Amos 5:6-15

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⁶^(A)Seek the Lord and live,
    ^(B)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
    and it devour, with none to quench it for ^(C)Bethel,
⁷O ^(D)you who turn justice to wormwood^[a]
    and cast down righteousness to the earth!

⁸He who made the ^(E)Pleiades and Orion,
    and turns deep darkness into the morning
    and ^(F)darkens the day into night,
who ^(G)calls for the waters of the sea
    ^(H)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
^(I)the Lord is his name;
⁹^(J)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
    so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

¹⁰^(K)They hate him who reproves ^(L)in the gate,
    and they ^(M)abhor him who speaks the truth.
¹¹Therefore because you ^(N)trample on^[b] the poor
    and you exact taxes of grain from him,
^(O)you have built houses of hewn stone,
    but you shall not dwell in them;
^(P)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
    but you shall not drink their wine.
¹²For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^(Q)take a bribe,
    and ^(R)turn aside the needy ^(S)in the gate.
¹³Therefore he who is prudent will ^(T)keep silent in such a time,
    ^(U)for it is an evil time.

¹⁴^(V)Seek good, and not evil,
    that you may live;
and so the Lord, ^(W)the God of hosts, will be with you,
    as you have said.
¹⁵^(X)Hate evil, and love good,
    and establish justice ^(Y)in the gate;
^(Z)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

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Footnotes

Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit
Amos 5:11 Or you tax

Psalm 90:1-12

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Book Four

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A ^(A)Prayer of Moses, the ^(B)man of God.

90 Lord, you have been our ^(C)dwelling place^[a]
    in all generations.
²^(D)Before the ^(E)mountains were brought forth,
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    ^(F)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

³You return man to dust
    and say, ^(G)“Return, ^(H)O children of man!”^[b]
⁴For ^(I)a thousand years in your sight
    are but as ^(J)yesterday when it is past,
    or as ^(K)a watch in the night.

⁵You ^(L)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like ^(M)a dream,
like ^(N)grass that is renewed in the morning:
⁶in ^(O)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it ^(P)fades and ^(Q)withers.

⁷For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.
⁸You have ^(R)set our iniquities before you,
our ^(S)secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
¹⁰The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span^[c] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
¹¹Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

¹²^(T)So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.

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Psalm 90:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge
Psalm 90:3 Or of Adam
Psalm 90:10 Or pride

Psalm 90:13-17

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¹³^(A)Return, O Lord! ^(B)How long?
    Have ^(C)pity on your servants!
¹⁴Satisfy us in the ^(D)morning with your steadfast love,
    that we may ^(E)rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have ^(F)afflicted us,
    and for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶Let your ^(G)work be shown to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷Let the ^(H)favor^[a] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish ^(I)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

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Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

Hebrews 3:1-6

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Jesus Greater Than Moses

3 Therefore, holy brothers,^[a] you who share in ^(A)a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, ^(B)the apostle and high priest of our confession, ²who was faithful to him who appointed him, ^(C)just as Moses also was faithful in all God's^[b] house. ³For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. ⁴(For every house is built by someone, but ^(D)the builder of all things is God.) ⁵^(E)Now Moses was faithful in all God's house ^(F)as a servant, ^(G)to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, ⁶but Christ is faithful over God's house as ^(H)a son. And ^(I)we are his house, if indeed we ^(J)hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.^[c]

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Hebrews 3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 12
Hebrews 3:2 Greek his; also verses 5, 6
Hebrews 3:6 Some manuscripts insert firm to the end

Mark 10:17-31

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The Rich Young Man

¹⁷^(A)And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and ^(B)knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to ^(C)inherit eternal life?” ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ^(D)‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” ²⁰And he said to him, “Teacher, ^(E)all these I have kept from my youth.” ²¹And Jesus, ^(F)looking at him, ^(G)loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, ^(H)sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have ^(I)treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ²²^(J)Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³And Jesus ^(K)looked around and said to his disciples, ^(L)“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter ^(M)the kingdom of God!” ²⁴And the disciples ^(N)were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ^(O)“Children, ^(P)how difficult it is^[a] to enter ^(Q)the kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ^(R)the kingdom of God.” ²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,^[b] “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷Jesus ^(S)looked at them and said, ^(T)“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” ²⁸Peter began to say to him, “See, ^(U)we have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, ^(V)there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ^(W)for the gospel, ³⁰who will not receive a hundredfold ^(X)now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, ^(Y)with persecutions, and in ^(Z)the age to come eternal life. ³¹But ^(AA)many who are first will be last, and the last first.”