Daniel 7:1-3

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Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts

7 In the first year of ^(A)Belshazzar king of Babylon, ^(B)Daniel saw a dream and ^(C)visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. ²Daniel declared,^[a] “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, ^(D)the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. ³And four great beasts ^(E)came up out of the sea, different from one another.

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Daniel 7:2 Aramaic answered and said

Daniel 7:15-18

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Daniel's Vision Interpreted

¹⁵“As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me^[a] was anxious, and ^(A)the visions of my head alarmed me. ¹⁶I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. ¹⁷^(B)‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. ¹⁸But ^(C)the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.’

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Daniel 7:15 Aramaic within its sheath

Psalm 149

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Sing to the Lord a New Song

149 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord ^(B)a new song,
    his praise in ^(C)the assembly of the godly!
²Let Israel ^(D)be glad in ^(E)his Maker;
    let the children of Zion rejoice in their ^(F)King!
³Let them praise his name with ^(G)dancing,
    making melody to him with ^(H)tambourine and ^(I)lyre!
⁴For the Lord ^(J)takes pleasure in his people;
    he ^(K)adorns the humble with salvation.
⁵Let the godly exult in glory;
    let them ^(L)sing for joy on their ^(M)beds.
⁶Let ^(N)the high praises of God be in their throats
    and ^(O)two-edged swords in their hands,
⁷to execute vengeance on the nations
    and punishments on the peoples,
⁸to bind their kings with ^(P)chains
    and their nobles with fetters of iron,
⁹to execute on them the judgment ^(Q)written!
    ^(R)This is honor for all his godly ones.
^(S)Praise the Lord!

Ephesians 1:11-23

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¹¹In him we have obtained ^(A)an inheritance, ^(B)having been predestined ^(C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to ^(D)the counsel of his will, ¹²so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be ^(E)to the praise of his glory. ¹³In him you also, when you heard ^(F)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, ^(G)were sealed with the ^(H)promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴who is ^(I)the guarantee^[a] of our ^(J)inheritance until ^(K)we acquire ^(L)possession of it,^[b] ^(M)to the praise of his glory.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵For this reason, ^(N)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^[c] toward all the saints, ¹⁶I ^(O)do not cease to give thanks for you, ^(P)remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷that ^(Q)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ^(R)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ¹⁸^(S)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(T)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(U)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(V)according to the working of ^(W)his great might ²⁰that he worked in Christ ^(X)when he raised him from the dead and ^(Y)seated him at his right hand ^(Z)in the heavenly places, ²¹^(AA)far above ^(AB)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(AC)every name that is named, not only in ^(AD)this age but also in the one to come. ²²And ^(AE)he put all things under his feet and gave him as ^(AF)head over all things to the church, ²³^(AG)which is his body, ^(AH)the fullness of him ^(AI)who fills ^(AJ)all in all.

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Ephesians 1:14 Or down payment
Ephesians 1:14 Or until God redeems his possession
Ephesians 1:15 Some manuscripts omit your love

Luke 6:20-31

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The Beatitudes

²⁰And ^(A)he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, ^(B)and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for ^(C)yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹^(D)“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

^(E)“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

²²“Blessed are you when ^(F)people hate you and when they ^(G)exclude you and revile you and ^(H)spurn your name as evil, ^(I)on account of the Son of Man! ²³^(J)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for ^(K)so their fathers did to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

²⁴^(L)“But woe to you who are rich, ^(M)for you ^(N)have received your consolation.

²⁵“Woe to you who are full now, for ^(O)you shall be hungry.

“Woe to ^(P)you who laugh now, ^(Q)for you shall mourn and weep.

²⁶“Woe to you, ^(R)when all people speak well of you, for ^(S)so their fathers did to ^(T)the false prophets.

Love Your Enemies

²⁷“But I say to you who hear, ^(U)Love your enemies, ^(V)do good to those who hate you, ²⁸^(W)bless those who curse you, ^(X)pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹^(Y)To one who ^(Z)strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic^[a] either. ³⁰^(AA)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. ³¹And ^(AB)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.