="c40013014.1"/><crossref cid="t40013014.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40013014.1" from="40013011.1" to="40013023.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40013014.2" from="40013014.2" to="40013015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013014.3" from="40013014.3" to="40013014.4"/>You will indeed hear but never understand,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and you will indeed see but never perceive.<q class="end-double" qid="40013014.4" from="40013014.3" to="40013014.4"/></woc><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc>For this people&apos;s heart has grown dull,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and with their ears <crossref let="e" cid="c40013015.1"/>they can barely hear,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="f" cid="c40013015.2"/>their eyes they have closed,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>lest they should see with their eyes<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and hear with their ears<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and <crossref let="g" cid="c40013015.3"/>understand with their heart<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="h" cid="c40013015.4"/>turn, and I would heal them.<q class="end-single" qid="40013015.1" from="40013014.2" to="40013015.1"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="i" cid="c40013016.1"/>blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40013017.1"/>For truly, I say to you, <crossref let="j" cid="c40013017.2"/>many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013018"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Sower Explained</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40013018.1"/><crossref cid="t40013018.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40013018.1" from="40013011.1" to="40013023.1"/>Hear then the parable of the sower:</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>When anyone hears the word of <crossref let="l" cid="c40013019.1"/>the kingdom and <crossref let="m" cid="c40013019.2"/>does not understand it, <crossref let="n" cid="c40013019.3"/>the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately <crossref let="o" cid="c40013020.1"/>receives it with joy,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013021"/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc>yet he has no root in himself, but <crossref let="p" cid="c40013021.1"/>endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately <crossref let="q" cid="c40013021.2"/>he falls away.<note nid="n40013021.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc>As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but <crossref let="r" cid="c40013022.1"/>the cares of <crossref let="s" cid="c40013022.2"/>the world and <crossref let="t" cid="c40013022.3"/>the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc>As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and <crossref let="m" cid="c40013023.1"/>understands it. He indeed <crossref let="u" cid="c40013023.2"/>bears fruit and yields, in one case <crossref let="v" cid="c40013023.3"/>a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.<q class="end-double" qid="40013023.1" from="40013011.1" to="40013023.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013024"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Weeds</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">He put another parable before them, saying, <woc><crossref let="w" cid="c40013024.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013024.1" from="40013024.1" to="40013030.4"/>The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds<note nid="n40013025.1"/> among the wheat and went away.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>And the servants<note nid="n40013027.1"/> of the master of the house came and said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40013027.1" from="40013027.1" to="40013027.2"/>Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?<q class="end-single" qid="40013027.2" from="40013027.1" to="40013027.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>He said to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="40013028.1" from="40013028.1" to="40013028.2"/>An enemy has done this.<q class="end-single" qid="40013028.2" from="40013028.1" to="40013028.2"/> So the servants said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40013028.3" from="40013028.3" to="40013028.4"/>Then do you want us to go and gather them?<q class="end-single" qid="40013028.4" from="40013028.3" to="40013028.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>But he said, <crossref let="x" cid="c40013029.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40013029.1" from="40013029.1" to="40013030.3"/>No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, <crossref let="y" cid="c40013030.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013030.1" from="40013030.1" to="40013030.2"/>Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.<q class="end-double" qid="40013030.2" from="40013030.1" to="40013030.2"/><q class="end-single" qid="40013030.3" from="40013029.1" to="40013030.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="40013030.4" from="40013024.1" to="40013030.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013031"/>
+    <heading>The Mustard Seed and the Leaven</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31">He put another parable before them, saying, <woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40013031.1"/><crossref cid="t40013031.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013031.1" from="40013031.1" to="40013032.1"/>The kingdom of heaven is like <crossref let="a" cid="c40013031.2"/>a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc>It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.<q class="end-double" qid="40013032.1" from="40013031.1" to="40013032.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013033"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33">He told them another parable. <woc><crossref let="b" cid="c40013033.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013033.1" from="40013033.1" to="40013033.2"/>The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in <crossref let="c" cid="c40013033.2"/>three measures of flour, till it was <crossref let="d" cid="c40013033.3"/>all leavened.<q class="end-double" qid="40013033.2" from="40013033.1" to="40013033.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013034"/>
+    <heading>Prophecy and Parables</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="e" cid="c40013034.1"/>All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013035"/>
+    <verse num="35">This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:<note nid="n40013035.1"/>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c40013035.1"/><crossref cid="t40013035.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013035.1" from="40013035.1" to="40013035.2"/>I will open my mouth in parables;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="g" cid="c40013035.2"/>I will utter what has been hidden <crossref let="h" cid="c40013035.3"/>since the foundation of the world.<q class="end-double" qid="40013035.2" from="40013035.1" to="40013035.2"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013036"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Weeds Explained</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36">Then he left the crowds and went into <crossref let="i" cid="c40013036.1"/>the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, <crossref let="j" cid="c40013036.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013036.1" from="40013036.1" to="40013036.2"/>Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.<q class="end-double" qid="40013036.2" from="40013036.1" to="40013036.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013037"/>
+    <verse num="37">He answered, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40013037.1" from="40013037.1" to="40013051.2"/>The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc>The field is the world, and the good seed is <crossref let="k" cid="c40013038.1"/>the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are <crossref let="l" cid="c40013038.2"/>the sons of the evil one,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc>and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. <crossref let="m" cid="c40013039.1"/>The harvest is <crossref let="n" cid="c40013039.2"/>the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013040"/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc>Just as the weeds <crossref let="o" cid="c40013040.1"/>are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at <crossref let="n" cid="c40013040.2"/>the end of the age.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013041"/>
+    <verse num="41" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40013041.1"/>The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all <crossref let="q" cid="c40013041.2"/>causes of sin and <crossref let="r" cid="c40013041.3"/>all law-breakers,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013042"/>
+    <verse num="42" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c40013042.1"/>and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place <crossref let="t" cid="c40013042.2"/>there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013043"/>
+    <verse num="43" class="woc"><woc>Then <crossref let="u" cid="c40013043.1"/>the righteous will shine like the sun <crossref let="v" cid="c40013043.2"/>in the kingdom of their Father. <crossref let="w" cid="c40013043.3"/>He who has ears, let him hear.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013044"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Hidden Treasure</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="44" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40013044.1" from="40013037.1" to="40013051.2"/>The kingdom of heaven <crossref let="x" cid="c40013044.1"/>is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy <crossref let="y" cid="c40013044.2"/>he goes and sells all that he has and <crossref let="z" cid="c40013044.3"/>buys that field.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013045"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="45" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40013045.1" from="40013037.1" to="40013051.2"/>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013046"/>
+    <verse num="46" class="woc"><woc>who, on finding <crossref let="a" cid="c40013046.1"/>one pearl of great value, <crossref let="y" cid="c40013046.2"/>went and sold all that he had and <crossref let="z" cid="c40013046.3"/>bought it.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013047"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Net</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="47" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40013047.1" from="40013037.1" to="40013051.2"/>Again, the kingdom of heaven is <crossref let="b" cid="c40013047.1"/>like a net that was thrown into the sea and <crossref let="c" cid="c40013047.2"/>gathered fish of every kind.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013048"/>
+    <verse num="48" class="woc"><woc>When it was full, <crossref let="d" cid="c40013048.1"/>men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013049"/>
+    <verse num="49" class="woc"><woc>So it will be at <crossref let="e" cid="c40013049.1"/>the end of the age. The angels will come out and <crossref let="f" cid="c40013049.2"/>separate the evil from the righteous</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013050"/>
+    <verse num="50" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40013050.1"/>and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place <crossref let="g" cid="c40013050.2"/>there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013051"/>
+    <heading>New and Old Treasures</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="51" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40013051.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40013051.1" from="40013037.1" to="40013051.2"/>Have you understood all these things?<q class="end-double" qid="40013051.2" from="40013037.1" to="40013051.2"/></woc> They said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40013051.3" from="40013051.3" to="40013051.4"/>Yes.<q class="end-double" qid="40013051.4" from="40013051.3" to="40013051.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013052"/>
+    <verse num="52">And he said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40013052.1" from="40013052.1" to="40013052.2"/>Therefore every <crossref let="i" cid="c40013052.1"/>scribe <crossref let="j" cid="c40013052.2"/>who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who <crossref let="k" cid="c40013052.3"/>brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.<q class="end-double" qid="40013052.2" from="40013052.1" to="40013052.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013053"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Rejected at Nazareth</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="53">And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013054"/>
+    <verse num="54"><crossref let="l" cid="c40013054.1"/><crossref cid="t40013054.1"/>and coming to <crossref let="m" cid="c40013054.2"/>his hometown <crossref let="n" cid="c40013054.3"/>he taught them in their synagogue, so that <crossref let="o" cid="c40013054.4"/>they were astonished, and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40013054.1" from="40013054.1" to="40013056.1"/>Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013055"/>
+    <verse num="55"><crossref let="p" cid="c40013055.1"/>Is not this <crossref let="q" cid="c40013055.2"/>the carpenter&apos;s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not <crossref let="r" cid="c40013055.3"/>his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013056"/>
+    <verse num="56">And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?<q class="end-double" qid="40013056.1" from="40013054.1" to="40013056.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013057"/>
+    <verse num="57">And <crossref let="s" cid="c40013057.1"/>they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, <woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40013057.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40013057.1" from="40013057.1" to="40013057.2"/>A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.<q class="end-double" qid="40013057.2" from="40013057.1" to="40013057.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40013058"/>
+    <verse num="58">And he did not do many mighty works there, <crossref let="u" cid="c40013058.1"/>because of their unbelief.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014001"/>
+  <chapter num="14">
+    <heading>The Death of John the Baptist</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="v" cid="c40014001.1"/><crossref cid="t40014001.1"/>At that time <crossref let="w" cid="c40014001.2"/>Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014002"/>
+    <verse num="2">and he said to his servants, <crossref let="x" cid="c40014002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40014002.1" from="40014002.1" to="40014002.2"/>This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.<q class="end-double" qid="40014002.2" from="40014002.1" to="40014002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014003"/>
+    <verse num="3">For <crossref let="y" cid="c40014003.1"/>Herod had seized John and bound him and <crossref let="z" cid="c40014003.2"/>put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip&apos;s wife,<note nid="n40014003.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014004"/>
+    <verse num="4">because John had been saying to him, <crossref let="a" cid="c40014004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40014004.1" from="40014004.1" to="40014004.2"/>It is not lawful for you to have her.<q class="end-double" qid="40014004.2" from="40014004.1" to="40014004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And though he wanted to put him to death, <crossref let="b" cid="c40014005.1"/>he feared the people, because they held him to be <crossref let="c" cid="c40014005.2"/>a prophet.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But when Herod&apos;s <crossref let="d" cid="c40014006.1"/>birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014007"/>
+    <verse num="7">so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Prompted by her mother, she said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40014008.1" from="40014008.1" to="40014008.2"/>Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.<q class="end-double" qid="40014008.2" from="40014008.1" to="40014008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014010"/>
+    <verse num="10">He sent and had John beheaded in the prison,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014011"/>
+    <verse num="11">and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And <crossref let="e" cid="c40014012.1"/>his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and they went and told Jesus.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014013"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Now when Jesus heard this, <crossref let="f" cid="c40014013.1"/><crossref cid="t40014013.1"/>he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014014"/>
+    <verse num="14">When he went ashore he <crossref let="g" cid="c40014014.1"/>saw a great crowd, and <crossref let="g" cid="c40014014.2"/>he had compassion on them and healed their sick.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40014015.1" from="40014015.1" to="40014015.2"/>This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; <crossref let="h" cid="c40014015.1"/>send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.<q class="end-double" qid="40014015.2" from="40014015.1" to="40014015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014016"/>
+    <verse num="16">But Jesus said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40014016.1" from="40014016.1" to="40014016.2"/>They need not go away; <crossref let="i" cid="c40014016.1"/>you give them something to eat.<q class="end-double" qid="40014016.2" from="40014016.1" to="40014016.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014017"/>
+    <verse num="17">They said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40014017.1" from="40014017.1" to="40014017.2"/>We have only five loaves here and two fish.<q class="end-double" qid="40014017.2" from="40014017.1" to="40014017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And he said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40014018.1" from="40014018.1" to="40014018.2"/>Bring them here to me.<q class="end-double" qid="40014018.2" from="40014018.1" to="40014018.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, <crossref let="j" cid="c40014019.1"/>he looked up to heaven and <crossref let="k" cid="c40014019.2"/>said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014022"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Walks on the Water</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="l" cid="c40014022.1"/><crossref cid="t40014022.1"/>Immediately he <crossref let="m" cid="c40014022.2"/>made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And after he had dismissed the crowds, <crossref let="n" cid="c40014023.1"/>he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When <crossref let="o" cid="c40014023.2"/>evening came, he was there alone,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014024"/>
+    <verse num="24">but the boat by this time was a long way<note nid="n40014024.1"/> from the land,<note nid="n40014024.2"/> beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And <crossref let="l" cid="c40014025.1"/>in the fourth watch of the night<note nid="n40014025.1"/> he came to them, walking on the sea.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014026"/>
+    <verse num="26">But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, <crossref let="p" cid="c40014026.1"/>they were terrified, and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40014026.1" from="40014026.1" to="40014026.2"/>It is a ghost!<q class="end-double" qid="40014026.2" from="40014026.1" to="40014026.2"/> and they cried out in fear.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014027"/>
+    <verse num="27">But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, <woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40014027.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40014027.1" from="40014027.1" to="40014027.2"/>Take heart; it is I. <crossref let="q" cid="c40014027.2"/>Do not be afraid.<q class="end-double" qid="40014027.2" from="40014027.1" to="40014027.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014028"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">And Peter answered him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40014028.1" from="40014028.1" to="40014028.2"/>Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.<q class="end-double" qid="40014028.2" from="40014028.1" to="40014028.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014029"/>
+    <verse num="29">He said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40014029.1" from="40014029.1" to="40014029.2"/>Come.<q class="end-double" qid="40014029.2" from="40014029.1" to="40014029.2"/></woc> So Peter got out of the boat and <crossref let="r" cid="c40014029.1"/>walked on the water and came to Jesus.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014030"/>
+    <verse num="30">But when he saw the wind,<note nid="n40014030.1"/> he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, <crossref let="s" cid="c40014030.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40014030.1" from="40014030.1" to="40014030.2"/>Lord, save me.<q class="end-double" qid="40014030.2" from="40014030.1" to="40014030.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, <woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40014031.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40014031.1" from="40014031.1" to="40014031.2"/>O you of little faith, why did you <crossref let="u" cid="c40014031.2"/>doubt?<q class="end-double" qid="40014031.2" from="40014031.1" to="40014031.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And when they got into the boat, <crossref let="s" cid="c40014032.1"/>the wind ceased.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And <crossref let="v" cid="c40014033.1"/>those in the boat <crossref let="w" cid="c40014033.2"/>worshiped him, saying, <crossref let="x" cid="c40014033.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40014033.1" from="40014033.1" to="40014033.2"/>Truly you are <crossref let="y" cid="c40014033.4"/>the Son of God.<q class="end-double" qid="40014033.2" from="40014033.1" to="40014033.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014034"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="z" cid="c40014034.1"/><crossref cid="t40014034.1"/>And when they had crossed over, they came to land at <crossref let="a" cid="c40014034.2"/>Gennesaret.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and <crossref let="b" cid="c40014035.1"/>brought to him all who were sick</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40014036"/>
+    <verse num="36">and implored him that they might only touch <crossref let="c" cid="c40014036.1"/>the fringe of his garment. And <crossref let="d" cid="c40014036.2"/>as many as touched it were made well.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015001"/>
+  <chapter num="15">
+    <heading>Traditions and Commandments</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="e" cid="c40015001.1"/><crossref cid="t40015001.1"/>Then Pharisees and <crossref let="f" cid="c40015001.2"/>scribes came to Jesus <crossref let="f" cid="c40015001.3"/>from Jerusalem and said,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="g" cid="c40015002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015002.1" from="40015002.1" to="40015002.2"/>Why do your disciples break <crossref let="h" cid="c40015002.2"/>the tradition of the elders? <crossref let="j" cid="c40015002.3"/>For they do not wash their hands when they eat.<q class="end-double" qid="40015002.2" from="40015002.1" to="40015002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015003"/>
