Psalm 33:12-22

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¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,^(A)
    the people he chose^(B) for his inheritance.^(C)
¹³From heaven the Lord looks down^(D)
    and sees all mankind;^(E)
¹⁴from his dwelling place^(F) he watches
    all who live on earth—
¹⁵he who forms^(G) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.^(H)

¹⁶No king is saved by the size of his army;^(I)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷A horse^(J) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
¹⁸But the eyes^(K) of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,^(L)
¹⁹to deliver them from death^(M)
    and keep them alive in famine.^(N)

²⁰We wait^(O) in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹In him our hearts rejoice,^(P)
    for we trust in his holy name.^(Q)
²²May your unfailing love^(R) be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

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Proverbs 7:19-20

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¹⁹My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
²⁰He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”

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Matthew 21:33-39

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The Parable of the Tenants^(A)

³³“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted^(B) a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower.^(C) Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.^(D) ³⁴When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants^(E) to the tenants to collect his fruit.

³⁵“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.^(F) ³⁶Then he sent other servants^(G) to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. ³⁷Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

³⁸“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir.^(H) Come, let’s kill him^(I) and take his inheritance.’^(J) ³⁹So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

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Acts 25:23-27

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Paul Before Agrippa^(A)

²³The next day Agrippa and Bernice^(B) came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high-ranking military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. ²⁴Festus said: “King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, you see this man! The whole Jewish community^(C) has petitioned me about him in Jerusalem and here in Caesarea, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.^(D) ²⁵I found he had done nothing deserving of death,^(E) but because he made his appeal to the Emperor^(F) I decided to send him to Rome. ²⁶But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write. ²⁷For I think it is unreasonable to send a prisoner on to Rome without specifying the charges against him.”