Psalm 119:137-144
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137 You are righteous, O Lord,
and your judgments are right.(A)
138 You have appointed your decrees in righteousness
and in all faithfulness.(B)
139 My zeal consumes me
because my foes forget your words.(C)
140 Your promise is well tried,
and your servant loves it.(D)
141 I am small and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and your law is the truth.(E)
143 Trouble and anguish have come upon me,
but your commandments are my delight.(F)
144 Your decrees are righteous forever;
give me understanding that I may live.(G)
Luke 19:1-10
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Jesus and Zacchaeus
19 He entered Jericho and was passing through it.(A) 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.(B) 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.”(C) 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”(D) 9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.(E) 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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