Psalm 118

English Standard Version

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

118 ^(A)Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!

²^(B)Let Israel say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”
³^(C)Let the house of Aaron say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”
⁴^(D)Let those who fear the Lord say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁵^(E)Out of my distress I ^(F)called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me ^(G)free.
⁶^(H)The Lord is on my side; ^(I)I will not fear.
    What can man do to me?
⁷^(J)The Lord is on my side as my helper;
    I shall ^(K)look in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸^(L)It is better to take refuge in the Lord
^(M)than to trust in man.
⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord
^(N)than to trust in princes.

¹⁰^(O)All nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹¹They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹²^(P)They surrounded me like bees;
    they went out like ^(Q)a fire among thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹³I was ^(R)pushed hard,^[a] so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song;
    ^(S)he has become my salvation.
¹⁵Glad songs of salvation
    are in the tents of the righteous:
^(T)“The right hand of the Lord ^(U)does valiantly,
¹⁶    the right hand of the Lord exalts,
    the right hand of the Lord ^(V)does valiantly!”

¹⁷^(W)I shall not die, but I shall live,
and ^(X)recount the deeds of the Lord.
¹⁸The Lord has ^(Y)disciplined me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹^(Z)Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰This is the gate of the Lord;
    ^(AA)the righteous shall enter through it.
²¹I thank you that ^(AB)you have answered me
    ^(AC)and have become my salvation.
²²^(AD)The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.^[b]
²³This is the Lord's doing;
    it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Save us, we pray, O Lord!
O Lord, we pray, give us success!

²⁶^(AE)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
    We ^(AF)bless you from the house of the Lord.
²⁷The Lord is God,
    and he has made ^(AG)his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
    up to ^(AH)the horns of the altar!

²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will ^(AI)extol you.
²⁹^(AJ)Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!

Footnotes

Psalm 118:13 Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard
Psalm 118:22 Hebrew the head of the corner

Jeremiah 14

English Standard Version

Famine, Sword, and Pestilence

14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning ^(A)the drought:

²^(B)“Judah mourns,
    and ^(C)her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
    and ^(D)the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
³Her nobles send their servants for water;
    they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
    they return with their vessels empty;
they are ^(E)ashamed and confounded
    and ^(F)cover their heads.
⁴Because of the ground that is dismayed,
    since there is ^(G)no rain on the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
    they cover their heads.
⁵Even ^(H)the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.
⁶^(I)The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
    they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
    because there is no vegetation.

⁷“Though our iniquities testify against us,
    act, O Lord, ^(J)for your name's sake;
^(K)for our backslidings are many;
    ^(L)we have sinned against you.
⁸^(M)O you hope of Israel,
    its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
⁹Why should you be like a man confused,
    ^(N)like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet ^(O)you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
    and ^(P)we are called by your name;
    ^(Q)do not leave us.”

¹⁰Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
    they have not restrained their feet;
^(R)therefore the Lord does not accept them;
    ^(S)now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins.”

¹¹The Lord said to me: ^(T)“Do not pray for the welfare of this people. ¹²Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, ^(U)and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them ^(V)by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

Lying Prophets

¹³Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ^(W)say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” ¹⁴And the Lord said to me: “The ^(X)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^(Y)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^(Z)worthless divination, and ^(AA)the deceit of their own minds. ¹⁵Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ^(AB)I did not send them, and who say, ^(AC)‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^(AD)By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. ¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, ^(AE)with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

¹⁷“You shall say to them this word:
^(AF)‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
    and let them not cease,
for the virgin ^(AG)daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
    ^(AH)with a very grievous blow.
¹⁸^(AI)If I go out into the field,
    behold, those pierced by the sword!
^(AJ)And if I enter the city,
    behold, the diseases of famine!
^(AK)For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
    and have no knowledge.’”

¹⁹^(AL)Have you utterly rejected Judah?
    Does your soul loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
    ^(AM)so that there is no healing for us?
^(AN)We looked for peace, but no good came;
    ^(AO)for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
²⁰^(AP)We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
    and the iniquity of our fathers,
    ^(AQ)for we have sinned against you.
²¹Do not spurn us, ^(AR)for your name's sake;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne;
    ^(AS)remember and do not break your covenant with us.
²²Are there any among ^(AT)the false gods of the nations ^(AU)that can bring rain?
    Or can the heavens give showers?
Are you not he, O Lord our God?
    We set our hope on you,
    ^(AV)for you do all these things.

Mark 11:1-25

English Standard Version

The Triumphal Entry

11 ^(A)Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to ^(B)Bethphage and Bethany, at ^(C)the Mount of Olives, Jesus^[a] sent ^(D)two of his disciples ²and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, ^(E)on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. ³If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’” ⁴And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. ⁵And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ⁶And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. ⁷And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. ⁸And many ^(F)spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. ⁹And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, ^(G)“Hosanna! ^(H)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰Blessed is ^(I)the coming ^(J)kingdom of ^(K)our father ^(L)David! ^(M)Hosanna ^(N)in the highest!”

¹¹^(O)And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, ^(P)he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

¹²^(Q)On the following day, when they came from Bethany, ^(R)he was hungry. ¹³^(S)And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for ^(T)it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

¹⁵^(U)And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of ^(V)the money-changers and the seats of those who sold ^(W)pigeons. ¹⁶And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. ¹⁷And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ^(X)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But ^(Y)you have made it a den of robbers.” ¹⁸And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and ^(Z)were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because ^(AA)all the crowd was astonished at his teaching. ¹⁹^(AB)And when evening came they^[b] went out of the city.

The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree

²⁰^(AC)As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. ²¹And Peter remembered and said to him, ^(AD)“Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” ²²And Jesus answered them, “Have ^(AE)faith in God. ²³^(AF)Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ^(AG)‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not ^(AH)doubt in his heart, but ^(AI)believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. ²⁴Therefore I tell you, ^(AJ)whatever you ask in prayer, ^(AK)believe that you ^(AL)have received^[c] it, and it will be yours. ²⁵And whenever ^(AM)you stand praying, ^(AN)forgive, ^(AO)if you have anything against anyone, so that ^(AP)your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”^[d]

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Footnotes

Mark 11:1 Greek he
Mark 11:19 Some manuscripts he
Mark 11:24 Some manuscripts are receiving
Mark 11:25 Some manuscripts add verse 26: But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses