Psalm 105:1-22

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Psalm 105^(A)

¹Give praise to the Lord,^(B) proclaim his name;^(C)
    make known among the nations what he has done.
²Sing to him,^(D) sing praise to him;^(E)
    tell of all his wonderful acts.^(F)
³Glory in his holy name;^(G)
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
⁴Look to the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face^(H) always.

⁵Remember the wonders^(I) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(J)
⁶you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(K)
    his chosen^(L) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He remembers his covenant^(M) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹the covenant he made with Abraham,^(N)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰He confirmed it^(O) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(P)
¹¹“To you I will give the land of Canaan^(Q)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(R)

¹²When they were but few in number,^(S)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,^(T)
¹³they wandered from nation to nation,^(U)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress^(V) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(W)
¹⁵“Do not touch^(X) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(Y) no harm.”

¹⁶He called down famine^(Z) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(AA)
¹⁸They bruised his feet with shackles,^(AB)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹till what he foretold^(AC) came to pass,
    till the word^(AD) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(AE)
²¹He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²²to instruct his princes^(AF) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(AG)

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Hosea 5:8-6:6

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⁸“Sound the trumpet^(A) in Gibeah,^(B)
    the horn in Ramah.^(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven^[a];^(D)
    lead on, Benjamin.
⁹Ephraim will be laid waste^(E)
    on the day of reckoning.^(F)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.^(G)
¹⁰Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.^(H)
I will pour out my wrath^(I) on them
    like a flood of water.
¹¹Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.^[b]^(J)
¹²I am like a moth^(K) to Ephraim,
    like rot^(L) to the people of Judah.

¹³“When Ephraim^(M) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,^(N)
    and sent to the great king for help.^(O)
But he is not able to cure^(P) you,
    not able to heal your sores.^(Q)
¹⁴For I will be like a lion^(R) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(S) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(T)
¹⁵Then I will return to my lair^(U)
    until they have borne their guilt^(V)
    and seek my face^(W)—
in their misery^(X)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(Y)”

Israel Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us return^(Z) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces^(AA)
    but he will heal us;^(AB)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.^(AC)
²After two days he will revive us;^(AD)
    on the third day^(AE) he will restore^(AF) us,
    that we may live in his presence.
³Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,^(AG)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.^(AH)”

⁴“What can I do with you, Ephraim?^(AI)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.^(AJ)
⁵Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth^(AK)—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.^[c]^(AL)
⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(AM)
    and acknowledgment^(AN) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(AO)

Footnotes

Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Hosea 6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Acts 21:27-36

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Paul Arrested

²⁷When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,^(A) ²⁸shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”^(B) ²⁹(They had previously seen Trophimus^(C) the Ephesian^(D) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

³⁰The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul,^(E) they dragged him^(F) from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. ³¹While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. ³²He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.^(G)

³³The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound^(H) with two^(I) chains.^(J) Then he asked who he was and what he had done. ³⁴Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,^(K) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.^(L) ³⁵When Paul reached the steps,^(M) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. ³⁶The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”^(N)

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Luke 6:1-11

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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath^(A)

6 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.^(B) ²Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”^(C)

³Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?^(D) ⁴He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat.^(E) And he also gave some to his companions.” ⁵Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man^(F) is Lord of the Sabbath.”

⁶On another Sabbath^(G) he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. ⁷The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely^(H) to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.^(I) ⁸But Jesus knew what they were thinking^(J) and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.

⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

¹⁰He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored. ¹¹But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious^(K) and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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