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wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in Lend your ear to my understanding,
your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that 2 That you may preserve discretion,
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he will not let the people go. Then you shall And your lips may keep knowledge.
say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Israel is 3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip
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My son, My firstborn. So I say to you, let My honey,
son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse And her mouth is smoother than oil;
to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your 4 But in the end she is bitter
firstborn.” ’ ” as wormwood,
24 And it came to pass on the way, at the en- Sharp as a two-edged sword.
campment, that the LORD met him and sought 5 Her feet go down to death,
to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone Her steps lay hold of hell.
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and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it 6 Lest you ponder her path of life—
at Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a hus- Her ways are unstable;
band of blood to me!” So He let him go. Then You do not know them.
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she said, “You are a husband of blood!”—be- Matthew 18:1–20
cause of the circumcision.
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the At that time the disciples came to Jesus,
wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went and met 18 saying, “Who then is greatest in the
him on the mountain of God, and kissed him. kingdom of heaven?”
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So Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set
who had sent him, and all the signs which He him in the midst of them, and said, “As-
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had commanded him. Then Moses and Aaron suredly, I say to you, unless you are converted
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went and gathered together all the elders of the and become as little children, you will by no
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children of Israel. And Aaron spoke all the means enter the kingdom of heaven. There-
words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. fore whoever humbles himself as this little
Then he did the signs in the sight of the people. child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
31 So the people believed; and when they heard 5 Whoever receives one little child like this in
that the LORD had visited the children of Israel My name receives Me.
and that He had looked on their affliction, then
they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Psalm 16:1–6
A Michtam of David. 18:3 become as little children. This is how
Jesus characterized conversion. Like the
P reserve me, O God, for in You Beatitudes,it pictures faith as the simple,help-
I put my trust.
less, trusting dependence of those who have
2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD, no resources of their own. Like children, they
“You are my Lord, have no achievements and no accomplish-
ments to offer or commend themselves with.
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom
is all my delight.” 6 “Whoever causes one of these little ones
who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who
hasten after another god; him if a millstone were hung around his neck,
Their drink offerings of blood and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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I will not offer, Woe to the world because of offenses! For of-
Nor take up their names on my lips. fenses must come, but woe to that man by
whom the offense comes!
5 O LORD, You are the portion of my 8 “If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut
inheritance and my cup; it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to
You maintain my lot. enter into life lame or maimed, rather than hav-
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant ing two hands or two feet, to be cast into the
places; everlasting fire. And if your eye causes you to
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Yes, I have a good inheritance. sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is bet-
ter for you to enter into life with one eye, rather
Proverbs 5:1–6
than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.
5 My son, pay attention to these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven
“Take heed that you do not despise one of
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my wisdom;
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