Isaiah 42:5-12

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⁵Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens ^(A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
^(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:
⁶“I am the Lord; ^(C)I have called you^[a] in righteousness;
    I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you ^(D)as a covenant for the people,
    ^(E)a light for the nations,
⁷    ^(F)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
    ^(G)from the prison those who sit in darkness.
⁸I am the Lord; that is my name;
    ^(H)my glory I give to no other,
    nor my praise to carved idols.
⁹Behold, the former things have come to pass,
    ^(I)and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
    I tell you of them.”

Sing to the Lord a New Song

¹⁰^(J)Sing to the Lord a new song,
    his praise from the end of the earth,
^(K)you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
    ^(L)the coastlands and their inhabitants.
¹¹Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
    the villages that ^(M)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of ^(N)Sela sing for joy,
    let them shout from the top of the mountains.
¹²Let them give glory to the Lord,
    and declare his praise in ^(O)the coastlands.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse

Psalm 112

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The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

112 ^[a] ^(A)Praise the Lord!
^(B)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
    who ^(C)greatly delights in his commandments!
²His ^(D)offspring will be mighty in the land;
    ^(E)the generation of the upright will be blessed.
³^(F)Wealth and riches are in his house,
    and his ^(G)righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light dawns in the darkness ^(H)for the upright;
    he is gracious, merciful, and ^(I)righteous.
⁵It is well with the man who ^(J)deals generously and lends;
    who conducts his affairs with justice.
⁶For the righteous will ^(K)never be moved;
    ^(L)he will be remembered forever.
⁷He is not ^(M)afraid of bad news;
    his ^(N)heart is firm, ^(O)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His heart is steady;^[b] he will not be afraid,
    until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
⁹He has ^(P)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever;
    his ^(Q)horn is exalted in honor.
¹⁰The wicked man sees it and is angry;
    he ^(R)gnashes his teeth and ^(S)melts away;
    ^(T)the desire of the wicked will perish!

Footnotes

Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 112:8 Or established (compare 111:8)

Acts 11:19-30

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The Church in Antioch

¹⁹^(A)Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. ²⁰But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists^[a] also, ^(B)preaching the Lord Jesus. ²¹And ^(C)the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed ^(D)turned to the Lord. ²²The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. ²³When he came and saw ^(E)the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord ^(F)with steadfast purpose, ²⁴for he was a good man, ^(G)full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people ^(H)were added to the Lord. ²⁵So Barnabas went to ^(I)Tarsus to look for Saul, ²⁶and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called ^(J)Christians.

²⁷Now in these days ^(K)prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. ²⁸And one of them named ^(L)Agabus stood up and foretold ^(M)by the Spirit that there would be a great ^(N)famine over all the world (this took place in the days of ^(O)Claudius). ²⁹So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, ^(P)to send relief to ^(Q)the brothers^[b] living in Judea. ³⁰^(R)And they did so, sending it to ^(S)the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

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Acts 11:20 Or Greeks (that is, Greek-speaking non-Jews)
Acts 11:29 Or brothers and sisters

Acts 13:1-3

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Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

13 Now there were in the church at Antioch ^(A)prophets and ^(B)teachers, ^(C)Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,^[a] Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of ^(D)Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ²While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, ^(E)the Holy Spirit said, ^(F)“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul ^(G)for the work to which I have called them.” ³Then after fasting and ^(H)praying they laid their hands on them and ^(I)sent them off.

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Acts 13:1 Niger is a Latin word meaning black, or dark

Mark 6:7-13

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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

⁷^(A)And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. ⁸He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— ⁹but to ^(B)wear sandals and not put on two tunics.^[a] ¹⁰And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. ¹¹And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, ^(C)shake off the dust that is on your feet ^(D)as a testimony against them.” ¹²^(E)So they went out and ^(F)proclaimed ^(G)that people should repent. ¹³^(H)And they cast out many demons and ^(I)anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.