Psalm 111:6-10

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⁶He has shown his people the power of his works,^(A)
    giving them the lands of other nations.^(B)
⁷The works of his hands^(C) are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are trustworthy.^(D)
⁸They are established for ever^(E) and ever,
    enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
⁹He provided redemption^(F) for his people;
    he ordained his covenant forever—
    holy and awesome^(G) is his name.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord^(H) is the beginning of wisdom;^(I)
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.^(J)
To him belongs eternal praise.^(K)

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Proverbs 24:32-34

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³²I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
³³A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest^(A)—
³⁴and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.^(B)

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Luke 24:36-49

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Jesus Appears to the Disciples

³⁶While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”^(A)

³⁷They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.^(B) ³⁸He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? ³⁹Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see;^(C) a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

⁴⁰When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. ⁴¹And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ⁴²They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³and he took it and ate it in their presence.^(D)

⁴⁴He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you:^(E) Everything must be fulfilled^(F) that is written about me in the Law of Moses,^(G) the Prophets^(H) and the Psalms.”^(I)

⁴⁵Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer^(J) and rise from the dead on the third day,^(K) ⁴⁷and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name^(L) to all nations,^(M) beginning at Jerusalem.^(N) ⁴⁸You are witnesses^(O) of these things. ⁴⁹I am going to send you what my Father has promised;^(P) but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

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James 2:14-26

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Faith and Deeds

¹⁴What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?^(A) Can such faith save them? ¹⁵Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^(B) ¹⁶If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^(C) ¹⁷In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.^(D)

¹⁸But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,^(E) and I will show you my faith^(F) by my deeds.^(G) ¹⁹You believe that there is one God.^(H) Good! Even the demons believe that^(I)—and shudder.

²⁰You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless^[a]?^(J) ²¹Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?^(K) ²²You see that his faith and his actions were working together,^(L) and his faith was made complete by what he did.^(M) ²³And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”^[b]^(N) and he was called God’s friend.^(O) ²⁴You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

²⁵In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?^(P) ²⁶As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.^(Q)

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