+    <verse num="3">He answered them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40015003.1" from="40015003.1" to="40015009.2"/>And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>For God commanded, <crossref let="k" cid="c40015004.1"/><crossref cid="t40015004.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40015004.1" from="40015004.1" to="40015004.2"/>Honor your father and your mother,<q class="end-single" qid="40015004.2" from="40015004.1" to="40015004.2"/> and, <crossref let="l" cid="c40015004.2"/><crossref cid="t40015004.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40015004.3" from="40015004.3" to="40015004.4"/>Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.<q class="end-single" qid="40015004.4" from="40015004.3" to="40015004.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>But you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40015005.1" from="40015005.1" to="40015006.1"/>If anyone tells his father or his mother, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="40015005.2" from="40015005.2" to="40015005.3"/>What you would have gained from me is given to God,<q class="end-inner-double" qid="40015005.3" from="40015005.2" to="40015005.3"/><note nid="n40015005.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>he need not honor his father.<q class="end-single" qid="40015006.1" from="40015005.1" to="40015006.1"/></woc> <woc>So for the sake of your tradition you have <crossref let="m" cid="c40015006.1"/>made void the word<note nid="n40015006.1"/> of God.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40015007.1"/>You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015008"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="o" cid="c40015008.1"/><crossref cid="t40015008.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40015008.1" from="40015003.1" to="40015009.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40015008.2" from="40015008.2" to="40015009.1"/>This people honors me with their lips,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but their heart is far from me;</woc><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc>in vain do they worship me,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>teaching as <crossref let="p" cid="c40015009.1"/>doctrines the commandments of men.<q class="end-single" qid="40015009.1" from="40015008.2" to="40015009.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="40015009.2" from="40015003.1" to="40015009.2"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015010"/>
+    <heading>What Defiles a Person</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">And he called the people to him and said to them, <woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40015010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015010.1" from="40015010.1" to="40015011.1"/>Hear and understand:</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40015011.1"/>it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.<q class="end-double" qid="40015011.1" from="40015010.1" to="40015011.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Then the disciples came and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40015012.1" from="40015012.1" to="40015012.2"/>Do you know that the Pharisees were <crossref let="s" cid="c40015012.1"/>offended when they heard this saying?<q class="end-double" qid="40015012.2" from="40015012.1" to="40015012.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015013"/>
+    <verse num="13">He answered, <woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40015013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015013.1" from="40015013.1" to="40015014.1"/>Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted <crossref let="u" cid="c40015013.2"/>will be rooted up.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>Let them alone; <crossref let="v" cid="c40015014.1"/>they are blind guides.<note nid="n40015014.1"/> And <crossref let="w" cid="c40015014.2"/>if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.<q class="end-double" qid="40015014.1" from="40015013.1" to="40015014.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015015"/>
+    <verse num="15">But Peter said to him, <crossref let="x" cid="c40015015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015015.1" from="40015015.1" to="40015015.2"/>Explain the parable to us.<q class="end-double" qid="40015015.2" from="40015015.1" to="40015015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And he said, <woc><crossref let="y" cid="c40015016.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015016.1" from="40015016.1" to="40015020.1"/>Are you also still without understanding?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>Do you not see that <crossref let="z" cid="c40015017.1"/>whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?<note nid="n40015017.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="a" cid="c40015018.1"/>what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>For out of the heart come <crossref let="b" cid="c40015019.1"/>evil thoughts, <crossref let="c" cid="c40015019.2"/>murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, <crossref let="d" cid="c40015019.3"/>slander.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40015020.1"/>These are what defile a person. But <crossref let="f" cid="c40015020.2"/>to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.<q class="end-double" qid="40015020.1" from="40015016.1" to="40015020.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015021"/>
+    <heading>The Faith of a Canaanite Woman</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="g" cid="c40015021.1"/><crossref cid="t40015021.1"/>And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And behold, <crossref let="h" cid="c40015022.1"/>a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, <crossref let="i" cid="c40015022.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015022.1" from="40015022.1" to="40015022.2"/>Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.<q class="end-double" qid="40015022.2" from="40015022.1" to="40015022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015023"/>
+    <verse num="23">But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, <crossref let="j" cid="c40015023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015023.1" from="40015023.1" to="40015023.2"/>Send her away, for she is crying out after us.<q class="end-double" qid="40015023.2" from="40015023.1" to="40015023.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015024"/>
+    <verse num="24">He answered, <woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40015024.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015024.1" from="40015024.1" to="40015024.2"/>I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="40015024.2" from="40015024.1" to="40015024.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015025"/>
+    <verse num="25">But she came and <crossref let="l" cid="c40015025.1"/>knelt before him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40015025.1" from="40015025.1" to="40015025.2"/>Lord, help me.<q class="end-double" qid="40015025.2" from="40015025.1" to="40015025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And he answered, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40015026.1" from="40015026.1" to="40015026.2"/>It is not right to take the children&apos;s bread and <crossref let="m" cid="c40015026.1"/>throw it to the dogs.<q class="end-double" qid="40015026.2" from="40015026.1" to="40015026.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015027"/>
+    <verse num="27">She said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40015027.1" from="40015027.1" to="40015027.2"/>Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat <crossref let="n" cid="c40015027.1"/>the crumbs that fall from their masters&apos; table.<q class="end-double" qid="40015027.2" from="40015027.1" to="40015027.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Then Jesus answered her, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40015028.1" from="40015028.1" to="40015028.2"/>O woman, <crossref let="o" cid="c40015028.1"/>great is your faith! <crossref let="p" cid="c40015028.2"/>Be it done for you as you desire.<q class="end-double" qid="40015028.2" from="40015028.1" to="40015028.2"/></woc> <crossref let="q" cid="c40015028.3"/>And her daughter was <crossref let="p" cid="c40015028.4"/>healed instantly.<note nid="n40015028.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015029"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals Many</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="r" cid="c40015029.1"/>Jesus went on from there and walked <crossref let="s" cid="c40015029.2"/>beside the Sea of Galilee. And he <crossref let="t" cid="c40015029.3"/>went up on the mountain and sat down there.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And great crowds came to him, bringing with them <crossref let="u" cid="c40015030.1"/>the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015031"/>
+    <verse num="31"><crossref let="v" cid="c40015031.1"/>so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, <crossref let="w" cid="c40015031.2"/>the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And <crossref let="x" cid="c40015031.3"/>they glorified <crossref let="y" cid="c40015031.4"/>the God of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015032"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossref let="z" cid="c40015032.1"/><crossref cid="t40015032.1"/>Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, <woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40015032.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015032.1" from="40015032.1" to="40015032.2"/>I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.<q class="end-double" qid="40015032.2" from="40015032.1" to="40015032.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And the disciples said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40015033.1" from="40015033.1" to="40015033.2"/>Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?<q class="end-double" qid="40015033.2" from="40015033.1" to="40015033.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40015034.1" from="40015034.1" to="40015034.2"/>How many loaves do you have?<q class="end-double" qid="40015034.2" from="40015034.1" to="40015034.2"/></woc> They said, <crossref let="b" cid="c40015034.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40015034.3" from="40015034.3" to="40015034.4"/>Seven, and a few small fish.<q class="end-double" qid="40015034.4" from="40015034.3" to="40015034.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015036"/>
+    <verse num="36">he took the seven loaves and the fish, and <crossref let="c" cid="c40015036.1"/>having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And <crossref let="d" cid="c40015037.1"/>they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015038"/>
+    <verse num="38">Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40015039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of <crossref let="e" cid="c40015039.1"/>Magadan.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016001"/>
+  <chapter num="16">
+    <heading>The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="f" cid="c40016001.1"/><crossref cid="t40016001.1"/>And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and <crossref let="g" cid="c40016001.2"/>to test him <crossref let="h" cid="c40016001.3"/>they asked him to show them <crossref let="i" cid="c40016001.4"/>a sign from heaven.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016002"/>
+    <verse num="2">He answered them,<note nid="n40016002.1"/> <woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40016002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40016002.1" from="40016002.1" to="40016004.1"/>When it is evening, you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40016002.2" from="40016002.2" to="40016002.3"/>It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.<q class="end-single" qid="40016002.3" from="40016002.2" to="40016002.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>And in the morning, <q class="begin-single" qid="40016003.1" from="40016003.1" to="40016003.2"/>It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.<q class="end-single" qid="40016003.2" from="40016003.1" to="40016003.2"/> <crossref let="k" cid="c40016003.1"/>You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret <crossref let="l" cid="c40016003.2"/>the signs of the times.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40016004.1"/>An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.<q class="end-double" qid="40016004.1" from="40016002.1" to="40016004.1"/></woc> So <crossref let="n" cid="c40016004.2"/>he left them and departed.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016005"/>
+    <heading>The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40016006.1" from="40016006.1" to="40016006.2"/>Watch and <crossref let="o" cid="c40016006.1"/>beware of <crossref let="p" cid="c40016006.2"/>the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.<q class="end-double" qid="40016006.2" from="40016006.1" to="40016006.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40016007.1" from="40016007.1" to="40016007.2"/>We brought no bread.<q class="end-double" qid="40016007.2" from="40016007.1" to="40016007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But <crossref let="q" cid="c40016008.1"/>Jesus, aware of this, said, <woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40016008.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40016008.1" from="40016008.1" to="40016011.1"/>O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c40016009.1"/>Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember <crossref let="t" cid="c40016009.2"/>the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>Or <crossref let="u" cid="c40016010.1"/>the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? <crossref let="o" cid="c40016011.1"/>Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.<q class="end-double" qid="40016011.1" from="40016008.1" to="40016011.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="v" cid="c40016012.1"/>Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of <crossref let="w" cid="c40016012.2"/>the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016013"/>
+    <heading>Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="x" cid="c40016013.1"/><crossref cid="t40016013.1"/>Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40016013.1" from="40016013.1" to="40016013.2"/>Who do people say that the Son of Man is?<q class="end-double" qid="40016013.2" from="40016013.1" to="40016013.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40016014.1" from="40016014.1" to="40016014.2"/>Some say <crossref let="y" cid="c40016014.1"/>John the Baptist, others say <crossref let="z" cid="c40016014.2"/>Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.<q class="end-double" qid="40016014.2" from="40016014.1" to="40016014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016015"/>
+    <verse num="15">He said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40016015.1" from="40016015.1" to="40016015.2"/>But who do you say that I am?<q class="end-double" qid="40016015.2" from="40016015.1" to="40016015.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Simon Peter replied, <crossref let="a" cid="c40016016.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40016016.1" from="40016016.1" to="40016016.2"/>You are <crossref let="b" cid="c40016016.2"/>the Christ, <crossref let="c" cid="c40016016.3"/>the Son of <crossref let="d" cid="c40016016.4"/>the living God.<q class="end-double" qid="40016016.2" from="40016016.1" to="40016016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And Jesus answered him, <woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40016017.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40016017.1" from="40016017.1" to="40016019.1"/>Blessed are you, <crossref let="f" cid="c40016017.2"/>Simon Bar-Jonah! For <crossref let="g" cid="c40016017.3"/>flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, <crossref let="h" cid="c40016017.4"/>but my Father who is in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>And I tell you, <crossref let="i" cid="c40016018.1"/>you are Peter, and <crossref let="j" cid="c40016018.2"/>on this rock<note nid="n40016018.1"/> I will build my church, and <crossref let="k" cid="c40016018.3"/>the gates of <crossref let="l" cid="c40016018.4"/>hell<note nid="n40016018.2"/> shall not prevail against it.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>I will give you <crossref let="m" cid="c40016019.1"/>the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and <crossref let="n" cid="c40016019.2"/>whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed<note nid="n40016019.1"/> in heaven.<q class="end-double" qid="40016019.1" from="40016017.1" to="40016019.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="o" cid="c40016020.1"/>Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016021"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="p" cid="c40016021.1"/><crossref cid="t40016021.1"/>From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that <crossref let="q" cid="c40016021.2"/>he must go to Jerusalem and <crossref let="r" cid="c40016021.3"/>suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on <crossref let="s" cid="c40016021.4"/>the third day be raised.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40016022.1" from="40016022.1" to="40016022.2"/>Far be it from you, Lord!<note nid="n40016022.1"/> This shall never happen to you.<q class="end-double" qid="40016022.2" from="40016022.1" to="40016022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016023"/>
+    <verse num="23">But he turned and said to Peter, <woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40016023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40016023.1" from="40016023.1" to="40016023.2"/>Get behind me, Satan! You are <crossref let="u" cid="c40016023.2"/>a hindrance<note nid="n40016023.1"/> to me. For you <crossref let="v" cid="c40016023.3"/>are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.<q class="end-double" qid="40016023.2" from="40016023.1" to="40016023.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016024"/>
+    <heading>Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">Then Jesus told his disciples, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40016024.1" from="40016024.1" to="40016028.1"/>If anyone would come after me, let him <crossref let="w" cid="c40016024.1"/>deny himself and <crossref let="x" cid="c40016024.2"/>take up his cross and follow me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="x" cid="c40016025.1"/>whoever would save his life<note nid="n40016025.1"/> will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="y" cid="c40016026.1"/>what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or <crossref let="z" cid="c40016026.2"/>what shall a man give in return for his soul?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40016027.1"/>For the Son of Man is going to come with <crossref let="b" cid="c40016027.2"/>his angels in the glory of his Father, and <crossref let="c" cid="c40016027.3"/>then he will repay each person according to what he has done.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40016028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not <crossref let="d" cid="c40016028.1"/>taste death <crossref let="e" cid="c40016028.2"/>until they see the Son of Man <crossref let="f" cid="c40016028.3"/>coming in his kingdom.<q class="end-double" qid="40016028.1" from="40016024.1" to="40016028.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017001"/>
+  <chapter num="17">
+    <heading>The Transfiguration</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="g" cid="c40017001.1"/><crossref cid="t40017001.1"/>And after six days Jesus took with him <crossref let="h" cid="c40017001.2"/>Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And he was <crossref let="i" cid="c40017002.1"/>transfigured before them, and <crossref let="j" cid="c40017002.2"/>his face shone like the sun, and <crossref let="k" cid="c40017002.3"/>his clothes became white as light.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And Peter said to Jesus, <q class="begin-double" qid="40017004.1" from="40017004.1" to="40017004.2"/>Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for <crossref let="l" cid="c40017004.1"/>Elijah.<q class="end-double" qid="40017004.2" from="40017004.1" to="40017004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017005"/>
+    <verse num="5">He was still speaking when, behold, <crossref let="m" cid="c40017005.1"/>a bright cloud overshadowed them, and <crossref let="m" cid="c40017005.2"/>a voice from the cloud said, <crossref let="n" cid="c40017005.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40017005.1" from="40017005.1" to="40017005.2"/>This is my beloved Son,<note nid="n40017005.1"/> with whom I am well pleased; <crossref let="o" cid="c40017005.4"/>listen to him.<q class="end-double" qid="40017005.2" from="40017005.1" to="40017005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017006"/>
+    <verse num="6">When <crossref let="p" cid="c40017006.1"/>the disciples heard this, <crossref let="q" cid="c40017006.2"/>they fell on their faces and were terrified.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017007"/>
+    <verse num="7">But Jesus came and <crossref let="r" cid="c40017007.1"/>touched them, saying, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40017007.1" from="40017007.1" to="40017007.2"/>Rise, and <crossref let="s" cid="c40017007.2"/>have no fear.<q class="end-double" qid="40017007.2" from="40017007.1" to="40017007.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="t" cid="c40017009.1"/><crossref cid="t40017009.1"/>And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, <woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40017009.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40017009.1" from="40017009.1" to="40017009.2"/>Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.<q class="end-double" qid="40017009.2" from="40017009.1" to="40017009.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And the disciples asked him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40017010.1" from="40017010.1" to="40017010.2"/>Then why do the scribes say <crossref let="v" cid="c40017010.1"/>that first Elijah must come?<q class="end-double" qid="40017010.2" from="40017010.1" to="40017010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017011"/>
+    <verse num="11">He answered, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40017011.1" from="40017011.1" to="40017012.1"/>Elijah does come, and <crossref let="w" cid="c40017011.1"/>he will restore all things.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc>But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but <crossref let="x" cid="c40017012.1"/>did to him whatever they pleased. <crossref let="y" cid="c40017012.2"/>So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.<q class="end-double" qid="40017012.1" from="40017011.1" to="40017012.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="z" cid="c40017013.1"/>Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017014"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="a" cid="c40017014.1"/><crossref cid="t40017014.1"/>And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017015"/>
+    <verse num="15">said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40017015.1" from="40017015.1" to="40017016.1"/>Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has <crossref let="b" cid="c40017015.1"/>seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And I brought him to your disciples, and <crossref let="c" cid="c40017016.1"/>they could not heal him.<q class="end-double" qid="40017016.1" from="40017015.1" to="40017016.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And Jesus answered, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40017017.1" from="40017017.1" to="40017017.2"/>O faithless and <crossref let="d" cid="c40017017.1"/>twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? <crossref let="e" cid="c40017017.2"/>How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.<q class="end-double" qid="40017017.2" from="40017017.1" to="40017017.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And Jesus <crossref let="f" cid="c40017018.1"/>rebuked the demon,<note nid="n40017018.1"/> and it<note nid="n40017018.2"/> came out of him, and <crossref let="g" cid="c40017018.2"/>the boy was healed instantly.<note nid="n40017018.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40017019.1" from="40017019.1" to="40017019.2"/>Why could we not cast it out?<q class="end-double" qid="40017019.2" from="40017019.1" to="40017019.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017020"/>
