Psalm 120

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Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

¹I call on the Lord^(A) in my distress,^(B)
    and he answers me.
²Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips^(C)
    and from deceitful tongues.^(D)

³What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,^(E)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

⁵Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!^(F)
⁶Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
⁷I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.

Jeremiah 22:11-17

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¹¹For this is what the Lord says about Shallum^[a]^(A) son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return. ¹²He will die^(B) in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

¹³“Woe^(C) to him who builds^(D) his palace by unrighteousness,
    his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
    not paying^(E) them for their labor.
¹⁴He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace^(F)
    with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
    panels it with cedar^(G)
    and decorates it in red.^(H)

¹⁵“Does it make you a king
    to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
    He did what was right and just,^(I)
    so all went well^(J) with him.
¹⁶He defended the cause of the poor and needy,^(K)
    and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know^(L) me?”
    declares the Lord.
¹⁷“But your eyes and your heart
    are set only on dishonest gain,^(M)
on shedding innocent blood^(N)
    and on oppression and extortion.”^(O)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz

Luke 11:37-52

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Woes on the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law

³⁷When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.^(A) ³⁸But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.^(B)

³⁹Then the Lord^(C) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.^(D) ⁴⁰You foolish people!^(E) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,^(F) and everything will be clean for you.^(G)

⁴²“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth^(H) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.^(I) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.^(J)

⁴³“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.^(K)

⁴⁴“Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves,^(L) which people walk over without knowing it.”

⁴⁵One of the experts in the law^(M) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”

⁴⁶Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.^(N)

⁴⁷“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. ⁴⁸So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.^(O) ⁴⁹Because of this, God in his wisdom^(P) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’^(Q) ⁵⁰Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, ⁵¹from the blood of Abel^(R) to the blood of Zechariah,^(S) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.^(T)

⁵²“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”^(U)

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