Isaiah 66:10-16

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¹⁰^(A)“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
    all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
    all you who mourn over her;
¹¹that you may nurse and be satisfied
    from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
    from her glorious abundance.”^[a]

¹²For thus says the Lord:
^(B)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and ^(C)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
    and bounced upon her knees.
¹³As one whom his mother comforts,
    so ^(D)I will comfort you;
    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
¹⁴You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
    ^(E)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and ^(F)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
    and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord

¹⁵“For behold, ^(G)the Lord will come in fire,
    and ^(H)his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
    and his rebuke with flames of fire.
¹⁶For ^(I)by fire ^(J)will the Lord enter into judgment,
    and by his sword, with all flesh;
    and those slain by the Lord shall be many.

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Isaiah 66:11 Or breast

Psalm 66

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How Awesome Are Your Deeds

To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.

66 ^(A)Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
²    sing the glory of his name;
    ^(B)give to him glorious praise!
³Say to God, ^(C)“How awesome are your deeds!
    So great is your power that your enemies ^(D)come cringing to you.
⁴^(E)All the earth worships you
    and sings praises to you;
    they sing praises to your name.” Selah

⁵^(F)Come and see what God has done:
    ^(G)he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
⁶He ^(H)turned the sea into dry land;
    they ^(I)passed through the river on foot.
There did we rejoice in him,
⁷    who rules by his might forever,
whose ^(J)eyes keep watch on the nations—
    let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
⁹who has kept our soul among the living
    and ^(K)has not let our feet slip.
¹⁰For you, O God, have ^(L)tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
¹¹You brought us into ^(M)the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
¹²you let men ^(N)ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through ^(O)water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

¹³I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
    I will ^(P)perform my vows to you,
¹⁴that which my lips uttered
    and my mouth promised ^(Q)when I was in trouble.
¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
    with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶^(R)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
    and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth,
    and high praise was on^[a] my tongue.^[b]
¹⁸If I had ^(S)cherished iniquity in my heart,
    ^(T)the Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹But truly ^(U)God has listened;
    he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁰Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!

Footnotes

Psalm 66:17 Hebrew under
Psalm 66:17 Or and he was exalted with my tongue

Galatians 6:1-5

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Bear One Another's Burdens

6 Brothers,^[a] ^(A)if anyone is caught in any transgression, ^(B)you who are spiritual should restore him in ^(C)a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. ²^(D)Bear one another's burdens, and ^(E)so fulfill ^(F)the law of Christ. ³For ^(G)if anyone thinks he is something, ^(H)when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴But let each one ^(I)test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. ⁵For ^(J)each will have to bear his own load.

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Galatians 6:1 Or Brothers and sisters; also verse 18

Galatians 6:6-18

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⁶^(A)Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. ⁷^(B)Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for ^(C)whatever one sows, that will he also reap. ⁸For ^(D)the one who sows to his own flesh ^(E)will from the flesh reap corruption, but ^(F)the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. ⁹And ^(G)let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, ^(H)if we do not give up. ¹⁰So then, ^(I)as we have opportunity, let us ^(J)do good to everyone, and especially to those who are ^(K)of the household of faith.

Final Warning and Benediction

¹¹See with what large letters I am writing to you ^(L)with my own hand. ¹²^(M)It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh ^(N)who would force you to be circumcised, and only ^(O)in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. ¹³For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. ¹⁴But far be it from me to boast ^(P)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which^[a] the world ^(Q)has been crucified to me, and I to the world. ¹⁵For ^(R)neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but ^(S)a new creation. ¹⁶And as for all who walk by this rule, ^(T)peace and mercy be upon them, and upon ^(U)the Israel of God.

¹⁷From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

¹⁸^(V)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be ^(W)with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

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Galatians 6:14 Or through whom

Luke 10:1-20

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Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

10 After this the Lord appointed ^(A)seventy-two^[a] others and ^(B)sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. ²^(C)And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^(D)Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. ³Go your way; ^(E)behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴^(F)Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ^(G)greet no one on the road. ⁵Whatever house you enter, first say, ^(H)‘Peace be to this house!’ ⁶And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, ^(I)it will return to you. ⁷And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ^(J)the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. ⁸Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. ⁹Heal the sick in it and say to them, ^(K)‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ¹¹^(L)‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that ^(M)the kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹²I tell you, ^(N)it will be more bearable on ^(O)that day for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

¹³^(P)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ^(Q)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴^(R)But it will be more bearable in the judgment for ^(S)Tyre and Sidon than for you. ¹⁵And you, Capernaum, ^(T)will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to ^(U)Hades.

¹⁶^(V)“The one who hears you hears me, and ^(W)the one who rejects you rejects me, and ^(X)the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

The Return of the Seventy-Two

¹⁷^(Y)The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, ^(Z)even the demons are subject to us in your name!” ¹⁸And he said to them, ^(AA)“I saw Satan ^(AB)fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹Behold, I have given you authority ^(AC)to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^(AD)the enemy, and ^(AE)nothing shall hurt you. ²⁰^(AF)Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^(AG)your names are written in heaven.”