Psalm 72:1-2

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Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

¹Endow the king with your justice,^(A) O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
²May he judge your people in righteousness,^(B)
your afflicted ones with justice.

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Psalm 72:14-19

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¹⁴He will rescue^(A) them from oppression and violence,
for precious^(B) is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba^(C) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.^(D)
¹⁶May grain^(E) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(F) flourish like Lebanon^(G)
    and thrive^[a] like the grass of the field.^(H)
¹⁷May his name endure forever;^(I)
    may it continue as long as the sun.^(J)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,^[b]
and they will call him blessed.^(K)

¹⁸Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,^(L)
who alone does marvelous deeds.^(M)
¹⁹Praise be to his glorious name^(N) forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.^(O)
Amen and Amen.^(P)

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Footnotes

Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)

1 John 4:19-5:4

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¹⁹We love because he first loved us.^(A) ²⁰Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister^(B) is a liar.^(C) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,^(D) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.^(E) ²¹And he has given us this command:^(F) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.^(G)

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

5 Everyone who believes^(H) that Jesus is the Christ^(I) is born of God,^(J) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.^(K) ²This is how we know^(L) that we love the children of God:^(M) by loving God and carrying out his commands. ³In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.^(N) And his commands are not burdensome,^(O) ⁴for everyone born of God^(P) overcomes^(Q) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

Luke 4:14-22

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Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

¹⁴Jesus returned to Galilee^(A) in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.^(B) ¹⁵He was teaching in their synagogues,^(C) and everyone praised him.

¹⁶He went to Nazareth,^(D) where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue,^(E) as was his custom. He stood up to read,^(F) ¹⁷and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,^(G)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news^(H) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
¹⁹    to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”^[a]^(I)

²⁰Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.^(J) The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled^(K) in your hearing.”

²²All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked.^(L)

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