Jeremiah 17:5-8

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⁵Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man ^(A)who trusts in man
    and makes flesh his strength,^[a]
    whose heart turns away from the Lord.
⁶^(B)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    ^(C)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in ^(D)an uninhabited salt land.

⁷^(E)“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
    ^(F)whose trust is the Lord.
⁸^(G)He is like a tree planted by water,
    that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
    for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
    for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

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Jeremiah 17:5 Hebrew arm

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

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⁷So ^(A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,^[a] ^(B)a thorn was given me in the flesh, ^(C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. ⁸^(D)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. ⁹But he said to me, ^(E)“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^(F)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^(G)the power of Christ may rest upon me. ¹⁰^(H)For the sake of Christ, then, ^(I)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^(J)when I am weak, then I am strong.

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2 Corinthians 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited

Luke 6:17-26

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Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

¹⁷And ^(A)he came down with them and stood on a level place, with ^(B)a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of ^(C)Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. ^(D)And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. ¹⁹And all the crowd ^(E)sought to touch him, for ^(F)power came out from him and healed them all.

The Beatitudes

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

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

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

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

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