Psalm 17:1-9

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Psalm 17

A prayer of David.

¹Hear me,^(A) Lord, my plea is just;
    listen to my cry.^(B)
Hear^(C) my prayer—
    it does not rise from deceitful lips.^(D)
²Let my vindication^(E) come from you;
    may your eyes see what is right.^(F)

³Though you probe my heart,^(G)
    though you examine me at night and test me,^(H)
you will find that I have planned no evil;^(I)
    my mouth has not transgressed.^(J)
⁴Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.
⁵My steps have held to your paths;^(K)
    my feet have not stumbled.^(L)

⁶I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;^(M)
    turn your ear to me^(N) and hear my prayer.^(O)
⁷Show me the wonders of your great love,^(P)
    you who save by your right hand^(Q)
    those who take refuge^(R) in you from their foes.
⁸Keep me^(S) as the apple of your eye;^(T)
    hide me^(U) in the shadow of your wings^(V)
⁹from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
    from my mortal enemies who surround me.^(W)

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Exodus 3:13-20

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¹³Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’^(A) Then what shall I tell them?”

¹⁴God said to Moses, “I am who I am.^[a] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am^(B) has sent me to you.’”

¹⁵God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,^[b] the God of your fathers^(C)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob^(D)—has sent me to you.’

“This is my name^(E) forever,
the name you shall call me
from generation to generation.^(F)

¹⁶“Go, assemble the elders^(G) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob^(H)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen^(I) what has been done to you in Egypt. ¹⁷And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt^(J) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’^(K)

¹⁸“The elders of Israel will listen^(L) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,^(M) has met^(N) with us. Let us take a three-day journey^(O) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices^(P) to the Lord our God.’ ¹⁹But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand^(Q) compels him. ²⁰So I will stretch out my hand^(R) and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders^(S) that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.^(T)

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Footnotes

Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.

Luke 20:1-8

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The Authority of Jesus Questioned^(A)

20 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts^(B) and proclaiming the good news,^(C) the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. ²“Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”^(D)

³He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me: ⁴John’s baptism^(E)—was it from heaven, or of human origin?”

⁵They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ ⁶But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people^(F) will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”^(G)

⁷So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”

⁸Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

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