+    <verse num="20">He said to them, <woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40017020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40017020.1" from="40017020.1" to="40017020.4"/>Because of your little faith. For <crossref let="i" cid="c40017020.2"/>truly, I say to you, <crossref let="j" cid="c40017020.3"/>if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, <crossref let="k" cid="c40017020.4"/>you will say to this mountain, <q class="begin-single" qid="40017020.2" from="40017020.2" to="40017020.3"/>Move from here to there,<q class="end-single" qid="40017020.3" from="40017020.2" to="40017020.3"/> and it will move, and <crossref let="l" cid="c40017020.5"/>nothing will be impossible for you.<q class="end-double" qid="40017020.4" from="40017020.1" to="40017020.4"/><note nid="n40017020.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017022"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="m" cid="c40017022.1"/><crossref cid="t40017022.1"/>As they were gathering<note nid="n40017022.1"/> in Galilee, Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40017022.1" from="40017022.1" to="40017023.1"/>The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc>and they will kill him, and he will be raised on <crossref let="n" cid="c40017023.1"/>the third day.<q class="end-double" qid="40017023.1" from="40017022.1" to="40017023.1"/></woc> And they were greatly distressed.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017024"/>
+    <heading>The Temple Tax</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="o" cid="c40017024.1"/>When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of <crossref let="p" cid="c40017024.2"/>the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40017024.1" from="40017024.1" to="40017024.2"/>Does your teacher not pay the tax?<q class="end-double" qid="40017024.2" from="40017024.1" to="40017024.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017025"/>
+    <verse num="25">He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40017025.1" from="40017025.1" to="40017025.2"/>Yes.<q class="end-double" qid="40017025.2" from="40017025.1" to="40017025.2"/> And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, <woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40017025.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40017025.3" from="40017025.3" to="40017025.4"/>What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or <crossref let="r" cid="c40017025.2"/>tax? From their sons or from others?<q class="end-double" qid="40017025.4" from="40017025.3" to="40017025.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And when he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40017026.1" from="40017026.1" to="40017026.2"/>From others,<q class="end-double" qid="40017026.2" from="40017026.1" to="40017026.2"/> Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40017026.3" from="40017026.3" to="40017027.1"/>Then the sons are free.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40017027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel.<note nid="n40017027.1"/> Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.<q class="end-double" qid="40017027.1" from="40017026.3" to="40017027.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018001"/>
+  <chapter num="18">
+    <heading>Who Is the Greatest?</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="t" cid="c40018001.1"/><crossref cid="t40018001.1"/>At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40018001.1" from="40018001.1" to="40018001.2"/>Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?<q class="end-double" qid="40018001.2" from="40018001.1" to="40018001.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40018003.1" from="40018003.1" to="40018020.1"/>Truly, I say to you, unless you <crossref let="u" cid="c40018003.1"/>turn and <crossref let="v" cid="c40018003.2"/>become like children, you <crossref let="w" cid="c40018003.3"/>will never enter the kingdom of heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40018004.1"/>Whoever humbles himself like this child is the <crossref let="w" cid="c40018004.2"/>greatest in the kingdom of heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="y" cid="c40018005.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40018005.1" from="40018003.1" to="40018020.1"/>Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>but <crossref let="z" cid="c40018006.1"/>whoever causes one of these <crossref let="a" cid="c40018006.2"/>little ones who believe in me to sin,<note nid="n40018006.1"/> it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018007"/>
+    <heading>Temptations to Sin</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40018007.1" from="40018003.1" to="40018020.1"/>Woe to the world for <crossref let="b" cid="c40018007.1"/>temptations to sin!<note nid="n40018007.1"/> <crossref let="c" cid="c40018007.2"/>For it is necessary that temptations come, <crossref let="d" cid="c40018007.3"/>but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40018008.1"/>And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into <crossref let="f" cid="c40018008.2"/>the eternal fire.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40018009.1"/>And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the <crossref let="f" cid="c40018009.2"/>hell<note nid="n40018009.1"/> of fire.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018010"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Lost Sheep</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40018010.1" from="40018003.1" to="40018020.1"/>See that you do not despise <crossref let="g" cid="c40018010.1"/>one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven <crossref let="h" cid="c40018010.2"/>their angels always <crossref let="i" cid="c40018010.3"/>see the face of my Father who is in heaven.<note nid="n40018010.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40018012.1"/>What do you think? <crossref let="k" cid="c40018012.2"/>If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc>And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>So <crossref let="l" cid="c40018014.1"/>it is not the will of my<note nid="n40018014.1"/> Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018015"/>
+    <heading>If Your Brother Sins Against You</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40018015.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40018015.1" from="40018003.1" to="40018020.1"/>If your brother sins against you, <crossref let="n" cid="c40018015.2"/>go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have <crossref let="o" cid="c40018015.3"/>gained your brother.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018016"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established <crossref let="p" cid="c40018016.1"/>by the evidence of two or three witnesses.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>If he refuses to listen to them, <crossref let="q" cid="c40018017.1"/>tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, <crossref let="r" cid="c40018017.2"/>let him be to you as <crossref let="s" cid="c40018017.3"/>a Gentile and <crossref let="s" cid="c40018017.4"/>a tax collector.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="t" cid="c40018018.1"/>whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed<note nid="n40018018.1"/> in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>Again I say to you, if two of you <crossref let="u" cid="c40018019.1"/>agree on earth about anything they ask, <crossref let="v" cid="c40018019.2"/>it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>For where two or three are <crossref let="w" cid="c40018020.1"/>gathered in my name, <crossref let="x" cid="c40018020.2"/>there am I among them.<q class="end-double" qid="40018020.1" from="40018003.1" to="40018020.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018021"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">Then Peter came up and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40018021.1" from="40018021.1" to="40018021.2"/>Lord, how often <crossref let="y" cid="c40018021.1"/>will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? <crossref let="z" cid="c40018021.2"/>As many as seven times?<q class="end-double" qid="40018021.2" from="40018021.1" to="40018021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40018022.1" from="40018022.1" to="40018035.1"/>I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40018023.1" from="40018022.1" to="40018035.1"/>Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished <crossref let="a" cid="c40018023.1"/>to settle accounts with his servants.<note nid="n40018023.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc>When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him <crossref let="b" cid="c40018024.1"/>ten thousand <crossref let="c" cid="c40018024.2"/>talents.<note nid="n40018024.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="d" cid="c40018025.1"/>And since he could not pay, his master ordered him <crossref let="e" cid="c40018025.2"/>to be sold, with his wife and <crossref let="f" cid="c40018025.3"/>children and all that he had, and payment to be made.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>So the servant<note nid="n40018026.1"/> <crossref let="g" cid="c40018026.1"/>fell on his knees, imploring him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40018026.1" from="40018026.1" to="40018026.2"/>Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.<q class="end-single" qid="40018026.2" from="40018026.1" to="40018026.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and <crossref let="d" cid="c40018027.1"/>forgave him the debt.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred <crossref let="h" cid="c40018028.1"/>denarii,<note nid="n40018028.1"/> and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40018028.1" from="40018028.1" to="40018028.2"/>Pay what you owe.<q class="end-single" qid="40018028.2" from="40018028.1" to="40018028.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40018029.1" from="40018029.1" to="40018029.2"/>Have patience with me, and I will pay you.<q class="end-single" qid="40018029.2" from="40018029.1" to="40018029.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc>When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc>Then his master summoned him and said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40018032.1" from="40018032.1" to="40018033.1"/>You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018033"/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40018033.1"/>And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?<q class="end-single" qid="40018033.1" from="40018032.1" to="40018033.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018034"/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40018034.1"/>And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,<note nid="n40018034.1"/> <crossref let="k" cid="c40018034.2"/>until he should pay all his debt.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40018035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="l" cid="c40018035.1"/>So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother <crossref let="m" cid="c40018035.2"/>from your heart.<q class="end-double" qid="40018035.1" from="40018022.1" to="40018035.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019001"/>
+  <chapter num="19">
+    <heading>Teaching About Divorce</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from <crossref let="n" cid="c40019001.1"/>Galilee and <crossref let="o" cid="c40019001.2"/><crossref cid="t40019001.1"/>entered <crossref let="p" cid="c40019001.3"/>the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And <crossref let="q" cid="c40019002.1"/>large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019003"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3">And Pharisees came up to him and <crossref let="r" cid="c40019003.1"/>tested him by asking, <crossref let="s" cid="c40019003.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019003.1" from="40019003.1" to="40019003.2"/>Is it lawful to divorce one&apos;s wife for any cause?<q class="end-double" qid="40019003.2" from="40019003.1" to="40019003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019004"/>
+    <verse num="4">He answered, <woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40019004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019004.1" from="40019004.1" to="40019006.1"/>Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>and said, <crossref let="u" cid="c40019005.1"/><crossref cid="t40019005.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40019005.1" from="40019005.1" to="40019005.2"/>Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and <crossref let="v" cid="c40019005.2"/>the two shall become one flesh<q class="end-single" qid="40019005.2" from="40019005.1" to="40019005.2"/>?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>So they are no longer two but one flesh. <crossref let="w" cid="c40019006.1"/>What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.<q class="end-double" qid="40019006.1" from="40019004.1" to="40019006.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019007"/>
+    <verse num="7">They said to him, <crossref let="x" cid="c40019007.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019007.1" from="40019007.1" to="40019007.2"/>Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?<q class="end-double" qid="40019007.2" from="40019007.1" to="40019007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019008"/>
+    <verse num="8">He said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40019008.1" from="40019008.1" to="40019009.1"/>Because of your <crossref let="y" cid="c40019008.1"/>hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40019009.1"/>And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.<q class="end-double" qid="40019009.1" from="40019008.1" to="40019009.1"/><note nid="n40019009.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">The disciples said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40019010.1" from="40019010.1" to="40019010.2"/>If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.<q class="end-double" qid="40019010.2" from="40019010.1" to="40019010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019011"/>
+    <verse num="11">But he said to them, <woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40019011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019011.1" from="40019011.1" to="40019012.1"/>Not everyone can receive this saying, but only <crossref let="b" cid="c40019011.2"/>those to <crossref let="c" cid="c40019011.3"/>whom it is given.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc>For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs <crossref let="d" cid="c40019012.1"/>for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.<q class="end-double" qid="40019012.1" from="40019011.1" to="40019012.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019013"/>
+    <heading>Let the Children Come to Me</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="e" cid="c40019013.1"/><crossref cid="t40019013.1"/>Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples <crossref let="f" cid="c40019013.2"/>rebuked the people,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019014"/>
+    <verse num="14">but Jesus said, <woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40019014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019014.1" from="40019014.1" to="40019014.2"/>Let the little children <crossref let="h" cid="c40019014.2"/>come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.<q class="end-double" qid="40019014.2" from="40019014.1" to="40019014.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And he laid his hands on them and went away.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019016"/>
+    <heading>The Rich Young Man</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="i" cid="c40019016.1"/><crossref cid="t40019016.1"/>And behold, a man came up to him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40019016.1" from="40019016.1" to="40019016.2"/>Teacher, what good deed must I do to <crossref let="j" cid="c40019016.2"/>have <crossref let="k" cid="c40019016.3"/>eternal life?<q class="end-double" qid="40019016.2" from="40019016.1" to="40019016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And he said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40019017.1" from="40019017.1" to="40019017.2"/>Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. <crossref let="l" cid="c40019017.1"/>If you would enter life, keep the commandments.<q class="end-double" qid="40019017.2" from="40019017.1" to="40019017.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019018"/>
+    <verse num="18">He said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40019018.1" from="40019018.1" to="40019018.2"/>Which ones?<q class="end-double" qid="40019018.2" from="40019018.1" to="40019018.2"/> And Jesus said, <woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40019018.1"/><crossref cid="t40019018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019018.3" from="40019018.3" to="40019019.1"/>You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>Honor your father and mother, and, <crossref let="n" cid="c40019019.1"/><crossref cid="t40019019.1"/>You shall love your neighbor as yourself.<q class="end-double" qid="40019019.1" from="40019018.3" to="40019019.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019020"/>
+    <verse num="20">The young man said to him, <crossref let="o" cid="c40019020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019020.1" from="40019020.1" to="40019020.2"/>All these I have kept. What do I still lack?<q class="end-double" qid="40019020.2" from="40019020.1" to="40019020.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40019021.1" from="40019021.1" to="40019021.2"/>If you would be <crossref let="p" cid="c40019021.1"/>perfect, go, <crossref let="q" cid="c40019021.2"/>sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have <crossref let="r" cid="c40019021.3"/>treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.<q class="end-double" qid="40019021.2" from="40019021.1" to="40019021.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="s" cid="c40019022.1"/>When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">And Jesus said to his disciples, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40019023.1" from="40019023.1" to="40019024.1"/>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="t" cid="c40019023.1"/>only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40019024.1"/>Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter <crossref let="v" cid="c40019024.2"/>the kingdom of God.<q class="end-double" qid="40019024.1" from="40019023.1" to="40019024.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019025"/>
+    <verse num="25">When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40019025.1" from="40019025.1" to="40019025.2"/>Who then can be saved?<q class="end-double" qid="40019025.2" from="40019025.1" to="40019025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019026"/>
+    <verse num="26">But Jesus <crossref let="w" cid="c40019026.1"/>looked at them and said, <woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40019026.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40019026.1" from="40019026.1" to="40019026.2"/>With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.<q class="end-double" qid="40019026.2" from="40019026.1" to="40019026.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Then Peter said in reply, <q class="begin-double" qid="40019027.1" from="40019027.1" to="40019027.2"/>See, <crossref let="y" cid="c40019027.1"/>we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?<q class="end-double" qid="40019027.2" from="40019027.1" to="40019027.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40019028.1" from="40019028.1" to="40020016.1"/>Truly, I say to you, in the new world,<note nid="n40019028.1"/> <crossref let="z" cid="c40019028.1"/>when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me <crossref let="a" cid="c40019028.2"/>will also sit on twelve thrones, <crossref let="b" cid="c40019028.3"/>judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="c" cid="c40019029.1"/>And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name&apos;s sake, will receive a hundredfold<note nid="n40019029.1"/> and will <crossref let="d" cid="c40019029.2"/>inherit eternal life.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40019030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="e" cid="c40019030.1"/>many who are <crossref let="f" cid="c40019030.2"/>first will be last, and the last first.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020001"/>
+  <chapter num="20">
+    <heading>Laborers in the Vineyard</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40020001.1" from="40019028.1" to="40020016.1"/>For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020002"/>
+    <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc>After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius<note nid="n40020002.1"/> a day, he sent them into his vineyard.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>and to them he said, <q class="begin-single" qid="40020004.1" from="40020004.1" to="40020004.2"/>You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.<q class="end-single" qid="40020004.2" from="40020004.1" to="40020004.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>So they went.</woc> <woc>Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="g" cid="c40020006.1"/>about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="40020006.1" from="40020006.1" to="40020006.2"/>Why do you stand here idle all day?<q class="end-single" qid="40020006.2" from="40020006.1" to="40020006.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>They said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40020007.1" from="40020007.1" to="40020007.2"/>Because no one has hired us.<q class="end-single" qid="40020007.2" from="40020007.1" to="40020007.2"/> He said to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="40020007.3" from="40020007.3" to="40020007.4"/>You go into the vineyard too.<q class="end-single" qid="40020007.4" from="40020007.3" to="40020007.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="h" cid="c40020008.1"/>when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his <crossref let="i" cid="c40020008.2"/>foreman, <q class="begin-single" qid="40020008.1" from="40020008.1" to="40020008.2"/>Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.<q class="end-single" qid="40020008.2" from="40020008.1" to="40020008.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc>And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc>saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40020012.1" from="40020012.1" to="40020012.2"/>These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and <crossref let="j" cid="c40020012.1"/>the scorching heat.<q class="end-single" qid="40020012.2" from="40020012.1" to="40020012.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc>But he replied to one of them, <crossref let="k" cid="c40020013.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40020013.1" from="40020013.1" to="40020015.1"/>Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>Take <crossref let="l" cid="c40020014.1"/>what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40020015.1"/>Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or <crossref let="n" cid="c40020015.2"/>do you begrudge my generosity?<q class="end-single" qid="40020015.1" from="40020013.1" to="40020015.1"/><note nid="n40020015.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020016"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>So <crossref let="o" cid="c40020016.1"/>the last will be first, and the first last.<q class="end-double" qid="40020016.1" from="40019028.1" to="40020016.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020017"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="p" cid="c40020017.1"/><crossref cid="t40020017.1"/>And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40020018.1" from="40020018.1" to="40020019.1"/>See, <crossref let="q" cid="c40020018.1"/>we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will <crossref let="r" cid="c40020018.2"/>condemn him to death</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>and <crossref let="s" cid="c40020019.1"/>deliver him over to the Gentiles <crossref let="t" cid="c40020019.2"/>to be mocked and flogged and <crossref let="u" cid="c40020019.3"/>crucified, and he will be raised on <crossref let="v" cid="c40020019.4"/>the third day.<q class="end-double" qid="40020019.1" from="40020018.1" to="40020019.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020020"/>
