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JUNE 13
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of So, Lord, when You awake,
Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of You shall despise their image.
Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, Proverbs 18:18–19
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and reigned forty-one years. And he did evil in
the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from 18 Casting lots causes contentions to
all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who cease,
had made Israel sin. He restored the territory And keeps the mighty apart.
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of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the 19 A brother offended is harder to win
Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the than a strong city,
LORD God of Israel, which He had spoken And contentions are like the bars of a
through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, castle.
the prophet who was from Gath Hepher. For
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the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was
very bitter; and whether bond or free, there
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was no helper for Israel. And the LORD did not
say that He would blot out the name of Israel 18:19 There are no feuds as difficult to resolve
from under heaven; but He saved them by the as those with relatives; no barriers are so hard
hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. to bring down. Hence, great care should be
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and taken to avoid such conflicts.
all that he did—his might, how he made war,
and how he recaptured for Israel, from Damas-
cus and Hamath, what had belonged to Judah— John 20:1–31
are they not written in the book of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel? So Jeroboam rest- Now the first day of the week Mary
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ed with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Then 20 Magdalene went to the tomb early,
Zechariah his son reigned in his place. while it was still dark, and saw that the stone
had been taken away from the tomb. Then
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Psalm 73:10–20
she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the
10 Therefore his people return here, other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to
And waters of a full cup are drained by them, “They have taken away the Lord out of
them. the tomb, and we do not know where they
11 And they say, “How does God know? have laid Him.”
And is there knowledge in the Most 3 Peter therefore went out, and the other dis-
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High?” ciple, and were going to the tomb. So they both
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, ran together, and the other disciple outran Pe-
Who are always at ease; ter and came to the tomb first. And he, stoop-
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They increase in riches. ing down and looking in, saw the linen cloths
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13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in lying there; yet he did not go in. Then Simon
vain, Peter came, following him, and went into the
And washed my hands in innocence. tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,
14 For all day long I have been plagued, 7 and the handkerchief that had been around
And chastened every morning. His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but
folded together in a place by itself. Then the
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15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have been untrue to other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went
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in also; and he saw and believed. For as yet
the generation of Your children.
16 When I thought how to understand they did not know the Scripture, that He must
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this, rise again from the dead. Then the disciples
It was too painful for me— went away again to their own homes.
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17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; But Mary stood outside by the tomb weep-
Then I understood their end. ing, and as she wept she stooped down and
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looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels
18 Surely You set them in slippery places; in white sitting, one at the head and the other
You cast them down to destruction. at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, 13 Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you
as in a moment! weeping?”
They are utterly consumed She said to them, “Because they have taken
with terrors. away my Lord, and I do not know where they
20 As a dream when one awakes, have laid Him.”
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