Psalm 45:6-9

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⁶Your throne, O God,^[a] will last for ever and ever;^(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷You love righteousness^(B) and hate wickedness;^(C)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing^(D) you with the oil of joy.^(E)
⁸All your robes are fragrant^(F) with myrrh^(G) and aloes^(H) and cassia;^(I)
    from palaces adorned with ivory^(J)
    the music of the strings^(K) makes you glad.
⁹Daughters of kings^(L) are among your honored women;
    at your right hand^(M) is the royal bride^(N) in gold of Ophir.^(O)

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Footnotes

Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.

Proverbs 10:31-32

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³¹From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,^(A)
but a perverse tongue^(B) will be silenced.

³²The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,^(C)
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.^(D)

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Mark 1:1-8

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John the Baptist Prepares the Way^(A)

1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,^[a] the Son of God,^[b]^(B) ²as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way”^[c]^(C)—
³“a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”^[d]^(D)

⁴And so John the Baptist^(E) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance^(F) for the forgiveness of sins.^(G) ⁵The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. ⁶John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist,^(H) and he ate locusts^(I) and wild honey. ⁷And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.^(J) ⁸I baptize you with^[e] water, but he will baptize you with^[f] the Holy Spirit.”^(K)

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Footnotes

Mark 1:1 Or Jesus Christ. Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean Anointed One.
Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God.
Mark 1:2 Mal. 3:1
Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3
Mark 1:8 Or in
Mark 1:8 Or in

Romans 11:25-36

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All Israel Will Be Saved

²⁵I do not want you to be ignorant^(A) of this mystery,^(B) brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited:^(C) Israel has experienced a hardening^(D) in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,^(E) ²⁶and in this way^[a] all Israel will be saved.^(F) As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
²⁷And this is^[b] my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”^[c]^(G)

²⁸As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies^(H) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,^(I) ²⁹for God’s gifts and his call^(J) are irrevocable.^(K) ³⁰Just as you who were at one time disobedient^(L) to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, ³¹so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now^[d] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. ³²For God has bound everyone over to disobedience^(M) so that he may have mercy on them all.

Doxology

³³Oh, the depth of the riches^(N) of the wisdom and^[e] knowledge of God!^(O)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!^(P)
³⁴“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”^[f]^(Q)
³⁵“Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”^[g]^(R)
³⁶For from him and through him and for him are all things.^(S)
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.^(T)