Ephesians
Chapter 1

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, ²

4 as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love

5 he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will,

6 for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved.

7 In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace

8 that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight,

9 he has made known to us the mystery ³ of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him

10 as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth.

Psalms
Chapter 98

1 A psalm. ² Sing a new song to the LORD, who has done marvelous deeds, Whose right hand and holy arm have won the victory.

2 The LORD has made his victory known; has revealed his triumph for the nations to see,

3 Has remembered faithful love toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

4 Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth; break into song; sing praise.

5 Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song.

6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout with joy to the King, the LORD.

Luke
Chapter 11

47 Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

48 Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building.

49 Therefore, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; ¹ some of them they will kill and persecute'

50 in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah ² who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!

52 Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter."

53 When he left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things,

54 for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.