Psalm 72:15-20

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¹⁵Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba^(A) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.^(B)
¹⁶May grain^(C) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(D) flourish like Lebanon^(E)
    and thrive^[a] like the grass of the field.^(F)
¹⁷May his name endure forever;^(G)
    may it continue as long as the sun.^(H)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,^[b]
and they will call him blessed.^(I)

¹⁸Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,^(J)
who alone does marvelous deeds.^(K)
¹⁹Praise be to his glorious name^(L) forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.^(M)
Amen and Amen.^(N)

²⁰This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.^(O)

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Footnotes

Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)

Proverbs 16:3-5

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³Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.^(A)

⁴The Lord works out everything to its proper end^(B)—
even the wicked for a day of disaster.^(C)

⁵The Lord detests all the proud of heart.^(D)
Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.^(E)

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Mark 16:1-8

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Jesus Has Risen^(A)

16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices^(B) so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. ²Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb ³and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”^(C)

⁴But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. ⁵As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe^(D) sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

⁶“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,^(E) who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,^(F) just as he told you.’”^(G)

⁸Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.^[a]

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Footnotes

Mark 16:8 Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

2 Corinthians 12:11-21

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Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

¹¹I have made a fool of myself,^(A) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”^[a]^(B) even though I am nothing.^(C) ¹²I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.^(D) ¹³How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?^(E) Forgive me this wrong!^(F)

¹⁴Now I am ready to visit you for the third time,^(G) and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents,^(H) but parents for their children.^(I) ¹⁵So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.^(J) If I love you more,^(K) will you love me less? ¹⁶Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you.^(L) Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! ¹⁷Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? ¹⁸I urged^(M) Titus^(N) to go to you and I sent our brother^(O) with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?

¹⁹Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God^(P) as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends,^(Q) is for your strengthening.^(R) ²⁰For I am afraid that when I come^(S) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.^(T) I fear that there may be discord,^(U) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,^(V) slander,^(W) gossip,^(X) arrogance^(Y) and disorder.^(Z) ²¹I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved^(AA) over many who have sinned earlier^(AB) and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery^(AC) in which they have indulged.