Psalm 18:31-36

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³¹For who is God besides the Lord?^(A)
    And who is the Rock^(B) except our God?
³²It is God who arms me with strength^(C)
    and keeps my way secure.^(D)
³³He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;^(E)
    he causes me to stand on the heights.^(F)
³⁴He trains my hands for battle;^(G)
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵You make your saving help my shield,
    and your right hand sustains^(H) me;
    your help has made me great.
³⁶You provide a broad path^(I) for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.^(J)

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Proverbs 3:33-35

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³³The Lord’s curse^(A) is on the house of the wicked,^(B)
    but he blesses the home of the righteous.^(C)
³⁴He mocks^(D) proud mockers^(E)
    but shows favor to the humble^(F) and oppressed.
³⁵The wise inherit honor,
    but fools get only shame.

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Matthew 12:15-21

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God’s Chosen Servant

¹⁵Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.^(A) ¹⁶He warned them not to tell others about him.^(B) ¹⁷This was to fulfill^(C) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁸“Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
    the one I love, in whom I delight;^(D)
I will put my Spirit on him,^(E)
    and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
¹⁹He will not quarrel or cry out;
    no one will hear his voice in the streets.
²⁰A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
²¹    In his name the nations will put their hope.”^[a]^(F)

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Footnotes

Matthew 12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4

Acts 13:13-25

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In Pisidian Antioch

¹³From Paphos,^(A) Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia,^(B) where John^(C) left them to return to Jerusalem. ¹⁴From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch.^(D) On the Sabbath^(E) they entered the synagogue^(F) and sat down. ¹⁵After the reading from the Law^(G) and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.”

¹⁶Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand^(H) and said: “Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me! ¹⁷The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country;^(I) ¹⁸for about forty years he endured their conduct^[a]^(J) in the wilderness;^(K) ¹⁹and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan,^(L) giving their land to his people^(M) as their inheritance.^(N) ²⁰All this took about 450 years.

“After this, God gave them judges^(O) until the time of Samuel the prophet.^(P) ²¹Then the people asked for a king,^(Q) and he gave them Saul^(R) son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin,^(S) who ruled forty years. ²²After removing Saul,^(T) he made David their king.^(U) God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;^(V) he will do everything I want him to do.’^(W)

²³“From this man’s descendants^(X) God has brought to Israel the Savior^(Y) Jesus,^(Z) as he promised.^(AA) ²⁴Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.^(AB) ²⁵As John was completing his work,^(AC) he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for.^(AD) But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’^(AE)