Psalm 80:8-19
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8 You brought a vine out of Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.(A)
9 You cleared the ground for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.(B)
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches;
11 it sent out its branches to the sea
and its shoots to the River.
12 Why then have you broken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?(C)
13 The boar from the forest ravages it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.(D)
14 Turn again, O God of hosts;
look down from heaven and see;
have regard for this vine,(E)
15 the stock that your right hand planted.[a]
16 It has been burned with fire; it has been cut down;
may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(F)
17 But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand,
the one whom you made strong for yourself.(G)
18 Then we will never turn back from you;
give us life, and we will call on your name.(H)
19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.
Luke 9:23-25
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23 Then he said to them all, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.(A) 24 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.(B) 25 For what does it profit them if they gain the whole world but lose or forfeit themselves?(C)
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