Acts 3

New King James Version

A Lame Man Healed

3 Now Peter and John went up together ^(A)to the temple at the hour of prayer, ^(B)the ninth hour. ²And ^(C)a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, ^(D)to ^[a]ask alms from those who entered the temple; ³who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. ⁴And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” ⁵So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: ^(E)In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” ⁷And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. ⁸So he, ^(F)leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. ⁹^(G)And all the people saw him walking and praising God. ¹⁰Then they knew that it was he who ^(H)sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Preaching in Solomon’s Portico

¹¹Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch ^(I)which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. ¹²So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? ¹³^(J)The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, ^(K)glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you ^(L)delivered up and ^(M)denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. ¹⁴But you denied ^(N)the Holy One ^(O)and the Just, and ^(P)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵and killed the ^[b]Prince of life, ^(Q)whom God raised from the dead, ^(R)of which we are witnesses. ¹⁶^(S)And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

¹⁷“Yet now, brethren, I know that ^(T)you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ¹⁸But ^(U)those things which God foretold ^(V)by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. ¹⁹^(W)Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, ²⁰and that He may send ^[c]Jesus Christ, who was ^[d]preached to you before, ²¹^(X)whom heaven must receive until the times of ^(Y)restoration of all things, ^(Z)which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since ^[e]the world began. ²²For Moses truly said to the fathers, ^(AA)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. ²³And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ ²⁴Yes, and ^(AB)all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also ^[f]foretold these days. ²⁵^(AC)You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ^(AD)‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ ²⁶To you ^(AE)first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, ^(AF)in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”

Footnotes

Acts 3:2 Beg
Acts 3:15 Or Originator
Acts 3:20 NU, M Christ Jesus
Acts 3:20 NU, M ordained for you before
Acts 3:21 Or time
Acts 3:24 NU, M proclaimed

Habakkuk 3

New King James Version

The Prophet’s Prayer

3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on ^[a]Shigionoth.

²O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid;
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.

³God came from Teman,
The Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His glory covered the heavens,
And the earth was full of His praise.
⁴His brightness was like the light;
He had rays flashing from His hand,
And there His power was hidden.
⁵Before Him went pestilence,
And fever followed at His feet.

⁶He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations.
^(A)And the everlasting mountains were scattered,
The perpetual hills bowed.
His ways are everlasting.
⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
The curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

⁸O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers,
Was Your anger against the rivers,
Was Your wrath against the sea,
That You rode on Your horses,
Your chariots of salvation?
⁹Your bow was made quite ready;
Oaths were sworn over Your ^[b]arrows. Selah

You divided the earth with rivers.
¹⁰The mountains saw You and trembled;
The overflowing of the water passed by.
The deep uttered its voice,
And ^(B)lifted its hands on high.
¹¹The ^(C)sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.

¹²You marched through the land in indignation;
You ^[c]trampled the nations in anger.
¹³You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your Anointed.
You struck the head from the house of the wicked,
By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah

¹⁴You thrust through with his own arrows
The head of his villages.
They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
¹⁵^(D)You walked through the sea with Your horses,
Through the heap of great waters.

¹⁶When I heard, ^(E)my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people,
He will invade them with his troops.

A Hymn of Faith

¹⁷Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
¹⁸Yet I will ^(F)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁹^[d]The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like ^(G)deer’s feet,
And He will make me ^(H)walk on my high hills.

To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.

Footnotes

Habakkuk 3:1 Exact meaning unknown
Habakkuk 3:9 Lit. tribes or rods, cf. v. 14
Habakkuk 3:12 Or threshed
Habakkuk 3:19 Heb. YHWH Adonai

Psalm 19:12-14

New King James Version

¹²Who can understand his errors?
^(A)Cleanse me from secret faults.
¹³Keep back Your servant also from ^(B)presumptuous sins;
Let them not have ^(C)dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of ^[a]great transgression.

¹⁴^(D)Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my ^[b]strength and my ^(E)Redeemer.

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Footnotes

Psalm 19:13 Or much
Psalm 19:14 Lit. rock

John 16:7-11

New King James Version

⁷Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but ^(A)if I depart, I will send Him to you. ⁸And when He has ^(B)come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹^(C)of sin, because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰^(D)of righteousness, ^(E)because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; ¹¹^(F)of judgment, because ^(G)the ruler of this world is judged.