Psalm 119:49-72

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Zayin

⁴⁹Remember ^(A)your word to your servant,
    in which you have made me ^(B)hope.
⁵⁰This is ^(C)my comfort in my affliction,
    that your promise ^(D)gives me life.
⁵¹^(E)The insolent utterly deride me,
    but I do not ^(F)turn away from your law.
⁵²When I think of your rules from of old,
    I take comfort, O Lord.
⁵³^(G)Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,
    who forsake your law.
⁵⁴Your statutes have been my songs
    in the house of my ^(H)sojourning.
⁵⁵I ^(I)remember your name in the night, O Lord,
    and keep your law.
⁵⁶This blessing has fallen to me,
    that ^(J)I have kept your precepts.

Heth

⁵⁷^(K)The Lord is my portion;
    I promise to keep your words.
⁵⁸I ^(L)entreat your favor with all my heart;
    be gracious to me ^(M)according to your promise.
⁵⁹When I ^(N)think on my ways,
    I turn my feet to your testimonies;
⁶⁰I hasten and do not delay
    to keep your commandments.
⁶¹Though ^(O)the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
    I do not ^(P)forget your law.
⁶²At ^(Q)midnight I rise to praise you,
    because of your ^(R)righteous rules.
⁶³^(S)I am a companion of all who fear you,
    of those who keep your precepts.
⁶⁴^(T)The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;
    ^(U)teach me your statutes!

Teth

⁶⁵You have dealt well with your servant,
    O Lord, ^(V)according to your word.
⁶⁶Teach me ^(W)good judgment and knowledge,
    for I believe in your commandments.
⁶⁷^(X)Before I was afflicted I went astray,
    but now I keep your word.
⁶⁸^(Y)You are good and do good;
    ^(Z)teach me your statutes.
⁶⁹^(AA)The insolent ^(AB)smear me with lies,
    but with my whole heart I ^(AC)keep your precepts;
⁷⁰their heart is unfeeling ^(AD)like fat,
    but I ^(AE)delight in your law.
⁷¹It is ^(AF)good for me that I was afflicted,
    that I might learn your statutes.
⁷²^(AG)The law of your mouth is better to me
    than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

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Isaiah 49:1-12

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The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen to me, ^(A)O coastlands,
    and give attention, you peoples ^(B)from afar.
^(C)The Lord called me from the womb,
    from the body of my mother he named my name.
²^(D)He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
    ^(E)in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
    in his quiver he hid me away.
³And he said to me, “You are my servant,
    Israel, ^(F)in whom I will be glorified.”^[a]
⁴^(G)But I said, “I have labored in vain;
    I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
    and my recompense with my God.”

⁵^(H)And now the Lord says,
    he ^(I)who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
    and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for ^(J)I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
    and my God has become my strength—
⁶he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
^(K)I will make you ^(L)as a light for the nations,
    that ^(M)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

⁷Thus says the Lord,
    ^(N)the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
^(O)to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
    the servant of rulers:
^(P)“Kings shall see and arise;
    princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

The Restoration of Israel

⁸Thus says the Lord:
^(Q)“In a ^(R)time of favor I have answered you;
    in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you ^(S)and give you
    as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
    ^(T)to apportion the desolate heritages,
⁹^(U)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
    to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
^(V)They shall feed along the ways;
    on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
¹⁰^(W)they shall not hunger or thirst,
    neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them ^(X)will lead them,
    and by springs of water will guide them.
¹¹^(Y)And I will make all my mountains a road,
    and my highways shall be raised up.
¹²^(Z)Behold, these shall come from afar,
    and behold, ^(AA)these from the north and from the west,^[b]
    and these from the land of Syene.”^[c]

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Notas al pie

Isaiah 49:3 Or I will display my beauty
Isaiah 49:12 Hebrew from the sea
Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Sinim

Galatians 2:11-21

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Paul Opposes Peter

¹¹But ^(A)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him ^(B)to his face, because he stood condemned. ¹²For before certain men came from James, ^(C)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing ^(D)the circumcision party.^[a] ¹³And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. ¹⁴But when I saw that their ^(E)conduct was not in step with ^(F)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas ^(G)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, ^(H)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

¹⁵We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^(I)Gentile sinners; ¹⁶yet we know that ^(J)a person is not justified^[b] by works of the law ^(K)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, ^(L)because by works of the law no one will be justified.

¹⁷But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found ^(M)to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! ¹⁸For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. ¹⁹For through the law I ^(N)died to the law, so that I might ^(O)live to God. ²⁰I have been ^(P)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^(Q)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(R)who loved me and ^(S)gave himself for me. ²¹I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(T)if righteousness^[c] were through the law, ^(U)then Christ died for no purpose.

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Notas al pie

Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision
Galatians 2:16 Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17
Galatians 2:21 Or justification

Mark 6:13-29

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¹³^(A)And they cast out many demons and ^(B)anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

The Death of John the Baptist

¹⁴^(C)King Herod heard of it, for Jesus'^[a] name had become known. Some^[b] said, ^(D)“John the Baptist^[c] has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” ¹⁵^(E)But others said, “He is Elijah.” And others said, “He is ^(F)a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” ¹⁶But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.” ¹⁷^(G)For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and ^(H)bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her. ¹⁸^(I)For John had been saying to Herod, ^(J)“It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.” ¹⁹And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, ²⁰for Herod ^(K)feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he ^(L)heard him gladly.

²¹But an opportunity came when Herod ^(M)on his birthday ^(N)gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. ²²For when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” ²³And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, ^(O)up to half of my kingdom.” ²⁴And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” ²⁵And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” ²⁶And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. ²⁷And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's^[d] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison ²⁸and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. ²⁹When his ^(P)disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.