Matthew 28:11-20

New King James Version

The Soldiers Are Bribed

¹¹Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened. ¹²When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’ ¹⁴And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and make you secure.” ¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

The Great Commission^(A)

¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain ^(B)which Jesus had appointed for them. ¹⁷When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some ^(C)doubted.

¹⁸And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ^(D)“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹^(E)Go ^[a]therefore and ^(F)make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰^(G)teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am ^(H)with you always, even to the end of the age.” ^[b]Amen.

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Footnotes

Matthew 28:19 M omits therefore
Matthew 28:20 NU omits Amen.

Romans 16

New King James Version

Sister Phoebe Commended

16 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in ^(A)Cenchrea, ²^(B)that you may receive her in the Lord ^(C)in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.

Greeting Roman Saints

³Greet ^(D)Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ⁴who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. ⁵Likewise greet ^(E)the church that is in their house.

Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is ^(F)the firstfruits of ^[a]Achaia to Christ. ⁶Greet Mary, who labored much for us. ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the ^(G)apostles, who also ^(H)were in Christ before me.

⁸Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. ⁹Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved. ¹⁰Greet Apelles, approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. ¹¹Greet Herodion, my ^[b]countryman. Greet those who are of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

¹²Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. ¹³Greet Rufus, ^(I)chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren who are with them. ¹⁵Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

¹⁶^(J)Greet one another with a holy kiss. ^[c]The churches of Christ greet you.

Avoid Divisive Persons

¹⁷Now I urge you, brethren, note those ^(K)who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and ^(L)avoid them. ¹⁸For those who are such do not serve our Lord ^[d]Jesus Christ, but ^(M)their own belly, and ^(N)by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. ¹⁹For ^(O)your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be ^(P)wise in what is good, and ^[e]simple concerning evil. ²⁰And ^(Q)the God of peace ^(R)will crush Satan under your feet shortly.

^(S)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Greetings from Paul’s Friends

²¹^(T)Timothy, my fellow worker, and ^(U)Lucius, ^(V)Jason, and ^(W)Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.

²²I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.

²³^(X)Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. ^(Y)Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother. ²⁴^(Z)The^[f] grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Benediction

²⁵^[g]Now ^(AA)to Him who is able to establish you ^(AB)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, ^(AC)according to the revelation of the mystery ^(AD)kept secret since the world began ²⁶but ^(AE)now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for ^(AF)obedience to the faith— ²⁷to ^(AG)God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.

Footnotes

Romans 16:5 NU Asia
Romans 16:11 Or relative
Romans 16:16 NU All the churches
Romans 16:18 NU, M omit Jesus
Romans 16:19 innocent
Romans 16:24 NU omits v. 24.
Romans 16:25 M puts Rom. 16:25–27 after Rom. 14:23.

Psalm 71

New King James Version

God the Rock of Salvation

71 In ^(A)You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame.
²^(B)Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
^(C)Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
³^(D)Be my ^[a]strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the ^(E)commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

⁴^(F)Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
⁵For You are ^(G)my hope, O Lord God;
You are my trust from my youth.
⁶^(H)By You I have been ^[b]upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.

⁷^(I)I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.
⁸Let ^(J)my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.

⁹Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
¹⁰For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life ^(K)take counsel together,
¹¹Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

¹²^(L)O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, ^(M)make haste to help me!
¹³Let them be ^[c]confounded and consumed
Who are adversaries of my life;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor
Who seek my hurt.

¹⁴But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
¹⁵My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.
¹⁶I will go in the strength of the Lord God;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

¹⁷O God, You have taught me from my ^(N)youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
¹⁸Now also ^(O)when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.

¹⁹Also ^(P)Your righteousness, O God, is ^[d]very high,
You who have done great things;
^(Q)O God, who is like You?
²⁰^(R)You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
^(S)Shall revive me again,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
²¹You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.

²²Also ^(T)with the lute I will praise You—
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O ^(U)Holy One of Israel.
²³My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And ^(V)my soul, which You have redeemed.
²⁴My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;
For they are confounded,
For they are brought to shame
Who seek my hurt.

