Isaiah 61

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Exaltation of the Afflicted

61 The ^(A)Spirit of the Lord ^[a]God is upon me,
Because the Lord anointed me
To ^(B)bring good news to the ^(C)humble;
He has sent me to ^(D)bind up the brokenhearted,
To ^(E)proclaim ^[b]release to captives
And ^[c]freedom to prisoners;
²To ^(F)proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the ^(G)day of vengeance of our God;
To ^(H)comfort all who mourn,
³To ^(I)grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The ^(J)oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called ^[d]^(K)oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

⁴Then they will ^(L)rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
⁵^(M)Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And ^[e]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
⁶But you will be called the ^(N)priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as ^(O)ministers of our God.
You will eat the ^(P)wealth of nations,
And you will boast in their ^[f]riches.
⁷Instead of your ^(Q)shame you will have a ^(R)double portion,
And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
^(S)Everlasting joy will be theirs.
⁸For I, the Lord, ^(T)love justice,
I hate robbery ^[g]in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their reward,
And make an ^(U)everlasting covenant with them.
⁹Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the ^(V)offspring whom the Lord has blessed.

¹⁰I will ^(W)rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will be joyful in ^(X)my God;
For He has ^(Y)clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a groom puts on a turban,
And ^(Z)as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the ^(AA)earth produces its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord ^[h]God will ^(AB)cause ^(AC)righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.

Footnotes

Isaiah 61:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 61:1 Or liberty
Isaiah 61:1 Lit opening to those who are bound
Isaiah 61:3 Or terebinths
Isaiah 61:5 Lit sons of the foreigner
Isaiah 61:6 Or glory
Isaiah 61:8 Or with malice
Isaiah 61:11 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

1 Peter 1:13-25

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¹³Therefore, ^[a]^(A)prepare your minds for action, ^[b]^(B)keep sober in spirit, set your ^(C)hope completely on the ^(D)grace to be brought to you at ^(E)the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹⁴As ^[c]^(F)obedient children, do not ^[d]^(G)be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ^(H)ignorance, ¹⁵but ^[e]^(I)like the Holy One who called you, ^[f]^(J)be holy yourselves also ^(K)in all your behavior; ¹⁶because it is written: “^(L)You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

¹⁷If you ^(M)address as Father the One who ^(N)impartially ^(O)judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves ^(P)in fear during the time of your ^(Q)stay on earth; ¹⁸knowing that you were not ^[g]^(R)redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your ^(S)futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, ¹⁹but with precious ^(T)blood, as of a ^(U)lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. ²⁰For He was ^(V)foreknown before ^(W)the foundation of the world, but has ^(X)appeared ^[h]in these last times ^(Y)for the sake of you ²¹who through Him are ^(Z)believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and ^(AA)gave Him glory, so that your faith and ^(AB)hope are in God.

²²Since you have ^(AC)purified your souls ^(AD)in obedience to the truth for a ^(AE)sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from ^[i]the heart, ²³for you have been ^(AF)born again ^(AG)not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring ^(AH)word of God. ²⁴For,

“^(AI)All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory is like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,
²⁵^(AJ)But the word of the Lord endures forever.”

And this is ^(AK)the word which was ^[j]preached to you.

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Footnotes

1 Peter 1:13 Lit belt up the waist of your mind
1 Peter 1:13 Lit be sober
1 Peter 1:14 Lit children of obedience
1 Peter 1:14 Or conform yourselves
1 Peter 1:15 Lit according to
1 Peter 1:15 Or become
1 Peter 1:18 Or ransomed
1 Peter 1:20 Lit at the end of the times
1 Peter 1:22 Two early mss a pure heart
1 Peter 1:25 Lit preached as good news to you

Song of Solomon 2:8-17

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The Bride

⁸“Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Leaping ^(A)on the mountains,
Jumping on the hills!
⁹My beloved is like a ^(B)gazelle or a ^(C)young ^[a]stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering ^(D)through the lattice.

¹⁰“My beloved responded and said to me,
‘^(E)Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
¹¹For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
¹²The blossoms have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for ^[b]pruning the vines,
And the voice of the ^(F)turtledove has been heard in our land.
¹³The ^(G)fig tree has ripened its fruit,
And the ^(H)vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”

The Groom

¹⁴“^(I)My dove, ^(J)in the clefts of the ^[c]rock,
In the hiding place of the mountain pathway,
Let me see ^[d]how you look,
^(K)Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is pleasant,
And ^[e]you look ^(L)delightful.”

The Chorus

¹⁵“^(M)Catch the ^[f]foxes for us,
The ^[g]little ^[h]foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our ^(N)vineyards are in blossom.”

The Bride

¹⁶“^(O)My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He ^(P)pastures his flock among the lilies.
¹⁷^(Q)Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a ^(R)gazelle
Or a young stag ^(S)on the mountains of ^[i]Bether.”

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 2:9 Lit of the stags
Song of Solomon 2:12 Or singing
Song of Solomon 2:14 Or crag
Song of Solomon 2:14 Lit your appearance
Song of Solomon 2:14 Lit your appearance
Song of Solomon 2:15 Or jackals
Song of Solomon 2:15 Or young
Song of Solomon 2:15 Or jackals
Song of Solomon 2:17 Or ravines; or perfumes

John 21:1-14

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Jesus Appears at the Sea of Galilee

21 After these things Jesus ^[a]^(A)revealed Himself ^(B)again to the disciples at the ^(C)Sea of Tiberias, and He revealed Himself in this way: ²Simon Peter, ^(D)Thomas who was called ^[b]Didymus, ^(E)Nathanael of ^(F)Cana in Galilee, ^(G)the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. ³Simon Peter *said to them, “I am going fishing.” They *said to him, “We are also coming with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and ^(H)that night they caught nothing.

⁴But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not ^(I)know that it was Jesus. ⁵So Jesus *said to them, “Children, ^(J)you do not have any fish to eat, do you?” They answered Him, “No.” ⁶And He said to them, “^(K)Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you will find the fish.” So they cast it, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great quantity of fish. ⁷^(L)Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea. ⁸But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about ^[c]two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish.

⁹So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal ^(M)fire already ^[d]made and ^(N)fish placed on it, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus *said to them, “Bring some of the ^(O)fish which you have now caught.” ¹¹So Simon Peter went up and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, 153; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus Provides

¹²Jesus *said to them, “Come and have ^(P)breakfast.” None of the disciples ventured to inquire of Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus *came and *took ^(Q)the bread and *gave it to them, and the ^(R)fish likewise. ¹⁴This was now the ^(S)third time that Jesus revealed Himself to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.