14 So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, (A)“Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

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14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!(A)” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.(B)

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  1. Genesis 19:14 Or were married to

21 (A)“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them (B)in a moment.”

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21 “Separate yourselves(A) from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.”(B)

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45 (A)“Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” (B)And they fell on their faces.

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45 “Get away from this assembly so I can put an end(A) to them at once.” And they fell facedown.

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(A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
    let every one save his life!
(B)Be not cut off in her punishment,
    (C)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
    the repayment he is rendering her.

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“Flee(A) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(B)
It is time(C) for the Lord’s vengeance;(D)
    he will repay(E) her what she deserves.

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26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, (A)“Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”

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26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!(A) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away(B) because of all their sins.(C)

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Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

(A)“Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for (B)her sins are heaped high as heaven,
    and (C)God has remembered her iniquities.
(D)Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
    and repay her (E)double for her deeds;
    mix a double portion for her (F)in the cup she mixed.
(G)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    (H)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’
For this reason her plagues will come (I)in a single day,
    death and mourning and famine,
and (J)she will be burned up with fire;
    for (K)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

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Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(B)
for her sins are piled up to heaven,(C)
    and God has remembered(D) her crimes.
Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(E) double(F) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(G)
Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(H)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[b]
    I will never mourn.’(I)
Therefore in one day(J) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(K)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45
  2. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.

28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of (A)Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 (B)but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— 30 so will it be (C)on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

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28 “It was the same in the days of Lot.(A) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(B)

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While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)

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32 Now when they heard of (A)the resurrection of the dead, (B)some mocked. But others said, (C)“We will hear you again about this.”

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32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,(A) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”

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11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and (A)they did not believe them.

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11 But they did not believe(A) the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

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42 While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus (A)rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and (B)gave him back to his father.

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42 Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

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24 he said, “Go away, for (A)the girl is not dead but (B)sleeping.” And they laughed at him.

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24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead(A) but asleep.”(B) But they laughed at him.

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The Birth of Jesus Christ

18 Now the birth of (A)Jesus Christ[a] took place in this way. (B)When his mother Mary had been betrothed[b] to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child (C)from the Holy Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:18 Some manuscripts of the Christ
  2. Matthew 1:18 That is, legally pledged to be married

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.(A)

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  1. Matthew 1:18 Or The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this