Psalm 81

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Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)The Gittith.^[a] Of ^(B)Asaph.

81 ^(C)Sing aloud to God our strength;
    ^(D)shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
²Raise a song; sound ^(E)the tambourine,
    ^(F)the sweet lyre with ^(G)the harp.
³Blow the trumpet at ^(H)the new moon,
    at the full moon, on our feast day.

⁴For it is a statute for Israel,
    a rule^[b] of the God of Jacob.
⁵He made it ^(I)a decree in ^(J)Joseph
    when he ^(K)went out over^[c] the land of Egypt.
^(L)I hear a language ^(M)I had not known:
⁶“I ^(N)relieved your^[d] shoulder of ^(O)the burden;
    your hands were freed from the basket.
⁷In distress you ^(P)called, and I delivered you;
    I ^(Q)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
    I ^(R)tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
⁸^(S)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
⁹There shall be no ^(T)strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a ^(U)foreign god.
¹⁰^(V)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    ^(W)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹“But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel ^(X)would not submit to me.
¹²So I ^(Y)gave them over to their ^(Z)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(AA)counsels.
¹³^(AB)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would ^(AC)walk in my ways!
¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies
    and ^(AD)turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵Those who hate the Lord would ^(AE)cringe toward him,
    and their fate would last forever.
¹⁶But he would feed you^[e] with ^(AF)the finest of the wheat,
    and with ^(AG)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Notas al pie

Psalm 81:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 81:4 Or just decree
Psalm 81:5 Or against
Psalm 81:6 Hebrew his; also next line
Psalm 81:16 That is, Israel; Hebrew him

Jeremiah 2:4-13

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⁴Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. ⁵Thus says the Lord:

^(A)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
    that they went far from me,
^(B)and went after ^(C)worthlessness, and became worthless?
⁶They did not say, ^(D)‘Where is the Lord
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us ^(E)in the wilderness,
    in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
    in a land that none passes through,
    where no man dwells?’
⁷^(F)And I brought you into a plentiful land
    to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, ^(G)you defiled my land
    and made my heritage an abomination.
⁸The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
    ^(H)Those who handle the law did not know me;
^(I)the shepherds^[a] transgressed against me;
    ^(J)the prophets prophesied by Baal
    and went after ^(K)things that do not profit.

⁹“Therefore ^(L)I still contend with you,
declares the Lord,
    and ^(M)with your children's children I will contend.
¹⁰For cross to the coasts of ^(N)Cyprus and see,
    or send to ^(O)Kedar and examine with care;
    see if there has been such a thing.
¹¹^(P)Has a nation changed its gods,
    ^(Q)even though they are no gods?
But my people ^(R)have changed their glory
    for ^(S)that which does not profit.
¹²Be appalled, ^(T)O heavens, at this;
    be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the Lord,
¹³for my people have committed two evils:
^(U)they have forsaken ^(V)me,
    the fountain of ^(W)living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
    broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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Jeremiah 2:8 Or rulers

John 7:14-31

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¹⁴About the middle of the feast Jesus went up ^(A)into the temple and began teaching. ¹⁵The Jews therefore ^(B)marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,^[a] when he has never studied?” ¹⁶So Jesus answered them, ^(C)“My teaching is not mine, but his ^(D)who sent me. ¹⁷^(E)If anyone's will is to do God's^[b] will, ^(F)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I ^(G)am speaking on my own authority. ¹⁸The one who speaks on his own authority ^(H)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. ¹⁹^(I)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. ^(J)Why do you seek to kill me?” ²⁰The crowd answered, ^(K)“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹Jesus answered them, “I did ^(L)one work, and you all marvel at it. ²²^(M)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^(N)from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, ^(O)are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? ²⁴^(P)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

²⁵Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom ^(Q)they seek to kill? ²⁶And here he is, ^(R)speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^(S)the authorities really know that this is the Christ? ²⁷But ^(T)we know ^(U)where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ^(V)no one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸So Jesus proclaimed, ^(W)as he taught in the temple, ^(X)“You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^(Y)I have not come of my own accord. ^(Z)He who sent me is true, ^(AA)and him you do not know. ²⁹^(AB)I know him, for I come ^(AC)from him, and ^(AD)he sent me.” ³⁰^(AE)So they were seeking to arrest him, but ^(AF)no one laid a hand on him, ^(AG)because his hour had not yet come. ³¹Yet ^(AH)many of the people believed in him. They said, ^(AI)“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

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John 7:15 Or this man knows his letters
John 7:17 Greek his

John 7:37-39

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Rivers of Living Water

³⁷^(A)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^(B)“If anyone thirsts, let him ^(C)come to me and drink. ³⁸Whoever believes in me, ^(D)as^[a] the Scripture has said, ^(E)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^(F)living water.’” ³⁹Now ^(G)this he said about the Spirit, ^(H)whom those who believed in him were to receive, ^(I)for as yet the Spirit had not been ^(J)given, ^(K)because Jesus was not yet glorified.