Psalm 118:1-2

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Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the Lord,^(A) for he is good;^(B)
his love endures forever.^(C)

²Let Israel say:^(D)
“His love endures forever.”^(E)

Psalm 118:19-29

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¹⁹Open for me the gates^(A) of the righteous;
    I will enter^(B) and give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰This is the gate of the Lord^(C)
    through which the righteous may enter.^(D)
²¹I will give you thanks, for you answered me;^(E)
    you have become my salvation.^(F)

²²The stone^(G) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;^(H)
²³the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous^(I) in our eyes.
²⁴The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.^(J)

²⁵Lord, save us!^(K)
Lord, grant us success!

²⁶Blessed is he who comes^(L) in the name of the Lord.
    From the house of the Lord we bless you.^[a]^(M)
²⁷The Lord is God,^(N)
    and he has made his light shine^(O) on us.
With boughs in hand,^(P) join in the festal procession
    up^[b] to the horns of the altar.^(Q)

²⁸You are my God, and I will praise you;
you are my God,^(R) and I will exalt^(S) you.

²⁹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

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Footnotes

Psalm 118:26 The Hebrew is plural.
Psalm 118:27 Or Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes / and take it

Deuteronomy 16:1-8

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The Passover^(A)

16 Observe the month of Aviv^(B) and celebrate the Passover^(C) of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. ²Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.^(D) ³Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,^(E) because you left Egypt in haste^(F)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.^(G) ⁴Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening^(H) of the first day remain until morning.^(I)

⁵You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you ⁶except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary^[a]^(J) of your departure from Egypt. ⁷Roast^(K) it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. ⁸For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly^(L) to the Lord your God and do no work.^(M)

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Deuteronomy 16:6 Or down, at the time of day

Philippians 2:1-11

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Imitating Christ’s Humility

2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,^(A) if any tenderness and compassion,^(B) ²then make my joy complete^(C) by being like-minded,^(D) having the same love, being one^(E) in spirit and of one mind. ³Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.^(F) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,^(G) ⁴not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.^(H)

⁵In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:^(I)

⁶Who, being in very nature^[a] God,^(J)
    did not consider equality with God^(K) something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷rather, he made himself nothing^(L)
    by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,^(M)
    being made in human likeness.^(N)
⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death^(O)—
        even death on a cross!^(P)

⁹Therefore God exalted him^(Q) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,^(R)
¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,^(S)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,^(T)
¹¹and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,^(U)
    to the glory of God the Father.