Jeremiah 1:4-10

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The Call of Jeremiah

⁴Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

⁵^(A)“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born ^(B)I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet ^(C)to the nations.”

⁶Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, ^(D)I do not know how to speak, ^(E)for I am only a youth.” ⁷But the Lord said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and ^(F)whatever I command you, you shall speak.
⁸^(G)Do not be afraid of them,
^(H)for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the Lord.”

⁹^(I)Then the Lord put out his hand and ^(J)touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,

“Behold, I have put ^(K)my words in your mouth.
¹⁰See, I have set you this day ^(L)over nations and over kingdoms,
^(M)to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”

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2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

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¹⁴But as for you, ^(A)continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom^[a] you learned it ¹⁵and how ^(B)from childhood you have been acquainted with ^(C)the sacred writings, ^(D)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶^(E)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷that ^(F)the man of God^[b] may be complete, ^(G)equipped ^(H)for every good work.

Preach the Word

4 ^(I)I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, ^(J)who is to judge the living and the dead, and by ^(K)his appearing and his kingdom: ²preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(L)reprove, rebuke, and ^(M)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. ³^(N)For the time is coming when people will not endure ^(O)sound^[c] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, ⁴and ^(P)will turn away from listening to the truth and ^(Q)wander off into myths. ⁵But as for you, ^(R)always be sober-minded, ^(S)endure suffering, do the work of ^(T)an evangelist, ^(U)fulfill your ministry.

Footnotes

2 Timothy 3:14 The Greek for whom is plural
2 Timothy 3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)
2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy

Luke 4:38-44

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Jesus Heals Many

³⁸^(A)And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now ^(B)Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. ³⁹And he stood over her and ^(C)rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

⁴⁰Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and ^(D)he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. ⁴¹^(E)And demons also came out of many, ^(F)crying, “You are ^(G)the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and ^(H)would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was ^(I)the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

⁴²^(J)And when it was day, he departed and went ^(K)into a desolate place. And ^(L)the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, ⁴³but he said to them, ^(M)“I must ^(N)preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” ⁴⁴And he was preaching ^(O)in the synagogues of Judea.^[a]