Psalm 116:1-2

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I Love the Lord

116 I ^(A)love the Lord, because he has ^(B)heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
²Because he ^(C)inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

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Psalm 116:12-19

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¹²What shall I ^(A)render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?
¹³I will lift up ^(B)the cup of salvation
    and ^(C)call on the name of the Lord,
¹⁴I will ^(D)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵^(E)Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his ^(F)saints.
¹⁶O Lord, I am your ^(G)servant;
    I am your servant, ^(H)the son of your maidservant.
    You have ^(I)loosed my bonds.
¹⁷I will ^(J)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and ^(K)call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸I will ^(L)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹in ^(M)the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
^(N)Praise the Lord!

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Genesis 21:1-7

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The Birth of Isaac

21 The Lord ^(A)visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah ^(B)as he had promised. ²And Sarah ^(C)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age ^(D)at the time of which God had spoken to him. ³Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, ^(E)Isaac.^[a] ⁴And Abraham ^(F)circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, ^(G)as God had commanded him. ⁵^(H)Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. ⁶And Sarah said, ^(I)“God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” ⁷And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? ^(J)Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs

Hebrews 3:1-6

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Jesus Greater Than Moses

3 Therefore, holy brothers,^[a] you who share in ^(A)a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, ^(B)the apostle and high priest of our confession, ²who was faithful to him who appointed him, ^(C)just as Moses also was faithful in all God's^[b] house. ³For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. ⁴(For every house is built by someone, but ^(D)the builder of all things is God.) ⁵^(E)Now Moses was faithful in all God's house ^(F)as a servant, ^(G)to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, ⁶but Christ is faithful over God's house as ^(H)a son. And ^(I)we are his house, if indeed we ^(J)hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.^[c]