Exodus 20:11

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¹¹For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,^(A) the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested^(B) on the seventh day.^(C) Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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Genesis 1:1-2

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The Beginning

1 In the beginning^(A) God created^(B) the heavens^(C) and the earth.^(D) ²Now the earth was formless^(E) and empty,^(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,^(G) and the Spirit of God^(H) was hovering^(I) over the waters.

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Genesis 2:2-3

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²By the seventh day^(A) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.^(B) ³Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,^(C) because on it he rested^(D) from all the work of creating^(E) that he had done.

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Exodus 31:17

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¹⁷It will be a sign^(A) between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.^(B)’”^(C)

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Mark 2:27-28

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²⁷Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,^(A) not man for the Sabbath.^(B) ²⁸So the Son of Man^(C) is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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Psalm 95:4-7

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⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth,^(A)
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
⁵The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.^(B)

⁶Come, let us bow down^(C) in worship,^(D)
    let us kneel^(E) before the Lord our Maker;^(F)
⁷for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,^(G)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

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Acts 20:7

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Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas

⁷On the first day of the week^(A) we came together to break bread.^(B) Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.

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Genesis 1:28

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²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(A) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(B) fill the earth^(C) and subdue it. Rule over^(D) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(E)”