Isaiah 64:8

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⁸Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(A)
We are the clay, you are the potter;^(B)
we are all the work of your hand.^(C)

Luke 1:46-49

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Mary’s Song^(A)

⁴⁶And Mary said:

“My soul glorifies the Lord^(B)
⁴⁷    and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,^(C)
⁴⁸for he has been mindful
    of the humble state of his servant.^(D)
From now on all generations will call me blessed,^(E)
⁴⁹    for the Mighty One has done great things^(F) for me—
    holy is his name.^(G)

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1 Corinthians 1:26-31

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²⁶Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.^(A) Not many of you were wise^(B) by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But God chose^(C) the foolish^(D) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not^(E)—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹so that no one may boast before him.^(F) ³⁰It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,^(G) who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,^(H) holiness^(I) and redemption.^(J) ³¹Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^[a]^(K)

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer. 9:24

Luke 1:50-55

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⁵⁰His mercy extends to those who fear him,
    from generation to generation.^(A)
⁵¹He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;^(B)
    he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.^(C)
⁵²He has brought down rulers from their thrones
    but has lifted up the humble.^(D)
⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things^(E)
    but has sent the rich away empty.
⁵⁴He has helped his servant Israel,
    remembering to be merciful^(F)
⁵⁵to Abraham and his descendants^(G) forever,
    just as he promised our ancestors.”

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John 3:16-18

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¹⁶For God so loved^(A) the world that he gave^(B) his one and only Son,^(C) that whoever believes^(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^(E) ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world^(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^(G) ¹⁸Whoever believes in him is not condemned,^(H) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.^(I)

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Luke 1:56

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⁵⁶Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

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Luke 1:56 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 34:9-12

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⁹Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit^[a] of wisdom^(A) because Moses had laid his hands on him.^(B) So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁰Since then, no prophet^(C) has risen in Israel like Moses,^(D) whom the Lord knew face to face,^(E) ¹¹who did all those signs and wonders^(F) the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials^(G) and to his whole land. ¹²For no one has^(H) ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds^(I) that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.