A Song of Praise to the Lord for His Salvation and Judgment

A Psalm.

98 Oh, (A)sing to the Lord a new song!
For He has (B)done marvelous things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
(C)The Lord has made known His salvation;
(D)His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the [a]nations.
He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
(E)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
Sing to the Lord with the harp,
With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.

Let the sea roar, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell in it;
Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the hills be joyful together
    before the Lord,
(F)For He is coming to judge the earth.
With righteousness He shall judge the world,
And the peoples with [b]equity.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 98:2 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 98:9 uprightness

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic(A)

17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present [a]to heal them. 18 (B)Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. 19 And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst (C)before Jesus.

20 When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

21 (D)And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? (E)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

22 But when Jesus (F)perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’? 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, (G)“I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

25 Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, (H)glorifying God. 26 And they were all amazed, and they (I)glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”

Matthew the Tax Collector(J)

27 (K)After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, (L)“Follow Me.” 28 So he left all, rose up, and (M)followed Him.

29 (N)Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And (O)there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 [b]And their scribes and the Pharisees [c]complained against His disciples, saying, (P)“Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31 Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 (Q)I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:17 NU with Him to heal
  2. Luke 5:30 NU But the Pharisees and their scribes
  3. Luke 5:30 grumbled

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