Isaiah 43:14-21

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God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

¹⁴This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,^(A) the Holy One^(B) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives^(C) all the Babylonians,^[a]^(D)
    in the ships in which they took pride.
¹⁵I am the Lord,^(E) your Holy One,
    Israel’s Creator,^(F) your King.^(G)”

¹⁶This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,^(H)
¹⁷who drew out^(I) the chariots and horses,^(J)
    the army and reinforcements together,^(K)
and they lay^(L) there, never to rise again,
    extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:^(M)
¹⁸“Forget the former things;^(N)
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹See, I am doing a new thing!^(O)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(P)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(Q)
²⁰The wild animals^(R) honor me,
    the jackals^(S) and the owls,
because I provide water^(T) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
²¹    the people I formed^(U) for myself^(V)
    that they may proclaim my praise.^(W)

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Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans

Matthew 16:13-19

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Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah^(A)

¹³When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

¹⁴They replied, “Some say John the Baptist;^(B) others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”^(C)

¹⁵“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”^(D)

¹⁷Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,^(E) but by my Father in heaven.^(F) ¹⁸And I tell you that you are Peter,^[a]^(G) and on this rock I will build my church,^(H) and the gates of Hades^[b] will not overcome it. ¹⁹I will give you the keys^(I) of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[d] loosed in heaven.”^(J)