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JANUARY 17
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking,
and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of
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Man came eating and drinking, and they say,
‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax 11:28–30 Come to Me, all you who labor and
collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified are heavy laden. There is an echo of the first
by her children.” beatitude (5:3) in this passage. Note that this is
20 Then He began to rebuke the cities in an open invitation to all who hear—but phrased
which most of His mighty works had been in such a way that the only ones who will
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done, because they did not repent: “Woe to respond to the invitation are those who are bur-
you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if dened by their own spiritual bankruptcy and
the mighty works which were done in you had the weight of trying to save themselves by
been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have keeping the law. The stubbornness of humani-
repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ty’s sinful rebellion is such that without a sover-
22 But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for eignly bestowed spiritual awakening,all sinners
Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than refuse to acknowledge the depth of their spiri-
tual poverty. That is why, as Jesus says in v. 27,
for you. And you, Capernaum, who are exalt- our salvation is the sovereign work of God. But
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ed to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; the truth of divine election in v.27 is not incom-
for if the mighty works which were done in patible with the free offer to all in vv.28–30.
you had been done in Sodom, it would have
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remained until this day. But I say to you that
it shall be more tolerable for the land of knows the Son except the Father. Nor does
Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.” anyone know the Father except the Son, and
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are
that You have hidden these things from the heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take
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wise and prudent and have revealed them to My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I
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babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will
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good in Your sight. All things have been find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy
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delivered to Me by My Father, and no one and My burden is light.”
DAY 16: List the false gods in the Old Testament.
1. Rachel’s household gods (Gen. 31:19)
2. The golden calf at Sinai (Ex. 32)
3. Nanna, the moon god of Ur, worshiped by Abraham before his salvation (Josh. 24:2)
4. Asherah,or Ashtaroth,the chief goddess of Tyre,referred to as the lady of the sea (Judg.6:24–32)
5. Dagon, the chief Philistine agriculture and sea god and father of Baal (Judg. 16:23–30)
6. Ashtoreth, a Canaanite goddess, another consort of Baal (1 Sam. 7:3,4)
7. Molech, the god of the Ammonites and the most horrible idol in the Scriptures (1 Kin. 11:7)
8. The two golden images made by King Jeroboam, set up at the shrines of Dan and Bethel
(1 Kin. 12:28–31)
9. Baal, the chief deity of Canaan (1 Kin. 18:17–40; 2 Kin. 10:28; 11:18)
10. Rimmon, the Syrian god of Naaman the leper (2 Kin. 5:15–19)
11. Nishroch, the Assyrian god of Sennacherib (2 Kin. 19:37)
12. Nebo, the Babylonian god of wisdom and literature (Is. 46:1)
13. Merodach, also called Marduk, the chief god of the Babylonian pantheon (Jer. 50:2)
14. Tammuz, the husband and brother of Ishtar (Asherah), goddess of fertility (Ezek. 8:14)
15. The golden image in the plain of Dura (Dan. 2)

maidservants. And he put the maidservants
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January 17 and their children in front, Leah and her chil-
dren behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 Then he crossed over before them and bowed
Genesis 33:1–34:31
himself to the ground seven times, until he
Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, came near to his brother.
33 and there, Esau was coming, and with 4 But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced
him were four hundred men. So he divided him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and
the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two they wept. And he lifted his eyes and saw the
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