God, the King of the Earth.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

The Ten Commandments

20 Then God spoke all these words, saying,

² “^(A)I am the Lord your God, ^(B)who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ^[a]slavery.

³ “^(C)You shall have no other ^(D)gods ^[b]before Me.

⁴ “^(E)You shall not make for yourself ^[c]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. ^5 (F)You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a ^(G)jealous God, ^(H)inflicting the ^[d]punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, ⁶ but showing ^[e]favor to ^(I)thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

⁷ “^(J)You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not ^[f]leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

⁸ “Remember ^(K)the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. ^9 (L)For six days you shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; on it ^(M)you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your cattle, or your ^[g]resident who ^[h]stays with you. ^11 (N)For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; for that reason the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

¹² “^(O)Honor your father and your mother, so that your ^(P)days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you.

¹³ “^(Q)You shall not murder.

¹⁴ “^(R)You shall not commit adultery.

¹⁵ “^(S)You shall not steal.

¹⁶ “^(T)You shall not ^[i]give false testimony against your ^(U)neighbor.

¹⁷ “^(V)You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; ^(W)you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

¹⁸ And ^(X)all the people were watching and hearing the ^[j]thunder and the lightning flashes, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it all, they trembled and stood at a distance. ^19 (Y)Then they said to Moses, “Speak ^[k]to us yourself and we will listen; but do not have God speak ^[l]to us, or we will die!” ²⁰ However, Moses said to the people, “^(Z)Do not be afraid; for God has come in order ^(AA)to test you, and in order that ^(AB)the fear of Him may ^[m]remain with you, so that you will not sin.” ²¹ So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached ^(AC)the thick darkness where God was.

^24 (A)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh ^(B)I am supplementing what is lacking ^[a]in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of ^(C)His body, which is the church. ^25 (D)I ^[b]was made a minister of this church according to the ^(E)commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might ^[c]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, ²⁶ that is, ^(F)the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His ^[d]saints, ²⁷ to whom ^(G)God willed to make known what ^(H)the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is ^(I)Christ in you, the ^(J)hope of glory. ²⁸ We proclaim Him, ^(K)admonishing every person and teaching every person ^[e]with all ^(L)wisdom, so that we may ^(M)present every person ^[f](N)complete in Christ. ²⁹ For this purpose I also ^(O)labor, ^(P)striving ^(Q)according to His ^[g]power which ^[h]works mightily within me.

You Are Built Up in Christ

2 For I want you to know how great a ^(R)struggle I have in your behalf and for those who are at ^(S)Laodicea, and for all those who have not ^[i]personally seen my face, ² that their ^(T)hearts may be encouraged, having been ^(U)knit together in love, and that they would attain to all ^(V)the wealth ^[j]that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a ^(W)true knowledge of ^(X)God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, ³ in whom are hidden all ^(Y)the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. ^4 (Z)I say this so that no one will deceive you with ^(AA)persuasive arguments. ⁵ For even though I am ^(AB)absent in body, I am nevertheless with you in spirit, rejoicing ^[k]to see ^[l]your ^(AC)orderly manner and the ^(AD)stability of your faith in Christ.

⁶ Therefore, as you have received ^(AE)Christ Jesus the Lord, so ^[m](AF)walk in Him, ⁷ having been firmly ^(AG)rooted and now being ^(AH)built up in Him and ^(AI)established ^[n]in ^[o]your faith, just as you ^(AJ)were instructed, and overflowing ^[p]with gratitude.

The Temptation of Jesus

4 ^(A)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness ^(B)to be tempted by the devil. ² And after He had ^(C)fasted for forty days and forty nights, He ^[a]then became hungry. ³ And ^(D)the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the ^(E)Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” ⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘^(F)Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”

⁵ Then the devil *took Him along into ^(G)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and he *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written:

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⁷ Jesus said to him, “^[b]On the other hand, it is written: ‘^(I)You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

^8 (J)Again, the devil *took Him along to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; ⁹ and he said to Him, “^(K)All these things I will give You, if You fall down and ^[c]worship me.” ¹⁰ Then Jesus *said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘^(L)You shall worship the Lord your God, and ^[d]serve Him only.’” ¹¹ Then the devil *left Him; and behold, ^(M)angels came and began to serve Him.