Psalm 22:25-31
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25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will pay before those who fear him.(A)
26 The poor[a] shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!(B)
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before him.[b](C)
28 For dominion belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.(D)
29 To him,[c] indeed, shall all who sleep in[d] the earth bow down;
before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
and I shall live for him.[e](E)
30 Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord(F)
31 and[f] proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn,
saying that he has done it.(G)
Amos 8:1-7
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The Basket of Fruit
8 This is what the Lord God showed me: a basket of summer fruit. 2 He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,
“The end[a] has come upon my people Israel;
I will spare them no longer.(A)
3 The songs of the temple[b] shall become wailings on that day,”
says the Lord God;
“the dead bodies shall be many,
cast out in every place. Be silent!”(B)
4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy,
and bring to ruin the poor of the land,(C)
5 saying, “When will the new moon be over
so that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier
and practice deceit with false balances,(D)
6 buying the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and selling the sweepings of the wheat.”(E)
7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.(F)
Acts 8:1-8
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8 1
Saul Persecutes the Church
That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.(A) 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.(B) 3 But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.(C)
Philip Preaches in Samaria
4 Now those who were scattered went from place to place proclaiming the word.(D) 5 Philip went down to the city[a] of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah[b] to them.(E) 6 The crowds with one accord listened eagerly to what was said by Philip, hearing and seeing the signs that he did, 7 for unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, came out of many who were possessed, and many others who were paralyzed or lame were cured.(F) 8 So there was great joy in that city.
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