Psalm 45:10-17

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¹⁰Listen, daughter,^(A) and pay careful attention:^(B)
    Forget your people^(C) and your father’s house.
¹¹Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;^(D)
    honor^(E) him, for he is your lord.^(F)
¹²The city of Tyre^(G) will come with a gift,^[a]^(H)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
¹³All glorious^(I) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.^(J)
¹⁴In embroidered garments^(K) she is led to the king;^(L)
    her virgin companions^(M) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
¹⁵Led in with joy and gladness,^(N)
    they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
you will make them princes^(O) throughout the land.

¹⁷I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;^(P)
therefore the nations will praise you^(Q) for ever and ever.^(R)

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Footnotes

Psalm 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts

Proverbs 11:1-2

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11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,^(A)
but accurate weights find favor with him.^(B)

²When pride comes, then comes disgrace,^(C)
but with humility comes wisdom.^(D)

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Mark 1:9-20

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The Baptism and Testing of Jesus^(A)^(B)

⁹At that time Jesus came from Nazareth^(C) in Galilee and was baptized by John^(D) in the Jordan. ¹⁰Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.^(E) ¹¹And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son,^(F) whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”^(G)

¹²At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, ¹³and he was in the wilderness forty days,^(H) being tempted^[a] by Satan.^(I) He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.

Jesus Announces the Good News^(J)

¹⁴After John^(K) was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee,^(L) proclaiming the good news of God.^(M) ¹⁵“The time has come,”^(N) he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe^(O) the good news!”^(P)

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

¹⁶As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” ¹⁸At once they left their nets and followed him.^(Q)

¹⁹When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. ²⁰Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

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Footnotes

Mark 1:13 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.

Romans 12:1-8

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A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,^(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,^(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ²Do not conform^(C) to the pattern of this world,^(D) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.^(E) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is^(F)—his good, pleasing^(G) and perfect will.

Humble Service in the Body of Christ

³For by the grace given me^(H) I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. ⁴For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,^(I) ⁵so in Christ we, though many, form one body,^(J) and each member belongs to all the others. ⁶We have different gifts,^(K) according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying,^(L) then prophesy in accordance with your^[a] faith;^(M) ⁷if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;^(N) ⁸if it is to encourage, then give encouragement;^(O) if it is giving, then give generously;^(P) if it is to lead,^[b] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.