Romans 11:29-36

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²⁹for God’s gifts and his call^(A) are irrevocable.^(B) ³⁰Just as you who were at one time disobedient^(C) to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, ³¹so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now^[a] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. ³²For God has bound everyone over to disobedience^(D) so that he may have mercy on them all.

Doxology

³³Oh, the depth of the riches^(E) of the wisdom and^[b] knowledge of God!^(F)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!^(G)
³⁴“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
    Or who has been his counselor?”^[c]^(H)
³⁵“Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”^[d]^(I)
³⁶For from him and through him and for him are all things.^(J)
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.^(K)

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Footnotes

Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.
Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the
Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

Psalm 16:5-11

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⁵Lord, you alone are my portion^(A) and my cup;^(B)
    you make my lot^(C) secure.
⁶The boundary lines^(D) have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    surely I have a delightful inheritance.^(E)
⁷I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;^(F)
    even at night^(G) my heart instructs me.
⁸I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand,^(H) I will not be shaken.^(I)

⁹Therefore my heart is glad^(J) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,^(K)
¹⁰because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,^(L)
    nor will you let your faithful^[a] one^(M) see decay.^(N)
¹¹You make known to me the path of life;^(O)
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,^(P)
    with eternal pleasures^(Q) at your right hand.^(R)

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Psalm 16:10 Or holy

Luke 14:12-14

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¹²Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. ¹³But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,^(A) ¹⁴and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”^(B)

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