Psalm 39:7-13

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⁷“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.^(A)
⁸Save me^(B) from all my transgressions;^(C)
    do not make me the scorn^(D) of fools.
⁹I was silent;^(E) I would not open my mouth,^(F)
    for you are the one who has done this.^(G)
¹⁰Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow^(H) of your hand.^(I)
¹¹When you rebuke^(J) and discipline^(K) anyone for their sin,
    you consume^(L) their wealth like a moth^(M)—
    surely everyone is but a breath.^(N)

¹²“Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;^(O)
    do not be deaf^(P) to my weeping.^(Q)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,^(R)
    a stranger,^(S) as all my ancestors were.^(T)
¹³Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”^(U)

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Proverbs 9:13-15

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¹³Folly is an unruly woman;^(A)
    she is simple and knows nothing.^(B)
¹⁴She sits at the door of her house,
    on a seat at the highest point of the city,^(C)
¹⁵calling out^(D) to those who pass by,
    who go straight on their way,

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Matthew 26:31-35

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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

³¹Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me,^(B) for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’^[a]^(C)

³²But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”^(D)

³³Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

³⁴“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”^(E)

³⁵But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you,^(F) I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.

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Footnotes

Matthew 26:31 Zech. 13:7

Romans 5:12-21

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Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

¹²Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,^(A) and death through sin,^(B) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned^(C)—

¹³To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.^(D) ¹⁴Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam,^(E) who is a pattern of the one to come.^(F)

¹⁵But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man,^(G) how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,^(H) overflow to the many! ¹⁶Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. ¹⁷For if, by the trespass of the one man, death^(I) reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life^(J) through the one man, Jesus Christ!

¹⁸Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,^(K) so also one righteous act resulted in justification^(L) and life^(M) for all people. ¹⁹For just as through the disobedience of the one man^(N) the many were made sinners,^(O) so also through the obedience^(P) of the one man the many will be made righteous.

²⁰The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.^(Q) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,^(R) ²¹so that, just as sin reigned in death,^(S) so also grace^(T) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life^(U) through Jesus Christ our Lord.