Genesis 11:1-9
New International Version
The Tower of Babel
11 Now the whole world had one language(A) and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b](B) and settled there.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks(C) and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone,(D) and tar(E) for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(F) so that we may make a name(G) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(H) over the face of the whole earth.”(I)
5 But the Lord came down(J) to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(K) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us(L) go down(M) and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”(N)
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth,(O) and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel[c](P)—because there the Lord confused the language(Q) of the whole world.(R) From there the Lord scattered(S) them over the face of the whole earth.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
- Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
- Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
Psalm 33:6-18
New International Version
6 By the word(A) of the Lord the heavens were made,(B)
their starry host(C) by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters(D) of the sea into jars[a];(E)
he puts the deep into storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;(F)
let all the people of the world(G) revere him.(H)
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded,(I) and it stood firm.
10 The Lord foils(J) the plans(K) of the nations;(L)
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm(M) forever,
the purposes(N) of his heart through all generations.
Footnotes
- Psalm 33:7 Or sea as into a heap
Mark 8:34-9:1
New International Version
The Way of the Cross
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(A) 35 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.(B) 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man(C) will be ashamed of them(D) when he comes(E) in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
9 And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come(F) with power.”(G)
Footnotes
- Mark 8:35 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verses 36 and 37.
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