Psalm 86:4-5

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⁴Bring joy to your servant, Lord,
for I put my trust^(A) in you.

⁵You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love^(B) to all who call to you.

Isaiah 58:13-14

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¹³“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath^(A)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight^(B)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,^(C)
¹⁴then you will find your joy^(D) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights^(E) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance^(F) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(G)

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Titus 3:3-5

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³At one time^(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. ⁴But when the kindness^(B) and love of God our Savior^(C) appeared,^(D) ⁵he saved us,^(E) not because of righteous things we had done,^(F) but because of his mercy.^(G) He saved us through the washing^(H) of rebirth and renewal^(I) by the Holy Spirit,

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Luke 5:27-32

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Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners^(A)

²⁷After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,”^(B) Jesus said to him, ²⁸and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.^(C)

²⁹Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors^(D) and others were eating with them. ³⁰But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect^(E) complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”^(F)

³¹Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ³²I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”^(G)

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Psalm 43:3-4

New International Version

³Send me your light^(A) and your faithful care,^(B)
    let them lead me;^(C)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,^(D)
    to the place where you dwell.^(E)
⁴Then I will go^(F) to the altar^(G) of God,
    to God, my joy^(H) and my delight.^(I)
I will praise you with the lyre,^(J)
    O God, my God.