Psalm 115:1-13

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Psalm 115^(A)

¹Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,^(B)
because of your love and faithfulness.^(C)

²Why do the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”^(D)
³Our God is in heaven;^(E)
    he does whatever pleases him.^(F)
⁴But their idols are silver and gold,^(G)
    made by human hands.^(H)
⁵They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(I)
    eyes, but cannot see.
⁶They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
⁷They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
⁸Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

⁹All you Israelites, trust^(J) in the Lord—
    he is their help and shield.
¹⁰House of Aaron,^(K) trust in the Lord—
    he is their help and shield.
¹¹You who fear him,^(L) trust in the Lord—
    he is their help and shield.

¹²The Lord remembers^(M) us and will bless us:^(N)
    He will bless his people Israel,
    he will bless the house of Aaron,
¹³he will bless those who fear^(O) the Lord—
    small and great alike.

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Acts 14:5-18

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⁵There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews,^(A) together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.^(B) ⁶But they found out about it and fled^(C) to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, ⁷where they continued to preach^(D) the gospel.^(E)

In Lystra and Derbe

⁸In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth^(F) and had never walked. ⁹He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed^(G) ¹⁰and called out, “Stand up on your feet!”^(H) At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.^(I)

¹¹When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”^(J) ¹²Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.^(K) ¹³The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes^(L) and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: ¹⁵“Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human,^(M) like you. We are bringing you good news,^(N) telling you to turn from these worthless things^(O) to the living God,^(P) who made the heavens and the earth^(Q) and the sea and everything in them.^(R) ¹⁶In the past, he let^(S) all nations go their own way.^(T) ¹⁷Yet he has not left himself without testimony:^(U) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;^(V) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”^(W) ¹⁸Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.

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John 14:21-26

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²¹Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.^(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,^(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

²²Then Judas^(C) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”^(D)

²³Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.^(E) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.^(F) ²⁴Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.^(G)

²⁵“All this I have spoken while still with you. ²⁶But the Advocate,^(H) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,^(I) will teach you all things^(J) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.^(K)