+    <heading>A Mother&apos;s Request</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="w" cid="c40020020.1"/><crossref cid="t40020020.1"/>Then <crossref let="x" cid="c40020020.2"/>the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and <crossref let="y" cid="c40020020.3"/>kneeling before him she asked him for something.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And he said to her, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40020021.1" from="40020021.1" to="40020021.2"/>What do you want?<q class="end-double" qid="40020021.2" from="40020021.1" to="40020021.2"/></woc> She said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40020021.3" from="40020021.3" to="40020021.4"/>Say that these two sons of mine <crossref let="z" cid="c40020021.1"/>are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, <crossref let="a" cid="c40020021.2"/>in your kingdom.<q class="end-double" qid="40020021.4" from="40020021.3" to="40020021.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Jesus answered, <woc><crossref let="b" cid="c40020022.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40020022.1" from="40020022.1" to="40020022.2"/>You do not know what you are asking. Are you able <crossref let="c" cid="c40020022.2"/>to drink the cup that I am to drink?<q class="end-double" qid="40020022.2" from="40020022.1" to="40020022.2"/></woc> They said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40020022.3" from="40020022.3" to="40020022.4"/>We are able.<q class="end-double" qid="40020022.4" from="40020022.3" to="40020022.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020023"/>
+    <verse num="23">He said to them, <woc><crossref let="d" cid="c40020023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40020023.1" from="40020023.1" to="40020023.2"/>You will drink <crossref let="e" cid="c40020023.2"/>my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, <crossref let="f" cid="c40020023.3"/>but it is for those for whom it has been <crossref let="g" cid="c40020023.4"/>prepared by my Father.<q class="end-double" qid="40020023.2" from="40020023.1" to="40020023.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020025"/>
+    <verse num="25">But Jesus called them to him and said, <woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40020025.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40020025.1" from="40020025.1" to="40020028.1"/>You know that the rulers of the Gentiles <crossref let="i" cid="c40020025.2"/>lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40020026.1"/>It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,<note nid="n40020026.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,<note nid="n40020027.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>even as the Son of Man came not to be served but <crossref let="k" cid="c40020028.1"/>to serve, and <crossref let="l" cid="c40020028.2"/>to give his life as a ransom for <crossref let="m" cid="c40020028.3"/>many.<q class="end-double" qid="40020028.1" from="40020025.1" to="40020028.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020029"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Heals Two Blind Men</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="n" cid="c40020029.1"/><crossref cid="t40020029.1"/>And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, <q class="begin-double" qid="40020030.1" from="40020030.1" to="40020030.2"/>Lord,<note nid="n40020030.1"/> have mercy on us, <crossref let="o" cid="c40020030.1"/>Son of David!<q class="end-double" qid="40020030.2" from="40020030.1" to="40020030.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020031"/>
+    <verse num="31">The crowd <crossref let="p" cid="c40020031.1"/>rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, <q class="begin-double" qid="40020031.1" from="40020031.1" to="40020031.2"/>Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!<q class="end-double" qid="40020031.2" from="40020031.1" to="40020031.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And stopping, Jesus called them and said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40020032.1" from="40020032.1" to="40020032.2"/>What do you want me to do for you?<q class="end-double" qid="40020032.2" from="40020032.1" to="40020032.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020033"/>
+    <verse num="33">They said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40020033.1" from="40020033.1" to="40020033.2"/>Lord, let our eyes be opened.<q class="end-double" qid="40020033.2" from="40020033.1" to="40020033.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40020034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021001"/>
+  <chapter num="21">
+    <heading>The Triumphal Entry</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="q" cid="c40021001.1"/><crossref cid="t40021001.1"/>Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to <crossref let="r" cid="c40021001.2"/>the Mount of Olives, then Jesus <crossref let="s" cid="c40021001.3"/>sent two disciples,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021002"/>
+    <verse num="2">saying to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40021002.1" from="40021002.1" to="40021003.3"/>Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40021003.1" from="40021003.1" to="40021003.2"/>The Lord needs them,<q class="end-single" qid="40021003.2" from="40021003.1" to="40021003.2"/> and he will send them at once.<q class="end-double" qid="40021003.3" from="40021002.1" to="40021003.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021004"/>
+    <verse num="4">This took place <crossref let="t" cid="c40021004.1"/>to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021005"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="5">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="u" cid="c40021005.1"/><crossref cid="t40021005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40021005.1" from="40021005.1" to="40021005.4"/>Say to the daughter of Zion,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-single" qid="40021005.2" from="40021005.2" to="40021005.3"/>Behold, your king is coming to you,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="v" cid="c40021005.2"/>humble, and mounted on a donkey,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>on a colt,<note nid="n40021005.1"/> the foal of a beast of burden.<q class="end-single" qid="40021005.3" from="40021005.2" to="40021005.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="40021005.4" from="40021005.1" to="40021005.4"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="6">The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021007"/>
+    <verse num="7">They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Most of the crowd <crossref let="w" cid="c40021008.1"/>spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, <crossref let="x" cid="c40021009.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40021009.1" from="40021009.1" to="40021009.2"/>Hosanna to <crossref let="y" cid="c40021009.2"/>the Son of David! <crossref let="z" cid="c40021009.3"/>Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna <crossref let="a" cid="c40021009.4"/>in the highest!<q class="end-double" qid="40021009.2" from="40021009.1" to="40021009.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And <crossref let="b" cid="c40021010.1"/>when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40021010.1" from="40021010.1" to="40021010.2"/>Who is this?<q class="end-double" qid="40021010.2" from="40021010.1" to="40021010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And the crowds said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40021011.1" from="40021011.1" to="40021011.2"/>This is <crossref let="c" cid="c40021011.1"/>the prophet Jesus, <crossref let="d" cid="c40021011.2"/>from Nazareth of Galilee.<q class="end-double" qid="40021011.2" from="40021011.1" to="40021011.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021012"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Cleanses the Temple</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="e" cid="c40021012.1"/><crossref cid="t40021012.1"/>And Jesus entered the temple<note nid="n40021012.1"/> and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of <crossref let="f" cid="c40021012.2"/>the money-changers and the seats of those who sold <crossref let="g" cid="c40021012.3"/>pigeons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021013"/>
+    <verse num="13">He said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40021013.1" from="40021013.1" to="40021013.4"/>It is written, <crossref let="h" cid="c40021013.1"/><crossref cid="t40021013.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40021013.2" from="40021013.2" to="40021013.3"/>My house shall be called a house of prayer,<q class="end-single" qid="40021013.3" from="40021013.2" to="40021013.3"/> but <crossref let="i" cid="c40021013.2"/>you make it a den of robbers.<q class="end-double" qid="40021013.4" from="40021013.1" to="40021013.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="j" cid="c40021014.1"/>And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021015"/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="k" cid="c40021015.1"/>But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, <crossref let="x" cid="c40021015.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40021015.1" from="40021015.1" to="40021015.2"/>Hosanna to the Son of David!<q class="end-double" qid="40021015.2" from="40021015.1" to="40021015.2"/> they were indignant,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021016"/>
+    <verse num="16">and they said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40021016.1" from="40021016.1" to="40021016.2"/>Do you hear what these are saying?<q class="end-double" qid="40021016.2" from="40021016.1" to="40021016.2"/> And Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40021016.3" from="40021016.3" to="40021016.7"/>Yes; <crossref let="l" cid="c40021016.1"/>have you never read,</woc>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40021016.2"/><crossref cid="t40021016.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40021016.4" from="40021016.3" to="40021016.7"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40021016.5" from="40021016.5" to="40021016.6"/>Out of the mouth of <crossref let="n" cid="c40021016.3"/>infants and nursing babies<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>you have prepared praise<q class="end-single" qid="40021016.6" from="40021016.5" to="40021016.6"/>?<q class="end-double" qid="40021016.7" from="40021016.3" to="40021016.7"/></woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="17">And <crossref let="o" cid="c40021017.1"/>leaving them, he <crossref let="p" cid="c40021017.2"/>went out of the city to <crossref let="q" cid="c40021017.3"/>Bethany and lodged there.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021018"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Curses the Fig Tree</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="r" cid="c40021018.1"/><crossref cid="t40021018.1"/>In the morning, as he was returning to the city, <crossref let="s" cid="c40021018.2"/>he became hungry.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="t" cid="c40021019.1"/>And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40021019.1" from="40021019.1" to="40021019.2"/>May no fruit ever come from you again!<q class="end-double" qid="40021019.2" from="40021019.1" to="40021019.2"/></woc> And the fig tree withered at once.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40021020.1" from="40021020.1" to="40021020.2"/>How did the fig tree wither at once?<q class="end-double" qid="40021020.2" from="40021020.1" to="40021020.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And Jesus answered them, <woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40021021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40021021.1" from="40021021.1" to="40021022.1"/>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="v" cid="c40021021.2"/>if you have faith and <crossref let="w" cid="c40021021.3"/>do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, <crossref let="x" cid="c40021021.4"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40021021.2" from="40021021.2" to="40021021.3"/>Be taken up and thrown into the sea,<q class="end-single" qid="40021021.3" from="40021021.2" to="40021021.3"/> it will happen.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="v" cid="c40021022.1"/>whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, <crossref let="y" cid="c40021022.2"/>if you have faith.<q class="end-double" qid="40021022.1" from="40021021.1" to="40021022.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021023"/>
+    <heading>The Authority of Jesus Challenged</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="z" cid="c40021023.1"/><crossref cid="t40021023.1"/>And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him <crossref let="a" cid="c40021023.2"/>as he was teaching, and said, <crossref let="b" cid="c40021023.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40021023.1" from="40021023.1" to="40021023.2"/>By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?<q class="end-double" qid="40021023.2" from="40021023.1" to="40021023.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021024"/>
+    <verse num="24">Jesus answered them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40021024.1" from="40021024.1" to="40021025.1"/>I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>The baptism of John, <crossref let="c" cid="c40021025.1"/>from where did it come? <crossref let="d" cid="c40021025.2"/>From heaven or from man?<q class="end-double" qid="40021025.1" from="40021024.1" to="40021025.1"/></woc> And they discussed it among themselves, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40021025.2" from="40021025.2" to="40021026.3"/>If we say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40021025.3" from="40021025.3" to="40021025.4"/>From heaven,<q class="end-single" qid="40021025.4" from="40021025.3" to="40021025.4"/> he will say to us, <crossref let="e" cid="c40021025.3"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40021025.5" from="40021025.5" to="40021025.6"/>Why then did you not believe him?<q class="end-single" qid="40021025.6" from="40021025.5" to="40021025.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021026"/>
+    <verse num="26">But if we say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40021026.1" from="40021026.1" to="40021026.2"/>From man,<q class="end-single" qid="40021026.2" from="40021026.1" to="40021026.2"/> <crossref let="f" cid="c40021026.1"/>we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was <crossref let="g" cid="c40021026.2"/>a prophet.<q class="end-double" qid="40021026.3" from="40021025.2" to="40021026.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021027"/>
+    <verse num="27">So they answered Jesus, <q class="begin-double" qid="40021027.1" from="40021027.1" to="40021027.2"/>We do not know.<q class="end-double" qid="40021027.2" from="40021027.1" to="40021027.2"/> And he said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40021027.3" from="40021027.3" to="40021031.1"/>Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021028"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Two Sons</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40021028.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40021028.1" from="40021027.3" to="40021031.1"/>What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, <q class="begin-single" qid="40021028.2" from="40021028.2" to="40021028.3"/>Son, go and work in <crossref let="i" cid="c40021028.2"/>the vineyard today.<q class="end-single" qid="40021028.3" from="40021028.2" to="40021028.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>And he answered, <q class="begin-single" qid="40021029.1" from="40021029.1" to="40021029.2"/>I will not,<q class="end-single" qid="40021029.2" from="40021029.1" to="40021029.2"/> but afterward he <crossref let="j" cid="c40021029.1"/>changed his mind and went.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, <q class="begin-single" qid="40021030.1" from="40021030.1" to="40021030.2"/>I go, sir,<q class="end-single" qid="40021030.2" from="40021030.1" to="40021030.2"/> but did not go.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc>Which of the two did the will of his father?<q class="end-double" qid="40021031.1" from="40021027.3" to="40021031.1"/></woc> They said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40021031.2" from="40021031.2" to="40021031.3"/>The first.<q class="end-double" qid="40021031.3" from="40021031.2" to="40021031.3"/> Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40021031.4" from="40021031.4" to="40021040.1"/>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="k" cid="c40021031.1"/>the tax collectors and <crossref let="l" cid="c40021031.2"/>the prostitutes go into <crossref let="m" cid="c40021031.3"/>the kingdom of God before you.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc>For John came to you <crossref let="n" cid="c40021032.1"/>in the way of righteousness, and <crossref let="o" cid="c40021032.2"/>you did not believe him, but <crossref let="p" cid="c40021032.3"/>the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward <crossref let="j" cid="c40021032.4"/>change your minds and believe him.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021033"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Tenants</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40021033.1"/><crossref cid="t40021033.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40021033.1" from="40021031.4" to="40021040.1"/>Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted <crossref let="r" cid="c40021033.2"/>a vineyard <crossref let="s" cid="c40021033.3"/>and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and <crossref let="t" cid="c40021033.4"/>leased it to tenants, and <crossref let="u" cid="c40021033.5"/>went into another country.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021034"/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc>When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants<note nid="n40021034.1"/> to the tenants <crossref let="t" cid="c40021034.1"/>to get his fruit.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="v" cid="c40021035.1"/>And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and <crossref let="w" cid="c40021035.2"/>stoned another.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021036"/>
+    <verse num="36" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40021036.1"/>Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021037"/>
+    <verse num="37" class="woc"><woc>Finally he sent his son to them, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40021037.1" from="40021037.1" to="40021037.2"/>They will respect my son.<q class="end-single" qid="40021037.2" from="40021037.1" to="40021037.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc>But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, <crossref let="y" cid="c40021038.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40021038.1" from="40021038.1" to="40021038.2"/>This is the heir. Come, <crossref let="z" cid="c40021038.2"/>let us kill him and have his inheritance.<q class="end-single" qid="40021038.2" from="40021038.1" to="40021038.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc>And they took him and <crossref let="a" cid="c40021039.1"/>threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021040"/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="b" cid="c40021040.1"/>When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?<q class="end-double" qid="40021040.1" from="40021031.4" to="40021040.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021041"/>
+    <verse num="41">They said to him, <crossref let="c" cid="c40021041.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40021041.1" from="40021041.1" to="40021041.2"/>He will put those wretches to a miserable death and <crossref let="d" cid="c40021041.2"/>let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.<q class="end-double" qid="40021041.2" from="40021041.1" to="40021041.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021042"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="42">Jesus said to them, <woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40021042.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40021042.1" from="40021042.1" to="40021044.1"/>Have you never read in the Scriptures:</woc>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40021042.2"/><crossref cid="t40021042.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40021042.2" from="40021042.1" to="40021044.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40021042.3" from="40021042.3" to="40021042.4"/>The stone that the builders rejected<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>has become the cornerstone;<note nid="n40021042.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>this was the Lord&apos;s doing,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and it is marvelous in our eyes<q class="end-single" qid="40021042.4" from="40021042.3" to="40021042.4"/>?</woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021043"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="43" class="woc"><woc>Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God <crossref let="g" cid="c40021043.1"/>will be taken away from you and given to a people <crossref let="h" cid="c40021043.2"/>producing its fruits.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021044"/>
+    <verse num="44" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="i" cid="c40021044.1"/>the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and <crossref let="j" cid="c40021044.2"/>when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.<q class="end-double" qid="40021044.1" from="40021042.1" to="40021044.1"/><note nid="n40021044.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021045"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="45">When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40021046"/>
+    <verse num="46">And <crossref let="l" cid="c40021046.1"/>although they were seeking to arrest him, <crossref let="m" cid="c40021046.2"/>they feared the crowds, because they held him to be <crossref let="n" cid="c40021046.3"/>a prophet.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022001"/>
+  <chapter num="22">
+    <heading>The Parable of the Wedding Feast</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And again Jesus <crossref let="o" cid="c40022001.1"/>spoke to them in parables, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022002"/>
