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13 For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house.
    They flourish in the courts of our God.

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13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.(A)

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To all who mourn in Israel,[a]
    he will give a crown of beauty for ashes,
a joyous blessing instead of mourning,
    festive praise instead of despair.
In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks
    that the Lord has planted for his own glory.

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Footnotes

  1. 61:3 Hebrew in Zion.

    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(A) of beauty
    instead of ashes,(B)
the oil(C) of joy
    instead of mourning,(D)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting(E) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.(F)

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18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.

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18 But grow in the grace(A) and knowledge(B) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(C) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(D)

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17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.

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17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts(A) through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted(B) and established in love,

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Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.

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For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.(A)

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21 All your people will be righteous.
    They will possess their land forever,
for I will plant them there with my own hands
    in order to bring myself glory.

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21 Then all your people will be righteous(A)
    and they will possess(B) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,(C)
    the work of my hands,(D)
    for the display of my splendor.(E)

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19 in the house of the Lord
    in the heart of Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

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19 in the courts(A) of the house of the Lord
    in your midst, Jerusalem.(B)

Praise the Lord.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
    go into his courts with praise.
    Give thanks to him and praise his name.

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Enter his gates with thanksgiving(A)
    and his courts(B) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.(C)

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you who serve in the house of the Lord,
    in the courts of the house of our God.

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you who minister in the house(A) of the Lord,
    in the courts(B) of the house of our God.

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He then built a courtyard for the priests, and also the large outer courtyard. He made doors for the courtyard entrances and overlaid them with bronze.

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He made the courtyard(A) of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze.

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17 But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree.

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17 If some of the branches have been broken off,(A) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others(B) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,

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