Jeremiah 17:5-10

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⁵This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,^(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.^(B)
⁶That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places^(C) of the desert,
    in a salt^(D) land where no one lives.

⁷“But blessed^(E) is the one who trusts^(F) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
⁸They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.^(G)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought^(H)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”^(I)

⁹The heart^(J) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?

¹⁰“I the Lord search the heart^(K)
and examine the mind,^(L)
to reward^(M) each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”^(N)

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Luke 6:1-11

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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath^(A)

6 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.^(B) ²Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”^(C)

³Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?^(D) ⁴He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat.^(E) And he also gave some to his companions.” ⁵Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man^(F) is Lord of the Sabbath.”

⁶On another Sabbath^(G) he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. ⁷The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely^(H) to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.^(I) ⁸But Jesus knew what they were thinking^(J) and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.

⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

¹⁰He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored. ¹¹But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious^(K) and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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