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15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.(A)

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21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.
22 And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
    and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.(A)

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14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[a]
    and pay your vows to the Most High.(A)

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  1. 50.14 Or make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

The New Life in Christ

12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.(A)

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Psalm 145

The Greatness and the Goodness of God

Praise. Of David.

I will extol you, my God and King,
    and bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you
    and praise your name forever and ever.(A)
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;
    his greatness is unsearchable.(B)

One generation shall extol your works to another
    and shall declare your mighty acts.(C)
They will recount the glorious[a] splendor of your majesty,
    and on your wondrous works I will meditate.(D)
They will proclaim the might of your awesome deeds,
    and I will declare your greatness.(E)
They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.(F)

The Lord is gracious and merciful,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.(G)
The Lord is good to all,
    and his compassion is over all that he has made.(H)

10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
    and all your faithful shall bless you.(I)
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
    and tell of your power,
12 to make known to all people your[b] mighty deeds
    and the glorious splendor of your[c] kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The Lord is faithful in all his words
    and gracious in all his deeds.[d](J)
14 The Lord upholds all who are falling
    and raises up all who are bowed down.(K)
15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food in due season.(L)
16 You open your hand,
    satisfying the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is just in all his ways
    and kind in all his doings.
18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him in truth.(M)
19 He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;
    he also hears their cry and saves them.(N)
20 The Lord watches over all who love him,
    but all the wicked he will destroy.(O)

21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
    and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. 145.5 Q ms Gk Vg: MT On the glorious
  2. 145.12 Gk Jerome Syr: Heb his
  3. 145.12 Heb his
  4. 145.13 Q ms Gk Syr: MT lacks The Lord . . . his deeds

like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built

Take words with you
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
    and we will offer
    the fruit[a] of our lips.(A)

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  1. 14.2 Gk Syr: Heb bulls

19     creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips.[a]
Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord,
    and I will heal them.(A)

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  1. 57.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

16 He also restored the altar of the Lord and offered on it sacrifices of well-being and of thanksgiving, and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord the God of Israel.

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19 as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to one another, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,(A) 20 giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,(B)

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17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
    and call on the name of the Lord.(A)
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!(B)

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They sing a new song:

“You are worthy to take the scroll
    and to break its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
    saints from[a] every tribe and language and people and nation;(A)
10 you have made them a kingdom and priests serving[b] our God,
    and they will reign[c] on earth.”(B)

11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,(C) 12 singing with full voice,

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”

13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea and all that is in them, singing,

“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might
forever and ever!”(D)

14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

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  1. 5.9 Gk ransomed for God from
  2. 5.10 Gk priests to
  3. 5.10 Other ancient authorities read they reign

23 Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me;
    to those who go the right way,[a]
    I will show the salvation of God.”

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  1. 50.23 Heb who set a way

12 If you offer it for thanksgiving, you shall offer with the thank offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of choice flour well soaked in oil.

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The Rejoicing in Heaven

19 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power to our God,(A)
    for his judgments are true and just;
he has judged the great whore[a]
    who corrupted the earth with her prostitution,
and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(B)

Once more they said,

“Hallelujah!
The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”(C)

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying,

“Amen. Hallelujah!”(D)

And from the throne came a voice saying,

“Praise our God,
    all you his servants
and[b] all who fear him,
    small and great.”(E)

Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out,

“Hallelujah!
For the Lord[c] God
    the Almighty reigns.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 19.2 Or prostitute
  2. 19.5 Other ancient authorities lack and
  3. 19.6 Other ancient authorities add our

Jesus Thanks His Father

25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank[a] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;(A)

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  1. 11.25 Or praise

The priests stood at their posts, the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises through their playing. Opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.(A)

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11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.(A)

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25 Consequently, he is able for all time to save[a] those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.(A)

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  1. 7.25 Or able to save completely

18 for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.(A)

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19 I am speaking in human terms because of your limitations.[a] For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, leading to even more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.(A)

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  1. 6.19 Gk the weakness of your flesh

19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.(A)

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30 I will praise the name of God with a song;
    I will magnify him with thanksgiving.(A)
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox
    or a bull with horns and hoofs.(B)

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49 For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations
    and sing praises to your name.(A)

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43 They offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

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