Mark 2:13-17

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Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners^(A)

¹³Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him,^(B) and he began to teach them. ¹⁴As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,”^(C) Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

¹⁵While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. ¹⁶When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees^(D) saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”^(E)

¹⁷On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^(F)

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Psalm 148-150

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Psalm 148

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Praise the Lord from the heavens;^(B)
    praise him in the heights above.
²Praise him, all his angels;^(C)
    praise him, all his heavenly hosts.^(D)
³Praise him, sun^(E) and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.
⁴Praise him, you highest heavens^(F)
    and you waters above the skies.^(G)

⁵Let them praise the name^(H) of the Lord,
for at his command^(I) they were created,
⁶and he established them for ever and ever—
he issued a decree^(J) that will never pass away.

⁷Praise the Lord^(K) from the earth,
    you great sea creatures^(L) and all ocean depths,^(M)
⁸lightning and hail,^(N) snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,^(O)
⁹you mountains and all hills,^(P)
    fruit trees and all cedars,
¹⁰wild animals^(Q) and all cattle,
    small creatures and flying birds,
¹¹kings^(R) of the earth and all nations,
    you princes and all rulers on earth,
¹²young men and women,
    old men and children.

¹³Let them praise the name of the Lord,^(S)
    for his name alone is exalted;
    his splendor^(T) is above the earth and the heavens.^(U)
¹⁴And he has raised up for his people a horn,^[b]^(V)
    the praise^(W) of all his faithful servants,^(X)
    of Israel, the people close to his heart.^(Y)

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 149

¹Praise the Lord.^[c]^(Z)

Sing to the Lord a new song,^(AA)
his praise in the assembly^(AB) of his faithful people.

²Let Israel rejoice^(AC) in their Maker;^(AD)
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.^(AE)
³Let them praise his name with dancing^(AF)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.^(AG)
⁴For the Lord takes delight^(AH) in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.^(AI)
⁵Let his faithful people rejoice^(AJ) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.^(AK)

⁶May the praise of God be in their mouths^(AL)
    and a double-edged^(AM) sword in their hands,^(AN)
⁷to inflict vengeance^(AO) on the nations
    and punishment^(AP) on the peoples,
⁸to bind their kings with fetters,^(AQ)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,^(AR)
⁹to carry out the sentence written against them—^(AS)
    this is the glory of all his faithful people.^(AT)

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 150

¹Praise the Lord.^[d]^(AU)

Praise God in his sanctuary;^(AV)
    praise him in his mighty heavens.^(AW)
²Praise him for his acts of power;^(AX)
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.^(AY)
³Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,^(AZ)
    praise him with the harp and lyre,^(BA)
⁴praise him with timbrel and dancing,^(BB)
    praise him with the strings^(BC) and pipe,^(BD)
⁵praise him with the clash of cymbals,^(BE)
    praise him with resounding cymbals.