Psalm 89:9-18

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⁹You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(A)
¹⁰You crushed Rahab^(B) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(C) your enemies.
¹¹The heavens are yours,^(D) and yours also the earth;^(E)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(F)
¹²You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(G) and Hermon^(H) sing for joy^(I) at your name.
¹³Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(J)

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(K)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(L)
¹⁵Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(M) in the light^(N) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶They rejoice in your name^(O) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷For you are their glory and strength,^(P)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[a]^(Q)
¹⁸Indeed, our shield^[b]^(R) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(S) to the Holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

Psalm 89:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.
Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign

Proverbs 20:4-6

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⁴Sluggards^(A) do not plow in season;
so at harvest time they look but find nothing.^(B)

⁵The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,^(C)
but one who has insight draws them out.

⁶Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?^(D)

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Luke 9:46-56

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⁴⁶An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.^(A) ⁴⁷Jesus, knowing their thoughts,^(B) took a little child and had him stand beside him. ⁴⁸Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.^(C) For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”^(D)

⁴⁹“Master,”^(E) said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”

⁵⁰“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”^(F)

Samaritan Opposition

⁵¹As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven,^(G) Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.^(H) ⁵²And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan^(I) village to get things ready for him; ⁵³but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. ⁵⁴When the disciples James and John^(J) saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them^[a]?”^(K) ⁵⁵But Jesus turned and rebuked them. ⁵⁶Then he and his disciples went to another village.

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Footnotes

Luke 9:54 Some manuscripts them, just as Elijah did

1 Thessalonians 2:13-20

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¹³And we also thank God continually^(A) because, when you received the word of God,^(B) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. ¹⁴For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators^(C) of God’s churches in Judea,^(D) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people^(E) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews ¹⁵who killed the Lord Jesus^(F) and the prophets^(G) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone ¹⁶in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles^(H) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.^(I) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.^[a]

Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

¹⁷But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),^(J) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.^(K) ¹⁸For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan^(L) blocked our way.^(M) ¹⁹For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown^(N) in which we will glory^(O) in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?^(P) Is it not you? ²⁰Indeed, you are our glory^(Q) and joy.