Psalm 119:137-144

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Tsadhe

¹³⁷^(A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    and right are your rules.
¹³⁸You have appointed your testimonies in ^(B)righteousness
    and in all ^(C)faithfulness.
¹³⁹My ^(D)zeal consumes me,
    because my foes forget your words.
¹⁴⁰Your promise is well ^(E)tried,
    and your servant ^(F)loves it.
¹⁴¹I am small and despised,
    yet I do not ^(G)forget your precepts.
¹⁴²Your righteousness is righteous forever,
    and your law is ^(H)true.
¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have found me out,
    but your commandments are my ^(I)delight.
¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteous forever;
    ^(J)give me understanding that I may ^(K)live.

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Isaiah 1:10-18

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¹⁰Hear the word of the Lord,
    you rulers of ^(A)^(B)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching^[a] of our God,
    you people of ^(C)Gomorrah!
¹¹^(D)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

¹²“When you come to ^(E)appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
^(F)New moon and Sabbath and the ^(G)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure ^(H)iniquity and ^(I)solemn assembly.
¹⁴Your ^(J)new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.
¹⁵When you ^(K)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
^(L)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    ^(M)your hands are full of blood.
¹⁶^(N)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^(O)cease to do evil,
¹⁷    learn to do good;
^(P)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
^(Q)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

¹⁸“Come now, ^(R)let us reason^[b] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as ^(S)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 1:10 Or law
Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute

Luke 19:1-10

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Jesus and Zacchaeus

19 ^(A)He entered Jericho and was passing through. ²And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. ³And ^(B)he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. ⁴So he ran on ahead and climbed up into ^(C)a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. ⁵And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for ^(D)I must stay at your house today.” ⁶So he hurried and came down and ^(E)received him joyfully. ⁷And when they saw it, they all ^(F)grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” ⁸And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods ^(G)I give to the poor. And if I have ^(H)defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it ^(I)fourfold.” ⁹And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since ^(J)he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰For ^(K)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”