Psalm 119:57-64

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ח Heth

⁵⁷You are my portion,^(A) Lord;
    I have promised to obey your words.^(B)
⁵⁸I have sought^(C) your face with all my heart;
    be gracious to me^(D) according to your promise.^(E)
⁵⁹I have considered my ways^(F)
    and have turned my steps to your statutes.
⁶⁰I will hasten and not delay
    to obey your commands.^(G)
⁶¹Though the wicked bind me with ropes,
    I will not forget^(H) your law.
⁶²At midnight^(I) I rise to give you thanks
    for your righteous laws.^(J)
⁶³I am a friend to all who fear you,^(K)
    to all who follow your precepts.^(L)
⁶⁴The earth is filled with your love,^(M) Lord;
    teach me your decrees.^(N)

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Proverbs 3:27-35

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²⁷Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
²⁸Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.^(A)
²⁹Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.^(B)
³⁰Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

³¹Do not envy^(C) the violent
or choose any of their ways.

³²For the Lord detests the perverse^(D)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.^(E)
³³The Lord’s curse^(F) is on the house of the wicked,^(G)
    but he blesses the home of the righteous.^(H)
³⁴He mocks^(I) proud mockers^(J)
    but shows favor to the humble^(K) and oppressed.
³⁵The wise inherit honor,
    but fools get only shame.

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Luke 18:18-30

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The Rich and the Kingdom of God^(A)

¹⁸A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”^(B)

¹⁹“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. ²⁰You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’^[a]”^(C)

²¹“All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.

²²When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor,^(D) and you will have treasure in heaven.^(E) Then come, follow me.”

²³When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. ²⁴Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!^(F) ²⁵Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”^(G)

²⁸Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”^(H)

²⁹“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God ³⁰will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come^(I) eternal life.”^(J)

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