Psalm 90:12-17

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¹²Teach us to number our days,^(A)
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(B)

¹³Relent, Lord! How long^(C) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(D)
¹⁴Satisfy^(E) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(F)
    that we may sing for joy^(G) and be glad all our days.^(H)
¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
¹⁶May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.^(I)

¹⁷May the favor^[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.^(J)

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Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

Amos 5:6-7

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⁶Seek^(A) the Lord and live,^(B)
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;^(C)
it will devour them,
and Bethel^(D) will have no one to quench it.^(E)

⁷There are those who turn justice into bitterness^(F)
and cast righteousness^(G) to the ground.^(H)

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Amos 5:10-15

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¹⁰There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court^(A)
and detest the one who tells the truth.^(B)

¹¹You levy a straw tax on the poor^(C)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,^(D)
    you will not live in them;^(E)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.^(F)
¹²For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.^(G)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes^(H)
and deprive the poor^(I) of justice in the courts.^(J)
¹³Therefore the prudent keep quiet^(K) in such times,
for the times are evil.^(L)

¹⁴Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.^(M)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
¹⁵Hate evil,^(N) love good;^(O)
    maintain justice in the courts.^(P)
Perhaps^(Q) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy^(R)
    on the remnant^(S) of Joseph.

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Hebrews 4:12-16

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¹²For the word of God^(A) is alive^(B) and active.^(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,^(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.^(E) ¹³Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.^(F) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Jesus the Great High Priest

¹⁴Therefore, since we have a great high priest^(G) who has ascended into heaven,^[a]^(H) Jesus the Son of God,^(I) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.^(J) ¹⁵For we do not have a high priest^(K) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are^(L)—yet he did not sin.^(M) ¹⁶Let us then approach^(N) God’s throne of grace with confidence,^(O) so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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Hebrews 4:14 Greek has gone through the heavens

Mark 10:17-31

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The Rich and the Kingdom of God^(A)

¹⁷As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees^(B) before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”^(C)

¹⁸“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’^[a]”^(D)

²⁰“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

²¹Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor,^(E) and you will have treasure in heaven.^(F) Then come, follow me.”^(G)

²²At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

²³Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich^(H) to enter the kingdom of God!”

²⁴The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is^[b] to enter the kingdom of God!^(I) ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”^(J)

²⁶The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”^(K)

²⁸Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”^(L)

²⁹“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel ³⁰will fail to receive a hundred times as much^(M) in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come^(N) eternal life.^(O) ³¹But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”^(P)