Psalm 25

English Standard Version

Teach Me Your Paths

^[a] Of David.

25 To you, O Lord, I ^(A)lift up my soul.
²O my God, in you I ^(B)trust;
    ^(C)let me not be put to shame;
    ^(D)let not my enemies exult over me.
³Indeed, ^(E)none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
    they shall be ashamed who are ^(F)wantonly ^(G)treacherous.

⁴^(H)Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.
⁵Lead me in your ^(I)truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all the day long.

⁶Remember your ^(J)mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
    ^(K)for they have been from of old.
⁷Remember not ^(L)the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your ^(M)steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

⁸^(N)Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he ^(O)instructs sinners in the way.
⁹He leads the humble in what is right,
    and teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are ^(P)steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹For your ^(Q)name's sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is ^(R)great.
¹²Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him ^(S)will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
¹³His soul shall ^(T)abide in well-being,
    and his ^(U)offspring ^(V)shall inherit the land.
¹⁴^(W)The friendship^[b] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.
¹⁵My ^(X)eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will ^(Y)pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶^(Z)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
    bring me out of my distresses.
¹⁸^(AA)Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Consider how many are my foes,
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.
²⁰Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
    ^(AB)Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
²¹May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.

²²^(AC)Redeem Israel, O God,
out of all his troubles.

Footnotes

Psalm 25:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 25:14 Or The secret counsel

Genesis 25

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Abraham's Death and His Descendants

25 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. ²^(A)She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ³Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. ⁵^(B)Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. ⁶But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he ^(C)sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward ^(D)to the east country.

⁷These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. ⁸Abraham ^(E)breathed his last and ^(F)died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. ⁹Isaac and Ishmael ^(G)his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, ¹⁰the field ^(H)that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. ^(I)There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. ¹¹After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at ^(J)Beer-lahai-roi.

¹²These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, ^(K)whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. ¹³^(L)These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: ^(M)Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and ^(N)Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵Hadad, ^(O)Tema, ^(P)Jetur, ^(Q)Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, ^(R)twelve princes according to their tribes. ¹⁷(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He ^(S)breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) ¹⁸^(T)They settled from Havilah to ^(U)Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled^[a] over against all his kinsmen.

The Birth of Esau and Jacob

¹⁹These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: ^(V)Abraham fathered Isaac, ²⁰and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, ^(W)the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of ^(X)Paddan-aram, ^(Y)the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. ²¹And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And ^(Z)the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²²The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?”^[b] So she went ^(AA)to inquire of the Lord. ²³And the Lord said to her,

^(AB)“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you^[c] shall be divided;
^(AC)the one shall be stronger than the other,
^(AD)the older shall serve the younger.”

²⁴When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵The first came out red, ^(AE)all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. ²⁶Afterward his brother came out with ^(AF)his hand holding Esau's heel, so ^(AG)his name was called Jacob.^[d] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

²⁷When the boys grew up, Esau was ^(AH)a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, ^(AI)dwelling in tents. ²⁸Isaac loved Esau because ^(AJ)he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau Sells His Birthright

²⁹Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. ³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.^[e]) ³¹Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” ³²Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” ³³Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and ^(AK)sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Footnotes

Genesis 25:18 Hebrew fell
Genesis 25:22 Or why do I live?
Genesis 25:23 Or from birth
Genesis 25:26 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats
Genesis 25:30 Edom sounds like the Hebrew for red

Mark 11:27-12:17

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The Authority of Jesus Challenged

²⁷^(A)And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, ²⁸and they said to him, ^(B)“By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” ²⁹Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰Was the baptism of John ^(C)from heaven or from man? Answer me.” ³¹And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ^(D)‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ³²But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—^(E)they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was ^(F)a prophet. ³³So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

The Parable of the Tenants

12 ^(G)And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted ^(H)a vineyard ^(I)and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and ^(J)leased it to tenants and ^(K)went into another country. ²When the season came, he sent a servant^[a] to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. ³^(L)And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴^(M)Again ^(N)he sent to them another servant, and ^(O)they struck him on the head and ^(P)treated him shamefully. ⁵^(Q)And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. ⁶He had still one other, ^(R)a beloved son. ^(S)Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ⁷But those tenants said to one another, ^(T)‘This is the heir. Come, ^(U)let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸And they took him and killed him and ^(V)threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹What will the owner of the vineyard do? ^(W)He will ^(X)come and destroy the tenants and ^(Y)give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰^(Z)Have you not read ^(AA)this Scripture:

^(AB)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;^[b]
¹¹this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

¹²And ^(AC)they were seeking to arrest him ^(AD)but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they ^(AE)left him and went away.

Paying Taxes to Caesar

¹³^(AF)And they sent to him some of ^(AG)the Pharisees and some of ^(AH)the Herodians, to ^(AI)trap him in his talk. ¹⁴And they came and said to him, “Teacher, ^(AJ)we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For ^(AK)you are not swayed by appearances,^[c] but truly teach ^(AL)the way of God. Is it lawful to pay ^(AM)taxes to ^(AN)Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?” ¹⁵But, knowing ^(AO)their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why ^(AP)put me to the test? Bring me ^(AQ)a denarius^[d] and let me look at it.” ¹⁶And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar's.” ¹⁷Jesus said to them, ^(AR)“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they marveled at him.