Psalm 56:3-4
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3 When I am afraid,
I (A)put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; (B)I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
Psalm 147:1-11
English Standard Version
He Heals the Brokenhearted
147 (A)Praise the Lord!
For (B)it is good to sing praises to our God;
for (C)it is pleasant,[a] and (D)a song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord (E)builds up Jerusalem;
he (F)gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals (G)the brokenhearted
and (H)binds up their wounds.
4 He (I)determines the number of the stars;
he (J)gives to all of them their names.
5 (K)Great is our Lord, and (L)abundant in power;
(M)his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord (N)lifts up the humble;[b]
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 (O)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on (P)the lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares (Q)rain for the earth;
he makes (R)grass grow on the hills.
9 He (S)gives to the beasts their food,
and to (T)the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in (U)the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord (V)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who (W)hope in his steadfast love.
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:1 Or for he is beautiful
- Psalm 147:6 Or afflicted
Psalm 147:20
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20 He (A)has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.[a]
(B)Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees
Isaiah 40:21-31
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21 (A)Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are (B)like grasshoppers;
(C)who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23 (D)who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
(E)and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
25 (F)To whom then will you compare me,
that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
who created these?
(G)He who brings out their host by number,
calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
and because he is strong in power,
not one is missing.
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
(H)“My way is hidden from the Lord,
(I)and my right is disregarded by my God”?
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is (J)the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
(K)his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but (L)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings (M)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
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16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For (A)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with (B)a stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? That in my preaching (C)I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19 For (D)though I am free from all, (E)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (F)win more of them. 20 (G)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To (H)those outside the law I became (I)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (J)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 (K)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (L)I have become all things to all people, that (M)by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, (N)that I may share with them in its blessings.
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1 Peter 3:18
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18 For Christ also (A)suffered[a] (B)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, (C)that he might bring us to God, being put to death (D)in the flesh but made alive (E)in the spirit,
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- 1 Peter 3:18 Some manuscripts died
Luke 3:21-38
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21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when (A)Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, (B)the heavens were opened, 22 and (C)the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and (D)a voice came from heaven, (E)“You are my beloved Son;[a] with you I am well pleased.”[b]
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
23 Jesus, (F)when he began his ministry, was about (G)thirty years of age, being (H)the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, (I)the son of Zerubbabel, the son (J)of Shealtiel,[c] the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of (K)Nathan, the son of David, 32 (L)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 (M)the son of Jacob, (N)the son of Isaac, (O)the son of Abraham, (P)the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
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Numbers 6:24-26
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24 The Lord (A)bless you and (B)keep you;
25 the Lord (C)make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord (D)lift up his countenance[a] upon you and give you peace.
Footnotes
- Numbers 6:26 Or face
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