26 “The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, so that there should be (A)officers in the house of the Lord over every man who is (B)demented and considers himself a prophet, that you should (C)put him in prison and in the stocks.

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26 ‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada to be in charge of the house of the Lord; you should put any maniac(A) who acts like a prophet into the stocks(B) and neck-irons.

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The (A)days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a (B)fool,
(C)The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.

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The days of punishment(A) are coming,
    the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
    Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
    and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
    the inspired person a maniac.(E)

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21 But when His (A)own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, (B)for they said, “He is out of His mind.”

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21 When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:21 Or his associates

20 And many of them said, (A)“He has a demon and is [a]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 10:20 insane

20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed(A) and raving mad.(B) Why listen to him?”

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Agrippa Parries Paul’s Challenge

24 Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, (A)you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”

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24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(A) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(B) is driving you insane.”

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10 We are (A)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! (B)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

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10 We are fools for Christ,(A) but you are so wise in Christ!(B) We are weak, but you are strong!(C) You are honored, we are dishonored!

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