Psalm 141:1-5

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Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

¹I call to you, Lord, come quickly^(A) to me;
hear me^(B) when I call to you.
²May my prayer be set before you like incense;^(C)
may the lifting up of my hands^(D) be like the evening sacrifice.^(E)

³Set a guard over my mouth,^(F) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.^(G)
⁴Do not let my heart^(H) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds^(I)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.^(J)

⁵Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me^(K)—that is oil on my head.^(L)
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

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Proverbs 30:15-16

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¹⁵“The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,^(A)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
¹⁶the grave,^(B) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

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John 16:25-33

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²⁵“Though I have been speaking figuratively,^(A) a time is coming^(B) when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. ²⁶In that day you will ask in my name.^(C) I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. ²⁷No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me^(D) and have believed that I came from God.^(E) ²⁸I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”^(F)

²⁹Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.^(G) ³⁰Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe^(H) that you came from God.”^(I)

³¹“Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. ³²“A time is coming^(J) and in fact has come when you will be scattered,^(K) each to your own home. You will leave me all alone.^(L) Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.^(M)

³³“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.^(N) In this world you will have trouble.^(O) But take heart! I have overcome^(P) the world.”

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Revelation 13:11-18

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The Beast out of the Earth

¹¹Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.^(A) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.^(B) ¹²It exercised all the authority^(C) of the first beast on its behalf,^(D) and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,^(E) whose fatal wound had been healed.^(F) ¹³And it performed great signs,^(G) even causing fire to come down from heaven^(H) to the earth in full view of the people. ¹⁴Because of the signs^(I) it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived^(J) the inhabitants of the earth.^(K) It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.^(L) ¹⁵The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship^(M) the image to be killed.^(N) ¹⁶It also forced all people, great and small,^(O) rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,^(P) ¹⁷so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,^(Q) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.^(R)

¹⁸This calls for wisdom.^(S) Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.^[a]^(T) That number is 666.

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