Exodus 22

• 1. "If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
• 2. "If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;
• 3. but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed. "A thief must certainly make restitution, but if he has nothing, he must be sold to pay for his theft.
• 4. "If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession-whether ox or donkey or sheep-he must pay back double.
• 5. "If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in another man's field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
• 6. "If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.
• 7. "If a man gives his neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, the thief, if he is caught, must pay back double.
• 8. But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has laid his hands on the other man's property.
• 9. In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, 'This is mine,' both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
• 10. "If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to his neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,
• 11. the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the LORD that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person's property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required.
• 12. But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
• 13. If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, he shall bring in the remains as evidence and he will not be required to pay for the torn animal.
• 14. "If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, he must make restitution.
• 15. But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
• 16. "If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.
• 17. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
• 18. "Do not allow a sorceress to live.
• 19. "Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death.
• 20. "Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed.
• 21. "Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.
• 22. "Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan.
• 23. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.
• 24. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
• 25. "If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest.
• 26. If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him by sunset,
• 27. because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? When he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
• 28. "Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
• 29. "Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. "You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
• 30. Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.
• 31. "You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.

John 2

• 1. On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,
• 2. and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
• 3. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."
• 4. "Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come."
• 5. His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
• 6. Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
• 7. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.
• 8. Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet."
• 9. They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
• 10. and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."
• 11. This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.
• 12. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
• 13. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• 14. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
• 15. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
• 16. To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"
• 17. His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will consume me."
• 18. Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?"
• 19. Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."
• 20. The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?"
• 21. But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
• 22. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
• 23. Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name.
• 24. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men.
• 25. He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.

Job 41

• 1. "Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
• 2. Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
• 3. Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words?
• 4. Will he make an agreement with you for you to take him as your slave for life?
• 5. Can you make a pet of him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?
• 6. Will traders barter for him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
• 7. Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
• 8. If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
• 9. Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.
• 10. No one is fierce enough to rouse him. Who then is able to stand against me?
• 11. Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
• 12. "I will not fail to speak of his limbs, his strength and his graceful form.
• 13. Who can strip off his outer coat? Who would approach him with a bridle?
• 14. Who dares open the doors of his mouth, ringed about with his fearsome teeth?
• 15. His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
• 16. each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.
• 17. They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.
• 18. His snorting throws out flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
• 19. Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
• 20. Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
• 21. His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth.
• 22. Strength resides in his neck; dismay goes before him.
• 23. The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
• 24. His chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.
• 25. When he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing.
• 26. The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
• 27. Iron he treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.
• 28. Arrows do not make him flee; slingstones are like chaff to him.
• 29. A club seems to him but a piece of straw; he laughs at the rattling of the lance.
• 30. His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
• 31. He makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
• 32. Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair.
• 33. Nothing on earth is his equal- a creature without fear.
• 34. He looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud."

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