Matthew 6:9-13

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⁹Pray like this:

Our Father who is in heaven,

uphold the holiness of your name.

¹⁰Bring in your kingdom

so that your will is done on earth as it’s done in heaven.

¹¹Give us the bread we need for today.

¹²Forgive us for the ways we have wronged you,

just as we also forgive those who have wronged us.

¹³And don’t lead us into temptation,

but rescue us from the evil one.

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Psalm 23

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Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

23 The Lord is my shepherd.
    I lack nothing.
²He lets me rest in grassy meadows;
    he leads me to restful waters;
³        he keeps me ^[a] alive.
He guides me in proper paths
    for the sake of his good name.

⁴Even when I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger because you are with me.
Your rod and your staff—
they protect me.

⁵You set a table for me
    right in front of my enemies.
You bathe my head in oil;
    my cup is so full it spills over!
⁶Yes, goodness and faithful love
    will pursue me all the days of my life,
    and I will live^[b] in the Lord’s house
    as long as I live.

Footnotes

Psalm 23:3 Or my soul
Psalm 23:6 LXX; MT I will return

Matthew 5:1-12

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5 ¹Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up a mountain. He sat down and his disciples came to him. ²He taught them, saying:

Happy people

³“Happy are people who are hopeless, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

⁴“Happy are people who grieve, because they will be made glad.

⁵“Happy are people who are humble, because they will inherit the earth.

⁶“Happy are people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because they will be fed until they are full.

⁷“Happy are people who show mercy, because they will receive mercy.

⁸“Happy are people who have pure hearts, because they will see God.

⁹“Happy are people who make peace, because they will be called God’s children.

¹⁰“Happy are people whose lives are harassed because they are righteous, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

¹¹“Happy are you when people insult you and harass you and speak all kinds of bad and false things about you, all because of me. ¹²Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you.

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Exodus 20:3-17

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³You must have no other gods before^[a] me.

⁴Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. ⁵Do not bow down to them or worship them, because I, the Lord your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents’ sins even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me. ⁶But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation^[b] of those who love me and keep my commandments.

⁷Do not use the Lord your God’s name as if it were of no significance; the Lord won’t forgive anyone who uses his name that way.

⁸Remember the Sabbath day and treat it as holy. ⁹Six days you may work and do all your tasks, ¹⁰but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work on it—not you, your sons or daughters, your male or female servants, your animals, or the immigrant who is living with you. ¹¹Because the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them in six days, but rested on the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

¹²Honor your father and your mother so that your life will be long on the fertile land that the Lord your God is giving you.

¹³Do not kill.^[c]

¹⁴Do not commit adultery.

¹⁵Do not steal.

¹⁶Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.

¹⁷Do not desire and try to take your neighbor’s house. Do not desire and try to take your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox, donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

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