Psalm 1:1-3

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BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

¹Blessed is the one^(A)
    who does not walk^(B) in step with the wicked^(C)
or stand in the way^(D) that sinners take^(E)
    or sit^(F) in the company of mockers,^(G)
²but whose delight^(H) is in the law of the Lord,^(I)
    and who meditates^(J) on his law day and night.
³That person is like a tree^(K) planted by streams^(L) of water,^(M)
    which yields its fruit^(N) in season
and whose leaf^(O) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.^(P)

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Jeremiah 17:7-8

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⁷“But blessed^(A) is the one who trusts^(B) 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.^(C)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought^(D)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”^(E)

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John 7:37-39

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³⁷On the last and greatest day of the festival,^(A) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.^(B) ³⁸Whoever believes^(C) in me, as Scripture has said,^(D) rivers of living water^(E) will flow from within them.”^[a]^(F) ³⁹By this he meant the Spirit,^(G) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.^(H) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.^(I)

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Footnotes

John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink ³⁸who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

John 15:4-17

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⁴Remain in me, as I also remain in you.^(A) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;^(B) apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.^(C) ⁷If you remain in me^(D) and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.^(E) ⁸This is to my Father’s glory,^(F) that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.^(G)

⁹“As the Father has loved me,^(H) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commands,^(I) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. ¹¹I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.^(J) ¹²My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.^(K) ¹³Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.^(L) ¹⁴You are my friends^(M) if you do what I command.^(N) ¹⁵I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.^(O) ¹⁶You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you^(P) so that you might go and bear fruit^(Q)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.^(R) ¹⁷This is my command: Love each other.^(S)