Deuteronomy 5:32-33

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³²So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you;^(A) do not turn aside to the right or to the left.^(B) ³³Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you,^(C) so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days^(D) in the land that you will possess.

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Psalm 43

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Psalm 43^[a]

¹Vindicate me, my God,
    and plead my cause^(A)
    against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me^(B) from those who are
    deceitful and wicked.^(C)
²You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected^(D) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(E)
    oppressed by the enemy?^(F)
³Send me your light^(G) and your faithful care,^(H)
    let them lead me;^(I)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,^(J)
    to the place where you dwell.^(K)
⁴Then I will go^(L) to the altar^(M) of God,
    to God, my joy^(N) and my delight.^(O)
I will praise you with the lyre,^(P)
    O God, my God.

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(Q)

Footnotes

Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

Mark 14:3-9

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³While he was in Bethany,^(A) reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.^(B)

⁴Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? ⁵It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages^[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

⁶“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷The poor you will always have with you,^[b] and you can help them any time you want.^(C) But you will not always have me. ⁸She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.^(D) ⁹Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world,^(E) what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”