+    <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40022002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40022002.1" from="40022002.1" to="40022014.1"/>The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave <crossref let="q" cid="c40022002.2"/>a wedding feast for his son,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>and <crossref let="r" cid="c40022003.1"/>sent his servants<note nid="n40022003.1"/> to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c40022004.1"/>Again he sent other servants, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40022004.1" from="40022004.1" to="40022004.4"/>Tell those who are invited, <q class="begin-double" qid="40022004.2" from="40022004.2" to="40022004.3"/>See, I have prepared my <crossref let="t" cid="c40022004.2"/>dinner, <crossref let="u" cid="c40022004.3"/>my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.<q class="end-double" qid="40022004.3" from="40022004.2" to="40022004.3"/><q class="end-single" qid="40022004.4" from="40022004.1" to="40022004.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="v" cid="c40022005.1"/>they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>while the rest seized his servants, <crossref let="w" cid="c40022006.1"/>treated them shamefully, and <crossref let="x" cid="c40022006.2"/>killed them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>The king was angry, and he sent his troops and <crossref let="y" cid="c40022007.1"/>destroyed those murderers and burned their city.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>Then he said to his servants, <q class="begin-single" qid="40022008.1" from="40022008.1" to="40022009.1"/>The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not <crossref let="z" cid="c40022008.1"/>worthy.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc>Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.<q class="end-single" qid="40022009.1" from="40022008.1" to="40022009.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>And those servants went out into the roads and <crossref let="b" cid="c40022010.1"/>gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40022011.1" from="40022002.1" to="40022014.1"/>But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there <crossref let="c" cid="c40022011.1"/>a man who had no wedding garment.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc>And he said to him, <crossref let="d" cid="c40022012.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40022012.1" from="40022012.1" to="40022012.2"/>Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?<q class="end-single" qid="40022012.2" from="40022012.1" to="40022012.2"/> And he was speechless.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc>Then the king said to the attendants, <q class="begin-single" qid="40022013.1" from="40022013.1" to="40022013.2"/>Bind him hand and foot and <crossref let="e" cid="c40022013.1"/>cast him into the outer darkness. In that place <crossref let="e" cid="c40022013.2"/>there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<q class="end-single" qid="40022013.2" from="40022013.1" to="40022013.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>For many are <crossref let="f" cid="c40022014.1"/>called, but few are <crossref let="f" cid="c40022014.2"/>chosen.<q class="end-double" qid="40022014.1" from="40022002.1" to="40022014.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022015"/>
+    <heading>Paying Taxes to Caesar</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="g" cid="c40022015.1"/><crossref cid="t40022015.1"/>Then the Pharisees went and plotted how <crossref let="h" cid="c40022015.2"/>to entangle him in his words.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And they sent <crossref let="i" cid="c40022016.1"/>their disciples to him, along with <crossref let="j" cid="c40022016.2"/>the Herodians, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40022016.1" from="40022016.1" to="40022017.1"/>Teacher, <crossref let="k" cid="c40022016.3"/>we know that you are true and teach <crossref let="l" cid="c40022016.4"/>the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone&apos;s opinion, for <crossref let="m" cid="c40022016.5"/>you are not swayed by appearances.<note nid="n40022016.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay <crossref let="n" cid="c40022017.1"/>taxes to <crossref let="o" cid="c40022017.2"/>Caesar, or not?<q class="end-double" qid="40022017.1" from="40022016.1" to="40022017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40022018.1" from="40022018.1" to="40022019.1"/>Why <crossref let="p" cid="c40022018.1"/>put me to the test, you hypocrites?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>Show me the coin for the tax.<q class="end-double" qid="40022019.1" from="40022018.1" to="40022019.1"/></woc> And they brought him a denarius.<note nid="n40022019.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40022020.1" from="40022020.1" to="40022020.2"/>Whose likeness and inscription is this?<q class="end-double" qid="40022020.2" from="40022020.1" to="40022020.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022021"/>
+    <verse num="21">They said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40022021.1" from="40022021.1" to="40022021.2"/>Caesar&apos;s.<q class="end-double" qid="40022021.2" from="40022021.1" to="40022021.2"/> Then he said to them, <woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40022021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40022021.3" from="40022021.3" to="40022021.4"/>Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar&apos;s, and to God the things that are God&apos;s.<q class="end-double" qid="40022021.4" from="40022021.3" to="40022021.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022022"/>
+    <verse num="22">When they heard it, they marveled. And they <crossref let="r" cid="c40022022.1"/>left him and went away.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022023"/>
+    <heading>Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">The same day <crossref let="s" cid="c40022023.1"/>Sadducees came to him, <crossref let="t" cid="c40022023.2"/>who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022024"/>
+    <verse num="24">saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40022024.1" from="40022024.1" to="40022028.1"/>Teacher, Moses said, <crossref let="u" cid="c40022024.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40022024.2" from="40022024.2" to="40022024.3"/>If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.<q class="end-single" qid="40022024.3" from="40022024.2" to="40022024.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022026"/>
+    <verse num="26">So too the second and third, down to the seventh.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022027"/>
+    <verse num="27">After them all, the woman died.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022028"/>
+    <verse num="28">In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.<q class="end-double" qid="40022028.1" from="40022024.1" to="40022028.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29">But Jesus answered them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40022029.1" from="40022029.1" to="40022032.3"/>You are wrong, <crossref let="v" cid="c40022029.1"/>because you know neither the Scriptures nor <crossref let="w" cid="c40022029.2"/>the power of God.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>For in the resurrection they neither <crossref let="x" cid="c40022030.1"/>marry nor <crossref let="x" cid="c40022030.2"/>are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc>And as for the resurrection of the dead, <crossref let="y" cid="c40022031.1"/>have you not read what was said to you by God:</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40022032.1"/><crossref cid="t40022032.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40022032.1" from="40022032.1" to="40022032.2"/>I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob<q class="end-single" qid="40022032.2" from="40022032.1" to="40022032.2"/>? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.<q class="end-double" qid="40022032.3" from="40022029.1" to="40022032.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And when the crowd heard it, <crossref let="a" cid="c40022033.1"/>they were astonished at his teaching.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022034"/>
+    <heading>The Great Commandment</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="b" cid="c40022034.1"/><crossref cid="t40022034.1"/>But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced <crossref let="c" cid="c40022034.2"/>the Sadducees, they gathered together.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022035"/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="d" cid="c40022035.1"/>And one of them, <crossref let="e" cid="c40022035.2"/>a lawyer, asked him a question <crossref let="f" cid="c40022035.3"/>to test him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022036"/>
+    <verse num="36"><q class="begin-double" qid="40022036.1" from="40022036.1" to="40022036.2"/>Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?<q class="end-double" qid="40022036.2" from="40022036.1" to="40022036.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And he said to him, <woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40022037.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40022037.1" from="40022037.1" to="40022040.1"/>You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc>This is the great and first commandment.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="h" cid="c40022039.1"/>a second is like it: <crossref let="i" cid="c40022039.2"/>You shall love your neighbor as yourself.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022040"/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40022040.1"/>On these two commandments depend <crossref let="k" cid="c40022040.2"/>all the Law and the Prophets.<q class="end-double" qid="40022040.1" from="40022037.1" to="40022040.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022041"/>
+    <heading>Whose Son Is the Christ?</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41"><crossref let="l" cid="c40022041.1"/><crossref cid="t40022041.1"/>Now while the Pharisees <crossref let="m" cid="c40022041.2"/>were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022042"/>
+    <verse num="42">saying, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40022042.1" from="40022042.1" to="40022042.2"/>What do you think about <crossref let="n" cid="c40022042.1"/>the Christ? Whose son is he?<q class="end-double" qid="40022042.2" from="40022042.1" to="40022042.2"/></woc> They said to him, <crossref let="n" cid="c40022042.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40022042.3" from="40022042.3" to="40022042.4"/>The son of David.<q class="end-double" qid="40022042.4" from="40022042.3" to="40022042.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022043"/>
+    <verse num="43">He said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40022043.1" from="40022043.1" to="40022045.1"/>How is it then that David, <crossref let="o" cid="c40022043.1"/>in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022044"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="44" class="woc">
+        <begin-line/><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40022044.1"/><crossref cid="t40022044.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40022044.1" from="40022043.1" to="40022045.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40022044.2" from="40022044.2" to="40022044.5"/>The Lord said to my Lord,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="40022044.3" from="40022044.3" to="40022044.4"/>Sit at my right hand,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>until I put your enemies under your feet<q class="end-double" qid="40022044.4" from="40022044.3" to="40022044.4"/><q class="end-single" qid="40022044.5" from="40022044.2" to="40022044.5"/>?</woc><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022045"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="45" class="woc"><woc>If then David calls him Lord, <crossref let="q" cid="c40022045.1"/>how is he his son?<q class="end-double" qid="40022045.1" from="40022043.1" to="40022045.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40022046"/>
+    <verse num="46"><crossref let="r" cid="c40022046.1"/>And no one was able to answer him a word, <crossref let="s" cid="c40022046.2"/>nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023001"/>
+  <chapter num="23">
+    <heading>Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Then Jesus <crossref let="t" cid="c40023001.1"/><crossref cid="t40023001.1"/>said to the crowds and to his disciples,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023002"/>
+    <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40023002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40023002.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>The scribes and the Pharisees <crossref let="v" cid="c40023002.2"/>sit on Moses&apos; seat,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>so do and observe whatever they tell you, <crossref let="w" cid="c40023003.1"/>but not the works they do. <crossref let="x" cid="c40023003.2"/>For they preach, but do not practice.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="y" cid="c40023004.1"/>They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,<note nid="n40023004.1"/> and lay them on people&apos;s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="t" cid="c40023005.1"/>They do all their deeds <crossref let="z" cid="c40023005.2"/>to be seen by others. For they make <crossref let="a" cid="c40023005.3"/>their phylacteries broad and <crossref let="b" cid="c40023005.4"/>their fringes long,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>and they <crossref let="c" cid="c40023006.1"/>love the place of honor at feasts and <crossref let="d" cid="c40023006.2"/>the best seats in the synagogues</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>and <crossref let="d" cid="c40023007.1"/>greetings in <crossref let="e" cid="c40023007.2"/>the marketplaces and being called <crossref let="f" cid="c40023007.3"/>rabbi<note nid="n40023007.1"/> by others.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40023008.1"/>But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are <crossref let="h" cid="c40023008.2"/>all brothers.<note nid="n40023008.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40023009.1"/>And call no man your father on earth, for <crossref let="j" cid="c40023009.2"/>you have one Father, who is in heaven.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, <crossref let="k" cid="c40023010.1"/>the Christ.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="l" cid="c40023011.1"/>The greatest among you shall be your servant.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40023012.1"/>Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40023013.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>But woe <crossref let="n" cid="c40023013.1"/>to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you <crossref let="o" cid="c40023013.2"/>shut the kingdom of heaven in people&apos;s faces. For you <crossref let="p" cid="c40023013.3"/>neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.<note nid="n40023013.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single <crossref let="q" cid="c40023015.1"/>proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a <crossref let="r" cid="c40023015.2"/>child of <crossref let="s" cid="c40023015.3"/>hell<note nid="n40023015.1"/> as yourselves.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40023016.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>Woe to <crossref let="t" cid="c40023016.1"/>you, <crossref let="u" cid="c40023016.2"/>blind guides, who say, <crossref let="v" cid="c40023016.3"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40023016.2" from="40023016.2" to="40023016.3"/>If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.<q class="end-single" qid="40023016.3" from="40023016.2" to="40023016.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or <crossref let="w" cid="c40023017.1"/>the temple that has made the gold sacred?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>And you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40023018.1" from="40023018.1" to="40023018.2"/>If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by <crossref let="x" cid="c40023018.1"/>the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.<q class="end-single" qid="40023018.2" from="40023018.1" to="40023018.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or <crossref let="y" cid="c40023019.1"/>the altar that makes the gift sacred?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023021"/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc>And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by <crossref let="z" cid="c40023021.1"/>him who dwells in it.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc>And whoever swears by <crossref let="a" cid="c40023022.1"/>heaven swears by <crossref let="b" cid="c40023022.2"/>the throne of God and by <crossref let="c" cid="c40023022.3"/>him who sits upon it.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="d" cid="c40023023.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40023023.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For <crossref let="e" cid="c40023023.2"/>you tithe mint and dill and <crossref let="f" cid="c40023023.3"/>cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: <crossref let="g" cid="c40023023.4"/>justice and mercy and faithfulness. <crossref let="h" cid="c40023023.5"/>These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc>You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing <crossref let="i" cid="c40023024.1"/>a camel!</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40023025.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40023025.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For <crossref let="k" cid="c40023025.2"/>you clean the outside of <crossref let="l" cid="c40023025.3"/>the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of <crossref let="m" cid="c40023025.4"/>greed and self-indulgence.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of <crossref let="l" cid="c40023026.1"/>the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40023027.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40023027.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like <crossref let="o" cid="c40023027.2"/>whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people&apos;s bones and <crossref let="p" cid="c40023027.3"/>all uncleanness.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>So you also <crossref let="q" cid="c40023028.1"/>outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of <crossref let="r" cid="c40023028.2"/>hypocrisy and lawlessness.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="s" cid="c40023029.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40023029.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40023030.1" from="40023030.1" to="40023030.2"/>If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.<q class="end-single" qid="40023030.2" from="40023030.1" to="40023030.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc>Thus you witness against yourselves that you are <crossref let="t" cid="c40023031.1"/>sons of those who murdered the prophets.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40023032.1"/>Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023033"/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc>You serpents, <crossref let="v" cid="c40023033.1"/>you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to <crossref let="w" cid="c40023033.2"/>hell?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023034"/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40023034.1"/>Therefore <crossref let="y" cid="c40023034.2"/>I send you <crossref let="z" cid="c40023034.3"/>prophets and wise men and <crossref let="a" cid="c40023034.4"/>scribes, <crossref let="b" cid="c40023034.5"/>some of whom you will kill and crucify, and <crossref let="b" cid="c40023034.6"/>some you will <crossref let="c" cid="c40023034.7"/>flog in your synagogues and <crossref let="d" cid="c40023034.8"/>persecute from town to town,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc>so that on you may come all <crossref let="e" cid="c40023035.1"/>the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous <crossref let="f" cid="c40023035.2"/>Abel to the blood of <crossref let="g" cid="c40023035.3"/>Zechariah the son of Barachiah,<note nid="n40023035.1"/> whom you murdered between <crossref let="h" cid="c40023035.4"/>the sanctuary and <crossref let="i" cid="c40023035.5"/>the altar.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023036"/>
+    <verse num="36" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="j" cid="c40023036.1"/>all these things will come upon this generation.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023037"/>
+    <heading>Lament over Jerusalem</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="37" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40023037.1"/><crossref cid="t40023037.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40023037.1" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that <crossref let="l" cid="c40023037.2"/>kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have <crossref let="m" cid="c40023037.3"/>gathered <crossref let="n" cid="c40023037.4"/>your children together <crossref let="o" cid="c40023037.5"/>as a hen gathers her brood <crossref let="p" cid="c40023037.6"/>under her wings, and <crossref let="q" cid="c40023037.7"/>you were not willing!</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc>See, <crossref let="r" cid="c40023038.1"/>your house is left to you desolate.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40023039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc>For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, <crossref let="s" cid="c40023039.1"/><crossref cid="t40023039.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40023039.1" from="40023039.1" to="40023039.2"/>Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<q class="end-single" qid="40023039.2" from="40023039.1" to="40023039.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="40023039.3" from="40023002.1" to="40023039.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024001"/>
+  <chapter num="24">
+    <heading>Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="t" cid="c40024001.1"/><crossref cid="t40024001.1"/>Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024002"/>
+    <verse num="2">But he answered them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40024002.1" from="40024002.1" to="40024002.2"/>You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="u" cid="c40024002.1"/>there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.<q class="end-double" qid="40024002.2" from="40024002.1" to="40024002.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024003"/>
+    <heading>Signs of the End of the Age</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3">As he sat on <crossref let="v" cid="c40024003.1"/>the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him <crossref let="w" cid="c40024003.2"/>privately, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40024003.1" from="40024003.1" to="40024003.2"/>Tell us, <crossref let="x" cid="c40024003.3"/>when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your <crossref let="y" cid="c40024003.4"/>coming and of <crossref let="z" cid="c40024003.5"/>the end of the age?<q class="end-double" qid="40024003.2" from="40024003.1" to="40024003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And Jesus answered them, <woc><crossref let="a" cid="c40024004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40024004.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>See that no one leads you astray.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="b" cid="c40024005.1"/>many will come in my name, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40024005.1" from="40024005.1" to="40024005.2"/>I am <crossref let="c" cid="c40024005.2"/>the Christ,<q class="end-single" qid="40024005.2" from="40024005.1" to="40024005.2"/> and they will lead many astray.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you <crossref let="d" cid="c40024006.1"/>are not alarmed, for this <crossref let="e" cid="c40024006.2"/>must take place, but the end is not yet.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="f" cid="c40024007.1"/>nation will rise against nation, and <crossref let="g" cid="c40024007.2"/>kingdom against kingdom, and there will be <crossref let="h" cid="c40024007.3"/>famines and earthquakes in various places.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>All these are but the beginning of <crossref let="i" cid="c40024008.1"/>the birth pains.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40024009.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>Then <crossref let="j" cid="c40024009.1"/>they will deliver you up <crossref let="k" cid="c40024009.2"/>to tribulation and <crossref let="l" cid="c40024009.3"/>put you to death, and <crossref let="m" cid="c40024009.4"/>you will be hated by all nations for my name&apos;s sake.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>And then many will fall away<note nid="n40024010.1"/> and <crossref let="n" cid="c40024010.1"/>betray one another and hate one another.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>And many <crossref let="o" cid="c40024011.1"/>false prophets will arise <crossref let="p" cid="c40024011.2"/>and lead many astray.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc>And because lawlessness will be increased, <crossref let="q" cid="c40024012.1"/>the love of many will grow cold.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40024013.1"/>But the one who endures to the end will be saved.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024014"/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc>And this gospel of the kingdom <crossref let="s" cid="c40024014.1"/>will be proclaimed throughout the whole world <crossref let="t" cid="c40024014.2"/>as a testimony <crossref let="u" cid="c40024014.3"/>to all nations, and <crossref let="v" cid="c40024014.4"/>then the end will come.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024015"/>
