Isaiah 50

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God Helps His Servant

50 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is the ^(A)certificate of divorce
By which I have ^(B)sent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did I ^(C)sell you?
Behold, you were sold for your ^(D)wrongdoings,
And for your ^(E)wrongful acts your mother ^(F)was sent away.
²Why was there ^(G)no one when I came?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My ^(H)hand so short that it cannot redeem?
Or do I have no power to rescue?
Behold, I ^(I)dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I ^(J)turn rivers into a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water,
And die of thirst.
³I ^(K)clothe the heavens with blackness,
And make sackcloth their covering.”

⁴The Lord ^[a]God has given Me the tongue of ^(L)disciples,
So that I may know how to ^(M)sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me ^(N)morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
⁵The Lord God has ^(O)opened My ear,
And I was ^(P)not disobedient,
Nor did I turn back.
⁶I ^(Q)gave My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pull out My beard;
I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.
⁷For the Lord God ^(R)helps Me,
Therefore, I am ^(S)not disgraced;
Therefore, I have made My face like ^(T)flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
⁸He who ^(U)vindicates Me is near;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us ^(V)stand up to each other.
Who has a case against Me?
Let him approach Me.
⁹Behold, ^(W)the Lord God helps Me;
^(X)Who is he who condemns Me?
Behold, ^(Y)they will all wear out like a garment;
A moth will eat them.
¹⁰Who is among you who fears the Lord,
Who obeys the voice of His ^(Z)servant,
Who ^(AA)walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him ^(AB)trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
¹¹Behold, all you who ^(AC)kindle a fire,
Who encircle yourselves with flaming arrows,
Walk in the light of your fire
And among the flaming arrows you have set ablaze.
This you will have from My hand:
You will ^(AD)lie down in torment.

Footnotes

Isaiah 50:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

Proverbs 11:1-8

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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

11 A ^(A)false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
But a ^(B)just weight is His delight.
²When ^(C)pride comes, then comes dishonor;
But with the humble there is wisdom.
³The ^(D)integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the ^(E)perversity of the treacherous will destroy them.
⁴^(F)Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath,
But ^(G)righteousness rescues from death.
⁵The ^(H)righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But ^(I)the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
⁶The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will ^(J)be caught by their own greed.
⁷When a wicked person dies, his ^(K)expectation will perish,
And the ^(L)hope of strong people perishes.
⁸The righteous is rescued from trouble,
But the wicked ^[a]takes his place.

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Proverbs 11:8 Lit enters

Matthew 26:1-16

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

26 ^(A)When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, ²“^(B)You know that after two days ^(C)the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be ^(D)handed over for crucifixion.”

³^(E)At that time the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in ^(F)the courtyard of the high priest named ^(G)Caiaphas; ⁴and they ^(H)plotted together to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. ⁵But they were saying, “Not during the festival, ^(I)otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”

The Precious Ointment

⁶^(J)Now when Jesus was in ^(K)Bethany, at the home of Simon ^[a]the Leper, ⁷^(L)a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume, and she poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table. ⁸But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste? ⁹For this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” ¹⁰But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering the woman? For she has done a good deed for Me. ¹¹For you always have ^(M)the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. ¹²For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it ^(N)to prepare Me for burial. ¹³Truly I say to you, ^(O)wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Judas’ Bargain

¹⁴^(P)Then one of the twelve, named ^(Q)Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵and said, “What are you willing to give me ^[b]to ^[c]^(R)betray Him to you?” And ^(S)they set out for him thirty ^[d]pieces of silver. ¹⁶And from then on he looked for a good opportunity to ^[e]betray ^[f]Jesus.