Footnotes

Psalm 71:3 Lit. rock of refuge or rock of habitation
Psalm 71:6 sustained from the womb
Psalm 71:13 ashamed
Psalm 71:19 great, lit. to the height of heaven

Deuteronomy 33-34

New King James Version

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

33 Now this is ^(A)the blessing with which Moses ^(B)the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ²And he said:

^(C)“The Lord came from Sinai,
And dawned on them from ^(D)Seir;
He shone forth from ^(E)Mount Paran,
And He came with ^(F)ten thousands of saints;
From His right hand
Came a fiery law for them.
³Yes, ^(G)He loves the people;
^(H)All His saints are in Your hand;
They ^(I)sit down at Your feet;
Everyone ^(J)receives Your words.
⁴^(K)Moses ^[a]commanded a law for us,
^(L)A heritage of the congregation of Jacob.
⁵And He was ^(M)King in ^(N)Jeshurun,
When the leaders of the people were gathered,
All the tribes of Israel together.

⁶“Let ^(O)Reuben live, and not die,
Nor let his men be few.”

⁷And this he said of ^(P)Judah:

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people;
^(Q)Let his hands be sufficient for him,
And may You be ^(R)a help against his enemies.”

⁸And of ^(S)Levi he said:

^(T)“Let Your ^[b]Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,
^(U)Whom You tested at Massah,
And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,
⁹^(V)Who says of his father and mother,
‘I have not ^(W)seen them’;
^(X)Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,
Or know his own children;
For ^(Y)they have observed Your word
And kept Your covenant.
¹⁰^(Z)They shall teach Jacob Your judgments,
And Israel Your law.
They shall put incense before You,
^(AA)And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.
¹¹Bless his substance, Lord,
And ^(AB)accept the work of his hands;
Strike the loins of those who rise against him,
And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

¹²Of Benjamin he said:

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

¹³And of Joseph he said:

^(AC)“Blessed of the Lord is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the ^(AD)dew,
And the deep lying beneath,
¹⁴With the precious fruits of the sun,
With the precious produce of the months,
¹⁵With the best things of ^(AE)the ancient mountains,
With the precious things ^(AF)of the everlasting hills,
¹⁶With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor of ^(AG)Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let the blessing come ^(AH)‘on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’
¹⁷His glory is like a ^(AI)firstborn bull,
And his horns like the ^(AJ)horns of the wild ox;
Together with them
^(AK)He shall push the peoples
To the ends of the earth;
^(AL)They are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said:

^(AM)“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
And Issachar in your tents!
¹⁹They shall ^(AN)call the peoples to the mountain;
There ^(AO)they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;
For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas
And of treasures hidden in the sand.”

²⁰And of Gad he said:

“Blessed is he who ^(AP)enlarges Gad;
He dwells as a lion,
And tears the arm and the crown of his head.
²¹^(AQ)He provided the first part for himself,
Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.
^(AR)He came with the heads of the people;
He administered the justice of the Lord,
And His judgments with Israel.”

²²And of Dan he said:

“Dan is a lion’s whelp;
^(AS)He shall leap from Bashan.”

²³And of Naphtali he said:

“O Naphtali, ^(AT)satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the Lord,
^(AU)Possess the west and the south.”

²⁴And of Asher he said:

^(AV)“Asher is most blessed of sons;
Let him be favored by his brothers,
And let him ^(AW)dip his foot in oil.
²⁵Your sandals shall be ^(AX)iron and bronze;
As your days, so shall your strength be.

²⁶“There is ^(AY)no one like the God of ^(AZ)Jeshurun,
^(BA)Who rides the heavens to help you,
And in His excellency on the clouds.
²⁷The eternal God is your ^(BB)refuge,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
^(BC)He will thrust out the enemy from before you,
And will say, ‘Destroy!’
²⁸Then ^(BD)Israel shall dwell in safety,
^(BE)The fountain of Jacob ^(BF)alone,
In a land of grain and new wine;
His ^(BG)heavens shall also drop dew.
²⁹^(BH)Happy are you, O Israel!
^(BI)Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
^(BJ)The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies ^(BK)shall submit to you,
And ^(BL)you shall tread down their ^[c]high places.”

Moses Dies on Mount Nebo

34 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab ^(BM)to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan, ²all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the ^[d]Western Sea, ³the South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, ^(BN)the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. ⁴Then the Lord said to him, ^(BO)“This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ ^(BP)I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.”

⁵^(BQ)So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. ⁶And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor; but ^(BR)no one knows his grave to this day. ⁷^(BS)Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. ^(BT)His ^[e]eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor ^[f]diminished. ⁸And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab ^(BU)thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.

⁹Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the ^(BV)spirit of wisdom, for ^(BW)Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁰But since then there ^(BX)has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, ^(BY)whom the Lord knew face to face, ¹¹in all ^(BZ)the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, ¹²and by all that mighty power and all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.