Psalm 119:97-120

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Mem

⁹⁷Oh how ^(A)I love your law!
    It is my ^(B)meditation all the day.
⁹⁸Your commandment makes me ^(C)wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for ^(D)your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰I understand more than ^(E)the aged,^[a]
    for I ^(F)keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹I ^(G)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
¹⁰²I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
¹⁰³How ^(H)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore ^(I)I hate every false way.

Nun

¹⁰⁵^(J)Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶I have ^(K)sworn an oath and confirmed it,
    to keep your ^(L)righteous rules.
¹⁰⁷I am severely ^(M)afflicted;
    ^(N)give me life, O Lord, according to your word!
¹⁰⁸Accept ^(O)my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,
    and ^(P)teach me your rules.
¹⁰⁹I hold my life ^(Q)in my hand continually,
    but I do not ^(R)forget your law.
¹¹⁰The wicked have laid ^(S)a snare for me,
    but ^(T)I do not stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹Your testimonies are ^(U)my heritage forever,
    for they are ^(V)the joy of my heart.
¹¹²I ^(W)incline my heart to perform your statutes
    forever, ^(X)to the end.^[b]

Samekh

¹¹³I hate ^(Y)the double-minded,
    but I love ^(Z)your law.
¹¹⁴You are my ^(AA)hiding place and my ^(AB)shield;
    I ^(AC)hope in your word.
¹¹⁵^(AD)Depart from me, you evildoers,
    that I may ^(AE)keep the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶Uphold me ^(AF)according to your promise, that I may live,
    and let me not be ^(AG)put to shame in my ^(AH)hope!
¹¹⁷^(AI)Hold me up, that I may be safe
    and have regard for your statutes continually!
¹¹⁸You ^(AJ)spurn all who ^(AK)go astray from your statutes,
    for their cunning is in vain.
¹¹⁹All the wicked of the earth you discard like ^(AL)dross,
    therefore ^(AM)I love your testimonies.
¹²⁰My flesh ^(AN)trembles for fear of you,
    and I am afraid of your judgments.

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Footnotes

Psalm 119:100 Or the elders
Psalm 119:112 Or statutes; the reward is eternal

Isaiah 59:15-21

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¹⁵Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.

The Lord saw it, and it displeased him^[a]
    that there was no justice.
¹⁶^(A)He saw that there was no man,
    and wondered that there was no one to intercede;
then his own arm brought him salvation,
    and his righteousness upheld him.
¹⁷^(B)He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
    and a helmet of salvation on his head;
he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
    and wrapped himself in ^(C)zeal as a cloak.
¹⁸^(D)According to their deeds, so will he repay,
    wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies;
    ^(E)to the coastlands he will render repayment.
¹⁹^(F)So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,
    and his glory from the rising of the sun;
^(G)for he will come like a rushing stream,^[b]
    which the wind of the Lord drives.

²⁰^(H)“And ^(I)a Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.

²¹“And as for me, ^(J)this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, ^(K)and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes
Isaiah 59:19 Hebrew a narrow river

2 Timothy 1:15-2:13

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¹⁵You are aware that ^(A)all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy to ^(B)the household of Onesiphorus, for he often ^(C)refreshed me and was not ashamed of ^(D)my chains, ¹⁷but when he arrived in Rome ^(E)he searched for me earnestly and found me— ¹⁸may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on ^(F)that day!—and you well know all the service he ^(G)rendered at Ephesus.

A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

2 You then, ^(H)my child, ^(I)be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, ²and ^(J)what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses ^(K)entrust to faithful men,^[a] ^(L)who will be able to teach others also. ³^(M)Share in suffering as ^(N)a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴No soldier ^(O)gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. ⁵^(P)An athlete is not ^(Q)crowned unless he competes according to the rules. ⁶It is ^(R)the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. ⁷Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

⁸Remember Jesus Christ, ^(S)risen from the dead, the ^(T)offspring of David, ^(U)as preached in my gospel, ⁹^(V)for which I am suffering, ^(W)bound with chains as a criminal. But ^(X)the word of God is not bound! ¹⁰Therefore ^(Y)I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain ^(Z)the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with ^(AA)eternal glory. ¹¹The saying is ^(AB)trustworthy, for:

^(AC)If we have died with him, we will also ^(AD)live with him;
¹²^(AE)if we endure, we will also reign with him;
^(AF)if we deny him, he also will deny us;
¹³^(AG)if we are faithless, ^(AH)he remains faithful—

for ^(AI)he cannot deny himself.

Footnotes

2 Timothy 2:2 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women, depending on the context

Mark 10:1-16

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Teaching About Divorce

10 ^(A)And he left there and went ^(B)to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.

²And Pharisees came up and in order ^(C)to test him asked, ^(D)“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” ³He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴They said, ^(E)“Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” ⁵And Jesus said to them, “Because of your ^(F)hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But ^(G)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them ^(H)male and female.’ ⁷^(I)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,^[a] ⁸and ^(J)the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. ⁹^(K)What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹And he said to them, ^(L)“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, ¹²and ^(M)if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Let the Children Come to Me

¹³^(N)And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples ^(O)rebuked them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, ^(P)“Let the children come to me; ^(Q)do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. ¹⁵^(R)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not ^(S)receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” ¹⁶And ^(T)he took them in his arms and blessed them, ^(U)laying his hands on them.