Isaiah 43:1-3

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Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created^(A) you, Jacob,
    he who formed^(B) you, Israel:^(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed^(D) you;
    I have summoned you by name;^(E) you are mine.^(F)
²When you pass through the waters,^(G)
    I will be with you;^(H)
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,^(I)
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.^(J)
³For I am the Lord your God,^(K)
    the Holy One^(L) of Israel, your Savior;^(M)
I give Egypt^(N) for your ransom,
    Cush^[a]^(O) and Seba^(P) in your stead.^(Q)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region

Revelation 3:5-6

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⁵The one who is victorious^(A) will, like them, be dressed in white.^(B) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,^(C) but will acknowledge that name before my Father^(D) and his angels. ⁶Whoever has ears, let them hear^(E) what the Spirit says to the churches.

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Luke 19:1-10

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Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

19 Jesus entered Jericho^(A) and was passing through. ²A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. ³He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. ⁴So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig^(B) tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.^(C)

⁵When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” ⁶So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

⁷All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”^(D)

⁸But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,^(E) “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,^(F) I will pay back four times the amount.”^(G)

⁹Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.^(H) ¹⁰For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”^(I)

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