Psalm 130

English Standard Version

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

130 Out of ^(B)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
² O Lord, hear my voice!
^(C)Let your ears be attentive
to ^(D)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^(E)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(F)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(G)forgiveness,
^(H)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(I)wait for the Lord, ^(J)my soul waits,
    and ^(K)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(L)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(M)watchmen for ^(N)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^(O)hope in the Lord!
    For ^(P)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
⁸And he will ^(Q)redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

1 Corinthians 7:17-24

English Standard Version

Live as You Are Called

¹⁷Only let each person lead the life^[a] ^(A)that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. ^(B)This is my rule in ^(C)all the churches. ¹⁸Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? ^(D)Let him not seek circumcision. ¹⁹^(E)For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but ^(F)keeping the commandments of God. ²⁰^(G)Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. ²¹Were you a bondservant^[b] when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) ²²For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is ^(H)a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is ^(I)a bondservant of Christ. ²³^(J)You were bought with a price; ^(K)do not become bondservants of men. ²⁴So, brothers,^[c] ^(L)in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 7:17 Or each person walk in the way
1 Corinthians 7:21 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verses 22 (twice), 23
1 Corinthians 7:24 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29

Mark 1:14-20

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Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹⁴^(A)Now after John was arrested, Jesus ^(B)came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, ¹⁵and saying, ^(C)“The time is fulfilled, and ^(D)the kingdom of God is at hand;^[a] ^(E)repent and believe in the gospel.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

¹⁶^(F)Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become ^(G)fishers of men.”^[b] ¹⁸And immediately they left their nets and followed him. ¹⁹And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. ²⁰And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.