+    <heading>The Abomination of Desolation</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40024015.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>So when you see the abomination of desolation <crossref let="w" cid="c40024015.1"/>spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in <crossref let="x" cid="c40024015.2"/>the holy place (<crossref let="y" cid="c40024015.3"/>let the reader understand),</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024016"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="z" cid="c40024017.1"/>Let the one who is on <crossref let="a" cid="c40024017.2"/>the housetop not go down to take what is in his house,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="b" cid="c40024019.1"/>alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024021"/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc>For then there will be <crossref let="c" cid="c40024021.1"/>great tribulation, <crossref let="d" cid="c40024021.2"/>such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc>And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for <crossref let="e" cid="c40024022.1"/>the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40024023.1"/>Then if anyone says to you, <q class="begin-single" qid="40024023.1" from="40024023.1" to="40024023.2"/>Look, here is the Christ!<q class="end-single" qid="40024023.2" from="40024023.1" to="40024023.2"/> or <q class="begin-single" qid="40024023.3" from="40024023.3" to="40024023.4"/>There he is!<q class="end-single" qid="40024023.4" from="40024023.3" to="40024023.4"/> do not believe it.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="g" cid="c40024024.1"/>false christs and <crossref let="h" cid="c40024024.2"/>false prophets will arise and <crossref let="i" cid="c40024024.3"/>perform great signs and wonders, <crossref let="h" cid="c40024024.4"/>so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>See, <crossref let="j" cid="c40024025.1"/>I have told you beforehand.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>So, if they say to you, <q class="begin-single" qid="40024026.1" from="40024026.1" to="40024026.2"/>Look, <crossref let="k" cid="c40024026.1"/>he is in the wilderness,<q class="end-single" qid="40024026.2" from="40024026.1" to="40024026.2"/> do not go out. If they say, <q class="begin-single" qid="40024026.3" from="40024026.3" to="40024026.4"/>Look, he is in the inner rooms,<q class="end-single" qid="40024026.4" from="40024026.3" to="40024026.4"/> do not believe it.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="l" cid="c40024027.1"/>For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be <crossref let="m" cid="c40024027.2"/>the coming of the Son of Man.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40024028.1"/>Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024029"/>
+    <heading>The Coming of the Son of Man</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40024029.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>Immediately after <crossref let="o" cid="c40024029.1"/>the tribulation of those days <crossref let="p" cid="c40024029.2"/>the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and <crossref let="q" cid="c40024029.3"/>the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>Then <crossref let="r" cid="c40024030.1"/>will appear in heaven <crossref let="s" cid="c40024030.2"/>the sign of the Son of Man, and then <crossref let="t" cid="c40024030.3"/>all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and <crossref let="u" cid="c40024030.4"/>they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven <crossref let="v" cid="c40024030.5"/>with power and great glory.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024031"/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="w" cid="c40024031.1"/>he will send out his angels with a loud <crossref let="x" cid="c40024031.2"/>trumpet call, and they will <crossref let="y" cid="c40024031.3"/>gather <crossref let="z" cid="c40024031.4"/>his elect from <crossref let="a" cid="c40024031.5"/>the four winds, <crossref let="b" cid="c40024031.6"/>from one end of heaven to the other.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024032"/>
+    <heading>The Lesson of the Fig Tree</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40024032.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024033"/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc>So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, <crossref let="c" cid="c40024033.1"/>at the very gates.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024034"/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="d" cid="c40024034.1"/>Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40024035.1"/>Heaven and earth will pass away, but <crossref let="f" cid="c40024035.2"/>my words will not pass away.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024036"/>
+    <heading>No One Knows That Day and Hour</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40024036.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>But concerning that day and hour <crossref let="g" cid="c40024036.1"/>no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, <crossref let="h" cid="c40024036.2"/>nor the Son,<note nid="n40024036.1"/> <crossref let="i" cid="c40024036.3"/>but the Father only.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024037"/>
+    <verse num="37" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40024037.1"/>For as were the days of Noah, <crossref let="k" cid="c40024037.2"/>so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40024038.1"/>For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, <crossref let="l" cid="c40024038.2"/>marrying and giving in marriage, until <crossref let="m" cid="c40024038.3"/>the day when Noah entered the ark,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc>and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, <crossref let="k" cid="c40024039.1"/>so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024040"/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc>Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024041"/>
+    <verse num="41" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40024041.1"/>Two women will be grinding <crossref let="o" cid="c40024041.2"/>at the mill; one will be taken and one left.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024042"/>
+    <verse num="42" class="woc"><woc>Therefore, <crossref let="p" cid="c40024042.1"/>stay awake, for you do not know on what day <crossref let="q" cid="c40024042.2"/>your Lord is coming.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024043"/>
+    <verse num="43" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="r" cid="c40024043.1"/>But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night <crossref let="s" cid="c40024043.2"/>the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024044"/>
+    <verse num="44" class="woc"><woc>Therefore you also must be <crossref let="t" cid="c40024044.1"/>ready, for <crossref let="u" cid="c40024044.2"/>the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024045"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="45" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40024045.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>Who then is <crossref let="v" cid="c40024045.1"/>the faithful and <crossref let="w" cid="c40024045.2"/>wise servant,<note nid="n40024045.1"/> whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024046"/>
+    <verse num="46" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="x" cid="c40024046.1"/>Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024047"/>
+    <verse num="47" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="y" cid="c40024047.1"/>he will set him over all his possessions.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024048"/>
+    <verse num="48" class="woc"><woc>But if that wicked servant says to himself, <q class="begin-single" qid="40024048.1" from="40024048.1" to="40024048.2"/>My master <crossref let="z" cid="c40024048.1"/>is delayed,<q class="end-single" qid="40024048.2" from="40024048.1" to="40024048.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024049"/>
+    <verse num="49" class="woc"><woc>and begins to beat his fellow servants<note nid="n40024049.1"/> and eats and drinks with <crossref let="a" cid="c40024049.1"/>drunkards,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024050"/>
+    <verse num="50" class="woc"><woc>the master of that servant will come <crossref let="b" cid="c40024050.1"/>on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40024051"/>
+    <verse num="51" class="woc"><woc>and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place <crossref let="c" cid="c40024051.1"/>there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025001"/>
+  <chapter num="25">
+    <heading>The Parable of the Ten Virgins</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40025001.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>Then the kingdom of heaven will be like <crossref let="d" cid="c40025001.1"/>ten virgins who took their lamps<note nid="n40025001.1"/> and went to meet <crossref let="e" cid="c40025001.2"/>the bridegroom.<note nid="n40025001.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025002"/>
+    <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc>Five of them were foolish, and five were <crossref let="w" cid="c40025002.1"/>wise.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025003"/>
+    <verse num="3" class="woc"><woc>For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025004"/>
+    <verse num="4" class="woc"><woc>but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025005"/>
+    <verse num="5" class="woc"><woc>As the bridegroom <crossref let="f" cid="c40025005.1"/>was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025006"/>
+    <verse num="6" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="g" cid="c40025006.1"/>at midnight there was a cry, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025006.1" from="40025006.1" to="40025006.2"/>Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.<q class="end-single" qid="40025006.2" from="40025006.1" to="40025006.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025007"/>
+    <verse num="7" class="woc"><woc>Then all those virgins rose and <crossref let="h" cid="c40025007.1"/>trimmed their lamps.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025008"/>
+    <verse num="8" class="woc"><woc>And the foolish said to the wise, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025008.1" from="40025008.1" to="40025008.2"/>Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.<q class="end-single" qid="40025008.2" from="40025008.1" to="40025008.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025009"/>
+    <verse num="9" class="woc"><woc>But the wise answered, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025009.1" from="40025009.1" to="40025009.2"/>Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.<q class="end-single" qid="40025009.2" from="40025009.1" to="40025009.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025010"/>
+    <verse num="10" class="woc"><woc>And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and <crossref let="i" cid="c40025010.1"/>those who were ready went in with him to <crossref let="j" cid="c40025010.2"/>the marriage feast, and <crossref let="k" cid="c40025010.3"/>the door was shut.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, <crossref let="l" cid="c40025011.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40025011.1" from="40025011.1" to="40025011.2"/>Lord, lord, open to us.<q class="end-single" qid="40025011.2" from="40025011.1" to="40025011.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="l" cid="c40025012.1"/>But he answered, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025012.1" from="40025012.1" to="40025012.2"/>Truly, I say to you, <crossref let="m" cid="c40025012.2"/>I do not know you.<q class="end-single" qid="40025012.2" from="40025012.1" to="40025012.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40025013.1"/>Watch therefore, for you <crossref let="o" cid="c40025013.2"/>know neither the day nor the hour.</woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025014"/>
+    <heading>The Parable of the Talents</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40025014.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40025014.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>For <crossref let="q" cid="c40025014.2"/>it will be like a man <crossref let="r" cid="c40025014.3"/>going on a journey, who called his servants<note nid="n40025014.1"/> and entrusted to them his property.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025015"/>
+    <verse num="15" class="woc"><woc>To one he gave five <crossref let="s" cid="c40025015.1"/>talents,<note nid="n40025015.1"/> to another two, to another one, <crossref let="t" cid="c40025015.2"/>to each according to his ability. Then he <crossref let="r" cid="c40025015.3"/>went away.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025016"/>
+    <verse num="16" class="woc"><woc>He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025017"/>
+    <verse num="17" class="woc"><woc>So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025018"/>
+    <verse num="18" class="woc"><woc>But he who had received the one talent went and <crossref let="u" cid="c40025018.1"/>dug in the ground and hid his master&apos;s money.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc>Now <crossref let="v" cid="c40025019.1"/>after a long time the master of those servants came and <crossref let="w" cid="c40025019.2"/>settled accounts with them.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025020.1" from="40025020.1" to="40025020.2"/>Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.<q class="end-single" qid="40025020.2" from="40025020.1" to="40025020.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025021"/>
+    <verse num="21" class="woc"><woc>His master said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025021.1" from="40025021.1" to="40025021.2"/>Well done, good and <crossref let="x" cid="c40025021.1"/>faithful servant.<note nid="n40025021.1"/> <crossref let="y" cid="c40025021.2"/>You have been faithful over a little; <crossref let="z" cid="c40025021.3"/>I will set you over much. Enter into <crossref let="a" cid="c40025021.4"/>the joy of your master.<q class="end-single" qid="40025021.2" from="40025021.1" to="40025021.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025022"/>
+    <verse num="22" class="woc"><woc>And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025022.1" from="40025022.1" to="40025022.2"/>Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.<q class="end-single" qid="40025022.2" from="40025022.1" to="40025022.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025023"/>
+    <verse num="23" class="woc"><woc>His master said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025023.1" from="40025023.1" to="40025023.2"/>Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.<q class="end-single" qid="40025023.2" from="40025023.1" to="40025023.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc>He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025024.1" from="40025024.1" to="40025025.1"/>Master, I knew you to be <crossref let="b" cid="c40025024.1"/>a hard man, reaping <crossref let="c" cid="c40025024.2"/>where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025025"/>
+    <verse num="25" class="woc"><woc>so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, <crossref let="d" cid="c40025025.1"/>you have what is yours.<q class="end-single" qid="40025025.1" from="40025024.1" to="40025025.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025026"/>
+    <verse num="26" class="woc"><woc>But his master answered him, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025026.1" from="40025026.1" to="40025030.1"/>You <crossref let="e" cid="c40025026.1"/>wicked and <crossref let="e" cid="c40025026.2"/>slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025027"/>
+    <verse num="27" class="woc"><woc>Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="f" cid="c40025029.1"/>For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025030"/>
+    <verse num="30" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="g" cid="c40025030.1"/>cast <crossref let="h" cid="c40025030.2"/>the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place <crossref let="g" cid="c40025030.3"/>there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<q class="end-single" qid="40025030.1" from="40025026.1" to="40025030.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025031"/>
+    <heading>The Final Judgment</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40025031.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="40025031.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, <crossref let="j" cid="c40025031.2"/>then he will sit on his glorious throne.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc>Before him <crossref let="k" cid="c40025032.1"/>will be gathered <crossref let="l" cid="c40025032.2"/>all the nations, and <crossref let="m" cid="c40025032.3"/>he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates <crossref let="n" cid="c40025032.4"/>the sheep from the goats.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025033"/>
+    <verse num="33" class="woc"><woc>And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025034"/>
+    <verse num="34" class="woc"><woc>Then <crossref let="o" cid="c40025034.1"/>the King will say to <crossref let="p" cid="c40025034.2"/>those on his right, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025034.1" from="40025034.1" to="40025036.1"/>Come, you <crossref let="q" cid="c40025034.3"/>who are blessed by my Father, <crossref let="r" cid="c40025034.4"/>inherit <crossref let="s" cid="c40025034.5"/>the kingdom <crossref let="t" cid="c40025034.6"/>prepared for you <crossref let="u" cid="c40025034.7"/>from the foundation of the world.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025035"/>
+    <verse num="35" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="v" cid="c40025035.1"/>I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you <crossref let="w" cid="c40025035.2"/>gave me drink, <crossref let="x" cid="c40025035.3"/>I was a stranger and you welcomed me,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025036"/>
+    <verse num="36" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="v" cid="c40025036.1"/>I was naked and you clothed me, <crossref let="y" cid="c40025036.2"/>I was sick and you <crossref let="z" cid="c40025036.3"/>visited me, <crossref let="a" cid="c40025036.4"/>I was in prison and you came to me.<q class="end-single" qid="40025036.1" from="40025034.1" to="40025036.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025037"/>
+    <verse num="37" class="woc"><woc>Then the righteous will answer him, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025037.1" from="40025037.1" to="40025039.1"/>Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025038"/>
+    <verse num="38" class="woc"><woc>And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025039"/>
+    <verse num="39" class="woc"><woc>And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?<q class="end-single" qid="40025039.1" from="40025037.1" to="40025039.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025040"/>
+    <verse num="40" class="woc"><woc>And <crossref let="b" cid="c40025040.1"/>the King will answer them, <crossref let="c" cid="c40025040.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40025040.1" from="40025040.1" to="40025040.2"/>Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these <crossref let="d" cid="c40025040.3"/>my brothers,<note nid="n40025040.1"/> you did it to me.<q class="end-single" qid="40025040.2" from="40025040.1" to="40025040.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025041"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41" class="woc"><woc><q class="continue-double" qid="40025041.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/>Then he will say to those on his left, <crossref let="e" cid="c40025041.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40025041.2" from="40025041.2" to="40025043.1"/>Depart from me, you <crossref let="f" cid="c40025041.2"/>cursed, into <crossref let="g" cid="c40025041.3"/>the eternal fire prepared for <crossref let="h" cid="c40025041.4"/>the devil and his angels.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025042"/>
+    <verse num="42" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="i" cid="c40025042.1"/>I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025043"/>
+    <verse num="43" class="woc"><woc>I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.<q class="end-single" qid="40025043.1" from="40025041.2" to="40025043.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025044"/>
+    <verse num="44" class="woc"><woc>Then they also will answer, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025044.1" from="40025044.1" to="40025044.2"/>Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?<q class="end-single" qid="40025044.2" from="40025044.1" to="40025044.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025045"/>
+    <verse num="45" class="woc"><woc>Then he will answer them, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="40025045.1" from="40025045.1" to="40025045.2"/>Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, <crossref let="j" cid="c40025045.1"/>you did not do it to me.<q class="end-single" qid="40025045.2" from="40025045.1" to="40025045.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40025046"/>
+    <verse num="46" class="woc"><woc>And these will go away <crossref let="k" cid="c40025046.1"/>into eternal punishment, but the righteous <crossref let="k" cid="c40025046.2"/>into <crossref let="l" cid="c40025046.3"/>eternal life.<q class="end-double" qid="40025046.1" from="40024004.1" to="40025046.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026001"/>
+  <chapter num="26">
+    <heading>The Plot to Kill Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026002"/>
+    <verse num="2" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="m" cid="c40026002.1"/><crossref cid="t40026002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026002.1" from="40026002.1" to="40026002.2"/>You know that after two days <crossref let="n" cid="c40026002.2"/>the Passover is coming, and <crossref let="o" cid="c40026002.3"/>the Son of Man <crossref let="p" cid="c40026002.4"/>will be delivered up to be crucified.<q class="end-double" qid="40026002.2" from="40026002.1" to="40026002.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026003"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="q" cid="c40026003.1"/>Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in <crossref let="r" cid="c40026003.2"/>the palace of the high priest, whose name was <crossref let="s" cid="c40026003.3"/>Caiaphas,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="t" cid="c40026004.1"/>and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026005"/>
