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they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all 24 There is one who scatters, yet
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the congregation. Moses stripped Aaron of increases more;
his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; And there is one who withholds more
and Aaron died there on the top of the moun- than is right,
tain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down But it leads to poverty.
from the mountain. Now when all the con- Mark 12:1–27
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gregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the
house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days. Then He began to speak to them in para-
12 bles: “A man planted a vineyard and set a
Psalm 33:1–9
hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat
ejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! and built a tower. And he leased it to vine-
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R For praise from the upright is beautiful. dressers and went into a far country. Now at
2 Praise the LORD with the harp; vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-
Make melody to Him with an dressers, that he might receive some of the
instrument of ten strings. fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers.
3 Sing to Him a new song; 3 And they took him and beat him and sent him
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Play skillfully with a shout of joy. away empty-handed. Again he sent them
another servant, and at him they threw
4 For the word of the LORD is right, stones, wounded him in the head, and sent
And all His work is done in truth. him away shamefully treated. And again he
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5 He loves righteousness and justice; sent another, and him they killed; and many
The earth is full of the goodness of others, beating some and killing some. There-
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the LORD. fore still having one son, his beloved, he also
6 By the word of the LORD the heavens sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will
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were made, respect my son.’ But those vinedressers said
And all the host of them by the breath among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let
of His mouth. us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
8 So they took him and killed him and cast him
out of the vineyard.
“Therefore what will the owner of the vine-
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yard do? He will come and destroy the vine-
33:3 a new song. I.e., a new occasion and dressers, and give the vineyard to others.
impulse for expressing fresh praise to God 10 Have you not even read this Scripture:
(see Pss. 96:1; 98:1; 149:1).
‘The stone which the builders rejected
33:6 host. This designation refers to stellar Has become the chief cornerstone.
11 This was the LORD’s doing,
and planetary bodies (see Is. 40:26; 45:12)
and/or heaven’s complement of angels (see And it is marvelous in our eyes’? ”
Ps. 103:20–22). The former emphasis is more 12 And they sought to lay hands on Him, but
prominent in the immediate context. feared the multitude, for they knew He had
spoken the parable against them. So they left
Him and went away.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea 13 Then they sent to Him some of the
together as a heap; Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in
He lays up the deep in storehouses. His words. When they had come, they said to
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8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true,
Let all the inhabitants of the world and care about no one; for You do not regard
stand in awe of Him. the person of men, but teach the way of God in
9 For He spoke, and it was done; truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or
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He commanded, and it stood fast. not? Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?”
But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to
Proverbs 11:22–24 them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denar-
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ius that I may see it.” So they brought it.
22 As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,
So is a lovely woman who lacks And He said to them, “Whose image and
discretion. inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Cae-
sar’s.”
23 The desire of the righteous is only good, 17 And Jesus answered and said to them,
But the expectation of the wicked is “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
wrath. and to God the things that are God’s.”
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