10 Tell the righteous it will be well(A) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(B)
11 Woe to the wicked!(C)
    Disaster(D) is upon them!
They will be paid back(E)
    for what their hands have done.(F)

12 Youths(G) oppress my people,
    women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;(H)
    they turn you from the path.

13 The Lord takes his place in court;(I)
    he rises to judge(J) the people.
14 The Lord enters into judgment(K)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder(L) from the poor(M) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(N)
    and grinding(O) the faces of the poor?”(P)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(Q)

16 The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion(R) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(S)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.(T)

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33 They came to Capernaum.(A) When he was in the house,(B) he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” 34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.(C)

35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”(D)

36 He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms,(E) he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”(F)

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