Zechariah 9:9-12

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The Coming King of Zion

⁹^(A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
^(B)Behold, ^(C)your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
^(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
¹⁰^(E)I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and ^(F)the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and ^(G)he shall speak peace to the nations;
^(H)his rule shall be from sea to sea,
    and from ^(I)the River^[a] to the ends of the earth.
¹¹As for you also, because of ^(J)the blood of my covenant with you,
    ^(K)I will set your prisoners free from ^(L)the waterless pit.
¹²Return to your stronghold, O ^(M)prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that ^(N)I will restore to you double.

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Footnotes

Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates

Psalm 145:1-13

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Great Is the Lord

^[a] A Song of Praise. Of David.

145 ^(A)I will extol you, my God and ^(B)King,
    and bless your name forever and ever.
²Every day I will bless you
    ^(C)and praise your name forever and ever.
³^(D)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
    and his ^(E)greatness is unsearchable.

⁴^(F)One generation shall commend your works to another,
    and shall declare your mighty acts.
⁵On ^(G)the glorious splendor of your majesty,
    and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
⁶They shall speak of ^(H)the might of your awesome deeds,
    and I will declare your greatness.
⁷They shall pour forth the fame of your ^(I)abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

⁸The Lord is ^(J)gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹The Lord is ^(K)good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.

¹⁰^(L)All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
    and all your ^(M)saints shall bless you!
¹¹They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
    and tell of your power,
¹²to ^(N)make known to the children of man your^[b] ^(O)mighty deeds,
    and ^(P)the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
¹³^(Q)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

[The Lord is faithful in all his words
and kind in all his works.]^[c]

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 145:12 Hebrew his; also next line
Psalm 145:13 These two lines are supplied by one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac (compare Dead Sea Scroll)

Psalm 145:14-21

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¹⁴The Lord ^(A)upholds all who are falling
    and ^(B)raises up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵The eyes of all ^(C)look to you,
    and you give them their food in due season.
¹⁶You ^(D)open your hand;
    you ^(E)satisfy the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷The Lord is ^(F)righteous in all his ways
    and ^(G)kind in all his works.
¹⁸The Lord is ^(H)near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him ^(I)in truth.
¹⁹He ^(J)fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
    he also ^(K)hears their cry and saves them.
²⁰The Lord ^(L)preserves all who love him,
    but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and ^(M)let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

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Romans 7:21-8:6

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²¹So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. ²²For ^(A)I delight in the law of God, ^(B)in my inner being, ²³but I see in my members ^(C)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. ²⁴Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from ^(D)this body of death? ²⁵Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Life in the Spirit

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.^[a] ²For the law of ^(E)the Spirit of life ^(F)has set you^[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³For ^(G)God has done what the law, ^(H)weakened by the flesh, ^(I)could not do. ^(J)By sending his own Son ^(K)in the likeness of sinful flesh and ^(L)for sin,^[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴in order that ^(M)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, ^(N)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For ^(O)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on ^(P)the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on ^(Q)the things of the Spirit. ⁶For to set ^(R)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Footnotes

Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering

Matthew 11:25-30

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Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

²⁵^(A)At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, ^(B)Lord of heaven and earth, that ^(C)you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^(D)revealed them to little children; ²⁶yes, Father, for such was your ^(E)gracious will.^[a] ²⁷^(F)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son ^(G)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone ^(H)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ²⁸^(I)Come to ^(J)me, all who labor and are ^(K)heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and ^(L)learn from me, for I am ^(M)gentle and lowly in heart, and ^(N)you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For ^(O)my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”