Psalm 8

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Psalm 8

God’s Glory, Human Dignity

For the choir director: on the Gittith.^(A) A psalm of David.

¹Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!^(B)
You have covered the heavens with your majesty.^[a]^(C)
²From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,^(D)
you have established a stronghold^[b]
on account of your adversaries
in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.

³When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,^(E)
⁴what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man^[c] that you look after him?^(F)
⁵You made him little less than God^[d]^[e]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:^(G)
⁷all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
⁸the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.^(H)

⁹Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

Footnotes

8:1 Lit earth, which has set your splendor upon the heavens
8:2 LXX reads established praise
8:4 Or a mere mortal
8:5 LXX reads angels
8:5 Or heavenly beings; Hb Elohim

Proverbs 16:1-2

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16 The reflections of the heart belong to mankind,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.^(A)

²All a person’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord weighs motives.^[a]^(B)

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Footnotes

16:2 Lit spirits

Mark 6:1-13

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Rejection at Nazareth

6 He^(A) left there and came to his hometown,^(B) and his disciples^(C) followed him. ²When the Sabbath^(D) came, he began to teach^(E) in the synagogue,^(F) and many who heard him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom^(G) that has been given to him, and how are these miracles^(H) performed by his hands? ³Isn’t this the carpenter,^(I) the son of Mary,^(J) and the brother of James,^(K) Joses, Judas,^(L) and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended^(M) by him.

⁴Jesus said to them, “A prophet^(N) is not without honor^(O) except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” ⁵He was not able to do a miracle^(P) there, except that he laid his hands on^(Q) a few sick^(R) people and healed^(S) them. ⁶And he was amazed^(T) at their unbelief.^(U) He was going around the villages teaching.^(V)

Commissioning the Twelve

⁷He^(W) summoned^(X) the Twelve^(Y) and began to send^(Z) them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean^(AA) spirits.^(AB) ⁸He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a staff—no bread, no traveling bag,^(AC) no money in their belts, ⁹but to wear sandals and not put on an extra shirt.^(AD) ¹⁰He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place. ¹¹If any place does not welcome^(AE) you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet^(AF) as a testimony^(AG) against them.”^[a] ¹²So they went out and preached^(AH) that people should repent.^(AI) ¹³They drove out many demons,^(AJ) anointed^(AK) many sick^(AL) people with oil^(AM) and healed them.^(AN)

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Footnotes

6:11 Other mss add Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah on judgment day than for that town.

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