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I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.

“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”

The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”

But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,

His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.

It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.

…but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.

But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

…and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

…saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.

Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’

Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”

But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”

But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.

After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

…but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

…and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

…came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

…as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

…as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

…how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.

…though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.

I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

…so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.

I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.