+    <verse num="5">But they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026005.1" from="40026005.1" to="40026005.2"/>Not during the feast, <crossref let="u" cid="c40026005.1"/>lest there be an uproar among the people.<q class="end-double" qid="40026005.2" from="40026005.1" to="40026005.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026006"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Anointed at Bethany</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="v" cid="c40026006.1"/><crossref cid="t40026006.1"/>Now when Jesus was at <crossref let="w" cid="c40026006.2"/>Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,<note nid="n40026006.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026007"/>
+    <verse num="7">a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026008.1" from="40026008.1" to="40026009.1"/>Why this waste?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026009"/>
+    <verse num="9">For this could have been sold for a large sum and <crossref let="x" cid="c40026009.1"/>given to the poor.<q class="end-double" qid="40026009.1" from="40026008.1" to="40026009.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026010"/>
+    <verse num="10">But <crossref let="y" cid="c40026010.1"/>Jesus, aware of this, said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026010.1" from="40026010.1" to="40026013.1"/>Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026011"/>
+    <verse num="11" class="woc"><woc>For <crossref let="z" cid="c40026011.1"/>you always have the poor with you, but <crossref let="a" cid="c40026011.2"/>you will not always have me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026012"/>
+    <verse num="12" class="woc"><woc>In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it <crossref let="b" cid="c40026012.1"/>to prepare me for burial.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026013"/>
+    <verse num="13" class="woc"><woc>Truly, I say to you, wherever <crossref let="c" cid="c40026013.1"/>this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told <crossref let="d" cid="c40026013.2"/>in memory of her.<q class="end-double" qid="40026013.1" from="40026010.1" to="40026013.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026014"/>
+    <heading>Judas to Betray Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="e" cid="c40026014.1"/><crossref cid="t40026014.1"/>Then one of the twelve, whose name was <crossref let="f" cid="c40026014.2"/>Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026015.1" from="40026015.1" to="40026015.2"/>What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?<q class="end-double" qid="40026015.2" from="40026015.1" to="40026015.2"/> And they <crossref let="g" cid="c40026015.1"/>paid him <crossref let="h" cid="c40026015.2"/>thirty pieces of silver.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And from that moment he sought an opportunity <crossref let="i" cid="c40026016.1"/>to betray him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026017"/>
+    <heading>The Passover with the Disciples</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="j" cid="c40026017.1"/><crossref cid="t40026017.1"/>Now on <crossref let="k" cid="c40026017.2"/>the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026017.1" from="40026017.1" to="40026017.2"/>Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?<q class="end-double" qid="40026017.2" from="40026017.1" to="40026017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026018"/>
+    <verse num="18">He said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026018.1" from="40026018.1" to="40026018.4"/>Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, <crossref let="l" cid="c40026018.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40026018.2" from="40026018.2" to="40026018.3"/>The Teacher says, <crossref let="m" cid="c40026018.2"/>My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.<q class="end-single" qid="40026018.3" from="40026018.2" to="40026018.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="40026018.4" from="40026018.1" to="40026018.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="n" cid="c40026020.1"/><crossref cid="t40026020.1"/>When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve.<note nid="n40026020.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And as they were eating, <crossref let="o" cid="c40026021.1"/>he said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026021.1" from="40026021.1" to="40026021.2"/>Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.<q class="end-double" qid="40026021.2" from="40026021.1" to="40026021.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026022.1" from="40026022.1" to="40026022.2"/>Is it I, Lord?<q class="end-double" qid="40026022.2" from="40026022.1" to="40026022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026023"/>
+    <verse num="23">He answered, <woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40026023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026023.1" from="40026023.1" to="40026024.1"/>He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026024"/>
+    <verse num="24" class="woc"><woc>The Son of Man goes <crossref let="q" cid="c40026024.1"/>as it is written of him, but <crossref let="r" cid="c40026024.2"/>woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! <crossref let="s" cid="c40026024.3"/>It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.<q class="end-double" qid="40026024.1" from="40026023.1" to="40026024.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Judas, who would betray him, answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026025.1" from="40026025.1" to="40026025.2"/>Is it I, <crossref let="t" cid="c40026025.1"/>Rabbi?<q class="end-double" qid="40026025.2" from="40026025.1" to="40026025.2"/> He said to him, <woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40026025.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026025.3" from="40026025.3" to="40026025.4"/>You have said so.<q class="end-double" qid="40026025.4" from="40026025.3" to="40026025.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026026"/>
+    <heading>Institution of the Lord&apos;s Supper</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="v" cid="c40026026.1"/><crossref cid="t40026026.1"/>Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and <crossref let="w" cid="c40026026.2"/>after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026026.1" from="40026026.1" to="40026026.2"/>Take, eat; <crossref let="x" cid="c40026026.3"/>this is my body.<q class="end-double" qid="40026026.2" from="40026026.1" to="40026026.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And he took a cup, and when he <crossref let="y" cid="c40026027.1"/>had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026027.1" from="40026027.1" to="40026029.1"/>Drink of it, all of you,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026028"/>
+    <verse num="28" class="woc"><woc>for <crossref let="x" cid="c40026028.1"/>this is my <crossref let="z" cid="c40026028.2"/>blood of the<note nid="n40026028.1"/> covenant, which is poured out for <crossref let="a" cid="c40026028.3"/>many <crossref let="b" cid="c40026028.4"/>for the forgiveness of sins.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026029"/>
+    <verse num="29" class="woc"><woc>I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you <crossref let="c" cid="c40026029.1"/>in my Father&apos;s kingdom.<q class="end-double" qid="40026029.1" from="40026027.1" to="40026029.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026030"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Foretells Peter&apos;s Denial</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="30"><crossref let="d" cid="c40026030.1"/><crossref cid="t40026030.1"/>And when they had sung a hymn, <crossref let="e" cid="c40026030.2"/>they went out to <crossref let="f" cid="c40026030.3"/>the Mount of Olives.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Then Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026031.1" from="40026031.1" to="40026032.1"/>You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, <q class="begin-single" qid="40026031.2" from="40026031.2" to="40026031.3"/>I will <crossref let="g" cid="c40026031.1"/><crossref cid="t40026031.1"/>strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.<q class="end-single" qid="40026031.3" from="40026031.2" to="40026031.3"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026032"/>
+    <verse num="32" class="woc"><woc>But after I am raised up, <crossref let="h" cid="c40026032.1"/>I will go before you to Galilee.<q class="end-double" qid="40026032.1" from="40026031.1" to="40026032.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026033"/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="i" cid="c40026033.1"/>Peter answered him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026033.1" from="40026033.1" to="40026033.2"/>Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.<q class="end-double" qid="40026033.2" from="40026033.1" to="40026033.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="j" cid="c40026034.1"/>Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026034.1" from="40026034.1" to="40026034.2"/>Truly, I tell you, this very night, <crossref let="k" cid="c40026034.2"/>before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.<q class="end-double" qid="40026034.2" from="40026034.1" to="40026034.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026035"/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="l" cid="c40026035.1"/>Peter said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026035.1" from="40026035.1" to="40026035.2"/>Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!<q class="end-double" qid="40026035.2" from="40026035.1" to="40026035.2"/> And all the disciples said the same.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026036"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Prays in Gethsemane</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36"><crossref let="m" cid="c40026036.1"/><crossref cid="t40026036.1"/>Then Jesus went with them <crossref let="e" cid="c40026036.2"/>to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026036.1" from="40026036.1" to="40026036.2"/>Sit here, while I go over there and pray.<q class="end-double" qid="40026036.2" from="40026036.1" to="40026036.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And taking with him <crossref let="n" cid="c40026037.1"/>Peter and <crossref let="o" cid="c40026037.2"/>the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026038"/>
+    <verse num="38">Then he said to them, <woc><crossref let="p" cid="c40026038.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026038.1" from="40026038.1" to="40026038.2"/>My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and <crossref let="q" cid="c40026038.2"/>watch<note nid="n40026038.1"/> with me.<q class="end-double" qid="40026038.2" from="40026038.1" to="40026038.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And going a little farther he fell on his face <crossref let="r" cid="c40026039.1"/>and prayed, saying, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026039.1" from="40026039.1" to="40026039.2"/>My Father, if it be possible, let <crossref let="s" cid="c40026039.2"/>this cup pass from me; <crossref let="t" cid="c40026039.3"/>nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.<q class="end-double" qid="40026039.2" from="40026039.1" to="40026039.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026040.1" from="40026040.1" to="40026041.1"/>So, could you not watch with me one hour?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026041"/>
+    <verse num="41" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="q" cid="c40026041.1"/>Watch and <crossref let="u" cid="c40026041.2"/>pray that you <crossref let="v" cid="c40026041.3"/>may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.<q class="end-double" qid="40026041.1" from="40026040.1" to="40026041.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026042"/>
+    <verse num="42">Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026042.1" from="40026042.1" to="40026042.2"/>My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, <crossref let="w" cid="c40026042.1"/>your will be done.<q class="end-double" qid="40026042.2" from="40026042.1" to="40026042.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026043"/>
+    <verse num="43">And again he came and found them sleeping, for <crossref let="x" cid="c40026043.1"/>their eyes were heavy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026044"/>
+    <verse num="44">So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for <crossref let="y" cid="c40026044.1"/>the third time, saying the same words again.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026045"/>
+    <verse num="45">Then he came to the disciples and said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026045.1" from="40026045.1" to="40026046.1"/>Sleep and take your rest later on.<note nid="n40026045.1"/> See, <crossref let="z" cid="c40026045.1"/>the hour is at hand, and <crossref let="a" cid="c40026045.2"/>the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026046"/>
+    <verse num="46" class="woc"><woc>Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.<q class="end-double" qid="40026046.1" from="40026045.1" to="40026046.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026047"/>
+    <heading>Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="47"><crossref let="b" cid="c40026047.1"/><crossref cid="t40026047.1"/>While he was still speaking, <crossref let="c" cid="c40026047.2"/>Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026048"/>
+    <verse num="48">Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026048.1" from="40026048.1" to="40026048.2"/>The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.<q class="end-double" qid="40026048.2" from="40026048.1" to="40026048.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026049"/>
+    <verse num="49">And he came up to Jesus at once and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026049.1" from="40026049.1" to="40026049.2"/>Greetings, <crossref let="d" cid="c40026049.1"/>Rabbi!<q class="end-double" qid="40026049.2" from="40026049.1" to="40026049.2"/> And he kissed him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026050"/>
+    <verse num="50">Jesus said to him, <woc><crossref let="e" cid="c40026050.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026050.1" from="40026050.1" to="40026050.2"/>Friend, <crossref let="f" cid="c40026050.2"/>do what you came to do.<q class="end-double" qid="40026050.2" from="40026050.1" to="40026050.2"/><note nid="n40026050.1"/></woc> Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026051"/>
+    <verse num="51">And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his <crossref let="g" cid="c40026051.1"/>sword and struck the servant<note nid="n40026051.1"/> of the high priest and cut off his ear.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026052"/>
+    <verse num="52">Then Jesus said to him, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026052.1" from="40026052.1" to="40026054.1"/>Put your sword back into its place. For <crossref let="h" cid="c40026052.1"/>all who take the sword will perish by the sword.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026053"/>
+    <verse num="53" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="i" cid="c40026053.1"/>Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me <crossref let="j" cid="c40026053.2"/>more than twelve <crossref let="k" cid="c40026053.3"/>legions of angels?</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026054"/>
+    <verse num="54" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="l" cid="c40026054.1"/>But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?<q class="end-double" qid="40026054.1" from="40026052.1" to="40026054.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026055"/>
+    <verse num="55">At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40026055.1" from="40026055.1" to="40026056.1"/>Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day <crossref let="m" cid="c40026055.1"/>I sat in the temple <crossref let="n" cid="c40026055.2"/>teaching, and you did not seize me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026056"/>
+    <verse num="56" class="woc"><woc>But <crossref let="l" cid="c40026056.1"/>all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.<q class="end-double" qid="40026056.1" from="40026055.1" to="40026056.1"/></woc> <crossref let="o" cid="c40026056.2"/>Then all the disciples left him and fled.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026057"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Before Caiaphas and the Council</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="57"><crossref let="p" cid="c40026057.1"/>Then <crossref let="q" cid="c40026057.2"/><crossref cid="t40026057.1"/>those who had seized Jesus led him to <crossref let="r" cid="c40026057.3"/>Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026058"/>
+    <verse num="58">And <crossref let="s" cid="c40026058.1"/>Peter was following him at a distance, as far as <crossref let="r" cid="c40026058.2"/>the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with <crossref let="t" cid="c40026058.3"/>the guards to see the end.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026059"/>
+    <verse num="59">Now the chief priests and the whole council<note nid="n40026059.1"/> <crossref let="u" cid="c40026059.1"/>were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026060"/>
+    <verse num="60">but they found none, <crossref let="v" cid="c40026060.1"/>though many false witnesses came forward. At last <crossref let="w" cid="c40026060.2"/>two came forward</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026061"/>
+    <verse num="61">and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026061.1" from="40026061.1" to="40026061.4"/>This man said, <crossref let="x" cid="c40026061.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40026061.2" from="40026061.2" to="40026061.3"/>I am able to <crossref let="y" cid="c40026061.2"/>destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.<q class="end-single" qid="40026061.3" from="40026061.2" to="40026061.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="40026061.4" from="40026061.1" to="40026061.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026062"/>
+    <verse num="62">And the high priest stood up and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026062.1" from="40026062.1" to="40026062.2"/>Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?<q class="end-double" qid="40026062.2" from="40026062.1" to="40026062.2"/><note nid="n40026062.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026063"/>
+    <verse num="63"><crossref let="z" cid="c40026063.1"/>But Jesus remained silent. <crossref let="a" cid="c40026063.2"/>And the high priest said to him, <crossref let="b" cid="c40026063.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026063.1" from="40026063.1" to="40026063.2"/>I adjure you by <crossref let="c" cid="c40026063.4"/>the living God, <crossref let="d" cid="c40026063.5"/>tell us if you are <crossref let="e" cid="c40026063.6"/>the Christ, <crossref let="f" cid="c40026063.7"/>the Son of God.<q class="end-double" qid="40026063.2" from="40026063.1" to="40026063.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026064"/>
+    <verse num="64">Jesus said to him, <woc><crossref let="g" cid="c40026064.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026064.1" from="40026064.1" to="40026064.2"/>You have said so. But I tell you, from now on <crossref let="h" cid="c40026064.2"/>you will see the Son of Man <crossref let="i" cid="c40026064.3"/>seated at the right hand of Power and <crossref let="h" cid="c40026064.4"/>coming on the clouds of heaven.<q class="end-double" qid="40026064.2" from="40026064.1" to="40026064.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026065"/>
+    <verse num="65">Then the high priest <crossref let="j" cid="c40026065.1"/>tore his robes and said, <crossref let="k" cid="c40026065.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026065.1" from="40026065.1" to="40026066.1"/>He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026066"/>
+    <verse num="66">What is your judgment?<q class="end-double" qid="40026066.1" from="40026065.1" to="40026066.1"/> They answered, <crossref let="l" cid="c40026066.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026066.2" from="40026066.2" to="40026066.3"/>He deserves death.<q class="end-double" qid="40026066.3" from="40026066.2" to="40026066.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026067"/>
+    <verse num="67">Then <crossref let="m" cid="c40026067.1"/>they spit in his face <crossref let="n" cid="c40026067.2"/>and <crossref let="o" cid="c40026067.3"/>struck him. And some slapped him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026068"/>
+    <verse num="68">saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026068.1" from="40026068.1" to="40026068.2"/>Prophesy to us, you <crossref let="p" cid="c40026068.1"/>Christ! Who is it that struck you?<q class="end-double" qid="40026068.2" from="40026068.1" to="40026068.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026069"/>
+    <heading>Peter Denies Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="69"><crossref let="q" cid="c40026069.1"/><crossref cid="t40026069.1"/>Now Peter was sitting outside <crossref let="r" cid="c40026069.2"/>in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026069.1" from="40026069.1" to="40026069.2"/>You also were with Jesus the Galilean.<q class="end-double" qid="40026069.2" from="40026069.1" to="40026069.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026070"/>
+    <verse num="70">But he denied it before them all, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026070.1" from="40026070.1" to="40026070.2"/>I do not know what you mean.<q class="end-double" qid="40026070.2" from="40026070.1" to="40026070.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026071"/>
+    <verse num="71">And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026071.1" from="40026071.1" to="40026071.2"/>This man was with Jesus <crossref let="s" cid="c40026071.1"/>of Nazareth.<q class="end-double" qid="40026071.2" from="40026071.1" to="40026071.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026072"/>
+    <verse num="72">And again he denied it with an oath: <q class="begin-double" qid="40026072.1" from="40026072.1" to="40026072.2"/>I do not know the man.<q class="end-double" qid="40026072.2" from="40026072.1" to="40026072.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026073"/>
+    <verse num="73">After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026073.1" from="40026073.1" to="40026073.2"/>Certainly you too are one of them, for <crossref let="t" cid="c40026073.1"/>your accent betrays you.<q class="end-double" qid="40026073.2" from="40026073.1" to="40026073.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026074"/>
+    <verse num="74">Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, <q class="begin-double" qid="40026074.1" from="40026074.1" to="40026074.2"/>I do not know the man.<q class="end-double" qid="40026074.2" from="40026074.1" to="40026074.2"/> And immediately the rooster crowed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40026075"/>
+    <verse num="75">And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, <woc><crossref let="u" cid="c40026075.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40026075.1" from="40026075.1" to="40026075.2"/>Before the rooster crows, you will <crossref let="v" cid="c40026075.2"/>deny me three times.<q class="end-double" qid="40026075.2" from="40026075.1" to="40026075.2"/></woc> And he went out and wept bitterly.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027001"/>
+  <chapter num="27">
