Without warning he shall come into the richest parts of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers' fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time.
But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.
“Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
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