Psalm 18:16-24

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¹⁶He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.^(A)
¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemy,^(B)
    from my foes, who were too strong for me.^(C)
¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my disaster,^(D)
    but the Lord was my support.^(E)
¹⁹He brought me out into a spacious place;^(F)
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.^(G)

²⁰The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;^(H)
    according to the cleanness of my hands^(I) he has rewarded me.^(J)
²¹For I have kept the ways of the Lord;^(K)
    I am not guilty of turning^(L) from my God.
²²All his laws are before me;^(M)
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
²³I have been blameless^(N) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
²⁴The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,^(O)
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

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Proverbs 3:28-30

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²⁸Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.^(A)
²⁹Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.^(B)
³⁰Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

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Matthew 11:20-30

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Woe on Unrepentant Towns^(A)

²⁰Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. ²¹“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!^(B) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,^(C) they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.^(D) ²²But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.^(E) ²³And you, Capernaum,^(F) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.^[a]^(G) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ²⁴But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”^(H)

The Father Revealed in the Son^(I)

²⁵At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,^(J) Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.^(K) ²⁶Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

²⁷“All things have been committed to me^(L) by my Father.^(M) No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.^(N)

²⁸“Come to me,^(O) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.^(P) ²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,^(Q) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.^(R) ³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”^(S)

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Footnotes

Matthew 11:23 That is, the realm of the dead

Acts 12:20-25

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²⁰He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon;^(A) they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.^(B)

²¹On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. ²²They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” ²³Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel^(C) of the Lord struck him down,^(D) and he was eaten by worms and died.

²⁴But the word of God^(E) continued to spread and flourish.^(F)