Isaiah 63:1-6

New King James Version

The Lord in Judgment and Salvation

63 Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is ^[a]glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—

“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

²Why ^(A)is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?

³“I have ^(B)trodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
⁴For the ^(C)day of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.
⁵^(D)I looked, but ^(E)there was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own ^(F)arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
⁶I have trodden down the peoples in My anger,
Made them drunk in My fury,
And brought down their strength to the earth.”

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Isaiah 63:1 Or adorned

Matthew 1:18-25

New King James Version

Christ Born of Mary^(A)

¹⁸Now the ^(B)birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child ^(C)of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Then Joseph her husband, being ^[a]a just man, and not wanting ^(D)to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. ²⁰But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, ^(E)for that which is ^[b]conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹^(F)And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name ^[c]Jesus, ^(G)for He will save His people from their sins.”

²²So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: ²³^(H)“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

²⁴Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, ²⁵and ^[d]did not know her till she had brought forth ^(I)her^[e] firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.

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Matthew 1:19 an upright
Matthew 1:20 Lit. begotten
Matthew 1:21 Lit. Savior
Matthew 1:25 Kept her a virgin
Matthew 1:25 NU a Son

Isaiah 63:7-19

New King James Version

God’s Mercy Remembered

⁷I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord
And the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
⁸For He said, “Surely they are My people,
Children who will not lie.”
So He became their Savior.
⁹^(A)In all their affliction He was ^[a]afflicted,
^(B)And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
^(C)In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And ^(D)He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.
¹⁰But they ^(E)rebelled and ^(F)grieved His Holy Spirit;
^(G)So He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
And He fought against them.

¹¹Then he ^(H)remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who ^(I)brought them up out of the sea
With the ^[b]shepherd of His flock?
^(J)Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,
¹²Who led them by the right hand of Moses,
^(K)With His glorious arm,
^(L)Dividing the water before them
To make for Himself an everlasting name,
¹³^(M)Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might not stumble?”

¹⁴As a beast goes down into the valley,
And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
^(N)To make Yourself a glorious name.

A Prayer of Penitence

¹⁵^(O)Look down from heaven,
And see ^(P)from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning ^(Q)of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?
¹⁶^(R)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham ^(S)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
¹⁷O Lord, why have You ^(T)made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
¹⁸^(U)Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
^(V)Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
¹⁹We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.

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Isaiah 63:9 Kt., LXX, Syr. not afflicted
Isaiah 63:11 MT, Vg. shepherds

1 Thessalonians 1

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Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the ^(B)Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace ^[a]from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Their Good Example

²^(C)We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, ³remembering without ceasing ^(D)your work of faith, ^(E)labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, ⁴knowing, beloved brethren, ^(F)your election by God. ⁵For ^(G)our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, ^(H)and in the Holy Spirit ^(I)and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

⁶And ^(J)you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, ^(K)with joy of the Holy Spirit, ⁷so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe. ⁸For from you the word of the Lord ^(L)has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also ^(M)in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. ⁹For they themselves declare concerning us ^(N)what manner of entry we had to you, ^(O)and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰and ^(P)to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us ^(Q)from the wrath to come.