Psalm 106:19-48

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¹⁹They ^(A)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰They ^(B)exchanged the glory of God^[a]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹They ^(C)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²²wondrous works in ^(D)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³Therefore ^(E)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(F)chosen one,
^(G)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴Then they ^(H)despised ^(I)the pleasant land,
    having ^(J)no faith in his promise.
²⁵They ^(K)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶Therefore he ^(L)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(M)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸Then they ^(N)yoked themselves to the ^(O)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(P)the dead;
²⁹they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰Then ^(Q)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹And that was ^(R)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.

³²They ^(S)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
and it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³for they ^(T)made his spirit bitter,^[b]
and he ^(U)spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴They did not ^(V)destroy the peoples,
    ^(W)as the Lord commanded them,
³⁵but they ^(X)mixed with the nations
    and learned to do as they did.
³⁶They served their idols,
    which became ^(Y)a snare to them.
³⁷They ^(Z)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to ^(AA)the demons;
³⁸they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was ^(AB)polluted with blood.
³⁹Thus they ^(AC)became unclean by their acts,
    and ^(AD)played the whore in their deeds.

⁴⁰Then ^(AE)the anger of the Lord was kindled against ^(AF)his people,
    and he abhorred his ^(AG)heritage;
⁴¹he ^(AH)gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.
⁴²Their enemies ^(AI)oppressed them,
    and they were brought into subjection under their power.
⁴³^(AJ)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their ^(AK)purposes
    and were ^(AL)brought low through their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he ^(AM)heard their cry.
⁴⁵For their sake he ^(AN)remembered his covenant,
    and ^(AO)relented according to ^(AP)the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁴⁶He caused them to be ^(AQ)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

⁴⁷^(AR)Save us, O Lord our God,
and ^(AS)gather us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
and glory in your praise.

⁴⁸^(AT)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
^(AU)And let all the people say, “Amen!”
^(AV)Praise the Lord!

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Footnotes

Psalm 106:20 Hebrew exchanged their glory
Psalm 106:33 Or they rebelled against God's Spirit

Ezekiel 18

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The Soul Who Sins Shall Die

18 The word of the Lord came to me: ²“What do you^[a] mean ^(A)by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ^(B)‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge’? ³^(C)As I live, declares the Lord God, ^(D)this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. ⁴Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: ^(E)the soul who sins shall die.

⁵“If a man is righteous and does ^(F)what is just and right— ⁶if he ^(G)does not eat upon the mountains or ^(H)lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, ^(I)does not defile his neighbor's wife ^(J)or approach ^(K)a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, ⁷^(L)does not oppress anyone, but ^(M)restores to the debtor his pledge, ^(N)commits no robbery, ^(O)gives his bread to the hungry ^(P)and covers the naked with a garment, ⁸^(Q)does not lend at interest ^(R)or take any profit,^[b] withholds his hand from injustice, ^(S)executes true justice between man and man, ⁹^(T)walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; ^(U)he shall surely live, declares the Lord God.

¹⁰“If he fathers a son who is violent, ^(V)a shedder of blood, who does any of these things ¹¹(though he himself did none of these things), ^(W)who even eats upon the mountains, ^(X)defiles his neighbor's wife, ¹²oppresses the poor and needy, ^(Y)commits robbery, ^(Z)does not restore the pledge, ^(AA)lifts up his eyes to the idols, ^(AB)commits abomination, ¹³^(AC)lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; ^(AD)his blood shall be upon himself.

¹⁴“Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise: ¹⁵he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, ¹⁶does not oppress anyone, ^(AE)exacts no pledge, ^(AF)commits no robbery, ^(AG)but gives his bread to the hungry ^(AH)and covers the naked with a garment, ¹⁷withholds his hand from iniquity,^[c] takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, ^(AI)and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; ^(AJ)he shall surely live. ¹⁸As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, ^(AK)behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

¹⁹“Yet you say, ^(AL)‘Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done ^(AM)what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, ^(AN)he shall surely live. ²⁰^(AO)The soul who sins shall die. ^(AP)The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. ^(AQ)The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, ^(AR)and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

²¹^(AS)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^(AT)what is just and right, ^(AU)he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²²^(AV)None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. ²³^(AW)Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? ²⁴^(AX)But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? ^(AY)None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for ^(AZ)the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

²⁵^(BA)“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? ²⁶^(BB)When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. ²⁷Again, ^(BC)when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. ²⁸Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²⁹Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

³⁰“Therefore ^(BD)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^(BE)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, ^(BF)lest iniquity be your ruin.^[d] ³¹^(BG)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^(BH)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^(BI)Why will you die, O house of Israel? ³²^(BJ)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ^(BK)so turn, and live.”

Footnotes

Ezekiel 18:2 The Hebrew for you is plural
Ezekiel 18:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor; also verses 13, 17 (compare Leviticus 25:36)
Ezekiel 18:17 Septuagint; Hebrew from the poor
Ezekiel 18:30 Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block

Acts 14:8-28

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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

⁸Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was ^(A)crippled from birth and had never walked. ⁹He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and ^(B)seeing that he had faith to be made well,^[a] ¹⁰said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he ^(C)sprang up and began walking. ¹¹And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, ^(D)“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” ¹²Barnabas they called ^(E)Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³And the priest of ^(F)Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and ^(G)wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^(H)tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, ¹⁵“Men, ^(I)why are you doing these things? We also are men, ^(J)of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that ^(K)you should turn from these ^(L)vain things to ^(M)a living God, ^(N)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. ¹⁶In past generations he ^(O)allowed all the nations ^(P)to walk in their own ways. ¹⁷Yet ^(Q)he did not leave himself without witness, for he ^(R)did good by ^(S)giving you rains from heaven and ^(T)fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with ^(U)food and ^(V)gladness.” ¹⁸Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

¹⁹^(W)But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^(X)they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. ²⁰But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. ²¹When they had preached the gospel to that city and had ^(Y)made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, ²²^(Z)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^(AA)to continue in ^(AB)the faith, and saying that ^(AC)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. ²³And when they had ^(AD)appointed ^(AE)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^(AF)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

²⁴Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. ²⁵And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, ²⁶and from there they sailed to Antioch, ^(AG)where they had been ^(AH)commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. ²⁷And when they arrived and gathered the church together, ^(AI)they declared all that God had done with them, and ^(AJ)how he had ^(AK)opened ^(AL)a door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸And they remained no little time with the disciples.