Isaiah 42:1-9

New King James Version

The Servant of the Lord

42 “Behold! ^(A)My Servant whom I uphold,
My ^[a]Elect One in whom My soul ^(B)delights!
^(C)I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
²He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
³A bruised reed He will not break,
And ^[b]smoking flax He will not ^[c]quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.
⁴He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
^(D)And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”

⁵Thus says God the Lord,
^(E)Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
^(F)Who gives breath to the people on it,
And spirit to those who walk on it:
⁶“I,^(G) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You ^(H)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As ^(I)a light to the Gentiles,
⁷^(J)To open blind eyes,
To ^(K)bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in ^(L)darkness from the prison house.
⁸I am the Lord, that is My name;
And My ^(M)glory I will not give to another,
Nor My praise to carved images.
⁹Behold, the former things have come to pass,
And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

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Isaiah 42:1 Chosen
Isaiah 42:3 dimly burning
Isaiah 42:3 extinguish

Psalm 29

New King James Version

Praise to God in His Holiness and Majesty

A Psalm of David.

29 Give^[a] ^(A)unto the Lord, O you mighty ones,
Give unto the Lord glory and strength.
²^[b]Give unto the Lord the glory ^[c]due to His name;
Worship the Lord in ^(B)the ^[d]beauty of holiness.

³The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
^(C)The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful;
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵The voice of the Lord breaks ^(D)the cedars,
Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶^(E)He makes them also skip like a calf,
Lebanon and ^(F)Sirion like a young wild ox.
⁷The voice of the Lord ^[e]divides the flames of fire.

⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the Wilderness of ^(G)Kadesh.
⁹The voice of the Lord makes the ^(H)deer give birth,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”

¹⁰The ^(I)Lord sat enthroned at the Flood,
And ^(J)the Lord sits as King forever.
¹¹^(K)The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.

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Psalm 29:1 Ascribe
Psalm 29:2 Ascribe
Psalm 29:2 Lit. of His name
Psalm 29:2 majesty
Psalm 29:7 stirs up, lit. hews out

Acts 10:34-43

New King James Version

Preaching to Cornelius’ Household

³⁴Then Peter opened his mouth and said: ^(A)“In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. ³⁵But ^(B)in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is ^(C)accepted by Him. ³⁶The word which God sent to the ^[a]children of Israel, ^(D)preaching peace through Jesus Christ—^(E)He is Lord of all— ³⁷that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and ^(F)began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: ³⁸how ^(G)God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who ^(H)went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, ^(I)for God was with Him. ³⁹And we are ^(J)witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom ^[b]they ^(K)killed by hanging on a tree. ⁴⁰Him ^(L)God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, ⁴¹^(M)not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us ^(N)who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. ⁴²And ^(O)He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify ^(P)that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge ^(Q)of the living and the dead. ⁴³^(R)To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, ^(S)whoever believes in Him will receive ^(T)remission^[c] of sins.”

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Acts 10:36 Lit. sons
Acts 10:39 NU, M they also
Acts 10:43 forgiveness

Matthew 3:13-17

New King James Version

John Baptizes Jesus^(A)

¹³^(B)Then Jesus came ^(C)from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. ¹⁴And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

¹⁵But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.

¹⁶^(D)When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and ^[a]He saw ^(E)the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. ¹⁷^(F)And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, ^(G)“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”