+    <heading>Jesus Delivered to Pilate</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="w" cid="c40027001.1"/>When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people <crossref let="x" cid="c40027001.2"/>took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And they bound him and <crossref let="y" cid="c40027002.1"/>led him away and <crossref let="z" cid="c40027002.2"/>delivered him over to <crossref let="a" cid="c40027002.3"/>Pilate the governor.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027003"/>
+    <heading>Judas Hangs Himself</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3">Then when <crossref let="b" cid="c40027003.1"/>Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus<note nid="n40027003.1"/> was condemned, <crossref let="c" cid="c40027003.2"/>he changed his mind and brought back <crossref let="d" cid="c40027003.3"/>the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027004"/>
+    <verse num="4">saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027004.1" from="40027004.1" to="40027004.2"/>I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.<q class="end-double" qid="40027004.2" from="40027004.1" to="40027004.2"/> They said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027004.3" from="40027004.3" to="40027004.4"/>What is that to us? <crossref let="e" cid="c40027004.1"/>See to it yourself.<q class="end-double" qid="40027004.4" from="40027004.3" to="40027004.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, <crossref let="f" cid="c40027005.1"/>he departed, and he went and hanged himself.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027006.1" from="40027006.1" to="40027006.2"/>It is not lawful to put them into <crossref let="g" cid="c40027006.1"/>the treasury, since it is blood money.<q class="end-double" qid="40027006.2" from="40027006.1" to="40027006.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027007"/>
+    <verse num="7">So they took counsel and bought with them the potter&apos;s field as a burial place for strangers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Therefore <crossref let="h" cid="c40027008.1"/>that field has been called the Field of Blood <crossref let="i" cid="c40027008.2"/>to this day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="j" cid="c40027009.1"/>Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, <crossref let="k" cid="c40027009.2"/><crossref cid="t40027009.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027009.1" from="40027009.1" to="40027010.1"/>And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and they gave them for the potter&apos;s field, as the Lord directed me.<q class="end-double" qid="40027010.1" from="40027009.1" to="40027010.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027011"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Before Pilate</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="l" cid="c40027011.1"/><crossref cid="t40027011.1"/>Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027011.1" from="40027011.1" to="40027011.2"/>Are you <crossref let="m" cid="c40027011.2"/>the King of the Jews?<q class="end-double" qid="40027011.2" from="40027011.1" to="40027011.2"/> Jesus said, <woc><crossref let="n" cid="c40027011.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027011.3" from="40027011.3" to="40027011.4"/>You have said so.<q class="end-double" qid="40027011.4" from="40027011.3" to="40027011.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="o" cid="c40027012.1"/>But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Then Pilate said to him, <crossref let="p" cid="c40027013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027013.1" from="40027013.1" to="40027013.2"/>Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?<q class="end-double" qid="40027013.2" from="40027013.1" to="40027013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027014"/>
+    <verse num="14">But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027015"/>
+    <heading>The Crowd Chooses Barabbas</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="q" cid="c40027015.1"/><crossref cid="t40027015.1"/>Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027017"/>
+    <verse num="17">So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027017.1" from="40027017.1" to="40027017.2"/>Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or <crossref let="r" cid="c40027017.1"/>Jesus who is called Christ?<q class="end-double" qid="40027017.2" from="40027017.1" to="40027017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027018"/>
+    <verse num="18">For he knew that it was out <crossref let="s" cid="c40027018.1"/>of envy that they had delivered him up.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Besides, while he was sitting on <crossref let="t" cid="c40027019.1"/>the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027019.1" from="40027019.1" to="40027019.2"/>Have nothing to do with <crossref let="u" cid="c40027019.2"/>that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today <crossref let="v" cid="c40027019.3"/>in a dream.<q class="end-double" qid="40027019.2" from="40027019.1" to="40027019.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to <crossref let="w" cid="c40027020.1"/>ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027021"/>
+    <verse num="21">The governor again said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027021.1" from="40027021.1" to="40027021.2"/>Which of the two do you want me to release for you?<q class="end-double" qid="40027021.2" from="40027021.1" to="40027021.2"/> And they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027021.3" from="40027021.3" to="40027021.4"/>Barabbas.<q class="end-double" qid="40027021.4" from="40027021.3" to="40027021.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Pilate said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027022.1" from="40027022.1" to="40027022.2"/>Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?<q class="end-double" qid="40027022.2" from="40027022.1" to="40027022.2"/> <crossref let="x" cid="c40027022.1"/>They all said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027022.3" from="40027022.3" to="40027022.4"/>Let him be crucified!<q class="end-double" qid="40027022.4" from="40027022.3" to="40027022.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027023.1" from="40027023.1" to="40027023.2"/>Why? <crossref let="y" cid="c40027023.1"/>What evil has he done?<q class="end-double" qid="40027023.2" from="40027023.1" to="40027023.2"/> But they shouted all the more, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027023.3" from="40027023.3" to="40027023.4"/>Let him be crucified!<q class="end-double" qid="40027023.4" from="40027023.3" to="40027023.4"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027024"/>
+    <heading>Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that <crossref let="z" cid="c40027024.1"/>a riot was beginning, he took water and <crossref let="a" cid="c40027024.2"/>washed his hands before the crowd, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027024.1" from="40027024.1" to="40027024.2"/>I am innocent of <crossref let="b" cid="c40027024.3"/>this man&apos;s blood;<note nid="n40027024.1"/> <crossref let="c" cid="c40027024.4"/>see to it yourselves.<q class="end-double" qid="40027024.2" from="40027024.1" to="40027024.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And all the people answered, <crossref let="d" cid="c40027025.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027025.1" from="40027025.1" to="40027025.2"/>His blood be on us and <crossref let="e" cid="c40027025.2"/>on our children!<q class="end-double" qid="40027025.2" from="40027025.1" to="40027025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Then he released for them Barabbas, and having <crossref let="f" cid="c40027026.1"/>scourged<note nid="n40027026.1"/> Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027027"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Is Mocked</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="g" cid="c40027027.1"/><crossref cid="t40027027.1"/>Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the <crossref let="h" cid="c40027027.2"/>governor&apos;s headquarters,<note nid="n40027027.1"/> and they gathered the whole <crossref let="i" cid="c40027027.3"/>battalion<note nid="n40027027.2"/> before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And they stripped him and put <crossref let="j" cid="c40027028.1"/>a scarlet robe on him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027029"/>
+    <verse num="29">and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they <crossref let="k" cid="c40027029.1"/>mocked him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027029.1" from="40027029.1" to="40027029.2"/>Hail, <crossref let="l" cid="c40027029.2"/>King of the Jews!<q class="end-double" qid="40027029.2" from="40027029.1" to="40027029.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And <crossref let="m" cid="c40027030.1"/>they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and <crossref let="n" cid="c40027031.1"/>led him away to crucify him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027032"/>
+    <heading>The Crucifixion</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossrefs><crossref let="o" cid="c40027032.1"/><crossref let="p" cid="c40027032.2"/></crossrefs>As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to <crossref let="o" cid="c40027032.3"/>carry his cross.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027033"/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="q" cid="c40027033.1"/><crossref cid="t40027033.1"/>And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="r" cid="c40027034.1"/>they offered him wine to drink, mixed with <crossref let="s" cid="c40027034.2"/>gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And when they had crucified him, <crossref let="t" cid="c40027035.1"/>they divided his garments among them by casting lots.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027036"/>
+    <verse num="36">Then they sat down and <crossref let="u" cid="c40027036.1"/>kept watch over him there.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027037.1" from="40027037.1" to="40027037.2"/>This is Jesus, <crossref let="v" cid="c40027037.1"/>the King of the Jews.<q class="end-double" qid="40027037.2" from="40027037.1" to="40027037.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027038"/>
+    <verse num="38">Then two <crossref let="w" cid="c40027038.1"/>robbers were crucified with him, <crossref let="x" cid="c40027038.2"/>one on the right and one on the left.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And <crossref let="y" cid="c40027039.1"/>those who passed by <crossref let="z" cid="c40027039.2"/>derided him, <crossref let="a" cid="c40027039.3"/>wagging their heads</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027040"/>
+    <verse num="40">and saying, <crossref let="b" cid="c40027040.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027040.1" from="40027040.1" to="40027040.2"/>You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! <crossref let="c" cid="c40027040.2"/>If you are <crossref let="d" cid="c40027040.3"/>the Son of God, come down from the cross.<q class="end-double" qid="40027040.2" from="40027040.1" to="40027040.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027041"/>
+    <verse num="41">So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027042"/>
+    <verse num="42"><crossref let="e" cid="c40027042.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027042.1" from="40027042.1" to="40027043.3"/>He saved others; <crossref let="f" cid="c40027042.2"/>he cannot save himself. <crossref let="g" cid="c40027042.3"/>He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027043"/>
+    <verse num="43"><crossref let="h" cid="c40027043.1"/>He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, <q class="begin-single" qid="40027043.1" from="40027043.1" to="40027043.2"/>I am the Son of God.<q class="end-single" qid="40027043.2" from="40027043.1" to="40027043.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="40027043.3" from="40027042.1" to="40027043.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027044"/>
+    <verse num="44"><crossref let="i" cid="c40027044.1"/>And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027045"/>
+    <heading>The Death of Jesus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="45">Now from the sixth hour<note nid="n40027045.1"/> there was darkness over all the land<note nid="n40027045.2"/> until the ninth hour.<note nid="n40027045.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027046"/>
+    <verse num="46">And about the ninth hour Jesus <crossref let="j" cid="c40027046.1"/>cried out with a loud voice, saying, <woc><crossref let="k" cid="c40027046.2"/><crossref cid="t40027046.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027046.1" from="40027046.1" to="40027046.2"/>Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?<q class="end-double" qid="40027046.2" from="40027046.1" to="40027046.2"/></woc> that is, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40027046.3" from="40027046.3" to="40027046.4"/>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?<q class="end-double" qid="40027046.4" from="40027046.3" to="40027046.4"/></woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027047"/>
+    <verse num="47">And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027047.1" from="40027047.1" to="40027047.2"/>This man is calling Elijah.<q class="end-double" qid="40027047.2" from="40027047.1" to="40027047.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027048"/>
+    <verse num="48">And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with <crossref let="l" cid="c40027048.1"/>sour wine, and put it on a reed and <crossref let="m" cid="c40027048.2"/>gave it to him to drink.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027049"/>
+    <verse num="49">But the others said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027049.1" from="40027049.1" to="40027049.2"/>Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.<q class="end-double" qid="40027049.2" from="40027049.1" to="40027049.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027050"/>
+    <verse num="50">And Jesus <crossref let="n" cid="c40027050.1"/>cried out again with a loud voice and <crossref let="o" cid="c40027050.2"/>yielded up his spirit.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027051"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="51">And behold, <crossref let="p" cid="c40027051.1"/>the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And <crossref let="q" cid="c40027051.2"/>the earth shook, and the rocks were split.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027052"/>
+    <verse num="52">The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of <crossref let="r" cid="c40027052.1"/>the saints <crossref let="s" cid="c40027052.2"/>who had fallen asleep were raised,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027053"/>
+    <verse num="53">and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into <crossref let="t" cid="c40027053.1"/>the holy city and appeared to many.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027054"/>
+    <verse num="54"><crossref let="u" cid="c40027054.1"/><crossref cid="t40027054.1"/>When the centurion and those who were with him, <crossref let="v" cid="c40027054.2"/>keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, <crossref let="w" cid="c40027054.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40027054.1" from="40027054.1" to="40027054.2"/>Truly this was the Son<note nid="n40027054.1"/> of God!<q class="end-double" qid="40027054.2" from="40027054.1" to="40027054.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027055"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="55">There were also <crossref let="x" cid="c40027055.1"/>many women there, looking on <crossref let="y" cid="c40027055.2"/>from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, <crossref let="z" cid="c40027055.3"/>ministering to him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027056"/>
+    <verse num="56">among whom were <crossref let="z" cid="c40027056.1"/>Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and <crossref let="a" cid="c40027056.2"/>the mother of the sons of Zebedee.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027057"/>
+    <heading>Jesus Is Buried</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="57"><crossref let="b" cid="c40027057.1"/><crossref cid="t40027057.1"/>When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027058"/>
+    <verse num="58">He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027059"/>
+    <verse num="59">And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027060"/>
+    <verse num="60">and <crossref let="c" cid="c40027060.1"/>laid it in his own new tomb, <crossref let="d" cid="c40027060.2"/>which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled <crossref let="e" cid="c40027060.3"/>a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027061"/>
+    <verse num="61">Mary Magdalene and <crossref let="f" cid="c40027061.1"/>the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027062"/>
+    <heading>The Guard at the Tomb</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="62">The next day, that is, after the day of <crossref let="g" cid="c40027062.1"/>Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027063"/>
+    <verse num="63">and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027063.1" from="40027063.1" to="40027064.3"/>Sir, we remember how <crossref let="h" cid="c40027063.1"/>that impostor said, while he was still alive, <crossref let="i" cid="c40027063.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40027063.2" from="40027063.2" to="40027063.3"/>After three days I will rise.<q class="end-single" qid="40027063.3" from="40027063.2" to="40027063.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027064"/>
+    <verse num="64">Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, <crossref let="j" cid="c40027064.1"/>lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, <q class="begin-single" qid="40027064.1" from="40027064.1" to="40027064.2"/>He has risen from the dead,<q class="end-single" qid="40027064.2" from="40027064.1" to="40027064.2"/> and the last fraud will be worse than the first.<q class="end-double" qid="40027064.3" from="40027063.1" to="40027064.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027065"/>
+    <verse num="65">Pilate said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="40027065.1" from="40027065.1" to="40027065.2"/>You have <crossref let="k" cid="c40027065.1"/>a guard<note nid="n40027065.1"/> of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.<q class="end-double" qid="40027065.2" from="40027065.1" to="40027065.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40027066"/>
+    <verse num="66">So they went and made the tomb secure by <crossref let="l" cid="c40027066.1"/>sealing the stone and setting a guard.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028001"/>
+  <chapter num="28">
+    <heading>The Resurrection</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="m" cid="c40028001.1"/><crossref cid="t40028001.1"/>Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and <crossref let="n" cid="c40028001.2"/>the other Mary went to see the tomb.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And behold, there was a great earthquake, for <crossref let="o" cid="c40028002.1"/>an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="p" cid="c40028003.1"/>His appearance was like lightning, and <crossref let="q" cid="c40028003.2"/>his clothing white as snow.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And for fear of him the guards trembled and <crossref let="r" cid="c40028004.1"/>became like dead men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028005"/>
+    <verse num="5">But the angel said to the women, <q class="begin-double" qid="40028005.1" from="40028005.1" to="40028007.1"/>Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028006"/>
+    <verse num="6">He is not here, for he has risen, <crossref let="s" cid="c40028006.1"/>as he said. Come, see the place where he<note nid="n40028006.1"/> lay.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, <crossref let="t" cid="c40028007.1"/>he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.<q class="end-double" qid="40028007.1" from="40028005.1" to="40028007.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028008"/>
+    <verse num="8">So they departed quickly from the tomb <crossref let="u" cid="c40028008.1"/>with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And behold, Jesus <crossref let="v" cid="c40028009.1"/>met them and said, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40028009.1" from="40028009.1" to="40028009.2"/>Greetings!<q class="end-double" qid="40028009.2" from="40028009.1" to="40028009.2"/></woc> And they came up and <crossref let="w" cid="c40028009.2"/>took hold of his feet and <crossref let="x" cid="c40028009.3"/>worshiped him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Then Jesus said to them, <woc><q class="begin-double" qid="40028010.1" from="40028010.1" to="40028010.2"/>Do not be afraid; <crossref let="y" cid="c40028010.1"/>go and tell <crossref let="z" cid="c40028010.2"/>my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.<q class="end-double" qid="40028010.2" from="40028010.1" to="40028010.2"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028011"/>
+    <heading>The Report of the Guard</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">While they were going, behold, some of <crossref let="a" cid="c40028011.1"/>the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028013"/>
+    <verse num="13">and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="40028013.1" from="40028013.1" to="40028014.1"/>Tell people, <crossref let="b" cid="c40028013.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="40028013.2" from="40028013.2" to="40028013.3"/>His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.<q class="end-single" qid="40028013.3" from="40028013.2" to="40028013.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And if this comes to <crossref let="c" cid="c40028014.1"/>the governor&apos;s ears, we will <crossref let="d" cid="c40028014.2"/>satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.<q class="end-double" qid="40028014.1" from="40028013.1" to="40028014.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028015"/>
+    <verse num="15">So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews <crossref let="e" cid="c40028015.1"/>to this day.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028016"/>
+    <heading>The Great Commission</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Now the eleven disciples <crossref let="f" cid="c40028016.1"/>went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And when they saw him they <crossref let="g" cid="c40028017.1"/>worshiped him, but some doubted.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And Jesus came and said to them, <woc><crossref let="h" cid="c40028018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="40028018.1" from="40028018.1" to="40028020.1"/>All authority <crossref let="i" cid="c40028018.2"/>in heaven and on earth has been given to me.</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028019"/>
+    <verse num="19" class="woc"><woc><crossref let="j" cid="c40028019.1"/>Go therefore and <crossref let="k" cid="c40028019.2"/>make disciples of <crossref let="l" cid="c40028019.3"/>all nations, <crossref let="j" cid="c40028019.4"/>baptizing them <crossref let="m" cid="c40028019.5"/>in<note nid="n40028019.1"/> <crossref let="n" cid="c40028019.6"/>the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,</woc></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v40028020"/>
+    <verse num="20" class="woc"><woc>teaching them <crossref let="o" cid="c40028020.1"/>to observe all that <crossref let="p" cid="c40028020.2"/>I have commanded you. And behold, <crossref let="q" cid="c40028020.3"/>I am with you always, to <crossref let="r" cid="c40028020.4"/>the end of the age.<q class="end-double" qid="40028020.1" from="40028018.1" to="40028020.1"/></woc></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>